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If you know so much, why don't you put forth a name? You have not, because none exists. I just looked up @GrubKnotsuggestion and most of Creek Stewarts classes are gimmick and media based to make revenue through the un-initiated. This is a tough nut to crack; who do you find with bonafidas that is young and energetic enough? Looking back at what the UK did, does BSA just go "screw it, the person isn't teaching so we just get a young face with energy and the best resume possible?

I get the whole difficulty in absolution. I was unofficially told that the overwhelming majority of liability that my council holds was inherited from two other councils that folded and their geographic area was "given" to my council. So as far as I can tell when a council folds under strain/lack of finances/lawsuit/etc ... the council that takes "ownership" of the geographic area becomes the responsible party or such.

Good points ... except ... I have to touch on this Bear Grylls thing. There really isn't a young American who is competent enough in survival to be a media facing brand ambassador. Could we find someone the same age or younger than Bear Grylls that has more competency? Absolutely. If we wanted to go the route of a brand ambassador like the UK we actually need an older survivalist. Older survivalists are just better, more experienced, more proven, and IMHO better at explaining why you do things the way they do it and why it leads to survival over death. That being said, any truly competent s

My Council borrowed from the Council Trust (Lucky to have a Council Trust, a different legal entity.), paid those funds to BSA National to cover the Councils liability, and is liquidating assets to pay back the Council Trust within a 3 year time limit. So as far as I know, the local council here has been legally found absolved and is now just trying to reorganize and save Scouting in the local area.

Nothing because we want to just move on and build back better or nothing because of something else?

So with all of these losses/projected losses what happens 10-20-30 years down the road when research and books like this start getting published? Catholic Priests Falsely Accused: The Facts, The Fraud, The Stories

A fun way to introduce youth to outdoor activities, make friends, and learn skills.

This is really easy to neutralize. Units can plan multiple unit activities. The Lone Scout just plans her identical activity at the same time and place as the Troop. We just need to go full co-ed.

These family camps are really popular in my area with families that have Cub aged Scouts and BSA Scouts as you get to camp as a family and the camping nights count for the BSA Scout.

Not sure how accurate that is. With BSA in this lawsuit there might be an emphasis to overestimate the value of the lands owned. Additionally, until you look into the deeds and land grants you really don't know what the BSA really owns, or owns and has the right to sell. I've seen land grants owned by non-profits where the land was donated with clauses that if the non-profit attempts to sell/liquidate that the land ownership reverts back to the decedents of the donators.

False, SM cannot refuse a blue card. Page 70 of the GTA makes it very clear that the decision to pursue the MB is the Scouts decision. The Scout has approached the SM about the MB which is the only requirement to get the blue card from the SM.

So if the judge who is supposedly the expert on this sort of stuff, is making the case that these are not related ...

This absolutely absurd; the private owners of Purdue Pharma are the target of the third party waivers. Are you attempting to say that Councils and Charter Organizations own BSA national?

Yeah I get that, I know that Scoutreach like your council has exists. I am just saying the Scoutreach in my council doesn't seem to work, or more accurately, even when asked about the information on how to leverage it is not being released.

I don't see the connection. The third party releases Purdue Pharma are about protecting the doctors and administrators who were making money off of Purdue Pharma and are the literal perpetrators of the crime. The third party releases in the BSA lawsuit do not protect the literal perpetrators of the sexual assaults or the people who covered up those assaults; the BSA third party releases are to protect ancillary entities. There is also a huge contrast between coordinated bribing operations perpetrated by Purdue Pharma to get doctors and administrators pulling a paycheck to commit illegal acts.

What does your post have to do with the BSA bankruptcy? Are you blaming BSA for the opioid epidemic?

Scoutreach always befuddles me; I live in a suburban community that has extreme economic diversity and every time I ask about resources to ensure every family can afford the program/camp/etc ... I get an earnest "We'll discuss that later." that never leads to a discussion later. At this point my opinion of Scoutreach is that if you are poor and not in the inner city Scoutreach is not for you.

There are a lot of people impacted by this bankruptcy; I wish they would at least give weekly public updates. It could be something short like "Discussions continue, X number of disagreements resolved in the last week." so the community can have an idea of when to expect the end of the bankruptcy and the subsequent expected program changes.

It is totally worth it to debate this with school districts. We have a great program that can help any and all youth. If a school is letting anyone else in I at least want to get a poster in the school, or a recruitment sign outside. I don't even need class time for a scout talk. BSA says a prospective Scout needs to see a BSA advertisement 7 times before they start thinking about joining; why not let those prospective Scouts walk past a poster every morning and afternoon in and out of school and start thinking about the option.

At the Troop level the Equal Access Act works every time. Every single club and sport in any public school has visitors, and leadership sourced from outside the school that are affiliated with a EAA qualifying entity. If your local school has a football or basketball team (they always have volunteer coaches affiliated with some other entity) you're a shoe in for getting back into the school; heck my local HS and JH football team has an affiliation with the NFL. 😛

Magazine fed, semi automatic, and previously fully automatic rifles were available in the 1960's and 1970's. The US Army didn't stop its discharge weapon purchase program until the 1980's (which means they were discharging draft era soldiers and allowing them to take fully automatic M16A1s home). There is no way to legislate away gun crime. Mexico has some of the most strict gun laws in the world and Mexico has 10x the number of shootings as America. Look at Switzerland where servicemembers are mandated to keep firearms at home in case of national emergency. Also look at the fact that for deca

So you are in a situation where you already have equal access. You equally have no access. Keep your eyes and ears open, and document the access that they allow, then revoke when you ask, build a case, then drop the hammer on the school district.

But the Scouting program is what it is, the outdoors is a key part of what this Scouting is. Scouts are drawn to Scouting over other programs because it is an outdoors based program. Many Scouters gravitate towards volunteering our time because it is an outdoors based program. -- Baden-Powell

So I am going to go with we should allow the Patrol Method to lead the Scouts to what service projects they want to work on in order to find the satisfaction that they need.

So your experience is that if a Scout feels it has impact and is worth their time they engage civic duty?