MikeS72

There is a report that I can access in my.scouting called "members without a unit" that shows me all Scouts and Scouters who may be in that situation. Either the unit is folding or may be late in turning in their recharter paperwork. I am able to select someone from that list and transfer them to another unit.

It was forwarded to all District Commissioners on Saturday by our Council Commissioner.

I would hazard to guess that most units and COs do not read everything before signing. This is cut and pasted from the most recent version of the Rules and Regulations of the Boy Scouts of America. Council or Unit Assets Upon Dissolution Consistent with the Bylaws, in the event of the dissolution of a council or the revocation or lapse of its charter, the Executive Committee may, at its option, authorize the National Council to assume charge of the affairs of the council and continue operation pending reorganization or re-establishment of the council or wind up the business of the council. All funds and property in the possession or control of such council must be applied to the payment of the council’s obligations. Any surplus funds or property may thereafter be administered as deemed to be in the best interest of Scouting. In the event of the dissolution of a unit or the revocation or lapse of its charter, unit funds and assets must be used to first satisfy any outstanding unit obligations. Any remaining assets obtained with funds raised in the name of Scouting must be redeployed for Scouting use in the local area. Any assets obtained with funds from the chartered organization or parents of registered members may be redeployed as agreed upon by the chartered organization and local council. Any property or funds acquired by the National Council upon the dissolution of a Scouting unit or local council will be administered so as to make effective, as far as possible, the intentions and wishes of the donors. I would read the first highlighted line as money raised through things like popcorn sales, camp card sales, or other unit fundraising and therefore subject to redeployed locally. I would read the second highlighted line as perhaps something like a unit trailer that rather than raise funds for, parents all kicked in and bought, in which case the CO could lay claim to keep.

Did you put the can of soda in the pack? Most of us would ignore that item as soda on a hike is not really something we should encourage, but the system will not let you go any further without that can of soda in your pack.

Scouts (or anyone else for that matter) who asks, "please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance", and then begins with "I pledge of allegiance" instead of "I pledge allegiance". Those are usually the same Scouts (or others) who insert a comma into the line "one nation under God".

Not at all.

At least in my district we did not lose units due the Methodist pull out, they all (5) found other charter organizations to pick them up. Also, while I cannot speak for all districts or councils but in this area the Methodist Church did not pay for membership. My own unit was one of those who had to find a new C.O. and while we were at the Methodist Church, we only had one member who was also a member of that church.

I do not remember this in the previous iteration of Safe Swim Defense, and while I do not keep old versions of the GSS I did find a reference in Aaron on Scouting from 2021 that made no mention of life jackets. I can say that when my scouts came back to our campsite after the first free swim of the week (swimming in a lake that easily met the definition of turbid water) they complained about having to wear life jackets until I showed them the most 2025 version of the Aquatics Supervision Manuel. While they did not like it, they accepted it.

As soon as it was announced here that there would be a ban on phones in grades K-8 we saw multiple parents on the news complaining and threatening to sue.

Just a quick glance through the 2025 edition of the NCAP Standards book and I found this, which does not specify whether it be an adult or youth member of a trek. I also found the following link which shows the 2025 requirements for each HA base: BSA - Wilderness First Aid (BSA-WFA) • EMS Squared - Philmont is any 2 adult or youth; Sea Base is at least one adult; Northern Tier is at least one adult; Summit states 1 person adult or youth. PA-218.pdf

Other than summer camp (where we are limited to the number of tents the camp rations to us (5 tents for 5 Scouts & 3 adults this year) my Troop chooses to tent single. When we backpack either everyone either has their own backpacking tent or we will loan them a lightweight tent.

Most of our council's linked troops sort of share a number. When I say sort of share all of our Cub packs begin with a 3, as in 3100; all of our male troops begin with a zero and would wear 100; all of our female troops begin with a 4 and a troop flag would say 4100 (some of those troops choose to just wear the 3 digit number, some the 4 digit, wish they would all do the same thing); ships all have a 5 prefix that makes them 5100.

I am sure that there are councils that use training rather than certification; mine is not one of them. I must have copies of the certification cards for all my staff, since NCAP Standards SQ-405 states what we can accept, depending on the time for EMS to get to our locations. SQ-405 also states the following under verification: Documentation of age (health officer must be at least 18 years of age) Description of camp program and camp health officer qualification requirements Statement from EMS provider as to response time OR Google Maps or Map Quest printout showing response time to nearest EMS Relevant certificates on file

As long as they realize that there are situations where BSA does require a copy of the certification card, such as meeting health officer requirements for day camps, etc. and that just having NO6 in their training on my.scouting will not suffice; I would rather they know what to do in case of an emergency than having a piece of paper in their wallet.

This letter went out to all Council Key 3 and was passed down to District Key 3. It could have been worded better, but all range and target activities are to stand down until further notice.