SiouxRanger

As near as I can tell, “equitable muteness” means the appellate court recognizes that the trial court screwed up horribly, but that so many people believed that the trial court knew what it was doing, and relied on that belief, or even the trial court’s Judgment to proceed with enforcement of the trial court’s Judgment, that the appellate court system does not want to disappoint them at the appellate level. Which raises another issue. A trial court could issue a Judgment of doubtful legal propriety, and then authorize immediate implementation of that Judgment, “NOT pending appeal,” thus

Lord Michael Baden-Powell autographed the first book I ever bought-my Scout Handbook. And for those who doubt the importance of the "role-model" model, I was an adult when I met him (10 years ago?) and I remain impressed, motivated, and inspired to this day.

I met Lord Michael Baden-Powell some years ago at a Scouting Museum in the Midwest. I was invited to a reception for him at a museum. I expected some pompous, entitled British aristocrat fresh off a World-Class Brownsea event in England, disdaining his attendance at a museum reception in the states. (I learned he willingly accepted the invitation, coming from England to the Midwest on his way home to Australia.) I think he was 72 then. For 4 or 5 hours he greeted the reception line…with an incredible level of enthusiasm, which I have never seen exhibited anywhere b.y anyone. "Your n

A Pillar of Scouting whom I met once. Simply no equal to my knowledge in the Scouting Movement. He was the exemplary example of the "Charity of the Scouting Soul." He has no equal other than BP himself.

Sorry for being such a pest I truly want to understand current scouting events. And I have a long involvement in Scouting (over 50 years all the way to council level) and even at that, I miss the nuanced meaning of many of the acronyms commonly used on this forum. And I have t spend some minutes checking out their meaning. "Not to put too fine a point on it," but if a poster here leaves their reader to check out Google for the meaning of some acronyms-they won't bother and that reader will be lost to the conversation. It would just be so helpful to get the acronym AND the meani

JOTA/JOTI JID…Oo-ee, oo-ah-ah, ting-tang, walla-walla bing-bang. Of course there's JOTHKT. And JIADPL. JIAUMF.

Thank you my friend. I appreciate the clarification. I don't miss too much, (check out my Scouting resume) but there is so much I just do not hear about current National Scouting issues not on the radar of my Council, and a bit of help by way of explanation helps me (decide to) engage in the conversation and to follow it, AND LEARN. This Forum has incredible power. I just think that there are many "lurkers" (I do not like that term. Sounds ominous. I prefer "folks who are curious", but need written help envisioning why they should pay attention or engage in the discussion. An

I have long held the belief that folks speaking (communicating to others) bear the burden of making themselves understood. If I speak, I have to address my audience and speak in terms they understand. And if they are children, well, tone down the legalese, and if Phd's, well ramp it up. This forum is a wonder. Such a useful thing. And It should be not only a means of communication, but also a means of education. It is a useful tool to communicate amongst dedicated and vigorously involved scouters-we really care. (And without us, (volunteer led organization) what would Scouting

Unbelievable. Incredible. Had no idea such a site existed. I have some vague recollection of a bird which was named the "Tennessee or Carolina... or ??? Warbler) back in Audubon's time, the "joke" being that the bird was "collected" in the state of its name, but the bird never resided there-just migrating through.

Oh, thank you so much for this. I had no idea how many birds were migrating overhead. I've seen the warblers move through in the Spring, but no sense of the number of birds. And the hummingbirds who arrive and KNOW where the feeder was last season (me being late to put one up this season) they circle the corner of the house where the feeder was hanging in the Fall. They remember. Smart critters. And the ducks, and geese. Aways heard geese flying in the Fall at night. Just no sense of the vast numbers migrating. And an article about the number of birds dying in Chicago during the migration.

@Cburkhardtyou seem to have deep involvement in council level operations and successfully so. My involvement with my council has been at the District level, but also as a member of the Council Board, and as an attorney, I see things in much greater legal depth than most folks. I just ask who was responsible for "adequately govern and manage Scouting? And who failed in that? In my Council, volunteers are relegated to ministerial work. This an indictment of the ability and capacity of the "Professional Scouters" as you, a non-professional scouter, not trained by

It is not clear to me to which poster you are referring. But that is not my position.

Does this reference something I posted? If so, which sentence.

Yep. And then, at least the BSA has done its civil duty.

When flow chart and operational discussion gets to this level, time to find a new chartering organization. General Taylor: Woah, Dick, put the brakes on. I wanted to wait until airman left to talk with you. Dick, I'm transferring you. Sgt. Major Dickerson: Transferring me? Where to sir? General Taylor: You're going to Guam. Sgt. Major Dickerson: Guam sir? There's nothing going on in Guam. Why Guam? General Taylor: Dick, I've covered for you a lot of times cause I thought you were a little crazy. But you're not crazy, you're mean. And this is just radio. And a

And a Google search is proof of fact? Hardly.

Gee. First time I have heard that. My council has not appeared to have dropped any merit badge counselors from its rolls in centuries. Maybe 10 in 100 on the list are active. 90 out of 100 calls for assistance are met with "You are calling me for what???" Or, no replies to emails. The "password" (old TV show) is "Administrative efficiency."

Good luck to you.

By whom, how?

I just cannot understand this. Until your post I don't recall anyone, anywhere claiming BSA has a "r...c...." This smacks of a "straw man" argument where a false, inflammatory statement is made, then to dramatically knock it down. My recollection of basic logic (Copi-look him up-took a university 3 credit hour course on logic) is that the logical structure of "If P then Q," if P is assumed to be true, then Q is always true.) So, as applied to your post, if "family members' statements" are presumed to be true (when might they be available for deposition?), then any statement

And yet, the statistics?

Well, agreed, week-long sports camps provide similar opportunities, though scout unit campsites are intentionally wide-spread to enhance the wilderness experience. Never having any experience with sports camps-just scouting.

I would really like to see sources and statistics for this. From my experience, opportunities for abuse in children's sports seem to be much less than those in Scouting camping experiences. Kids leave their parents' car, go to the field, play, return, and leave. Where is the time for things to go wrong? Scouts are gone from Friday afternoon until Sunday morning. Two nights. Lots of time window for abuse to happen.

I think, theoretically to identify the problematic and exclude them from future participation in the Program. As near as I can tell, all done via paper and manual tallying. But in that era it was a very limited and missed many "hits." "Bill J. Smith" became "Jim Smith." Or "John Smith," or "Fred Gonzolabus." Who would know? Never saw anyone check an ID. (Just 50 years in...And not my fault as I NEVER heard a word from the Council that abusers could be among us, nor have I ever seen nor heard of any claimed abuse. And NEVER instructed to be on the lookout-registration was

Well, a statistical analysis of where the assaults occurred is an essential element of your argument.