CaptainRenault

Thank you FScouter. Maybe it is not Scout Spirit, but there is something about those guidelines that makes me uncomfortable. It seems to me that they are designed to take the fun out of outdoor adventures.

I was never a scout, so I'm not sure I have a good idea of what Scout Spirit is. Would anyone here say that these guidelines are a good example of Scout Spirit?

I see a lot of comments about training. That is another problem that I have. One of the ASMs who has been around a lot longer than me has told me that the committee chair is not trained, and even though the adult training coordinator keeps sending our committee chair info about training, the chair still won't go.

Answer to question by anarchist. No, it is not a new troop. But the committee member that wrote the list is the wife of the previous scoutmaster. And the troop is not boy-led, and does not use the patrol method. I have been trying to change that, and some of the boys are complaining, because in the past the adults have done most of the work. And these complaints have got back to the committee.

Ok, here they are. I think one or two are Ok, but some of them seem way over the top to me. Edit: please respond to any or all of these. Let me know which ones are good and which ones are bad. General A minimum of one overnight adventure shall be scheduled for each month except November, February and April. One parent from each family must participate in an overnight adventure as a chaperone or driver annually. This does not include Summer Camp. Each trip shall have a stated purpose and be approved by the Troop Committee. At no time will there be two out

Hi. I am a new Scoutmaster and a new member. But I have been reading this board for a little while. My troop committee is trying to help me get started, and asked me for feedback on a page or so of "Adventure Guidelines" that they want our troop to adopt. Some of these guidelines seem to me to be out-of-sync with BSA policy. Would it be OK for me to put them up on this site to get feedback from all the experienced scouters here? Thanks