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My nephew had his Eagle Board of Review 2 weeks ago. He had to invite 3 people to be part of the Board of Review. He was told that they did not have to be a member of the BSA to be on the Board of Review. One person he invited was my sister. He is my nephew from my wife's brother, so my sister is not related to him. My sister is not involved in scouting at all. She said they gave her a list of question to ask, which sounded like they where the run of the mill Board of Review questions. I have never heard of a scout selecting Board of Review members. Or members on the Board of Review no

This is best place I have found to get info. http://199.134.225.50/nwcc/t1_pnw2/2006/cavity-lake/media-updates/ Last week no one was worried about the turtle lake fire, the plan was let it burn to the portages and than contain it. As of Saturday the Canadians where going to help fight the Cavity Lake fire. Because it was heading toward them. From what I read, if you stay out of the blow down area, you should still be able to have campfires. I cannot find the map of the blow down area but it is on the website I posted. They got almost an inch of rain today that should help

Maybe you where over packed, A LAPTOP! which is why you do not like to portage! How many portages did you do with a 70 mile trip? We did a 50 mile trip a few years back and did around 15 portages. Did you know that portage` is a french word that means uphill both ways? Talked to a scout troop from Tennessee, they said the only bear they saw was in base camp also at Northern Tier.

purcelce Did you make it back? Did the 2 fires change your trip plans. You had great weather starting Monday

GREAT STORY! Thanks. My pet peeve yelling SIGNS UP.

My son said he really enjoyed this camp. He has been there twice. Camp L.E. Phillips http://www.bsa-cvc.org/psr.htm

I will be heading to the BWCA on Friday with my family. If you are going to fish, pick up some leeches! I will be staying around Lake One, if you are going to be around that area let me know and I will keep an eye out for you! If you see a guy in a green loon Kayak wave.

To start this I must say that I have never sat on a BOR I am a ASM. There are a few things in this thread that I do not understand. How would a BOR know that a scout did not complete merit badges? How would this even come up in a BOR? How would it ever come out in a BOR that the scout really did not complete the POR, if the scoutmaster has already signed off of the requirement? Is it not common to ask the question what POR did you have while you have been a Life scout, and maybe a discussion with the scout on how it went. How would you even start the discussion about the scout not r

Aquila calva and Hunt You both have latrine duty of pot scrubbing duty! Great post from both of you! Thank You.

National Youth Leadership Training has a session about putting on a campfire program, how to plan them, how to run them, the six items listed on troop 42 website are in the NYLT session as inappropriate skit material. I do not think this makes it BSA policy.

A fox slowly slinks into the the room. Clears his throat. I used to be a FOX, a good old FOX too. But now I'm finished FOXING I don't know what to do. I'm growing old and feeble and I can FOX no more. So I'm going to work my ticket if I can. Back to Gilwell, happy land! I'm going to work my ticket if I can.

OH MY The pinky thingie is a scout handshake but not the Boy Scout Handshake. I really cannot tell you what the handshake is, it is a secret! The brotherhood would be upset, if this secret gets out! Quick someone move this post to the OA thread, opps I did it now didn't I! Sounds like a really good scout, that could do that in a Tenderfoor BOR, good for him.

I was/am not sure what a CO or COR responsibilities are. I found this on www.scouting.org Chartered Organization Responsibilities By receiving a charter from the Boy Scouts of America, the chartered organization agrees to Conduct Scouting in accordance with its own policies and guidelines as well as those of the BSA. Include Scouting as part of its overall program for youth and families. Appoint a chartered organization representative who is a member of the organization and will represent it to the Scouting district and council, serving as a voting member of each. Select a u

LisaBob Is the troop really ready to have a COR running the show?

I think the number one thing that needs to be on your list is that the COR needs to attend the Council meetings and vote and represent the troop. The first thing I think you need to do is get the write up of what a CO and COR is and what they should be doing, and share this with your COR, this may cause them to run! Someone here should know what BSA publication has that information (This message has been edited by dan)

I also would like to thank the moderators. You all do an excellent job. I have no idea how you do it, I would be a deleting/editing fool It is good to see the Man of Steele post again, I hope all is well with you.

gilski I think you should also be prepared to discuss requirement number 5 from the Life Scout Requirements at the committee meeting. Which is the one that I think the adult leadership maybe basing this requirement on. My sons troop also had all life scouts do a leadership project. The reason the scouts where given was that the POR leadership was not a strong enough leadership. Which is difficult position to discuss, it becomes a he said she said discussion. If you do a search you maybe able to find that thread which pretty much went the same as this one. I could not find the thread. G

Crew21_Adv I am on the fence with you! I really have no problem with the mother wanting to know who is and why I was calling. Like I said all she had to do was ask. This call was Tuesday evening, it was a long and trying day a work, after the 3 day weekend so I was not on the top of my game either. Hey I am over it if this is the biggest issue I have with NYLT I will be a happy camper. While I think you are being over cautious, that is not a bad thing. I also have found that most scouts do not check emails very often. But the majority have cell phones. The scouts seem to be really prote

I have not heard of any high adventures done in SD. But I think hiking through the Badlands would be a great trip. Not sure if you could even do it. Custer State Park would be a great place also for a hike. Watch out for the Buffalo! Maybe a side trip to climb Devils Tower.

I have tried this is Dan from National Youth Leadership Training, that only confuses them more. I have tried this is Dan from Scouts and usually get, you are not in our troop, who are you! And there is no way I am going to say this is Dan from the Council! There is just something about council calling your son that seems to make people uneasy. I feel that there is no reason to contact a parent every time I want to talk/email a scout. Now I am talking about 14 to 17 year old scouts not first or second year scouts. I was surprised to read that a Venture Crew Advisor feels that he h

In my sons troop we have a scouter (as of 10 months ago, he was a scout in the troop before that) that has red leather loops with a fleur-de-lis embossed on them. He made these at summer camp, in his third year in scouting. He is very proud of them. I have never said anything to him about them not being official, did not seem like a very big issue to me.

I had what I thought was a very interesting call on Tuesday night. I had to call a soon to be 16 year old scout, not in the scout troop I serve, he is a Staffer (youth) for NYLT (National Youth Leadership Training), (I am a Scoutmaster for NYLT) this scout has been blowing me off for 3 weeks, which rubs me the wrong way. I called his house and asked to talked to him, saying this is and said my name. His mom (At this time I did not know that it was his mother) said that she did not know if he was home, let her check (how do you not know if your son left the house? yes I know I am being catty) H

Are we talking about a requirement that has been signed off or one that needs to be signed off? When you wrote completed I assumed this to mean the requirement has already been singed off.

We are like EagleInKY except we use 35 gallon barrel, with legs, the legs are screw in. The barrels are bolted together to store them with the legs stored in them along with the grates. There is a rack welded on the side where the legs are screwed in and that hold the barrels together for storage. We do not have any holes in the barrels, this keeps all fire and ash within them. Sometimes they can be hard to start if there is no wind and we have wet wood. All wood to cook with is brought with us. Each patrol has a barrel. Dutch ovens fit in the 35 gallon barrel really well.

You may not be adding to the requirements but in my opinion you are making them redo work they have already done. If that requirement has been signed off. You do not have to accept work signed off from other counselors. And the scout should not have to accept you as a counselor. The scouts in my sons troop, figure out who makes them rehash stuff they have done and they usually pass this on to the other scouts, so the counselor that does make them do the work again, or explain it in detail, usually do not get a lot of calls from the scouts for merit badges. EDIT I see nothing wron