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John, I used both of those sources to come up with my current list. Just wanted to post it here to make sure it was complete and I did not miss anything. Thanks Robert

I am looking for every award that a youth can receive and wear as a knot on an adult uniform, so that will include (1)awards only for youth worn by adults and youth, (2) awards for youth and adults, and (3)awards for youth that the knot can only be worn by adults. Examples: 1. Youth Religious Emblem 2. Honor Medal 3. Eagle Scout Robert(This message has been edited by click23)

I am registered to start Wood Badge next month. At work I have a goal of attending a "time management/organizational skills" course or seminar. Do you think attending Wood Badge would satisfy this? If so does anyone have a copy of a syllabus that shows where this is covered? Thanks, Robert

I am trying to compile a list of current issued youth awards that are represented by a knot. Here is what I have so far: Arrow of Light Eagle Scout Heroism Award Honor Medal James E. West Fellowship Award Medal of Merit Order of the Arrow Distinguished Service Award Quartermaster Award Venturing Leadership Award Venturing Silver Award William T. Hornaday Medal Youth Religious Emblem And from what I can tell the William T. Hornaday Badge can be worn with knots. If you have any others please let me know Robert

As a unit commissioner I have A mix of units, 2 troops, a pack and a crew. I like the set up that I have because one troop is chartered with the same CO as the pack and the other with the crew. But I could of taken 12 unit if I had wanted because when I joined there was no active unit commissioners. But on the other hand it has been a long time since I was involved with cub scout and sometimes wish that I had taken another troop(maybe one without so many problems:-) Mark, I know you are being sarcastic, but if your district is anything like mine you wouldn't even get to count handing o

I sent an email to the DE just to let him know that this idea is floating around, and he replied "I think that sounds great"! I met with Troop B last night, the new scoutmaster has laid down a plan to increase membership, so now I am going to support them with this. John-in-KC, I do not have an ADC, none in the entire district, so I have been reporting to the DC. Beavah, All of the troop leaders get along great now. The scoutmaster at Troop A that the former scoutmaster at Troop B is long gone. The cubmaster of the pack is the WDL and the bear DL, his son is in the bear den, I th

I am a new UC,4 months, in a district with some serious membership and leadership problems. I have 2 troops, a crew, and a pack. Troop A: Ten or so active and semi active boys, all but one are 14-17 and first class-life, with 2 or 3 about to "Eagle out". The Scoutmaster is wanting to step down, his son is no longer involved and a lot of outside commitments, we have done the "how to select quality leaders", 2 names came up and both declined. They have plenty ASM and committee support, but none of them want to step up. Pack: Very strong, close to 40 boys. But only 4 Webelos, 3 will

I got it 269 Me-She-Kin-No-Quah http://www.oaimages.com/cgi-bin/buildpage.cgi?pp=269&dd=2&ii=7418 http://www.oaimages.com/269.shtml Looks like that is at least a 30 year old patch you have. 19??: Changed name from Akonequa sometime around 1950 1973: Merged with Ojibwa 173 and Tipicon 425 to form Takachsin 173 Robert (This message has been edited by click23)

Only one for me Only do what you feel you can do well, I would much rather do one or two jobs well than do five and my work is poor. Being a WDL is a lot of work if it is done right by the den, pack and district- 3 den meetings, a pack meeting, a roundtable, a distict activity, and a den activity every single month scoutldr, It is a national policy that "Commissioners must not be registered as unit leaders. Although some commissioners may be registered on a unit committee because they have a son in the unit or because of previous personal history in the unit, their principal Scou

Good catch Hunt. I guess that these would be considered equipment patches.

When I was youth I remember proudly wearing sash with my two merit badges. I am a unit commissioner now, and after checking my copy of the "Insignia Guide" I can find no mention of a minimum number of merit badges on a sash, only a max of six on the sleeve. As for the 50 Miler and the Historic Trails awards, these are considered equipment patches and not to be sewn on the uniform or sash. A backpack, patch blanket or vest is where these need to go along with the Paul Bunyan Woodsman award. The newish Firem'n Chit and Totin' Chip for boy scouts and the Whittling Chip for cubs are te

Can a IH be nominated for the district award of merit? The nomination form states- "A nominee must be a registered Scouter". This IH is also registered as a ADL, If a IH cannot be nominated could he be nominated under his ADL position for work under his IH position. Robert

I dont have my TLT handbook in front of me but I believe that the policy is like this: To wear the "Trained" strip, the scout must complete TLT every time he is elected or appointed. It is not mandatory for the POR just for the "Trained" strip. Sounds like your troop is going for 100% training for the boys, but I believe that this should be a goal not a requirement.

If you know who your UC is, make the call and let him know that you would appreciate some contact, after all that is how the UC is supposed to do the job. If the UC is not willing to make monthly contact (If your unit is doing well a call one month and a visit the next, if not a monthly visit in my opinion) I would speak to the D. Commissioner and ask that the UC be motivated to do the job or have a new one assigned. If that doesn't work I would speak with the DE, then the D Chairman. If all else fails I would call the council commissioner. I stongly believe that a good UC can be a units be

This is from the Fieldbook "Commissioners must not be registered as unit leaders. Although some commissioners may be registered on a unit committee because they have a son in the unit or because of previous personal history in the unit, their principal Scouting obligation must be with commissioner responsibilities."" I believe this is also from the same "Please don't assign unit commissioners to their own units or chartered organizations. A commissioner needs an objective view as an arm of the district and council. Avoid potential conflicts of interest." The way I take it is t

None of the commercial caves, that I am aware of, in TAG( Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia caving area) offer any sort of vertical program. You might want to contact a Grotto (chapter) of the National Speleological Society, http://www.caves.org/ at the bottom, if you are set on a vertical trip. There is a rather lengthy section of the G2SS on caving, http://www.scouting.org/pubs/gss/gss09.html , right under the Sweet 16 section. For a commercial cave I would recommend a "wild tour" at either Raccoon Mountain Caverns in Chattanooga, TN or the Lost Sea in Sweetwater, TN. Mammoth Cave National

I found this on my coucils website http://www.bsa-gsmc.org/store/index.htm Here is the link to national site with my councils banner at the top, you might want to try and change the 557 to you coucils number, some of the randoms I put in worked http://www.scoutstuff.org/BSASupply/?cncl=557

These two forms are what commissioners use to sum up the health of a unit. http://www.scouting.org/forms/34126.pdf http://www.scouting.org/forms/33618/33618-27.pdf I would also suggest bringing in your unit commissioner, district commissioner if you don't have a UC. Their job is unit health and will be able to help you with some ideas.

I would like to know how chapters use the position of Associate Chapter Adviser. Thanks, Robert

The DC is working on the non-active commissioners, start doing the job or loose the title.

I am heading to the annual combined roundtable tommorrow, so I will get to meet a lot of leaders. I was planning on asking a few of the scoutmaster and cubmaster of the strongest unit if they would mind me coming in and just watching. These are units are the ones the DC felt needed the most help. As for getting together with other commissioners, there are only thee of us that are going to be active, the DC/cub scout round table commissioner, the boy scout roundtable commissioner, and myself. I am also attending basic next weekend at the commissioner college.

I am a brand new UC with only a year of adult leader experience, I was an ASM about 6 years ago. I have plenty of experience as a youth, AOL, Eagle, Brotherhood and so on. I am really looking forward to getting started helping these units: One crew that has dwindling membership, it currently has two girls and three boys. Its Advisor is also Scoutmaster in a troop, same CO. They are considering folding the troop and it's members joining the crew. It does not have any boys too young to join the crew, as of now. A pack with a new Cubmaster that needs some help getting started.

I know some of you might not like this, the unit and all of its assets belong to the CO, so unless there is some agreement between the CO and the unit this the was that it is supposed to be: A Scout transfers to an ohter troop (or Crew)-$$$ to the troop A scout ages out-$$$ to the troop A scout is dismised-$$$ to the troop A scout leaves-$$$ to the troop If the troop moves-$$$ to the CO If the troop loses it's charter or dies-$$$ to the CO If the troop "splits"-$$$ to the troop from the scouts that "split"

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