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The District Chair is the person who told me who the DAC was - this person said that he was only the head of the EBOR. So, there is lots of confusion who's is what in the District. As far as I know we do not have a Council Advancemnet Committee nor a CAC. The last person who was the CAC went AWOL for a few years and the committee fell apart. During the process of my son finishing his Eagle I found that most of our Districts (a couple are the same) have a different policies and procedures they follow for Eagle.

I was just asked this by one of the Cubs in my Den parent about not being a karate belt loop. Here is a link to "Why isn't there a belt loop for Karate or other martial arts?"I/i> http://www.usscouts.org/advance/CubScout/sports/karate.asp from the page: Back in 1974, the Boy Scouts of America's National Executive Board decided on a listing of team and individual sports which it felt was not consistent with the ideals and promotion of sportsmanship that Scouting is promoting. They didn't say that "these sports are bad" or "Scouts should never participate in these sport

In previous posts I have written on how my District has rewritten the steps to Eagle. Many of the policies are in direct contrast of what is in the ACP&P Guide and in the Eagle Project workbook. Who sets this policy and how would you go about getting this changed? Who at the District level should be responsible for these policies and who should be responsible to make sure that, as a District, we are following national policy (not only for advancement but other areas as well)? FYI I dont think we have a DAC. The person listed as the DAC has said they are onl

District Chairman leads the District & does the following: 1.In conjunction with the District Executive and District Commissioner, develop District goals. 2.In conjunction with the District Executive, identify & recruit enough of the right people as operating committee chairmen. 3.Initiate plans and help committee chairmen an adequate number of members to carry out the functions of the district. 4.Plan (with the district executive) and preside at district committee meetings. 5.Work with the district commissioner and district executive to stimulate and coordinate the work o

This is between the WEBELOS leader and the CM. I am the Wolf Den leader for the Pack. This is my 3rd son in Cubs and have served as a DL, ACM and CC in the past. I am also on the District Committee and a UC (but not for this Pack) And at one time or another have been on staff for teaching Cub leader training. Outside our CM (60 years in Scouting this year) I have a lot of experiance. So, when a question comes up I am usually the person in the Pack people come to. I got caught up in this when the CM came to me saying that the WEBELOS havent finished the requirements

The closest this is coming to me is about 3 hours away sometime in July. A few of us have talked about car-pooling and going to see it. Is it worth the drive?

Heres the bottom line on whats happening in the Pack. 1) Our CM is insisting that to earn the WEBELOS badge the Scouts need to know from memory the Scout Oath, Scout Law, Scout motto, and Scout slogan. The requirements for the WEBELOS badge say that they must explain what these mean. For the AOL it clearly says to know these from memory. 2) The CM is also insisting he will be the one that tests the WEBELOS if they know it or not and he going to decide when they will get the WEBELOS badge. Its pretty clear that the first is adding to the requirements. I know that the CM sho

Our Pack just got done with a Space derby last weekend. If the bodies were glued together before hand you may be able to carve, sand, glue on the fins and paint them in 40 mins. One tip that I found off the internet that worked great is to use a potato peeler to carve the shape. You will also need a small pair of needle nose pliers to bend the wire over the propeller. I don't like these. I found that my Wolf age son could do very little on his own to make one of these compared to a pinewood derby car. Talking with other parents I found that even the WEBELOS age Cubs

I have never heard of foaming "bones". How do you make these?

I have been asked to put together the Wolf Rank Ceremony for our Cub Pack. What is the best ceremony for Wolf (or any Cub Scout Rank you have seen? And if you could pass along a script that would be great also. Thanks

How does your Pack handle Cubs (families) that say that they will be rechartering but either drop right after or dont show up in September when the Pack starts meeting again? In our Pack parents pay the first time registering and fundraising pays the fee after that. I know that we will always have the ones that move. Just this year what would have been the 2nd year WEBELOS den didnt return in September. Or are a few Cubs dropping part of the cost of doing business and we should just plan on budgeting it in?

My son was finally contacted by the head of our Eagle Board and has his EBOR on the 28th. His spirit towards Scouting has really dropped since he started the whole Eagle process. He got pretty frustrated having to contact 2 people at our church and going to 3 teachers to get them to send in a reference letter. At this point I don't know if the 3rd teacher ended up sending in the reference letter or it's close to the 3 month mark.

In our district a youth goes in front of the Eagle board at least twice the first time for a project approval and again for their EBOR. Below is an excerpt from our from our Districts Eagle to Life guide for the uniform expectation for ether time: In as much as the Scouts Eagle Board of Review is likely the most important and formal occasion he has participated in up to this point in his Scouting career, his appearance and attire should reflect this. Arrive in a neat and clean Scout uniform, neckerchief, slide and merit badge sash (this is not an appropriate occasion to wear the OA

Any speculation on where this is going to be? East coast? West Coast? I know the Council around Washington DC is large and has an active Venturing program so maybe Goshen Scout Reservation? Blue Ridge Scout Reservation? The camp in WV that is the new site for Jambo? What other camps might be able to hold this?

Not the Scout but the Board members. The way or EBOR works in our District is that once a month 3 to 6 members of the Eagle board meet and approve projects and do EBORS. When attending an EBOR what do your Board members wear? Hes why I am asking. Any Scout that goes in front of the Eagle Board is required to be in full uniform including the MB sash. The EBOR will not meet with them if they are not. After going in front of the board to get his project approved my son made a comment to me about how the board was dressed. Only one of the six members had a uniform

Having 5 kids keeps me busy 2 are in a Venturing Crew and my youngest is a Wolf Cub Thanks Twocubdad - I found in the Cub Scout Leader Handbook (2005) - page 18-5 second paragraph. It says " He may not "go back" and work on advancements designed for younger boys."

At our Pack Committee meeting last night our ACM made the statement that Cub Scout could go back and work on lower ranks. Meaning that if a boy joined at the Bear level he could go back and earn the Tiger and Wolf ranks. Our ACM said he called our DE and that this was verified by him. I never heard this before. I always thought that once a Cub was in the next grade level there was no going back. What the scoop?

jblake47- If you don't use the Venturing structure, don't do Venturing awards and don't go to Venturing events why bother registering as a Venturing Crew?

I became he UC for this crew as my son used to be a member of these Crews but lost interest when they moved meetings (when they switched to outdoors) to a time he had other commitments. To answer some of the questions: What does the crew president have to say about this? This is a 100% adult run unit. There are no youth officers. if the president is not meeting WITH the committee or addressing the CO at some point in the year, in my opinion, you don't have a crew. Crew committee doesnt meet. As far as I can tell they figure out what adults are doing when whoever shows up t

Why is this a Crew? Numbers, numbers, numbers! These units were started by a previous DE who only concern was to start units any way he could. I dont think this DE really spent any time discussing the Scouting program with the CO and sold the COs with the BSA insurance. Most District volunteers think that we should have never registered these units as Crews. This crew is actually registered as 2 crews but function as one. These crews have 2 different COs with the same IH/COR - Same Advisor Same CC a few Different CMs These Crews meet indoor at one CO during the winter

Before the holidays I posted about the Crew I am a new UC for. This is the crew whose Advisor has been deployed overseas for the next year and has no trained leaders. Currently the crew is being run by the COR/IH and is 100% adult run. During my chat with the COR/IH an issue brought up was the high turnover this crew has. Most youth take 2 meetings worth of safety training, sign up, shoot 2 or 3 times, and then dont show again. The impression I got is that these adults dont see the value of the Scouting program; however none really understand or have ever seen what the Scouting progr

Me too. I just now was able to log into the site The last post I could find was was Sunday, 12/27/2009: 12:27:22 AM. I don't remember the last time I could log in but for me it's been a few days and before Sunday. It's good to see Scouter.com back up and running

Thanks for all the Advice so far. The one person I was told by the Advisor I should absolutely not discuss the mandatory training (our council is one of the pilot councils for training) or any other Scouting paperwork with was the IH. The Advisor brought the training requirements up with the Crew adult Leadership and the CO and was met with resistance. Outside of the co-ed leadership question (which isnt an issue) I dont really see any YPT nor safety issues with this unit. All the adults working with the youth are NRA certified instructors just none are willing to even take BSA YPT

Thanks for the correct answer - there is no requirement for Co-Ed leadership. This crew is going to be tough to handle. When I called the Crew Advisor to arrange a visit he told me that I couldn't visit the unit unless he was going to be there. He then told me that he was being deployed to Afghanistan (he's Navy Reserve) for the next year! He wasn't real happy when I said that wasn't an option and I would be visiting. No trained leaders and they are refusing to take any type of training. I was told by the Advisor if I said anything about manditory training (or any of the o

I am the new UC for a Venturing Crew. They have been around for 3 or 4 years. In looking over their charter they are a co-ed crew but do not have co-ed leadership. During my Venturing Leaders training it was always stated that co-ed crews need co-ed leadership. Ive looked through the all the documents I have about Venturing and dont see this written anywhere (but perhaps I missed it). The only thing close is that the Guide to Safe Scouting says that co-ed overnighters need co-ed leadership. This crew only gets together 2x a month to do there thing (shooting) and as far