CNYScouter

This may have been discussed before but I have a question regarding Soliciting money to buy material for an Eagle Scout Project. Our District has a guide for the Life to Eagle process. In this it states: Donations of materials or supplies may be requested. Funds (cash) may not be directly solicited. There are people on the advancement committee that are going as far as saying that a Scout can not accept cash donation, even unsolicited. An example is if a Scout asks for a donation for material and the person offers a cash donation instead they must turn it down. From the AC

The online NLE - "This is Scouting" - is now up on the BSA E-Learning site. Scoutnut put this in another thread but I thought there would be enough interest to put it under it's own heading. Thanks Scoutnut! (This message has been edited by CNYScouter)

Do any of your districts have any equipment to use at District Events (Camp-o-rees or Klondike Derbies), Roundtables or Training? I am talking about things like a First Aid kit, clip boards, easels or stands, stop watches and other small items that are almost always used at these types of events. Our District has none of this kind of stuff and it seems that we are always scrounging for these items (or trying to borrow from troops) to use at District events. How does your District handle getting these things for events?

Take a look at the Supplemental Training module on Scoutmaster Conferences found at: http://www.scouting.org/BoyScouts/TrainingModules.aspx ...These functions are not easily performed if a Scoutmaster delegates a Scoutmaster conference to assistants. In a boy-lead troop, the Scoutmaster does not assert his authority, but guides and counsels every Scout so that the troop can function well and serve the purposes of Boy Scouting. The Scoutmaster conference is one of the primary ways the Scoutmaster does this. In large troops, delegating this function may be necessary, especially w

Currently I have: 1 Venturing Uniform (w/ belt and socks) 1 long sleeve Boy Scout shirt 1 short sleeve boy Scout Uniform 1 pair Boy Scout pants (w/ belt and socks) 1 Sea Scout working (khaki) Uniform 1 Sea Scout Dress (white) Uniform I have a least my shirt from the 70's with an Eagle Badge on it hanging in a closest but don't remenber if the pants are there (but the field cap is). The red beret is long gone as our Troop hated them and only got them to go to Jambo and told Mom to feel free to give to anyone who wanted it.

I was at a Troop Committee meeting (helping with training) where an interesting situation came up. There is a Pack with 3 WEBELOS ready to get their AOL. Only one will be joining the Troop but the parent of the other 2, who have made it clear they will not be moving on to Boy Scouts, want the full crossing over ceremony done by the Troop. The Troop gives any boy joining a handbook, Troop Necker, slide and shoulder loops. The committee was split on what to do. Some wanted that if they are not joining Boy Scouts they shouldnt be doing the crossing over ceremony. Other sa

I am having a disscusion later in the week about how this actiity is going to run (ie. how the rope will be attached and safety equipment) My 2 concerns initally were the qualified instructors (not sure if the person wanting to do this one) and the safe area (it will NOT be in an established climbing site or facilty). I think that this activity should be replaced but others putting this activity together feel that as it's not a rock climbing activity and just a hanging rope the Climb on Safety gudelines do not apply.

Would a climbing Rope, basically like gym class, a large rope w/knots, suspended 12-15 off the ground, be covered under the Climb on Safety rules? Climb on Safety seems to be focused on Rock climbing and climbing walls. This would be an activity stations at an upcoming camp-o-ree and I want to be sure we are following the G2SS.

Goshen Scout Reservation has a Road to Ranger program that runs 2 weeks where a Venturer can earn the Outdoor Bronze and do most of the requirements for the Ranger award. The web site says they running it again in 2009. I dont know much about this program as I heard about it from a Venturing Leader(actually a Sea Scout Skipper)from the National Capital Area Council.

OGE - what you are saying is my stance on this issue. The disagreement is coming from the SM that is saying there HAS to be 2 adults at every station and our Venturers can't be on their own as it violates G2SS. The issue of Venturing Youth "Boy"and Boy Scout "adult" only effects 2 so I think that can be worked out. I don't see why this is even an issue. Between the older Scouts in this Troop and the Venturing Crew there are over a dozen "youth" that are not only First Aid, CPR and BSA Lifeguard Certified but they are also certified at Wilderness First Aid Rescuer level.

The District Venturing Crews (and some older Boy Scouts) have offered to run the events at our District Camp-o-ree in May. I have offered to coordinate this effort. This has a Backpacking/Hiking theme where Patrols will be using Map & Compass or a GPS to locate stations on a map and hike out to each station where they will have some type of task to perform using basic Scout Skills. These stations could be up to a mile away from Camp-o-ree headquarters. There is one station with climbing involved which will have adults helping but the rest of stations they will be doing things

Packs Summer plans include: A Pack camping Trip in June. The local Pro Baseball team has a Scout night with free tickets (usually in June) In both July in August we have community fairs with recruitment booths and we will be doing a picnic dinner at a couple of local parks. We are also putting together a Chasing Waterfalls program. As we have a lot of waterfalls in the area, any Cub that visits a certain number of waterfalls over the summer will receive a patch. Both of the parks where the picnic dinners will be have short hiking trails to a waterfall so they fit right in

"Damn the Rules! Call it an experiment!" - Lord Baden-Powell I think this quote is no longer applicable. After 100+ years is Scouting still an experiment?

I think the CM should butt out of the den business. Isn't one the main responsibilities of a Cubmaster is to work directly with the pack trainer, Tiger Cub den leaders, Cub Scout den leaders, Webelos den leaders, den chiefs, and pack committee chair and members to make sure that all dens are functioning well? It would seem to me that this falls under his responsibility. The CM and CC of our Pack are a husband (CM) and wife (CC). She has told me that she is not going to deal with this situation and is leaving up to her husband the CM. If the CC is willing to accept you as

Over the weekend I had a chance to talk with our CM again about the lack of a Den schedule in my sons Tiger Den. Right now we have only one more Den meeting scheduled, its this week, for the rest of the year. So far this year we have had only 5 Den meetings and three trips, with both Den meetings in Dec. canceled. For these meetings more than half the time or date was changed at the last minute (with in a few hours) of the meeting. Another 2 or 3 meetings we were given less than a 24 hour notice of the meeting. On multiple occasions, my wife and I have asked for a Den Schedule.

There is nothing to say the boys can't move to different patrols as they desire, nor is there anything stopping them from being a NSP and staying together as long as they wish as long as they maintain at least 6 members. Stosh - what happens in your Troop when a Patrol doesn't maintain 6 members.

So which do you want? Do you want to find a new Pack? Or do you simply want to vent about the lack of a Pack to transfer to, and use that as a reason to pull your son out of scouts altogether? I am looking for other ideas on ways to find a Pack. And actually I am trying to find a reason to keep him in Cubs but it's becoming more and more difficult to find a reason to keep him in. I would normally go to Roundtable or a District Event find another Pack but It tough when no one attends. There art a couple of reasons I don't want to go through the DE. 1) The CM/CC of the Pack I

Due to scheduling issues (actually the lack of any type of Den schedule) my wife and I are considering moving to a new Pack. Ive talked with the CM/CC (a husband and wife team) about this, but they are not moving very fast as I first brought the lack of Den meetings up to them over a month ago. Even though they have told me they have major issues with this DL they dont seem to Overall the Pack isnt bad, has issues /problems as every group does, but not having set Den meeting times (or even knowing when Den meetings are) have just become too difficult for us to manage. So here

This year we are using a school cafeteria. No charge. Because we want to use the kitchen we have to pay to have one of the kitchen staff to be there. The Pack also hs to pay a janitor (overtime wage) if we go past a certain time. Cost - Cubs and any registered leaders are free - others $4 in advance/$5 at the door. In the past with my older sons Pack, we used a local businesses cafeteria (on a weekend) for free. It was cool place as they have an artificial creek running through it with bridges. The Pack also used an American Legion Hall. Not only did they give us the roo

a .pdf of the 2008 Advancement Committee Policies and Procedures guidebook can be found at: http://www.gwinnettbsa.org/downloads/2008AdvancementGuideBook.pdf On Page 24 it says for Eagle Palms, the review is conducted by members of the troop committee.

Try this link for Instructions for Homemade Backpacking Gear http://www.backpacking.net/makegear.html There are plans on how to make backpacks, shelters, stoves, cookware, sleeping items and other things. I've been thining about trying to make a Hunters Lean-To or often called a "Whelen" Tent.

Eamonn wrote: I'm not sure what is on the dump? The Dump is a web site that has .pdf's of older Scouting book and had become one of my favorite resources for ideas. They do have copies of all the old Gilcraft Books (written in the 20's & 30's) http://www.thedump.scoutscan.com/scouts.html You can also find other book on pioneering. You will have to scan the titles to find them. Check this site out.

There is a web site that contains .pdfs of many of the early handbooks, works written by B-P (and others) and some bios of B-P Its called the "The Dump" - Resources For Scouting http://www.thedump.scoutscan.com/scouts.html Click on Other on the left hand side. Some of the titles you see are: The Young Baden-Powell 1961 - By Arthur Catherall E.E. Reynolds book on Baden-Powell and the rise of the Boy Scout Movement - 1944. The Wolf That Never Sleeps. The Story of Baden-Powell. The Wolf That Never Sleeps. 1900 by Harold Begbie. The Chief Biography of Robert

Thanks for the answers but the amount sounds about right. I think the cost for OA members for the weekend was around $20 (includes 1 years dues). As I don't have the letter in front of me but some of the items listed were: 1 years dues $ 8.00 Food $ 8.00 sash $14.00 flap $ 4.00 I know that the handbook (don't remeber the cost) and a few other items were also included but I can't remeber them all. I am also looking forward to this weekend. I was in OA as a youth (Brotherhood) but never got involved as an adult due to my son never having the

When my son joined the Crew he is currently in he also was jointly registered in the Troop that it is an offshoot of. He was elected the OA this year and last night he got his letter inviting him to the Ordeal. The OA is something he was always interested in but his previous Troops didnt hold elections (and he wasnt eligible as a Sea Scout) so hes pretty excited about going. I was initially taken back at the cost for the weekend ($45 for early sign up). After reading the letter and seeing what the fee covers and what he receives (the letter had a complete list of what the f