InquisitiveScouter

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.

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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>

One thing I have done is to become an MBC for much of the stuff I can do also, outside of professional or deep hobby interests. So, although I am no ski instructor or coach, I can do and teach all of the skills for Alpine and Nordic skiing in the Snow Sports Merit Badge. I do not mess with Snowboarding. But, if there is a Scout who Snowboards, and they work with an instructor or coach who does know those things, I can have a conversation with the Scout and coach about the requirements and reach a level of satisfaction that the Scout has completed the requirements for the Snowboarding po

Looks like the torso cut is much longer now. Maybe those shirt tails will get tucked in now?? (Doubt it 😜 )

The restriction (on under 13) is based on the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). "COPPA imposes certain requirements on operators of websites or online services directed to children under 13 years of age, and on operators of other websites or online services that have actual knowledge that they are collecting personal information online from a child under 13 years of age. https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/rules/childrens-online-privacy-protection-rule-coppa So they don't have to deal with COPPA, and put in additional coding and controls, the websites simpl

Maybe we can ask Elon Musk to buy BSA!

That is a question I am certain is circulating the halls in Irving, TX