MikeS72

As long as there are no critter hiding in said lion hat, I will gladly wear it!

I can tell you, having tried, that I will probably never find a Lion hat that I could possibly wear.

Our troop does not wear a neckerchief, and I cannot remember seeing any leaders in our pack wear one. I still have my original neckerchief from 1964, along with a collection of others, ranging from camp neckerchiefs to my Eagle one. The only one I currently wear, and then only at formal district or council events, is my 46 year old Woodbadge tartan.

My troop and I visited the museum when it was in North Brunswick. It was probably a 3 hour drive or so for us, but well worth the trip.

This is part of why our monthly Roundtable not only features CS & BS breakout sessions, but also a parent breakout. Hopefully we will be able to have some parents 'see the light'. We are also coming back this fall with a possible Webelos breakout, designed to help some of those new WDL's to learn the patrol method before they plunge head first into the icy cold waters of Boy Scouts.

Revocation of membership may only be a formality if that membership had already expired, the end result is not. Depending on what caused said revocation, it would really not make much difference whether the individual was registered or technically just a parent. If severe enough, it would, in my opinion, preclude him/her from any contact with the unit; regardless of registration status.

New uniforms as soon as they were available. Had to buy several pair of the new shorts, as I was on camp staff that year, and wore them daily.

Actually, the OA was founded in 1915, thus celebrating it's 100th anniversary 3 years ago. I have been a member for half of that time.

Not the way we do things in our district. This should be done face to face, particularly when looking at the reason some of the training numbers might seem a bit out of whack to someone who is not familiar with your unit. You should also be getting at least somewhat regular UC visits.

Yes, it is a Commissioner task, and is usually done in a meeting with the Key 3. I had the info when we met, and we reviewed to for accuracy. Several who showed as not trained were parents who registered but left the unit.

Yes. The leaders not trained list and YPT status list would then just be a print out showing those individuals.

I have spent the last 42 years in the public school system, so I am very familiar with special needs children. I work with a number of those children on a daily basis, and fully understand the amount of patience that can require. It is a little different in the troop than it is at work however. We do need to make reasonable accommodations in Scouting to give every child every opportunity to participate; in the situation you have described it sounds as if your unit has done a lot to help the boy. I also get the sense that part of the problem stems from the parent, who also sounds as if he may not be the most adept at following directions, planning ahead, or seeking information on his own. At some point the boys is going to miss out on an event due to his, and his parent's, lack of communication skills. That is unfortunate, but may be what prompts change for the better.

Just did one of these a couple of weeks ago, as a UC. Section 2 information can be pulled up by your Key 3, or any Commissioner. You are looking for the number of leaders who are current with Youth Protection (right now we are also looking at who needs to take the new YPT before Oct. 1), are there any current leaders whose YPT has expired, do you have any leaders who have never taken YPT (that answer, hopefully, is no, especially since we now need to include a copy of the YPT certificate with the adult application). Training data as of would be the date the report was pulled. How many of your leaders show on the report as position trained (a challenge for my own unit, that we are working on). A list of who is position trained and who is not (that report will show what they lack to be position trained - it is amazing how many SM/ASM folks do not realize that in addition to the online training they must complete IOLS to be position trained). The YPT status list shows all registered leaders and when YPT expires. Youth/adults registered in unit is just how many are currently on your official roster.

Very brief time as a Cub in 1961 (we were a military family, and after a PCS found ourselves in a small town with no Pack). Got back in as an 11 year old Scout in 1964. Being military meant changing troops several times along the trail to Eagle. Elected to OA in 1969, Brotherhood in 1970 & Vigil Honor in 1972. Chapter Chief and Chapter Advisor, along with many years of ceremonial teams. Served on camp staff for 6 years in 2 councils. Attended Woodbadge in 1972, at the ripe old age of 18 (first year the age requirement dropped from 21 to 18), BEAVERS ARE BEST!! Woodbadge staff in 1974. As an adult I have served as an ASM, SM, Chapter Advisor, Explorer Post Advisor, ACM, Webelos Den Leader. Currently serving as a Lion Guide, ASM, UC, and getting ready to move into Cub Roundtable Commissioner. At our first Commissioner meeting after the decision to admit girls was announced, one of the ladies in the room commented that the people most likely to object to that decision would be the 'old timers'. My response as one of those 'old timers' was that we have had girls in the older programs for many decades, and that it is about time we joined the rest of the world in opening all of our programs to girls. I see that as no different to my telling a Cub leader who felt the new AOL requirements were not fair to the boys who had been in Cubs since Tiger, that the only thing that would not be fair is to tell any boy who wanted to be a Scout that he could not join. I can now rephrase to say any child who wants to be a Scout.

I think @ParkMan may have been referring to a video with the OA National Chief and Vice Chief, in which Bryan & Anthony appeared to be wearing a neckerchief/t-shirt combo, common in a lot of countries.

Our Troop allows phones prior to the meeting. Once the meeting is called to order, they must be put away. Scouts may bring them on outings, to be used in the car on the way to and from. Once we arrive at the event, they are to be put away. We do have the occasional request for a phone to be used for pictures, which is granted when appropriate. The Scouts may use them in their tent at night, until lights out, and with headphones only.

IF everything holds true, this is how things should work. A CO may choose to remain a boy only pack, with no changes. They may choose to sponsor both an all boys pack and an all girls pack, who operate independently of each other. They may choose to make the existing pack co-ed, with dens that are gender separate; girls in one den, boys in another. At this point there should not be any co-ed dens. If a pack chooses the co-ed model and does not have enough girls for separate age appropriate dens, they may have a mixed age den of girls. (kind of like back in the dim past, when dens were made up of boys from the same neighborhood, regardless of age) The current plan for troops is that if a CO chooses they may remain boy only. If the CO wants to bring in girls, it will be in a girl only troop. That troop can share a COR, committee, and ASM's, but must have a different SM. At this time there should not be any girl patrols in a boy troop. I do not know if this will hold true a few years from now, but as of now it is the way things are supposed to work. There are numerous published records and charts detailing these options, they just do not get reported accurately. I am sure that most of the news coverage has been done by people who do not take the time to actually research the facts before writing or going on air with an inaccurate report. Time will tell. Regardless of how things play out, I intend to do whatever I can to see that the pack and troop that I serve in, and the units I serve as a commissioner succeed.

Those socks (with the garters/green tabs) were the bane of every camp staff member, when at the end of a long summer we had that tiny tan that went from the bottom of the shorts to the top of the socks.

Entered the program in November 1964; and in it for the long haul. If we cannot adapt and change we will indeed wither and die. As for OA, chapter meeting tonight. Chapter Advisor is female, as are 3 other senior adult members.

Maybe it was being in a troop on a military base in the 60's (Eagled in '71, a month before turning 18), but those berets reminded us of the Green Berets on base. My troop went to the beret and we loved it.

Welcome, from a fellow Beaver. MT-14, 1972

I would try Goof Off. I have not had grease on my uniform, but did use it to get rid of the staining left behind after finding that our local Scout Shop used a spray adhesive on uniforms before sewing on the Council Strip and World Crest.

Having been in troops on military bases for many years, we did indeed know how to make that beret look like Special Forces. In fact, some of our Scout leaders were Special Forces.

You state that you were part of a consolidation of Packs. Are you are no longer with the original CO? If so, that may be why you had to take on a new number. It is not unusual for a CO to ask to keep the Pack or Troop number, so that it is available should they decide to jump back into the fire and sponsor again.

Have to remember that one when the next name discussion comes up at our Commissioner meetings.