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You may not wish to share these, but it is hard to have perspective without these details. I guess the council can force you as they are the keepers of the form approvals.

No. That is crazy.

Agreed. No idea. I have become exhausted with things like this and haven’t reached out to advancement people to find out how many are affected. To me this says we don’t want non-scouter MBCs.

Don’t interact with that troop anymore?

This is the prerogative of the CC if the COR agrees with them (or if they are the COR). It may destroy the unit, but they do have that authority.

No. Based on what you have said, there would be no grounds for removal. One does not get removed for “bad leadership” as you say.

Just what they do in other non-profits and for profits. Advise, set some policy, and hire those that run the day to day.

Watcha getting at? Should we not have a board?

@dk516 Great synopsis. It is very consistent with what I have heard / gathered. Based on your notes, in December, we will recharter and those who rechartered before will be due at that time. Got it. The odd part was the "March 2024 Unit Renewal Changes". What does that mean? What changes beyond the rolling payments?

I am getting back into admin stuff after vacations. In my.scouting, there is an update for the new non-prorated fees. This odd comment was in there "Charter renewal will remain the same through the December 2023 recharter cycle and then, in March 2024 the unit renewal changes will be implemented." Any clue what that means? Is it me or are they making this up as they go along?

This is interesting. The National Jamboree had on some staff maps areas shown as quarantine health services and quarantine housing areas. Not used, but it was in the plan.

Again, these aren't in Scoutbook.

Training isn’t tracked in Scoutbook. In my.scouting? I would guess you have multiple IDs. One doesn’t “submit” records into Scoutbook. Are you talking about internet advancement? Even then, I bet it wasn’t lost. They have too many systems. I bet your records weren’t lost but spread amongst different user ids. That isn’t a Scoutbook issue, but a council issue. They are the ones who record (and can change) the date.

Every time (literally every time) someone posts to the Scoutbook forum with data being dropped, it is figured out. It has NEVER been lost. Sometimes, the Scout had created a new account and then it appears it is all missing. It is sorted out pretty quickly.

GSUSA.

It is up to the unit to use it how it works for them.

What if your council hasn’t communicated a list one way or the other? Our council has some nice properties that aren’t far for us, so we nearly always use them.

Yes, but as part of the first camping award, you have to have pioneering. So, imho, the award is well structured.

From my coffee table book on the history of Girl Scouts (First Girl Scout: The Life of Juliette Gordon Low, by Ginger Wadsworth 2012), it says GSUSA was founded as Girl Guides in March of 1912, but quickly changed to GSUSA in 1913. It even talks of Girl Guide letterhead used in Jan 1913 first calling themselves Girl Scouts. They said in 1913 and a bit later, some still used the term.

A friend of staff mentioned coming back in 2 years. Is that consensus? NOAC was 2022 and will be 2024 (Colorado). The world is 2023 and already announced for 2027 (Poland). The BSA needs use of the Summit to offset its fixed costs at a minimum. So, 2025 is very likely? I guess the other option would be 2026. That would push NOAC to 2027, overlapping with world and not help the already anemic OA. Thoughts? Anyone heard any good intel from a little birdie?

I am. All scout leaders do. I see it as part of the package. I follow the rules and try to make sure everyone else does. Am I risking everything? To some extent, yes, but I try to reduce the risk to acceptable.

Free 1 account per month if you register. I registered and it worked to read the one article.

I’ve shared this before. I asked my grandfather, who was born in 1917, if he was a Scout when he was little. He said “no, Scouts was for rich kids.” 😞

My daughter loves Fix-It the most out of all Webelos Adventures 3 years back.

That used to be part of swimming MB.