mrjohns2

I don't believe it ever went away, it has just been changed over the years. For example: YOU NO LONGER CUT DOWN A TREE! Come on, Paul Bunyan and you don't cut down a tree? What sort of Paul Bunyan is that?

And the closer we get to school is the surest way to have them leave.

The joint fee is only for youth.

Amen.

If we had to change it would be a new flag, a web domain, and single patch unit numbers.

Only 1 out of the 6 girl troops our troop has interacted with has behaved as a co-ed troop. The rest act as though they are just lightly connected.

Our council already uses 4 digit unit numbers.

That already has been most organizations for time immemorial. Have you never heard of affinity groups? Veterans, etc.?

What leads you to suspect this? I suspect many adults would find it easier to do coed troops. Our girl troop prefers to be separate as does the 3-4 others we have interacted with. I suspect adults would find it easier to make them coed.

The same thing is true for our troop.

I’m the CC and the SM wanted all positions with 2 or more interested Scouts to be elected vs appointed to encourage a variety of Scouts and make sure everyone is happy with their positions. The SM doesn’t seem to be doing it at all for more control. Maybe to prevent hard feelings? I too want to have it match the documented program because then it is what it is. But, if it isn’t a “big mistake”, then I am inclined to let the SM decide to have every position voted on as long as the Scouts are ok with it.

If you RFM, it says elect SPL and PL. PL appoints APL. SM chooses JASM if you have one. Most / all others are appointed by SPL. As long as they can work together, I assume it is no biggie if we vote on all positions? Thoughts?

If you RFM, it says elect SPL and PL. PL appoints APL. SM chooses JASM if you have one. Most / all others are appointed by SPL. As long as they can work together, I assume it is no biggie if we vote on all positions? Thoughts?

Is the org char in the last filing? Transparency is one of the things I would change. Simplicity Self-Consistency Have all National staffers and volunteers camp in tents for summer camp and go on 4 campouts a year with troops. Reduce costs by not always being so fancy about certain things Eliminate all cufflinks (Results for cufflinks (scoutshop.org)) Move the headquarters to the Summit and Philmont. Shut down Texas.

I want it to be Jacko Willink. He has an awesome background and consults in leadership. He has written adult books on leadership and kids books. Great guy. Jocko Willink - Wikipedia

Yeah, poor choice of terminology. “Family Pack” is a co-ed Pack.

We used to play a game called "can't boogie with the bogeyman". On the very thin concrete on the church basement floor, we would put down this big rope ring. Then, we woud say go and try to throw everyone out. Like a wrestle mainia kind of thing. Many scouts got hurt over a span of weeks. Our leaders said enough and that they would plan the games for awhile and choose fun, but safe ones. The next week we played the game where everyone takes off their shoes and puts them in a big pile. Then you go 50 yards away and they say go. The first to get their shoes on and back to the starting line

People who say dodgeball isn't dangerous, never played with rubber kickballs, when in 5th grade, against Jerry Planack (the biggest kid in grade school and high school). He would have a ball, get up to the line when you were stooping down to get a ball, and whale that ball into your ear or nose. Man, it hurt.

Can you give any other hints? How do you have 2 different photos? Did you google it? What did you google?

I don’t find it very different than our site safe practices in an industrial manufacturing facility. This isn’t a document giving the reasons, background, or stats. It is a document of what you must do or not do. Normally safety rules are written in the blood of those who came before. The biggest difference is that some of the G2SS is that mix about 90% safety rules with 10% policy/philosophical rules. The squirt guns and animal targets are examples. I comply and move on.

Or 2 gallons of maple syrup. That is a lot for 3 people to go through in 2 weeks.

Does it really? Where?

I have heard that some councils have that rule, but that is not what the text says. It just says registered leaders. "All adults accompanying a Scouting unit who are present at the activity for 72 total hours or more must be registered as leaders. The 72 hours need not be consecutive."

No, the 72 hours is one activity. The "not continuous" part means you can't leave and come back to reset the clock. Units may be more strict, but that is the rule as national sees it.

The leader who left was with a troop? Meh, I don't feel like it is that big of a deal. As long as there were enough adults to still support having enough, no biggie. Your other points are good, though. I think the biggest thing is the great program you talk of. I guess for some it just isn't enough.