Cubmaster Randy

We are having some Webelos join us for an outdoor service project.

In our course, the Troop Guide is the ticket counselor. He has a ticket buddy (another staff member (ASM,QM,etc) who is available if the TG wants feedback on any of the tickets. Our SM has given the TG has the final responsiblility to approve.(We spend time writing and reveiwing tickets during staff development)

The SM/CD looks at them,makes some comments, but leaves it up to the TG to approve the ticket, The SM does have conversations with the particpants during the weekends to help the process too.

The TG keeps tabs of the patrol members and keeps the SM apprised of the status. The TG reviews the ticket when completed and then informs the SM/CD to schedule the presentation of wood badge regalia

Warren: Congratulations on attending Wood Badge. Remember your Your troop guide is a valuable resources for getting your ticket written. I'm surprised they let you go home without writing it

Here are some hints

A step of writing your Wood Badge Ticket is to document your vision. It consists of three key elements:

Current Situation C Write a statement of what your world looks like TODAY.

Future Situation C what do you want your world TO look like in 18 months?

Steps to get there C What will YOU do to take your team from where they are today to where you want them to be. This section will turn into the 5 Goals of Your Wood badge ticket. You can call them projects, but they will get you from where you are today to where you want to be in 18 minths

Getting these three things nailed is the heart of the Wood badge ticket.

PS

While you are working on your vision, refer to your answers to the 20 questions assignment and see how that relates!

Remember, one of the items needs to include a diversity item.

Our district does not allow for for incoming tiger to go to day camp and only encourages spring recruiting if the pack has a summer program. They can go to pack or council events

One observation that I have made in my old pack was that when we did do spring recruiting, we signed up more tigers. I think this is because we got ahead of all the other activities that they were being asked to sign up for. When we do spring sign ups, we usually sign up 7 more (3 dens of tigers as opposed to only 2)

Of course a good program keeps them. Summer time activities here are a hit/miss as many families are off doing other things.

I found this as a campground

Wrights Lake Scout Reservation 616-734-3281

6005 W 2 Mile Rd

Evart, MI 49631

Our District committee meetings are standing meetings on the first thursday of every month and are attended by the committee chairs and any interested scouters. The COR's do not normally attend, but are they welcome too. We do send out special invitations to the COR's to attend our Annual business meeting.

The agenda has not changed much over the 5 years that I have been attending. We may also do a post mortem of a major event or have a discussion about an upcoming event. Most of the work is done outside of the meeting. The chairs give a report of what is going on and answers questions or concerns

*opening

*introductions and welcome

*DE minute

*Committee Reports

*Communications

*Membership

*Finance

*Program

Activities

Advancement

Religious Relations

*Training

*Commissioner Service (DC minute)

It is also on the Charter certificate that gets sent out with the membership cards after recharter

I went to JLT as a youth. It was a great experience. I was about 16 and had been already SPL for a year or two

I came back with a lot of good ideas and some new leadership skills.

It would have been nice if some others from my troop went, but they had scheduling conflicts

If I could, I would send any qualified and interested scouts that we could afford to send.

No it was implimented nationwide, That was just the first council website that I pulled up when I was looking for backup documentation. We had similar information here in Georgia but the website have been updated and I can't find the information.

FWIW, There was a discussion about it here last year http://www.scouter.com/forums/viewThread.asp?threadID=115951

and it is described here for

http://usscouts.org/usscouts/advance/changes/advchanges06.asp#1c

Beginning January 1, 2006, an additional requirement was added to the requirements for First Class rank in Boy Scouting. Scouts beginning their First Class requirement work after this date must complete the new requirement. Scouts working on First Class requirements prior to this date will have until June 30, 2006, to complete First Class rank without completing the new requirements.

http://www.wyoscouts.org/firstclassrequirements.htm

Actually, My question was " What troop do the boys want to be in?"

Have they visited both troops? Perhaps gone on a campout with each. Maybe visited a second time for a troop meeting. These are activites (imho) that the parents should have done with their sons. Different troops can be right for different scouts. They all don't have to go to the same troop. Some dens choose to do this, but it is not required

(Imho) The descision of which troop to join rests with the youth with help and guidance from their parents. The parents need to be educated about the scouting program and what questions to ask. You as their den leader can help them through this process.

I asked about leading change (in time). As a brand new ASM, you may not be able to now, but do you see the current troop leaders being willing to listen to your ideas in time or do you see yourself spinning your wheels

Are y'all talking about "Adult Scouts of America"?

1. Which troop do the boys want to be in?

2. Will you (in time) be able to lead change in either of those two troops?

Our council puts one on every February,

I did see that "staffing the district committee" it is now listed as one of the courses at the online learning center. Wonder if that counts? Im having problems logging in to see what the curriculm is

Check with your district chairman.

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I ran into a former cub leader, who was a new ASM in a neighboring troop. I knew pretty well from from some of our district activities We were at our annual district dinner a couple of years ago when I saw him wearing the Scoutmasters Award of Merit. I asked him what knot that was.(I knew)

He said, it was the Cubmaster Award. i was wearing my CM award so I told him that was the award.I said I thought he was wearing the scoutmasters award of merit. Turns out He had just been given the wrong knot. He laughed, we spoke about when he was going to become SM. He laughed some more. Later that night, two SM's from our district were awarded them. He later got the right knot

Good to hear.

Reminds me that I need to submit my nominee.

They are due December 1st in our district

I used be a Beaver

And a good old Beaver too!

Now I'm finished Beavering I don't know what to do

I'm growin' old and feeble

And I can Beaver no more

So I'm going to work my Ticket if I can

Back to Gilwell , Happy Land!

I'm goin' to work my ticket if I can!

Cubmasters can earn the Cubmaster Award

#5 navy blue knot on gold field

Question

A pack has 50 members, crosses over 10 Weblelos II's, but then recruit 15 new scouts (tigers and others). What is their retention rate.

We've had some spirited discusiions as to this subject

1.Right pocket, it is a temporary patch

2.Patch blanket

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That is what I was told at my beading ceremony and what I have heard at several other beading cereomonies since then.

I'll have to check my staff guide to see if i can find reference, but i don't remember seeing it there.

However, from the Daily Gazette

The axe and log embroidered on your neckerchief is the symbol of Gilwell Park. The neckerchief symbolizes service to all

that see it worn: service to the unit, the district, and the council. Whenever Scouters gather, at camporees, summer camp, pack activitieslook aroundyou will see a Troop 1 neckerchief at work.

To a participant, the Troop 1 neckerchief is a reminder of joining together as a team, bridging to become a Scout, coming together

as a patrol and as a team; learning skills, working together, and growing in Scout spirit.

To a staff member, the Troop 1 neckerchief is a reminder that we are all members of the same unit and together with the participants

work to create an atmosphere of teamwork and fun.

At the end of the Wood Badge course, the plaid Troop 1 neckerchief may continue to be worn with pride at any time Wood Badge Scouters answer the call for service.

I agree that most, if not all people, will choose to wear the mauve to show that they have succesfully completed their ticket. I'm just saying it is an option per the last line "At the end of the Wood Badge course, the plaid Troop 1 neckerchief may continue to be worn with pride at any time Wood Badge Scouters answer the call for service"

I guess we have it good here in our council We get 30%

If we have a rep go to the kickoff meeting and we turn in the money on time we get an additional 5%. Hopefully they wont play those games here

I traded for a leather type woggle many years ago from a british scout. It was a leather They used them in their troop

Wood Badge particpants may wear the particpants kneckerchief until they reiceve the mauve kneckerchief. They can, if they wish, also wear the particpant kneckerchief after they complete their ticket with their leather woggle and beads. I wear mine as a working kneckerchief if I am going to be doing something that I might not want to get my mauve dirty

If you are looking for paracord to use for woggles, here is a good site. Lots of different colors, orange, , gold, blue etc

http://www.vtarmynavy.com/parachute_cord.htm

Here in the Atlanta Area Council, they offer basic commisioner training at the Commissioner College which is currently in the spring. it is the bachelors program. They cover the six sessions

They also offer basic training at our Commissioners confererence in the fall. New commisioners could take it there and then work on other sessions at the college for their bachelors, masters, pre doc and phd. Not sure if they count conference training as part of the college. i took basic training at the college a couple of years ago before the conferences began.

We give them at the Court of Honor.