mrjohns2

It is funny since they are able to do a number of things that due to the national oversight of OA, the OA isn't allowed to do. Bare chests, face paint, AOL ceremonies, adults conducting ceremonies, etc. are not allowed in the OA. Mic-O-Say gets away with a lot.

I am going with my daughter. I am debating on being on staff vs the contingent. I’m not currently an advisor, I only provide the lodge executive committee with their safety moment. I attended 2 as a youth. So - attend as a staff or with the contingent? Thoughts?

They said they are cutting one of the electives. I agree, too much book/classroom MBs. As a nerd, it was great/fine with me. But that isn't the program. The more Scouts is like school, the less Scouts we will have. They get enough school at school.

I had a chance to find a Library of Congress article on it that I read as well. A patent for girls’ empowerment | USPTO "Early in 1912, Baden-Powell and Low crossed the Atlantic—Baden-Powell to integrate British and American scouting under one transatlantic organization, Low to start the first Girl Guides group in the United States. At Low’s instigation, the first U.S. Girl Guides induction ceremony took place in Savannah almost immediately. ... So trusting was Baden-Powell of her judgment that he even allowed Low to re-designate her “Guides” as “Scouts” in 1913. To reinforce the connection with Baden-Powell’s Boy Scouts, Low had the Girl Scouts’ uniforms switched from blue to khaki."

No, for the first year or 2, Low called them Girl Guides and then CHANGED to GSUSA. We have the official GSUSA sanctioned history.

You mean change it back? They were first the Girl Guides.

Napowan will be sold off by the PAC (merged old Chicago Area plus others). They recommend going to Owasippe. https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Camp-Napowan-Property-Update.html?soid=1127193000603&aid=9Y0yimgjomo

As a youth officer who ran 4 or 5 ordeal weekends, this was true for boys. Especially when we held our ordeals in late October. Our opinion was "these are First Class Scouts". Not all seemed to have learned the skills a First Class Scout should have.

Especially when a unit has its own EIN, opens banking and savings accounts with people unrelated to the CO, and has no reporting or auditing done by the CO. Are these really the CO's assets? Show me where they could assert that? They don't control accounts, they don't make withdrawals or deposits, and they don't audit them or provide any oversight. Nor do they really know of their existence. The Girl Scouts are very different in that each year you have to file a financial report and reconciliation. Our GSUSA checking is technically a sub account at a local bank. I almost had 350 units statements going to my house when the banker was setting our account up. She was like "oh, woah, ok, I almost had all statements going to your house from all units".

Thank you for the update. I had not heard about this latest news.

We ordered these inexpensive knives from Amazon for $13. They cam with a sheath.

That is a funny statement. There is no "setup" since it is in Internet Advancement which uses the my.scouting / Scoutbook login. The training hasn't been released, nor has the sandbox environment, maybe that is what they mean? It won't be "open" for recharters until 10/15.

The OA is not a unit activity. Not at all. So, it has nothing to do with the CO.

I found the formatting of the screen and software objectional. It seem slipshot.

The concerns are there, but there is no pre 1975 history. Also, some orgs are "dam the torpedoes" types that are willing to shoulder the burden of risk.

Those uniform infractions are up to one’s unit. So, most adults don’t have “much right to say” anything about a youth’s uniform. The SPL and SM of the troop do, though.

There isn't an official ratio of adults to scouts on a Scouts BSA campout, right? Just "the appropriate number registered leaders beyond 2 for the activity" or something like that? I couldn't find the ratio for Cubs when I looked for campouts. Is there one from national? Or is that just local? Thanks for the help!

Wow.

Awesome! Do you have 4 other girls ages 11-17? My 2 cents after being a girl troop SM for 2 years and now CC. Don’t make them a patrol of the boy troop. Let them be their own troop. Please.

That is awesome!

I had about 7 to start, but they were very formulaic and required me to only do 5.

Bouncing around on awards center, commissioner awards, and the training awards page it looks like the Scouter's Training Award is for Unit Scouters and District Committee members only.

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This is not true. Many schools in our council allow this. It may be a local thing for you and for me.

It is my understanding the bankruptcy documents say 2023. With that said, a few weeks ago I got a survey from national if there should be a jamboree in 2022, 2023, or 2024 if I recall. I don't know if anyone knows for sure.