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Can I interest you in a prime piece of property in lovely West Virginia?? Got some neat zip lines. There is a this rather annoying balloon bond payment coming up, but maybe we can work through that.

I do recall BoyPower ManPower, was a scout and we had pressure to recruit. For those too young to remember...... Started about 1968, Boypower was intended to get one boy out every three in the U.S. into Scouting by the Bicentennial in 1976. In the end, it led to major scandals concerning paper units, mystery Scouts and diversion of government funds. Chicago led the way at the time, more paper scouts than anyone. Combined with the 1973 program changes designed to appeal to minorities, It also caused a major drop in membership by 1980. There have been other cheating scandals (Learni

The "We don't know what to call this, and what the heck troops are gonna do what they want anyway...so Enjoy program"

Well Hal was in 2001 and 2010...so possibly. But it is great dialogue

Then it leads to this DAVE: Open the pod bay doors, Hal. HAL: I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that. DAVE: What’s the problem? HAL: l think you know what the problem is just as well as l do. DAVE: What are you talking about, Hal? HAL: This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it. DAVE: I don’t know what you're talking about, Hal. HAL: l know that you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I’m afraid that's something I can’t allow to happen. DAVE: Where the hell’d you get that idea, Hal? HAL: Although you took very thoro

Some ones that are fairly easy Match relay - set up a relay with X number of points, first person is given the match, they run into the water, hand it to someone on the dock, they have to get in the water, swim, give it to some else, repeat a few times, strike the match. Team with lowest time that can get the match to strike wins Canoe relay - 4 or 5 in a canoe, no paddles, out and back, change teams Greased watermelon - be sure to match but weights, it can get brutal

We have similar makeup. Actually add 8th and 9th graders as new scouts each year recruited by friends. Our District Commissioner kept pushing the Venture, that will keep the older scouts engaged. Our pushback was they are in fact engaged, they come to meetings, go on outings, etc. Most units that are successful do so because of outdoor program and a youth led program with leaders involved to train and let them run it. Nobody joined Scouts to track chores for 12 weeks, have family meetings, keep up with a budget, or track their pushups. They want to camp in the woods without parent

Brave new world....just roll with it Well, it's a feel good piece, let's all just get on board to the coed single gender dens and coed single gender troops concepts

Unless they want or need to run the money through the troop, you would not. Most of our Eagles handle their own, keep it under the threshold, turn over any excess funds to whomever was designated in the original fundraising request. I would say well over half of ours, and we have 8 - 10 per year, get their funding from families and close friends. No mass appeal.

You are correct, they are not traditional customers. To your point it is lifestyle and beliefs. If we only look at them as customers, then they think of themselves as not part of a movement (Church or scouts) and can easily wander on. Like do I join this sports league or the other one it town. We cannot be blind however, a troop does serve a constituency. Troop leaders need to look at involvement and participation year over year and use that information determine what works and what does not. Small corrections can pay big dividends. Stay within the framework of the BSA goals and val

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Currently BSA only reaches about 10% of available scout aged youth. The CSE has pretty much stated he and key leadership is out of ideas on how to remedy that issue. Honestly at that point he should have resigned and had some new management come in with a vision. Rather than seriously examine that, determine what growing troops are doing to be successful, do lessons learned on what troops do to grow, they have decided to plunge ahead and basically fundamentally change what BSA is going forward. Putting aside the discussion on whether BSA should go coed (yes that's what's coming), to

Those that forget history are doomed to repeat it. Constantly BSA seems to not play to it's strengths, not be true to the mission, and play for the short term gains...that never seem to come. Our troop is a big troop, +/- 100 scouts. About 8 - 10 years ago we were shying away from really emphasizing the size, trying to downplay that part. Some of us were not happy with that and we have now really emphasized this is who we are. Large troop, if you join us we have functioning patrols, we are large and diverse, we have older scouts (HS) in charge, we do large outings. That is who what w

And we have a winner with the why...the council. Challenge is you are coming at the question assuming that everyone involved is seeking the same outcome; quality product delivered to the customers. In this case, BSA programs for eager cubs. You want to have kids enjoying scouting, having fun, doing cub stuff. The council and the professionals, while not evil in their intent can be viewed as franchise sellers. As has been noted, they are looking to increase the number "doors" that are "selling" scouting. Is it simpler to do a greenfield and build brand new OR take a successful fra

Well...so many scouters confuse Two Deep Leadership with One on One contact, I can only imagine how the many levels of YPT will only fuel this confusion. Perhaps the BSA will issue a set of laminated cards that Scouters can clip to day packs for easy reference If you have an All Boy Den that is option 1 If you have an All Girl Den that is option 2 If your pack has Boy and Girl Dens that is option 3 If your pack is single gender boys that is options 4 If your pack is single gender girls that is option 5 If your troop is boys that is option 6 If your tr

Remember to wet your sites

1) Actively pursuing Eagle Scout rank or... 2) Have pretty much completed all the requirements for Eagle Scout rank, though not all of them with the BSA, more life experience, and am waiting for all of them to be recognized so that the rank can be awarded Honestly #2 may be a bit wordy BTW...have seen the Eagle Scout candidate used numerous times, really it is up to you.

We are a large troop, 5 figure FOS annually. Many of us in the key roles are taking a year off from FOS. It is a tough call as the funds are used locally. Local councils have to live with the national decisions. That being the case, the reality is that many decision have and are being purely made for financial reasons. Huge debt from Summit, unfunded pensions, bloated National staff. Only real option is to vote with the checkbook

BSA National is making a distinction and judgement on Male and Female leaders. They are clearly stating it is NOT accepted that 2 men can lead a girls den. They are clearly stating that it is accepted that 2 women can lead a boys den. That is a double standard. Scenario 1 - You are a male and have a den and your daughter is in the den, you have a male friend, the ADL, and he has and a daughter in the den. According to BSA you and your friend cannot be the only leaders on an outing, you MUST have a female Scenario 2 - You are a female and have a den and your son is in the den

Play Charge and have the troop run and take the COH room by force.

Not discounting the need, but curious how an increase from $11 MIN wage (employers over 25 staff in CA as of 1/18) to $13 MIN (same group in 2020) wage will cause the forecast "that council labor costs from our exempt to our seasonal employees will rise 50% by 2020" Most seasonal staff (i.e. Summer Camp staff) are not hourly but paid weekly with housing and food included. Also they are usually not covered by standard benefits. Would be interested to see the math

True - but that being the case, she is member of Pantsuit Nation, she is familiar with the group, she is media savvy, and she was part of their showcase on the podcast. Probably not her intent to come off as fighting the patriarchy, she just wants to get people to sign her petition and send letters to CSE (and who among us has not) and the President of AT&T. She was a willing part of that discussion and, as can be seen in many instances, people with cause A are often used by another group to forward their agenda. She may need to be cognizant of that and realize that contrary to PT B

Sort of unclear, but it really is about her and getting the Eagle. So yeah, I would say if it's all about you and changing something just for you, you do kind of want to tear stuff down. It's all about the Eagle Scout and leadership. Pretty much she wants to change what we are, and did I mention it's all about the EAGLE rank? Smashing the patriarchy, fighting to be recognized, the fight is not over, incremental fight. Fighting for the right for girls to be part of the Boy Scouts. She along with her brother, he was an "Official" member but she was not allowed to. She wanted t