InquisitiveScouter

And here is one of my favorites... Prep the veggies and pre-measure the ingredients at home. Substitute extra firm tofu chunks for chicken, and find some vegan noodles. Yummy!! Quick Patrol Chicken Noodle Soup.pdf

Start easy, but expensive: Mountain and other vendors have dehydrated vegetarian/vegan offerings. https://mountainhouse.com/blogs/camping/15-delicious-vegetarian-camping-food-ideas https://www.amazon.com/Vegan-Camping-Food/s?k=Vegan+Camping+Food Find ones you like and try to recreate it at home to make it less expensive. Also, you can try the Humanitarian Daily Rations. They are MRE's for displaced populations. We airdrop millions of them around the world for crises. You can order some online. https://www.amazon.com/Wornick-Company-Military-Surplus-Humanitarian/dp/B09Y8SBLD8 https://www.mreinfo.com/other-us-rations/current-us-rations/humanitarian-daily-ration/

You can go to Reports and generate an Eagle app right now to give it a look-see.

They only have to report if total comp is $100K+

He is a "Unit Participant" because (most likely) he is "registered beyond the age of eligibility" This designation allows him to continue to participate in the Youth Program, and earn badges and ranks for as long as he wishes to. You should (should, that is) not have any difficulty entering Positions of Responsibility into Scoutbook while he is in this designation. If you do, please post here, and we will highlight this as an issue for the Scoutbook Development Team. Do not register him as an ASM. (Or any other adult position!!) This will remove the ability to work on badges and ranks. The Scout himself (and family) makes the call as to whether to continue as a youth or an adult. Call your Registrar if you have any questions on this Scout's status.

Hej! och välkomna ombord! Glad to have you with us. "I'm still not sure I understand what's going on there"... we don't understand it either. It's akin to the fact that we still don't use the metric system here in the States 😜 "There's no bad weather, only bad gear"... we say that here, too. (Wait, maybe I picked that up in Sweden...) I had a wonderful opportunity as a young man to work the summer on a Scout Camp staff in Sweden. It was an NSF camp (https://www.nsf.scout.se/), and the Scouts were also doing their confirmation into the Lutheran Church. We stayed in a wonderful place called Höje Kursgård on the shores of Lake Vättern. Great times... https://goo.gl/maps/ThxioCxAgjdTWxJn6 I remember that year, about two weeks after Midsommar, the temperature got up to 34C, and they went nuts... limited activity outside for the Scouts, with frequent rests in the shade for everyone. As a kid from Georgia, it was great... first time I could take off my sweater when I was there 😛😜😜 Thanks for the trip down memory lane! And again, welcome! Is it time for fika yet???

A little more info, please? 1. What is your relationship with the Institution Head, CC, and SM? Do you believe they value your opinions and observations? Does this ASM/MC/UAC have a good deal of influence with the three above? 2. What system do you use to track advancements, and who has unfettered access? Who visibility into the system? 3. Do you have another person who could easily step into the role, or will there be difficulties if/when a transition is made?

Converted it to a pdf for you. I am looking for the three video modules. You have those?? ILST Overview.pdf

Love this... I'm gonna use it. May I have permission to do so without citing the source or paying royalties? 😝

@PACAN, thank you, but we have full access to the syllabus. That was not the point of my OP. More to the story... we have an in-person ILST coming up. There are a few Scouts who will not be able to make the training, but need it. I was looking for the on-line courses to provide them an alternate possibility for training. BSA took them down some time ago. (I did not mentor the youth last year during our early 2022 ILST, so was unaware the course had been removed.)

The content was fine. Agree that Scouts would benefit from older Scouts presenting the material. Shoulda left it up to provide alternate avenue for training as @HashTagScouts points out.

Ok, but this is something BSA paid money to develop. All sunk cost once deployed. Probably no cost to maintain. In fact, they probably had to pay to have it taken down. At least least leave it in place until syllabus changes made it obsolete. Again, the content was good. I went through the courses myself, to gauge the value before an in-person class. I'm really shaking my head on this one... less options for training really isn't a good solution.

I had about 15 Scouts do it before an in-person ILST and the feedback was entirely positive.

Courses SCO_1600 thru SCO_1605?? Cannot find them on https://training.scouting.org/home The content was fine, and was a great lead-in to an in-person ILST. Anyone know why they took it off the catalog?? GGGRRRRRRR https://discussions.scouting.org/t/ilst-training-module/264158

Our COR calls the references, and meets with the applicant to discuss the application and any flags raised in the responses. Here in PA, you must have three background checks done to volunteer. Having those is extremely helpful. We keep a copy of the paperwork.

Have a buddy in the back of the room hold up a yellow piece of construction paper when you have two minutes left. Red with one minute left. Skull and crossbones (white chalk drawing on a black piece of construction paper) when you are overtime. Costs about $0.25? for as long as the paper lasts 😜 Lo-tech, easily portable, easily modified if you don't have construction paper, fosters teamwork between speaker and support, and makes sure at least one person is paying attention to something!!

I used to work for General Mattis. And he had a standing order... "Maintain a bias for action." https://techinterview.coach/blog/amazons-bias-for-action-how-to-ace-this-leadership-principle/

Heck no! But a few ashes from the fire are just fine 😜

Dealing with "the usual suspects" is always a pain. Although it is past now, and we do not have all the details and nuances of the situation, it seems the adults in that family were a thorn in your side for some time. And them showing up out-of-the-blue without having participated in the past few months, paid their way, being incommunicado, and expecting you to award their son an AOL is particularly annoying. I can definitely empathize with the way you felt and with your desires to oust them. The parents, that is. It can helpful to mentally separate the parents from the Scouts. The young ones probably had no idea what was going on, and they have probably missed out because of the bad decisions or poor time management (whatever you want to call it) of their parents. And, from the limited details we have, it seems they will continue to have a bad example from their parents on how to interact with others in a group. If only there was a way this could have been "headed off at the pass", before the B&G incident...

But, wait! Wasn't all this asked and answered for them back in 2019 via Appendix MM in the 204 page BALOO instructor syallbus buried in the bowels of BSA's website servers? LOL You just cannot make this stuff up.

Why bother with the training? Because it will help you deliver the best program for your Scouts. Try to appeal to them that way. Threats and ultimata in a volunteer organization will never accomplish your ends... What will you do? That depends... do you have someone to replace them who is willing to take the training?? (You do not have to be in a position to accomplish the training... if you have someone who wants the position, ask them to complete the training first to show their commitment, then put them in the position. If only the world was that simple, right?) "Enforcement" varies council to council. Ours says they are like @qwazse's but they have never enforced it. Honestly, they cannot afford to. Many units are barely hanging on with the minimum leaders on the charter. (Scouting according to BSA policies is a complex undertaking.) The council (and possibly your unit) is better off with an untrained leader, than with no leader in the position at all. Choose wisely, and best of luck.

Welcome!

Jesse, more than anything, your council needs adult leaders who will take Scouts camping and deliver the promise of adventure at the unit level. This is the heart of Scouting. If you do not have the heart to take them into the woods, then be an active committee member for a unit, and provide administrative support for those who do take on the task of outdoor adventure. Anything you can do to lighten their load will help them deliver more adventure for the youth. Examples include managing all the Troop medical forms, helping to mentor a youth in a support role (like Webmaster, Historian, Librarian, etc.), being a reliable member of Boards of Review, managing adult training for the unit, etc., etc. And, you should ALWAYS be a Merit Badge Counselor. 😛 If you believe you cannot fill any of those unit roles, post again for other ideas...

Welcome!

If you had a parent signed application back then (even if the parent held on to it before giving it back to you) then you have what I have heard two different registrars refer to as "intent to join." (I don't know if this is some official registrar term or not.) If the application was dated three months ago, then the registrar could back date the registration to that date, and charge the unit the commensurate back-dated fees. Then, all activities since that time are creditable. Only requirements completed on or after the joining date are creditable. This WILL be a potential problem down the road. Make sure all ranks, badges, etc., approved in the system show a date on or after joining date. This condition is an automatic kick-back on an Eagle Scout application. That is the "letter of the law" answer. The "spirit of the law" answer is what @MikeS72 @SiouxRanger@mrjohns2 are about... give the Scout credit, and adjust dates as necessary, if the registrar has already entered a conflicting joining date (after your three months) in the system.