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"Sounds like a personal problem" Nope, he is just a volunteer like you and I. Nothing official on his site or what he has to say.

Goldwinger I take anything Mike Walton says with a grain of salt.

Wow This Thread has it all! BSA wants to make money uniform sucks how much a den should meet boys hate the uniform Camo is outlawed The Roy Williams myth memo about camo AND NOW Leather pants! :0

After eating many an excellent meals after my sons joined Boy Scouts, and I learned how to cook in a Dutch Oven. I went to Wal Mart and bought one. It works fine for home use and the not to often camping we do as a family, it is a 12 inch just the right side to cook a meal in for a family of 4/5 and the perfect size to make cobbler in. Make sure that it has legs so you can regulate the heat underneath easier and a lip on the lid so you can put the coals on top and they will stay there.

edit test(This message has been edited by dan) works ok for me. I am not signed in though.(This message has been edited by dan)

Beavah I do not believe I have called for anyone's head on these forums, well at least not in quite a while! But if a poster thinks a SM should be removed they have the same right to say that as you have to say units can do whatever they want, the BSA does not care. You at least have swayed me to believe that, it does make me sad. But I do agree we should agree to disagree in a friendly manner, I try but some things get my dander up and I cannot hold back, but I try. I feel that almost of the poster here love what the program can do for the youths and we just want the best progr

Beavah Are you saying as long as a unit is not losing numbers leave them alone, they must be doing something correct? Do you remember the turf surfers? It goes both ways, if a parent is asking questions they deserve an answer and not being blown off by the adult leadership of a troop.

"Of course they care. In addition to what they already do to keep volunteers on the path, what would you have BSA do?" How about giving the UCs some teeth, and tell them to instruct the troops how to do it correctly. The idea of performance reviews is a good idea, not sure who would do it. But I really do not believe the people in Texas care about unit operations. As long as they never hear complaints about them. I hope I am wrong on this, but I see nothing that shows me differently.

Where does one draw the line in the sand with a troop having many options to run a different program than the one the BSA has written? Making a scout do a merit badge twice just seem like a good way to turn boys off of scouting real quick. I know I am only assuming that he did all the work twice, just as anyone else is assuming that he did not do the work twice. We have a troop in the council that requires scouts to attend National Youth Leadership training to be able to be an SPL in the troop, another troop requires scout to attend to obtain their Eagle. Both are tweaks, while

Joni4TA I am so sorry to hear what you are being put through. I really think you should call your CC and tell him he needs to report this to the SE and if he will not you will. I will say a prayer for you and your troop.

I have been told that it depends on the type of bear on what your reaction should be. Brown and Black play dead if attacked, If they are getting ready to attack, look as big as you can and talk loudly to the bedr. Grizzly do not play dead or be aggressive. Anyone know for sure?

I have never taken a phone away from a scout, I have told a couple of scouts either put them away or give them to me during a troop meeting. On a campout I have gotten a scout out of his tent in the middle of the day to do a service project because he was laying in the tent talking on his phone, when he should have been out with his patrol. Before we where heading out on the trail in the Rocky''s this year I asked the scouts who was taking a phone along, they give me a funny look and asked why. I said if you guys are going to carry a phone, I am leaving mine in the car! They just laughed a

I think that the decision to wear the sash to a BOR should be left up to the scout. Not the SM or the Committee members.

he just posted yesterday or the day before

Do not forget about NYLT. Maybe you would like to staff the course?

My son had his Eagle BOR last night. Some of you may remember that I wrote that he turned 18 a quite few weeks ago, on the trail on the Rocky Mountains. He has had everything completed for his Eagle since May. Than he was gone for a week and a half for NYLT, almost 3 Weeks for two High Adventure trips, and trying to get the BOR scheduled with the council, in summer, with so many people on vacation, took a while to get it scheduled. He came home with a big smile on his face. He said that the question they asked were very hard, many he was not expecting. It has been a good run for us. E

IMHO Portillo's is not as good as it once was, it is still good but not great. For a Really Good Hot Dog around here look for any little hot dog shop that ends in Red Hots, there is quite a few around the suburbs of Chicago. What I have been really hungry for is a Mariska's garlic poor boy sandwich. This is in Crest Hill, Illinois. Something that I have not had in about 20 years. From wikipedia The Chicagoland variation of the Poor Boy Sandwich originated in Crest Hill at Marichka's.

Here ya go! http://www.woodbadgestore.net/shop/ When I attended wood badge My troop guide give me a fox bead on a leather necklace, I wear this more than I wear my beads.

I like both lists. Number 16 and 19 is the same as Beavahs' list, only he put more detail to them. I would reword Number 14 to say scout are given the opportunity to get 1st class in a year. I would remove number 18. I would also add that they have at least one TJLT once a year.

IMNSHO Some people should not be Boy Scout Leaders.

Thanks OGE

Fscouter You stated that relatives are not allowed to set on BOR, are you sure? This goes against what I have been told. Is it differnt for an Eagle BOR verus other ranks?

Scouts running the BSA program.

GernBlansten I am starting to see your point that advancements and the scouts feeling are more important than meeting the requirements. What other requirements should we fudge on? POR? first aid? or only tenderfoot requirements? What service are you giving an scout by not following the boy Scout handbook?

I saw this in the paper last night, I wanted to post this last night but I had enought of the computer for the day. I stood outside of work today and recited the Scout Oath and Law. http://www.dailyherald.com/search/searchstory.asp?id=336105 At 8 a.m. Wednesday, Boy Scouts from around the world will raise three fingers to their brow and recite the Scout pledge in honor of the 100th anniversary of the organization. One century ago on Brownsea Island off the coast of England, Robert Baden-Powell opened the worlds first Scout camp with the sound of his kudu horn. From 20 Scou