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Assistant Scoutmaster as Advancement Chair?
mrjohns2 replied to Chadamus's topic in Advancement Resources
Yes. The wrong interpretation. SM and ASM are not to be advancement coordinators. -
Assistant Scoutmaster as Advancement Chair?
mrjohns2 replied to Chadamus's topic in Advancement Resources
We already already constrained in a million different directions. The problem is almost "over defined" - meaning there is no solution that can meet all requirements. To impose additional hard limit requirements, when they are not there, is very frustrating. None of the third party campgrounds and facilities in our area have any ratios in their rules and regulations (I read them). School districts in our area don't impose their standards meeting in their facilities or other tangential groups. -
Assistant Scoutmaster as Advancement Chair?
mrjohns2 replied to Chadamus's topic in Advancement Resources
I agree with this 100%. It really depends on the outing (location, activity, weather) and the Scouts (age, maturity, past issues, health, capability, leadership skills, etc.). One of my proudest moments on a campout was when I had gone on a hike with 6 of our Scouts. They were having a great time in this one area of an old camp. No one else was at the camp besides the 7 Scouts and 2 adults. I needed to get back to the campsite to change my socks or something. Now, I didn't have a buddy, but I was headed back to camp along a clear trail. I told the group "I'm headed back to camp. Yo -
Assistant Scoutmaster as Advancement Chair?
mrjohns2 replied to Chadamus's topic in Advancement Resources
Where are you getting that from? 2 deep is not required “at all times”. You are reading extra rules into it. You are confusing no “one on one” at all times. You can be on a camp out and 10 Scouts and one adult go one way and 10 Scouts and another adult go another. Prudent? Maybe not. But again, don’t create extra rules. -
Assistant Scoutmaster as Advancement Chair?
mrjohns2 replied to Chadamus's topic in Advancement Resources
This isn’t a case of “liberal view” of BSA policy. There is no direction on a ratio required. 30 would be a lot, but it isn’t against policy. It would be hard to get 30 Scouts somewhere without 5 or 6 or more drivers. So, it is only theoretical. But, it is mot against the policy. Maybe against practicality and good sense, but again, there is no required ratio for Troops. -
Assistant Scoutmaster as Advancement Chair?
mrjohns2 replied to Chadamus's topic in Advancement Resources
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That is a lot. It makes the medal very impressive. We camp every month and go to summer camp. If a Scout did that, it would still take about 5 years. I know you can count Cub Scout nights (if I recall), and I assume things like OA and NYLT, but still, 4 years then? Wow.
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Wow. Interesting approach to be a SM.
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Model PLC video for scouts AND SMs
mrjohns2 replied to CynicalScouter's topic in Wood Badge and adult leader training
My Wood Badge course (2019) could have benefited from acting more like a troop. I still felt the staff / senior staff / participate gaps too much. -
Model PLC video for scouts AND SMs
mrjohns2 replied to CynicalScouter's topic in Wood Badge and adult leader training
I'd have to agree. There is zero decision space by the PLC, or the staff, for most of the activities, locations, and who is leading them. -
Assistant Scoutmaster as Advancement Chair?
mrjohns2 replied to Chadamus's topic in Advancement Resources
Scouting units are very well thought out structurally. There should be a separation between the program (SM and ASMs) and support (CC, MC, etc). Thus the advancement chairs should be a MC. The ASM should be "busy" with the program, supporting the SM. -
Assistant Scoutmaster as Advancement Chair?
mrjohns2 replied to Chadamus's topic in Advancement Resources
The COR could also be CC, but then you need 2 MC's for the same total of 3. -
DRAFT: DE&I merit badge requirements
mrjohns2 replied to CynicalScouter's topic in Advancement Resources
I don't like the wordiness either, but there are ADULTS who work hard to find an easy out. I got into a polite argument with a district & NYLT staffer who insisted that if a Scout set up a tent in a cabin, it would count for rank advancement if they slept in it. I said, no, no it wouldn't, not in my troop; as the SM, that wouldn't fly. They went on to say that they checked with the council commissioner and that it was legit. I said, that, well, in my troop, that is not what we do. I then used it as a SM minute. I asked the troop to think about doing that, that was that the intent, and that -
That is what they want. It is clear from their rhetoric. Everything they are asking the court to do is to make it as hard as possible for the BSA to integrate girls. They are freaking out. If the BSA gets it girl Cub recruiting act together, Girl Scouts will have little to fall back on as its program is so lopsided to the younger ages. This has nothing to do with trademarks and everything to do with the BSA welcoming girls.
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To whom? Why? To what end? Definitely not to the GSUSA. To the board? They were the ones that did the action. To the membership? The action was done and won't be going back. I assume it was simply multi-faceted. Declining numbers, running out of money, running out of relevance. What better action to open to girls, expand the market place by 2x, and improve opportunities for girls. What other intentions could their be? The destruction of the GSUSA? No. Cause people to leave because it is now for both genders? No. Case closed.
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Their argument seems to be 2 fold. One can be fixed simply (and already has) and the other has no merit. 1) Some Scouts BSA units used confusing, wrong, or protected wording and imagery in the recruiting 2 years ago. This was rectified, apologized for, and stopped. No material loss is shown, none intended, issue done. 2) The GSUSA doesn't like that the BSA is allowing girls. They don't like that we are calling it Scouts and that girls are involved. There is no protection to this at all. If we changed the name to Scouts BSA, but did not involve girls, they would have had no issue. No
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DRAFT: DE&I merit badge requirements
mrjohns2 replied to CynicalScouter's topic in Advancement Resources
It wasn't super long after I earned eagle when Family Life rolled out. I just remember, as a Scout, being happy I wasn't affected. For Scouts, I just recall them working on it like other merit badges. No drama. -
Boys' Life is now Scout Life
mrjohns2 replied to CynicalScouter's topic in Open Discussion - Program
Thank you so much for sharing. Any idea on how much longer this can go on? Is following this filings the best way to stay up to date? -
Boys' Life is now Scout Life
mrjohns2 replied to CynicalScouter's topic in Open Discussion - Program
Does this mean they have made progress with the lawsuit with GSUSA or does it mean they are moving forward without resolution? -
Boys' Life is now Scout Life
mrjohns2 replied to CynicalScouter's topic in Open Discussion - Program
That is a great question. I don't know if many/most of the bankruptcy choices have flowed to the origination yet. I have assumed that all of the current cuts are just due to budget issues, but I have no knowledge. It would have been neat to have a Girls' Life, Boys' Life, Cub, and Scout editions. But, like you said, with the circulation numbers, it would be hard. -
Boys' Life is now Scout Life
mrjohns2 replied to CynicalScouter's topic in Open Discussion - Program
It really is one of the last moves to incorporate girls vs. one to cave in additionally. One wouldn't expect an organization to accept girls, but at the same time have a magazine that is titled for half? -
P.C. ... Will scouting follow sports
mrjohns2 replied to fred8033's topic in Open Discussion - Program
I agree. I know the Scouts in our troop were not at all impressed with the OA callout ceremony. This was not for want of trying at camp (in 2019). They had 3 fires that were about 10-15 feet high, OA members coming by in a cone, etc etc. They were like "ah, why were they dressed like that?" As a Scout I was impressed by the mystery, these Scouts were skeptical.