jcousino

the most interesting part is the council picks the number and who is in leadership not sure what causing long term injury or death to a cub is worth in todays dollar but 7.5 million looks big but to me is really small when faced with a wrongful injury suit.

that adds to my statement The weather was a known event therefore it should have been planned for. waivers are nice what they do not protect you from stupid Acts.

If you cancel a camporee for a justifiable reason, you lose money. I have seen that as more of a driving force than scout safety looks like this is more of the same if a troop does the proper thing and pulls out past the refund date at least the district does not lose the reg, fees Watch for a few parents to file adverse harm lawsuits against the unit's leadership, district, and council for not taking proper care of their scouts john

Part of the outdoor programming has a higher cost, requires more skill from the adults, and requires more output from scouts and parents. Most troops act more like family groups going camping. Group cooking etc Somewhere, we have lost the, at least when I was a scout, it was the process that made you an Eagle Scout, not pinning on a badge. I remember meeting people who were active in their fields as merit badge counselors. Summer camp was for the rarer outdoor merit badges, i.e., swimming, lifesaving, riflery, and other shooting scouts. See the OA perform back when there was an awe factor. Se focus on the badge numbers not the process. john

i am surprised your council has not disbarred the troop . in their view money for scouting goes to them not at the troop level. They are scouting not the troop. they fear that they approach this company for funds FOS they will say we have already given. seen some bad fall out with the above. that why fund raisers other than council level need to be approved first. as use the money for dues problematic. a grant made to troop to pay scouts dues is more acceptable. the other problem i am not sure if troops can directly accept funds because they are wholely owned by the charter Holder the gift should go through the co name.troups sould have no fed tax id number

look at the controls set up under the short-term camp program. The fix is easy, but it helps cover the various troops COR. if a scouter from Troop A has an issue dealing with a scout of another unit YP or injury, where does the liability fall > lets all COR know that it's a mixed group

wind chills no zero possible on a webelow this is a Webelos event I am glad they canceled the overnight. Look at activity level differences between Webelos and scouts. While temp is not a directly listed thing, common sense comes in here. I would be questioning taking a new scout out also. One error in clothing , sleeping bag or a list of many things could cause one kid to become hypothermic it's putting kids at risk they are not small marines.

So They will be giving a correction when the final numbers are out without holdovers in a grace period (plus any computing errors (my add))

The sad thing is that they will most likely try again when there are fewer people watching out to make an uproar, and they are in more dire states (never fixed the bad management) It will be sold just not today.

unfortunately a lot of ground has been made rocky by false vanity

getting any level of scouts to admit it needs help is hard enough. Both paid and volunteers. the few high functioning units i have seen over my years where one,s that had a high functioning scoutmaster that keep the group together and would leverage other adults as needed. most where past upper level managers/owners.

not sure we have any right to complain have you looked at price and can of the pop corn we are noted for selling

Again i ask how does this affect states were scouter are legal required reporter? Does BSA report any issue dealing with child abuse to local law enforcement or are the in fact hidden possible child abuse ?( to maybe protect their name again. i question BSA ability to filter where they have an involved risk? Fr. john Cousino

not sure how any of this is going to were in many states a scout leader is a required reporter . not just to council level but that state child protective services

I agree will the above but where are the parents in this situation? It was hard to fix a problem that has its roots in the home. Not a bad or abusive home but one where there are no controls taught or placed. "Johnie can do no wrong." I would be very careful on what you as the troop do as the parents may be unwilling to see that little Johnie is in the wrong, but only see that the adults/troop are being very mean to their perfect child. A report made to scouting about the way you delt with their child may be hard to defend based on scouting current rules and practices.

Not undertaking Council level fundraisers most make your unit not very popular with the DE. what do you do with friends of scouting?

do like the girl scout due assign them an adult scouter to act as aid / guide. If you have any worries. John

That something. WOW john

Not sure i am following your battery set up. i have a 12 volt 18 amp (18,000 mamp) battery i use on one of my Ham rigs. its 1/3 the weight of agm battery a 100 amp hour 12 volt lithium battery runs around $300 to $400 I also advice be careful how you transport the battery they are considered hazardous so very tight rules about being on public carriers ie Airplanes i will get back to you about finding a unit that run on 12 or 24 volts Dc directly cuts the conversion lose. i have not been in Home care respiratory in a while. the last person also offered some helpful ideas. good wish's for the weight reduction that will give you the best results over all . John

got to move the cookies. Good job GS do we have any major sponsors anymore.?

We have been accustomed to hands-off which is the exact reverse of what should be happening. We have forgotten the that the CO owns the unit ,it does not have a life outside of the CO. We may belong to the unit but the unit is owned by the CO. I have been surprised at times with some of the mix of beliefs from unit leader and the faith statement of the church CO. BSa does not require a formal faith statement but the unit CO can. Fr/ John

How much credence do insurance companies even have today? 100% credence Are you will risk your house and future very time you take a group of kids camping? look at your car rates? try driving without it (please do not) and cause a an accident or just get stopped john

interesting, No neutral ground "of use only" (maybe left out) They must see an ongoing increased risk of loss (ligation) in spite of BSA stated changes. This may to the tipping point for a lot of other groups decisions. As insurance companies tend to use the same processes to determine risk (costs) John

Wow that is a change in what had been it looks like it was changed around April , based on another site still looks like they must have a trained adult with them in the boat. I could easily see a little wind come up and you could have cub paddles over a large areas of a lake or more . that one of my reasons for not small size scouts in moving water I do not agree with this change like some of the old wording to council events only but it becoming even more clear that push is to put the risk on or at the unit level