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I can add that in my area a couple of hold out packs decided that they wanted to be boy only. A couple of packs tried to do single gender dens. In both scenarios everyone watched as those units shrank, and shrank, and shrank while the family packs maintained or grew. The last couple of hold out packs are basically cookie cutter of each other now, 5-6 scouts with 5 adults; everyone in the district knows that those packs are folding when a member of the Key 3 crosses over with their AOL. My buddies pack tried to stay boy only until they got down under 10 scouts; they went to district and some of us peer leaders at other units for help and the shock was insane. I had to tell my buddy that I was not wasting my time trying to help him recruit when he could easily pick up another 5-10 scouts by just letting the sisters that were tagging along to meetings and participating join the pack. The COR of that pack, his head, it was deep raspberry with rage, I thought he was going to burst a blood vessel in both of his eyes; he really didn't like me telling him to his face that he was killing his pack by being sexist.

This is absolutely correct. Also note that there are height restrictions beyond just weight. I know of 1 person that was denied the ability to go to Philmont due to his height; he was told that his total length when prone exceeded the capabilities of the rescue helicopter cage.

Sounds like a poor decisions. What's the number, 9 out of 10 sexual assault victims personally know their attacker? Never 1v1 ever has a serious track record backing it up.

When I google that, the only non-lawyer propoganda sites that say anything say that it's a legal action to compel the remaining 1 billion. Where are you getting 7 billion from?

I don't think the trust is. No one on the BSA side is suing anyone. If anyone is suing it's most certainly the same lawyers that have been chasing deep pockets.

BMI is a litmus test. Fun fact, you can be 300lbs of fat or 300lbs of muscle; regardless, your heart is getting TAXED hard from the body mass. If you don't meet BMI it doesn't mean you're trash, it just means a deeper discussion and more accurate tests are merited by a doctor.

Again, where is this number really coming from? There is 2.4 billion period; where are you getting this other 40ish billion? Are you trolling? What is going on here ?

I would not recommend taking a break. Lower intensity, yes, taking a break, no. Cancelling anything is the kiss of death, skipping meetings leads to inconsistent attendance.

Most likely the best case of action is to hold a scoutmasters conference. Let the scoutmaster get an idea of what is going on with the scout. You never know, maybe the scout was told something unexpected.

I've reached out and been given POC in the past at Philmont and they have given me materials. I am NCAP certified, is that why I was given POC access and given materials when I asked?

I am not an accountant; however, I believe this is going to fall under injury compensation at the IRS and become not taxable.

Do you have a female linked troop?

As said above most units share the same number if chartered by the same org. I do know of 1 unit in council that has the same CO and their female troop has a completely different unit number so I am assuming multiple unit numbers tied to a CO are possible but probably not preferred. As others have said I also have the understanding that units are actually 4 digit in the national system; however, I think that the leading number could be different from council-to-council due to mergers. My council has a few troops with the same unit number because of council mergers. My understanding is that when the councils merged every unit that conflicted received a leading number if they were newer than the oldest conflicting unit (EG: 0222 is 50 years old, they didn't change, but 0222 from the other council was only 12 years old and became 6222 in the system and both are allowed to wear 222 on their uniforms). My council seems to have applied a 6 prefix to one former council and other prefix numbers to units from other former councils, and a third from the absorbing council; the oldest unit regardless of original council always gets first dibs on keeping the leading zeros.

That 2.4% is probably an indicator that some entity that was holding out on contributing due to the appeal has decided to contribute but it has not been made public yet.

It should all be available through your council training committee. NYLT is standardized by national, course directors and program directors are not allowed to deviate from the program or make their own materials. If the new leader is not getting anywhere dealing with the council, have them reach out to Philmont and Summit for materials.

The settlement fund is 2.4 billion; the way a settlement matrix works is in every case is the total payout cannot exceed the fund. There is 1.4 billion in the fund right now with about 1 billion pending (the settlement defendant holdouts, expected property sales, etc ... ). People will get paid out on a percentage of the total fund scored against the other plaintiffs. Where are these crazy large fund numbers above 2.4 billion originating from? Are the lawyers pumping up people still? I expect that all of the lawyers involved will file at the last possible moment to keep this going the longest possible, simply to be able to drag out billing and sucking as much money away from the victims to their own accounts.

I am not sure what you expected. So many of the legal teams involved were also involved with the Catholic Church lawsuits. The law has changed a little between then and now but this lawsuit followed the exact same playbook. Most forms of law are designed to just leech wealth out of the rest of society and put it in the pockets of lawyers; most of the law is written through case law not real law, only they know it, most are never given their day or moment in court to make their appeal. Vampires of society getting rich off of other peoples pain.

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I think that it all comes down to the system being maintained and the navigation points being accurate. The big problem with geocaching are all of the garbage caches that are not maintained, not accurately placed, and not placed in a clearly meant for geocaching container. My kid is into geocaching and the number of geocaches found by accident by me because I thought it was a piece of trash while he is searching is equal to the number of caches he has found. Every time I see a nature made vitamin bottle I now think of all the hobo geocaches.

Perfect example of meeting the scouts(youth) where they are at to get them engaged.

The 2.6 billion is not after fees. Everything I have read has indicated that the 2.6 billion is what the trust is currently funded at (including promissory notes). I think there might be a way to a way to bump that up if the hold out insurance companies decide to contribute.

There are new pants in the pipeline. Different cuts, made of ripstop instead of that old material that shredded if a briar looked at it. You might want to check and see if the new pants work. As for shirts I think it's by batch. I am in a 2XL due the length and shoulders. It's my opinion that several years ago BSA decided to shift towards an untucked appearance but has not pulled the trigger on that decision yet. The crappy BSA timeline management is a problem with everything BSA does right now.

Except for the fact that they said they are not. Oh no! Reading strikes again!

Has anyone else had a chance to watch the NAM videos that dropped on Friday? There was a great comment about training in the change the way we work together video. One of the dudes from national basically said that national wants to change training and that they want quality leaders, not just warm bodies in the volunteer roles.

This is the correct attitude right here. Especially the occasional review part; heck we all forget stuff.