I am on the verge of a retaliation against my troop. So many things went down over the last year and it was mainly because of one person: the SPL. Lack of work getting done at each meeting, the nonsense (ed -RS) that is shown towards other members of the troop, mainly the younger ones, and the amount of excuses our SM, who just so happens to be HIS FATHER (YES OUR SPL IS THE SON OF THE SCOUTMASTER) has to make up because the SPL doesn't show up to a lot of meetings or almost any camping trips.
Our previous SPL was pretty responsible and ensured work got done, but he got his Eagle last fall and turned 18. That left our current SPL (James) to take on the role. I sometimes wonder if he even wants to be a Boy Scout, or if his father is making him stay. He misses every other meeting because of sports and even when is is there he just goofs off with the other guys. He didn't go on our most recent summer camp trip because his mother was "sick" (claims his father). He didn't show up to a merit badge workshop because he had a "stomach flu" (again, claims his father). And he didn't show up to a NYLT class for whatever reason I don't know. One of our guys went on the camp trip from Sun-Sat, came home and went up for the week-long NYLT training (Mon-Fri), came home again and went back up to the camp to volunteer for a weblos week (Mon-Fri). HE ALONE DID THREE WEEKS OF CAMPING AND OUR SPL WAS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN. NOT A WORD. I show up to every camp trip, meeting, and always get work done. More work than the others because they don't even work most of the time, they just goof off and James doesn't do anything about it because HE'S GOOFING OFF.
Its not fair to the other guys or myself because we don't have elections for anything, not even SPL. So James is set to be SPL either until he ages out of Boy Scouts(he's 15) or he just decides to quit.
To make a long story short: Our SPL fails uphold his position by not doing much work, not showing up to a lot of meetings or other activities without reason, and failing to lead the troop. WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN??
SHOULD HE BE REVOKED AS SPL?
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Posted · Edited by RememberSchiff
I am on the verge of a retaliation against my troop. So many things went down over the last year and it was mainly because of one person: the SPL. Lack of work getting done at each meeting, the nonsense (ed -RS) that is shown towards other members of the troop, mainly the younger ones, and the amount of excuses our SM, who just so happens to be HIS FATHER (YES OUR SPL IS THE SON OF THE SCOUTMASTER) has to make up because the SPL doesn't show up to a lot of meetings or almost any camping trips.
Our previous SPL was pretty responsible and ensured work got done, but he got his Eagle last fall and turned 18. That left our current SPL (James) to take on the role. I sometimes wonder if he even wants to be a Boy Scout, or if his father is making him stay. He misses every other meeting because of sports and even when is is there he just goofs off with the other guys. He didn't go on our most recent summer camp trip because his mother was "sick" (claims his father). He didn't show up to a merit badge workshop because he had a "stomach flu" (again, claims his father). And he didn't show up to a NYLT class for whatever reason I don't know. One of our guys went on the camp trip from Sun-Sat, came home and went up for the week-long NYLT training (Mon-Fri), came home again and went back up to the camp to volunteer for a weblos week (Mon-Fri). HE ALONE DID THREE WEEKS OF CAMPING AND OUR SPL WAS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN. NOT A WORD. I show up to every camp trip, meeting, and always get work done. More work than the others because they don't even work most of the time, they just goof off and James doesn't do anything about it because HE'S GOOFING OFF.
Its not fair to the other guys or myself because we don't have elections for anything, not even SPL. So James is set to be SPL either until he ages out of Boy Scouts(he's 15) or he just decides to quit.
To make a long story short: Our SPL fails uphold his position by not doing much work, not showing up to a lot of meetings or other activities without reason, and failing to lead the troop. WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN??