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Dawnydiesel, Greetings! I've stated before in this forum, and it may (or may not) be applicable to the unit that you commission. It's amazing how Cubs or Boy Scouts can fight during one den meeting or weekend campout. Then a week later, they can't wait to play video games together. But when adults fight, it can destroy a Pack, Troop or Crew. In my units (as with most Packs and Troops), we always have drama, constantly. The SM and ASMs and Committee don't always agree 100 percent, but we pretty much agree on some very similar foundations. But our drama is not always

John, We had a musician that studied Native American flute music visit our Crew about 3-4 months ago; his wife is one of the local high school teachers, whom works with one of our Crews Associate Advisors. He brought a few collections of flutes, and the high school band members in the Crew, were able to pick up some simple Indian melodies. I'll have to ask our Associate Advisor about the actual musician and composer names that our guest mentioned. But essentially he stated that Native American flutes are more from the Pacific Northwest tribes, and not really from the plains In

DeanRx, Concur.. Don't take my previous comments as confrontational. That's why my comments were directed at Fellow Scouters. Sometimes even seasoned Scouters, don't see any reason for allowing FOS at all. I feel at least every unit should allow FOS at least once annual. Allowing FOS to visit twice; yeah, that is a decision for the Cubmaster/Scoutmaster or Committee Chair. Its not really up to a forum member to answer though. But sometimes reading about FOS on the various Scout forums or newsgroups, fellow Scouters can become afraid, offended, or cynical of FOS. Whereas

Fellow Scouters, Here are my thoughts. Some people refer to the FOS drive, as the DE begging for their paycheck. Some councils do have a wealth of scoutstuff sales, fundraisers and corporation sponsorship. Some councils do not. Some councils and district have low income rural families. Some have districts with thriving businesses, good economy and a philanthropist millionaire in every district. I do understand that most councils financial records shows that FOS averages a decent percentage of the operating budget. So even though it is fund raising for the council, it is

Fellow Scouters, Eamon, I'm right there with you. While I never studied COBOL and FORTAN languages, I learned a little PASCAL. In the mid 90's. I was stripping Linear Recursive Sequencing Error Detection and Correction off of one's and zero's, just to get to the Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code in the underlying data. At work (away from Scouts) Most of the job related conversations at work would circle around the rearrangements of binary code. Then one Saturday morning at home, then in the late 90's while watching cartoons with my sons, the family really

CA_Scouter, I've had a similar issue with an Eagle Scout candidate. Being an ASM for the troop, and helping him get his documentation in order for the District Advancement Chair, days before he turned 18. I was playing middle man, attempting to get him to do the work himself, meanwhile attempting to get the district to conduct a short fused EBOR. For this young man, it was probably more closer to hours than days, between Eagle Project to Application Submission to Eagle Board to the Eagle Ceremony. So the troop leadership and committee was already acting quite flexible enough for

EagerLeader, Greetings again! With some of the council Eagle Referrals (fill in the blank and sometime short narrative) there is a box if the letter writer is willing (or not willing) to let the Eagle candidate read the letters after the EBOR. Since you do not have a pre-formated referal and have the liberty to elaborate on the Eagle candidate. You can state many things. If you wish to allow (or not allow) the candidate to see your letter, then why don't you open with that statement. That your referal may (or may not) be shared with the candidate in the beginning or ending of

Crossramwedge, You've already heard some excellent advice. I'll I can do is echo what has already been said. But if I can tell a story about our small town, and one of the Scouting moms that enjoys camping, as well. We have a few troops in our area. Each have their distinctive traits. My troop is pretty darn good, not perfect, but we do run a good program. The biggest populated troop (with good program and parent support) is just a few miles down the road though. One of our valuable families (Two Scouts, ASM, and Committee Treasurer) moved just a few miles down the

Fellow Scouters, I have attended and taught TTT/TDC a few times. And just recently attend the new stand-alone course EDGE, after staffing NYLT a few years ago. As I understand, previous TTT/TDC instructors do not need to repeat EDGE, but are welcomed. I do not have all my literature with me right now, but.... There is a statement in the admin guide area of both the 2009 edition NYLT facilitators manual and 2009 edition of the WB21C facilitators manual. If anyone has the manuals readily available they can quote the recent statement about EDGE. In short. I would say the

EagerLeader, Greetings! If you were not provided with a local (multiple choice rated) questionnaire. I would write a letter who the Life Scout meets the character development in the Scout Oath and Law. (I.E. Life Scout Johnny is trustworthy, he can always be counted on for happily washing dishes during KP for each campout. Life Scout Johnny is helpful, he always helps loads the vehicles and trailers for troop excursion. He helps younger Scouts with their Scouting skills. etc etc). Like John-in-KC and evmori stated, narratives that explain how the Life Scout meets the criteri

Stosh, Greetings! Within my current troop, a few years ago our PLC was lacking coordination. Some good ideas, and they were good Scouts, but a lack of communications and planning. I brought in an idea from a friend of mine. We cancelled the last troop meeting of the month, and replaced that evening with the PLC meeting. Now, we do have monthly planning and communications. Our Scouts need a lot of assisted focus as our business PLC meeting could take 30-45 minutes it usually last about an hour and a half since the boys like to drift off topic to discuss video games, m

Fellow Scouters, Here's my two cents... I certainly concur it would be nice for Scouting to recognize academic achievement and vice versa. Agreeing with both sides of eaglescout4029's and Beavah's comments. Some of the current career academic achievement Scouting Awards that already exist within the BSA are the Navigators Career Award of Excellence Medal (14217) and the Navigators Character Award of Excellence Medal (14217). I just don't see another medal to work towards. But possibly, a patch similar to the recruiting strip maybe.... But what would the criteria b

rclearh2o, Greetings! You've received some excellent advice. Here are my two cents. Like a few fellow forum members, I've always thought that the Webelos Rank, Arrow of Light and Crossover should be separate ceremonies. I believe the Arrow of Light ceremony is what all Cub Scouts should see. That they should strive to earn the AOL. Just by looking at the nationwide statistics. Cub Scouting has the majority of numbers in the program. Unfortunately, Scouting has fewer numbers that Cub Scouting even if the Cubs (and Webelos) see a great Bridging-Over ceremony year

CSCC Nervous CC Bear, Greetings! Are you a Cub Scout Committee Chair? You only posted today, and met with your ticket counselor also today. Most everyone stated it should be expected to be a casual discussion about your ticket. For future meetings, I would be ready to discuss the goals and SMART accomplishments. Be ready to explain how the accomplishments were Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Timely. i.e. "I did this event, with these many scouts, at this time, that help a specific number of advancement on this date" Those explanations should sati

HICO_Eagle, Greetings! Myself, I am currently renewing my drivers license while out of state. It is a small hassle, getting a together few applications and documents in order and having them notarized. The applications are a controlled item that the state does not even place online, so I had to mail the license bureau, just to ask for the forms to begin the process. But at least the state is not telling me, I have return for a written test, drivers test and photo. I have some mandatory things I must do, but I do not have to complete every mandatory task that I did back when I wa

Fellow Scouters, I actually like Tonys safety practice and I've echoed it many times. "It Goes in the fire, it stays in the fire." Kids (and even adults) enjoy fire and what it can do, but sometimes a little too much. Now, years later, I can find the humor in it. But I tell this story during training how a regular event can quickly become dangerous. Many years ago during a Cub Scout Pack family camp, after the day was over and the families were making smores around the campfire. One of the young sister siblings Marshmallow caught on fire. You can probably imagine

ps56k, Greetings! With my Crew21_Adv's oldest Eagle Scout son, he received a "charge" (challenge, oath, promise) in his certificate kit from National. It appears this "charge" was/is optional at an Eagle ceremony, but it was the one included in his kit. I do not have his Eagle Ceremony Scrapbook in front of me currently, so I am shooting from the hip. It was the same as the few popular charges found on many ECOH ceremony website suggestions. You've probably read thru a few versions already. As I recall, on one side is an image of a soaring eagle, and on the othe

SMT224, Greetings! The loss of a Scout can be dramatic. Nearly 15 years ago, I knew of a Life Scout and father, within my same district, who were on the side of the road constructing a school bus stop for his Eagle Project. A drunk driver came off the road, and struck the partially constructed wooden bus stop. Out of the Scouts and adults working on the service project, it was only the father and son that were hit and killed. It hurt the entire Council dramatically. Unfortunately, we all lose friends and family, regardless of age, from the very seasoned older Scouters

Yes. Concur with emb021, and I implied, these photos are normally during ECOH ceremonies. But only commented to illustrate that some ECOH attendees have worn the Eagle Scout medal on their regular "shirt, tie and blazer". Like emb021 stated, the Eagle pin, which resembles the Eagle medal device, and there is also a NESA lapel pin for civilian wear. Scouting Forever and Venture On! Crew21 Adv

Hardcore, Greetings! I don't know about white-tie events. But regularly in the EagleLetter, there are fellow Eagle Scout family members and friends posing with the newest Eagle. Not all, but some are usually in suit and tie, wearing their Eagle Medal. Scouting Forever and Venture On! Crew21 Adv

Cubmaster C, Good question. In my opinion. I think the restriction is for participation, and does not cover demonstrating, viewing or observing. I would recommend using your best judgment as a Scout leader and discuss with the committee. There are a few martial arts that are strictly offensive, even with the demonstrations going for the quicker "kill". For my troop, we once received a local tour permission (permit) to take our Troop to a college football game. Also, I've also been to a Tiger Cub Den outing where we went to a personal hunting museum. My son and I w

Posted a reply so quick, I didn't see Eagle92 had the quote from The Insignia Guide, Special Regulations. Crew21 Adv

Elishemay, Greetings! Yes. You can have adventures outside of the United States, when given permission for an International Tour Permit. Also, A member can participate in other international courses, sometimes as just an independent, and sometimes as a representative of the BSA. As for other Awards. Yes look in the Insignia Guide. Not under International, but under Special Recognitions (read at the bottom of my post) You've been told about the International Activity Patch, there is also the International Commissioners, International Adult Award, etc. Check out the

mls1 Greetings again! Good.. Hopefully your son, will quickly overcome his misbehavior from the Scouting Oath and Law. Of course, no one is perfect. Some boys and some Scouts do error in judgment on occasion. But hopefully your son repairs any damages and is quickly forgiven. But he should start onto his project as soon as he is ready. If he has paid any debt for previous errors, and has been deemed to display Scouting spirit. Then there should be no stalling by the members of the committee. Questions, confirmations and observations certainly. But no stalling. If

mls1, Greetings! Difficult situation. You asked, is there any hope for a dysfunctional committee and troop? I say yes. You asked, any suggestions or ideas? Yes, start the Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project. You stated Its approved. The only hope for a dysfunctional committee and troop is if they get training. Either attend training or self study. Then comply with the handbooks. Its fairly easy; I don't see why everyone (every Scouter) doesn't do it. I've said before. (and I was joking with a fellow ASM just last night) Its amazing how Scouts may fight