mrjohns2

Oh, no, yeah, they talk through that. That is when the rubber meets the road as a patrol to know who is going , who is buying food, and who is tenting with whom.

Interesting as the youth members of my troop want the Native American imagery removed.

Sure. That is why it was a troop family campout, not a pack one. It was natural for the Webelos, but all families were invited. For example, we had a mom and her older and younger kids last year. From there, her daughter attended all campouts. We could tell her mom was skeptical, but the time on the campout helped a lot.

We tried to help that with a family campout with 2nd year Webelos and the troop, but I guess that is over.

Outings? No. Food (menu) and who is buying (grub master), by patrol.

We use Scoutbook. We have the due date as the meeting the week before the week of the event. We are flexible when we can be about deadlines.

This is too bad as this is a key resource in our district and council. That committee is key in approving individual advancement plans and merit badge subsitutes.

Yes, sir.

Ok! I’ll try to remember tonight. I’d love the feedback. I truly try to live in a robust glass house with my uniform.

Non-uniform wear. Done. Period. A Scout is also obedient and trustworthy. Not following the uniform standards is neither.

If you want to be ignorant, feel free to carry on as I can’t argue with chosen ignorance.

Oh, god. Non-uniform wear means not to be worn on the uniform.

You don’t plan on having them wear the eagle mentor pins on their uniforms, do you?

Every person in the db has a number. To be registered, one needs to fill out an application, sign a background check auth, do youth protection, pay $45, and get the ok from your COR. Big difference, no change in number.

I don’t think it exists.

Good citizen.

Sorry. I confused it with IOLS. The online ILST wasn’t that great, IMHO. The Scouts would benefit from older Scouts presenting.

I didn't know they were public facing. From what I heard is that a couple of councils participated in an official test of online ILST and it was determiuned that wouldn't be an option going forward.

I have never heard an exclusion. the wording in national is pretty clear. They could have easily said no overnights. 🙂 https://www.scouting.org/health-and-safety/gss/gss10/

@MattR Great balanced approach.

Those risks are covered by BSA insurance as long as a health form and permission slip are covered. The insurance clearly covers non registered youth who are being recruited to join.

I commend your ability to hold the line. Even if they "just" paid the $4/Scout (or parent), they still haven't paid the dues and everything else that made the year possible. Should you get blow back? They aren't in the right, but I am not surprised that the "good 'o boy's club" will cause issues. If he is the "go to range guy" he should know this isn't free. Money is part of all of it - be it from the family or fund raisers. If it was my family? I'd say "we are back, it has been a long time, how much to even up for us to get back in the good?" That is what an adult would do. If you said $200, then they shouldn't bat an eye and pay.

I agree. If we were talking a year or 2, no. 3 months? Don't punish the Scout, give them credit, nothing to see here, everyone moves along. 🙂

How long back are we talking?

We created a 501c3 a couple of years ago. We are about as small as you can get with <$200 of expenses and no donations for the first year or 2. When a volunteer’s employer checked recently, we were on the list! That was our first real donation. It does have to be a registered 501c3. Many churches aren’t since they are exempt from the paperwork if they are a member of a larger denomination that is. So, the larger denomination would be in the list, but not the unit.