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  1. One of our guys just finished National Camp School at Ten Mile River. He said they announced they will be selling approximately 8,000 acres (of 12,000) . No price mentioned... Will be sold to State of New York?? Anyone got words on this??
  2. Our Chief Scout ought to be someone who deeply benefitted from the program... an Eagle Scout whose course in life was changed by their experiences in Scouting...someone who realized the "American Dream" and has continued in Scouting because of their success and a desire to give back. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dream If we tell their story like that, and make them the "face of Scouting," imagine the appeal... Demographics of the individual shouldn't matter, but the Chief Scout story would be more appealing if they were a minority, "underprivileged", immigrant, or etc. It
  3. The condition is fair. I'd give between $25 and $50. But, I have been out of the collecting game for about 10 years. You may want the owner to contact someone else for a valuation: https://boyscoutpatchtrader.com/contact-us/
  4. How terrible it will be for those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute what is bitter for what is sweet and what is sweet for what is bitter! Isa. 5:20
  5. And when these are done intentionally, we call them lies.
  6. I believe this applies only if they are registered in your unit. That is, registered leaders for your Scouts must be approved by your CO, and registered in your unit. However, National will defer to your local council on how to interpret and implement this. And, how this applies to OA is anyone's guess...
  7. Lol, got this email today: Looks like we are really pushing the country club experience... read the part on accommodations a few times... I think the messaging in this dilutes and distracts from the mission. What say you? ------------------------------------------------------- Hello InquisitiveScouter, I’m personally reaching out to you today to share some information I think you’ll find exciting. You know, just the other day I was sharing a memory of my early Scout camping adventures with a friend who likes to camp but was not a Scout. I often find
  8. Hello @BisonBison, welcome to the forum!
  9. It would be a bit of a pain, but you could just form a "youth group" with the Y, use the program without uniforms and badges, get some insurance, and have fun Scouting!
  10. @Spatulate... all Scouting is local. Just like the BSA has some policies, procedures, and actions which many disagree with, you may find the same in OSG. (They changed their name to OSG in order to "cancel" Baden Powell.)
  11. If you know the other folks who are operating under this construct, get the National contact from them and ask. Or, try all councils surrounding yours, even if the distance is great. Start with the registrars, explain the situation, and see if they believe their SE will accommodate. (it does take SE approval, I believe...) You are absolutely correct. And that the SE would not do this is inane. We lived in Canada for a few years, and had our Scout in Lone Scouting through the (former) Direct Service Council. This has now been absorbed into a District of the National Capitol A
  12. The post-MB signature process is important. A unit leader should ask these questions: 1. How'd it go? Did you enjoy this MB? What did you like about it? What did you dislike about it? Then find out what the Scout wants to work on next. I often used the post-MB session to help the Scout pick the next MB, and then start the next blue card right then and there. 2. Did you like working with this MB Counselor? Did you review all the requirements with the MBC? Did you complete all the requirements with the MBC? (If the answer is "No", and it occasionally is, you work with the Sc
  13. Lol, well, he did, so he can. Agree that he is probably wrong to do so, but we do not have all the deets on this one.
  14. One more article to help inform... https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2014/08/25/merit-badge-work-done-blue-card-issued/
  15. BIG NOTE before the discussion: Your Scout may work on any merit badge he wants, at any time. He does not need a blue card from a unit leader to work on a merit badge. (However, some requirements may need counselor approval before starting.) He needs the blue card to help make the connection to a merit badge counselor in order to sign off on his work (or perhaps help him navigate his way through some particularly difficult requirement.) So, tell your Scout to begin working on any and all merit badges he wants, RIGHT NOW! It helps him to keep track of his work and progress...especially if
  16. Wow, they spent a lot of time and effort cutting that up... imagine if they'd have applied that much effort to a legitimate occupation...
  17. Chartering Organizations are implicated. And they are purchasing a release from liability. Therefore, connection. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bankruptcy-law/purdue-pharma-tests-limits-of-liability-shields-in-bankruptcy
  18. Welp, one of the key issues in the BSA bankruptcy is third party releases. And the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy still has a lot of issues swirling around the same. The events and outcomes of Purdue Pharma bankruptcy proceedings point to judicial outcomes possible for BSA's bankruptcy. The two are, ostensibly, connected in that way.
  19. They are hoping you will go away and quit asking questions. And it is difficult to find out who Scoutreach IS for... well, in theory, I get it, but in practice, I cannot find any solid numbers to show a real impact. And most references are pretty old. You'd think, if this was a cornerstone program of BSA to reach a certain segment of the population, there'd be more horn-tooting about it.
  20. A Mountain Dream ENFORCED solitary leisure spent among mountain tops is so good for the soul that every man would be the better for such "retreat" if he forced himself to take it occasionally. The quiet meditation, remote from the rush and unrest of ordinary life, cleanses the mind, and gives it ease and inspiration. Sitting here, unperturbed by Press headlines, and looking at Mount Kenya with his hoary old head standing four square as ever, one sees the clouds come and cover him for a time, and though they bring thunder and storm, they rift away again, leaving him standing there un
  21. It did not used to be this way. IIRC, you had to demonstrate proficiency in Canoeing and Rowing, executing Safe Swim Defense, and conducting a Lost Bather Drill. I just did the ARC Lifeguard Course in Dec 2021 with my 16 y.o. There were some challenging parts, but nowhere near the effort I had to put in to earn BSA Lifeguard back in the day. P.S. Yup, IRC... http://dankohn.info/~scouts/resources/bsa_lifeguard.pdf They did away with a lot of this in the 2013 Aquatics Revision
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