InquisitiveScouter

They are not welcomed currently. The application for membership excerpts the DRP... "The BSA maintains that no member can grow into the best kind of citizen without recognizing an obligation to God and, therefore, recognizes the religious element in the training of the member, but is absolutely nonsectarian in its attitude toward that religious training. Its policy is that the home and the organization or group with which the member is connected shall give definite attention to religious life. Only persons willing to subscribe to this Declaration of Religious Principle and to the Bylaws of the Boy Scouts of America shall be entitled to certificates of membership." How can one say the Scout Oath, and then then Scout Law, and then say he does not believe? The contradiction is disqualifying. Agree that BSA has a problem with the Buddhist exception... The way I accept them both is to adopt a mindset that they believe they are their own "god". Insofar as you can define that... That is, they are the author of their own moral and ethical standards... Humanists, if you will... https://www.theguardian.com/global/2021/jan/23/atheists-agnostics-non-believers-on-the-meaning-of-life To be transparent, I also see many who profess a belief, but who then do not act accordingly. It is a very difficult thing to act as if God exists. And somewhat terrifying... I struggle with this constantly.

Wondered why they did this...makes sense.

Very normal for this...record keeping isn't your average council's strong suit.

You must be a wave-maker like me😎😎😎

I had to laugh here when I put in my paperwork to be a Scoutmaster about 7 years ago now. The council registrar told me I had to do IOLS... Eagle Scout, 15 years camp staff, former ASM/SM for 11 years, 4 x NCS grad (Scoutcraft x 2, Aquatics instuctor, Commissioner), Woodbadge (1992l...would they grandfather me for that requirement? Nope. OK, so I took IOLS...and was deeply unimpressed. There were three instructors that were awesome...the rest, I wondered why they were there. The level of knowledge and skills was extremely lacking. I began to understand why Scouts repeatedly came up short on skills and knowledge. So, I volunteered to help teach for the next few years.

I think @PACAN means sash with average amount of merit badges... 21 required for Eagle @ $2.79 current = $58.59, plus sash cost of $11.99 = $70.58 [My Eagle has 39 MBs currently, so replacement cost would be $120.80} A 23% increase would make that $86.81...and you average Eagle Scout has many more than 21 MB's... I can see over $100 easy for that...

Yikes...

Welcome

Hear, hear!!

My son is close...will finish this summer, I think...I guess we better start looking for a medal...will make a good collector's item if he decides to drop his pursuit of it.

Your council registrar can run a database query to see how many there are in the council records. (Yes, this is possible. I could do it when I had access to the system 😜 ) My guess is the answer is near zero.

Camp here in Northeast is $485 per head, plus a $50 round-trip bus ride, plus supplies fees for certain MBs

Involvement of Abused Alumni Post-Bankruptcy? YES Other than persons appointed to serve on governance committees as a result of the bankruptcy settlement, do you think BSA alumni who were abused will return to serve youth in the BSA? SOME WILL, SOME WON'T If so, what do you think they should or will do as BSA volunteers? WHATEVER THEY WANT Is a sense of reconciliation or forgiveness likely or even possible? THAT DEPENDS ON THE PERSON. IMHO, NO. Will BSA volunteer parents of today’s daughters and sons and those who step forward to lead the BSA in the future be perpetually held to account for the negligent oversight and evil acts of the past? YES, WE ARE ALREADY PAYING THE PRICE IN LOST CAMPS AND HIGHER FEES FOR MEMBERSHIP AND HIGH ADVENTURE BASES. ONCE A CAMP IS LOST, IT IS LOST. (PERPETUAL)

As many have pointed out, the perception, mine included, is that National (and the local council) does its "dumping" on volunteers...consistently. I have never been a part of any organization that practices "shoot the messenger" more consistently than BSA. There are also a string of failures, demonstrating a pattern of disregard for BSAs mission and purpose, and a disregard for the value that adult volunteers bring to their portfolio, which many, including me, have experienced. They are failures, because they are being PAID!!! And many of them, extremely handsomely, to provide services and support to volunteers and youth, which they are not. If it was just you and me as volunteers, I'd cut you a great deal of slack. I know what Shinola is. And I know that much of what I see from BSA is not Shinola.

Tomorrow is Maundy Thursday.

Hate group? What prompted that? A hate group = An organization whose goals and activities are primarily or substantially based on a shared antipathy towards people of one or more other different races, religions, ethnicities/nationalities/national origins, genders, and/or sexual identities. The mere presence of bigoted members in a group or organization is typically not enough to qualify it as a hate group; the group itself must have some hate-based orientation/purpose. [Anti-Defamation League] We have no specific shared goals, and no activities, other than sharing experiences and opinions. This is a venue for open discussion and expression of ideas to flesh out thoughts and stances on issues. What specifically would you identify as indicative of a "hate group"? And remember @fred8033, your my mere presence here is not enough to qualify this as a hate group. BTW, I hate everyone equally, but sporadically. Hate is an emotion. You cannot control emotions. How I choose to respond to my universal hatred is something I can control. And I choose to respond with kindness. Ahoalton!

BSA bought Scoutbook, and does not provide support for it. When they ended the Customer Help Desk for my.scouting.org, they dumped all support requirements on the local registrars, without any warning or training. Scoutbook support is now done by volunteers. It seems like it takes an act of God to to elevate an issue through a registrar to the National support desk, but that is the only way National takes input now. the volunteers of the Scoutbook User Advisory Council monitor the forums on my.scouting to help people. National does not monitor the forums there, unless it is to ID disgruntled volunteers. There is no direct support for the end-users. That is a fail, my friend. Most of the really good features I use for Scoutbook are provided by the original developer through the Scoutbook Feature Assistant add-on...which BSA does not provide or control.

Yes, you have to select 2016 requirements.

Heretic!

fixed that for him...

How about all three?

Hey, that link isn't working for me...would someone else please give it a try?

https://generalliabilityinsure.com/small-business/youth-groups-insurance.html Abuse and molestation exposure is very high due to activities being focused on children. No coverage is available to the abuser. While there is some coverage available in the standard market for the youth group where the abuse takes place, it may be very restricted. More complete coverage should be purchased through specialized markets. The youth group must take all possible care to protect children from predatory adults and older children through criminal background checks, training, monitoring, and supervision, and report all allegations of abuse to the proper authorities.

Yes, indeed. Any issues you have in Scoutbook with log ins, accounts, multiple IDs, etc., go there, start a new topic (most people put them in Scoutbook Bugs, although they aren't bugs), and post. Someone will answer you within a few hours, and you will get an email notifying you. Recommend you read through a few posts of issues to get a flavor for how to ID the problems. Never post personal info. That should go without saying, but some people will post enough stuff on there that you could use to seriously mess with them. CAUTION: You are not anonymous on that forum! People who know what they are doing can find out who you are and what council and unit you are associated with. Do not post anything you don't want tied back to you easily. 😜

These must be bad peanuts at my local grocer, $3.00... Wait...how about I buy the peanuts I like...support my local economy, and then donate $22.00 to a local Pack? Yeah, that's the ticket!!