mrjohns2

Seems like re-testing to me. What if they can't do it? What do you say?

To register as an adult, though, we all have agreed that we must "Subscribe to the precepts of the Declaration of Religious Principle." I'm not saying I like it, I am just saying all adult leaders have agreed to "The recognition of God as the ruling and leading power in the universe and the grateful acknowledgment of His favors and blessings are necessary to the best type of citizenship and are wholesome precepts in the education of the growing members."

The declaration of religious principals, god is male and pretty much defined as monotheistic "The recognition of God as the ruling and leading power in the universe and the grateful acknowledgment of His favors and blessings are necessary to the best type of citizenship and are wholesome precepts in the education of the growing members."

I think one link can simply sum up a lot of issues with National: National Staff Cufflinks | Boy Scouts of America. I like local councils for running summer camp, though.

I thought that was acceptable at the time? Either the Green Explorer uniform or the tan shirt with green loops?

Another hard job is the Pack CC. It is very hard being a DL, but having 2 or 3 dens without DLs? Not harder, just impossible? Finding, registering, and getting those DLs up to speed, so they can DO the hardest job, is a hard task.

Correct. One has to either use Scoutbook or import from a 3rd party tool to get advancement in AND they have to enter if they went to camp. To get the data on camp, for the test years, he used our council camp data and then, with the help of commissioners, contacted units that camped outside of council (or didn't at all). The ideas was that we have rarely had enough unit commissioners. So, focus them on the "at risk" units. Units scoring 4 or 5 don't need as much help.

It wasn’t covered in the roll out of the unit metrics, but those are rooted in research. A Scouter in my district was literally the guy who came up with them. Units that score 4 or 5 have a very high (90%+) likelihood to recharter. Units with 0 or 1 have a very high likelihood to fail and not recharter. Data was gathered, by hand, for about 4 years and in the 4th year he could predict units they wouldn’t recharter very well.

There are councils charging more than that for the council fee?

I hope burning of any country’s flag is protected speech. Not that I have felt the need to disrespect any country in such way.

I think it has to all be from memory. If a Scout wants to work with me on a skill, they are more than welcome to use the book. We learn together, we use the book as a guide and aid. That doesn't count for a sign off, though. Come back the next day, demonstrate the skill without an aid, notes, etc, then I will sign it off. This is why I find "merit badge days" so hard to staff. It is hard to do that without requiring pre-reqs that are actually done.

Did the parent know of the new plan?

But it IS doing business as Scouting America. It changed the name it goes by. Does that help?

Interesting. Not a bad article. One interesting part is she seems to imply that she was the one who broke the barrier to girls being members. I wonder how much effect she had on the decision. I assume 0%, or it was one of a thousands societal changes that nudged it.

He gave his own book a 5 star rating. 🙂