InquisitiveScouter

My word... look at slide 9, "If a Scout separates from Scouting and wants to return later, does he or she have to pay the Joining Fee again?" YES????!!! Their Joining Fee is simply a flat fee combining the BSA Joining Fee and the BSA Annual Registration Costs. National has no such rule in place (that I know of), so why would the council do it? If Jimmy takes a year off from Scouting and comes back, our local registrar does not hit them with National's Joining Fee again... His old record is still in the system.

This is why many hang on tightly until they get the golden ticket SE position. Also, why the professional corps created a system where there is no hiring of "outsiders." Is an experienced executive or CEO of say, another youth organization, or a Y, even allowed to put in a resume for an opening in a BSA Council SE position? No way... National gives the council board a slate of candidates from which to pick their next CEO. IMO, that is bad for business... So, who is really choosing your next SE?

Ours has not announced anything like that yet. There is a "mandate" out there that annual council service fees cannot exceed National membership fee. See page three. https://www.scouting.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Rules_Regulations_Sept20.pdf Note that is the 2020 version. If there was a subsequent revision that removed the fee stipulation, councils may be moving in a direction where they charge more than National. Is there a more connected guru out there who can find an updated Rules, or confirm the one linked above is current? And, perhaps the councils are justif

For Tidewater Council, my guess is, Parnell was named in 2019, but did not start until sometime later in 2020. Expect salary to be above $192K, which is what the previous guy got. You really want to find out? Call your council office and ask to see their IRS Form 990 for 2021, and 2022 (if filed). They are required, by law, to allow you access to this information. They do not have to provide you a copy, but they must allow you to see this in their office during normal business hours. If they refuse, please report them to your local Congressional Representative, and the IRS. P

You, my friend, are a kindred soul!

See page 17. they reported $0 for 2019 I find that very odd... https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/540505875_201912_990_2020112017429593.pdf In 2018, a different guy got paid $192K. See page 18 at https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/540505875_201812_990_2019091616653396.pdf And here's their Trust Fund report in 2019 https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/541707488_201912_990_2020091417296410.pdf Enjoy! (Hey, now you know why I am blacklisted in our council! For sharing public information!)

We call it "Sniffing Spiders!!" Kids love this trick. Put a strong flashlight up next to your eye, pointing out to the ground. Scan slowly until you see a very small green, red, or purple light. Hold the light next to your eye steadily, and slowly move towards where the reflected colored light, keeping the flashlight shining on it so you can see the colored light coming back at you. Follow it all the way to the ground, and you will find a spider! Don't let on anything about the light at first... play it up that you have a special talent... you can smell spiders! Show them the fi

@Jameson76, would you be able to do the job? And, if yes (or no), how much would you like to be paid (or think they should be)? (I'm just curious, and not trying to be a joker...) I know I could. And I'd do it for about $150K, in our local area. However, I use a lower number because I also receive a pension from another type of service organization 😜 At that combined income, our family would be in the top 10% of household incomes in the US. (Where those salaries already place our SE's.)

Actually, tell the Scout to download the pdf and make the corrections himself... I have just finished round 5 of working with an Eagle candidate to get his paperwork correct. About round 2, his parent implied I could just make the corrections myself. Yes, I could, but, no, I would not... Scout will be bringing his form to the meeting tonight to get Scoutmaster and Committee Chair signatures, then he will deliver it himself to Scout office tomorrow! @qwazse is right on. You may help and guide them, but do not do it for them. BTW, a handwritten application is fin

Your registrar should have caught that! We had a situation like that when I first came to this Troop. Luckily, based on previous experience with the same issue (caught by the registrar the previous council), I found it and was able to help correct. Here's one way a situation like that happens (it's what happened here...): - Scout joined Troop in June, just as school was getting out. Troop leader had the parent-signed application, but did not submit it to council (sat on it.) Scout went on outings and to Summer Camp with the Troop (where he earned merit badges). Troop leader did not s

I would agree. I think we have reached the time when, as soon as an EBoR is done, that Scout is an Eagle Scout. What, if anything is preventing us from making this so? Or, what would it take to get us there? Only the stroke of a pen (or a few strokes on a keyboard), I think... I would love to see a a statistic on the number of Eagle applications National has returned with questions or errors. They have to have this data.

See page 22 https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/350867962_201912_990_2021021817717804.pdf in 2019, CAC SE received $326K total compensation package. Show that to the parents there, and see how they react to the fee increases. LOL

Nothing new around here... The mindset in most units here is that, after the EBoR, the chances of National turning it down is near zero. And, if they did, there'd be appeals and corrections until the Scout received the award. So they charge forward, because (I think that they think) waiting takes the joy out of the occasion. We recognize the achievement in six ways! 1. When a Scout is Eagle Scout Service Project complete, we make a big deal out of it at a Troop meeting. 2. When a Scout is "Merit Badge Complete", we make a big deal out of it at a Troop meeting. 3.

I do not see a Notifications icon or a Messages icon on the mobile. Only an Unread Content, Create New Topic, and Search. I've never tried to access PMs from mobile. I use an Android device, and, on can pull down the browser menu from the top right corner, scroll down and select Desktop Site. You can see the Messages link there.

Yeah, I would have been happy to donate my time and talent to work at the jamboree. Just not going to pay $1200 for the privilege. (Plus travel costs to and fro.) https://jamboree.scouting.org/jamboree-service-team/

LOL, you are right. I am often the one "breaking news" to our pros and district/council volunteers here based on things I have picked up here. Thanks for having a place where we can openly and civilly (well, at least attempt to, if you look at other threads) discuss our Scouting program!

It didn't. Obviously a misprint or mistake...

Wow, are you sure that was their target? 15K seems really low. https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2013/08/26/putting-jamboree-attendance-numbers-in-historical-perspective/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Scout_jamboree_(Boy_Scouts_of_America)

"As a Family Life MBC, I help them plan it, and make sure they do it. But I ask for no details." This is the way!

We have a lot of open spaces for jambo in our council. Wonder why Scouts aren't going? (No, I'm not wondering, really...)

We did a unit camp during 2020 (COVID), when all other Summer Camps in our area shut down. Eleven adults and thirty Scouts. We rented a local campground for the week, had parents and leaders as "staff", and (after looking at what a lot of our Scouts needed or wanted) offered three MB programs in the morning including Wilderness Survival, Environmental Science, and Mammal Study. We were going to do Motorboating, but had some mechanical issues with the boat, so could not. The actual primary focus, and most of the "heavy lifting" was coordinating Cooking MB requirements. Scouts campe

Advancement over adventure. You and I both know they have it backwards.

The Summer Camp near us (different council) upped their prices $200 per head from 2 years ago when we attended. A one-third increase. So, we dropped them from consideration in favor of other councils' camps who did not do the same... But... see link page 3... the Summit 2022 Summer Camp is about average market price. https://summitbsa.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Summit-Bechtel-Reserve-Program-Planning-Guide.pdf

You mean that Summer Camp on steroids that is competing with all the Summer Camps of the surrounding councils?

But!, but!, but!, I thought councils were independent of National!!?? <sarc>