malraux

The way it works in my council is that there are 2-3 cub centric events at council properties right after signup to fulfill the promise of camping, BB guns, and smores. It also helps with the less engaged parents because the bigger chunks of the program are run by more engaged volunteers.

"List participant restrictions: if any" That's where you say that you can't take photos etc.

My Webelos handbook of that era talks about how exciting Webelos is because now your leader has to be a man.

Officially, yes. Took lots of lawsuits and controversy. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/15/nyregion/catherine-n-pollard-88-first-female-scoutmaster-in-us-dies.html

BSA v Dale was over 20 years ago. Women/girls and BSA has been an issue for a long time, with the first recognized scoutmaster coming in 1988. Religious doctrines have been an issue. Segregated scouting units is an old issue.

Step one is completing ypt. Which is a process that could be easier. Registering on the BSA site and watching 4 videos sounds easy, but the training section of the site feels clunky and hard to navigate. And I'm not sure how well the videos do at imparting the rules of youth protection and ways to identify problems vs stressing the importance of caring about youth protection.

Its not clear to me if the language about adult program participant is a new category, or is a 18-21 venture scout or is the same thing as a Cub Scout parent. I would hope that they have a cheaper/easier route for parents going on a campout but are not leaders.

Looking at the 990 filing, my council's SE makes about twice what our governor makes. That said, the SE makes about other individuals at the top of the Cabinet make.

As per g2ss, it takes special certification to use a chainsaw. There’s a whole class you’re supposed to take.

First of all, its probably time to check in with your DE. Some of these questions are best handled by the professional. IE your council may or may not allow a Friends of Troop 123 to be a chartering organization. There is also lots of different legal qualifications between not for profit vs 501c3. Regardless, since the new organization will be completely distinct from the old, you can be selective in who runs the new one, subject to the normal rules of politics. Moving to a new church, Lion club, rotary organization, etc is going to be preferable.

When I turned in my paperwork for the den leader award, I then immediately walked into the scout shop and bought the knot. They just sell them.

Seeing many Cub Scout packs, I think that the committee as distinct from the CC, CM, and DLs is a fiction in the vast majority of packs. The direct contact vs committee separation in troops is much more realistic.

The official answer is that the need to be registered as a DL. not a committee member.

Its not an investment, its a job though. You have to keep doing work. Presumably you would be giving up other cases to continue to pursue this one. Two cases each paying $30k after two years is better than one case paying $40k after 4 years.

From a strict economic view, doubling the length of the court case would need to double the size of the settlement to be worth it.

Getting good numbers on what is happening with TL always seems difficult. For example, in Nov 2021 they claimed 36,000 members with 18,000 new in the last year. But the year before, they claimed 30,000 members. That's some big turnover in membership if taken literally.

While I'm not sure of any specifics rules that would make a difference, I do think that having an independent auditor to give oversight on YP should be considered seriously.

Every campout being mandatory is very extreme. With sports, family events, academics, etc if a unit requires youth to put scouting first, they will quickly find out how unsustainable that is.

Were this the BSA scout program, I'd point to the option of lots of online merit badges currently available. I'm assuming this is the UK program, so I can't offer specific suggestions, but it would be something to look into.

Isn't that partially why on the backend most units have 4 digits even as we only use at most 3 digits? ie troop 123 and troop 123, unless very close geographically, can become troop 1123 and troop 2123 for paperwork purposes, but no one notices otherwise.

Yes, you have to be current on ypt, which mostly involves watching videos. The background check happens at the council level.

It’s around $50/year. The time commitment the unit might require changes depending on the unit.

My only experience was that I got the training logged in my online record within a day or so of telling my course director that I had finished.

At the cub level, the requirements can be a burdensome. Two deep leadership at every den meeting, and requiring female leaders, even when parents are always present gets tough.

Nitpick, this defines only the tool use during a service project. But PWD is not part of a service project, so the document explicitly says it doesn't apply.