David CO

There is 1 formal meeting each month. When we are busy and there is a lot of work to do, they will often get together for an unscheduled lunch meeting. I didn't get invited to the lunch meetings. They want to enjoy their lunch. I think the boys enjoy doing BOR's at the lunch meetings during the summer. A burger and fries can do wonders to improve their mood and disposition.

Every married man knows that it is marriage that teaches men how to be subordinate to women. The boys will learn that soon enough.

Not according to Wikipedia. It says he was the first member of the board to come out against the old policy excluding gays.

Virgin sponsored the jamboree that handed out condoms. That's ironic.

That is very generous of you, but I don't think your $0.02 will cover it.

Neither do I. I work for the Chartered Organization, not the scout execs.

I have to agree. Anyone who donates that much time, effort, and money to scouting ought to be committed.

Are we really? BSA prohibits us from talking to our scouts about sex, even if that conversation is done in a manner and context consistent with the policies and moral teachings of our Chartered Organization. The distribution and use of these items is expressly forbidden by our religion. BSA will be offering these items to our scouts. At the same time, BSA will be prohibiting us from explaining to our scouts why they should not ask for, accept, or use these items. If BSA is going to be handing out these items, it should, in all fairness, lift its ban so that we can help our scouts to

I know what it is. We have Chartered Organizations. They don't.

You can't have it both ways. You can't talk about scouters "drinking the cool-aid", expecting us to give BSA generational loyalty in another thread, and then say that scouting is just a hobby for us in this thread. I think you are wrong on both counts.

It is best left unspoken. BSA is a youth organization. It is not a cult.

It is...and please don't call me Shirley.

So you are saying that those of who feel that executive salaries should be limited are not nice, jealous, and full of animosity.

I believe the last world scout jamboree to be held in the United States was in 1967, long before the WOSM policy was adopted. So, it shouldn't be surprising that the topic hasn't received much attention here (before now). I think it is obvious that the timing of these articles is due to the 2019 jamboree being held in the United States, and has little to do with the other issues. This would have been a "story" even if the membership changes hadn't taken place this year.

I suppose that one's opinion on that might depend on how much money they make. There are lots of scout families who make do on far less.

I'm sure that liberals would love to be able to aggressively promote their agendas without getting any opposition from conservatives. It isn't going to happen.

Those who like this game might be interested in an article in the June 2018 National Geographic titled, Greed vs. the Common Good.

I was under the impression that it was locked because it contained criticism of the WOSM.

Hate is a word is being greatly overused now days. If we try to maintain moral standards, we are accused of hate. If we support upholding our laws, we are accused of hate. So it is of little surprise to me that if some of us would wish to limit the salaries of BSA employees, we will be accused of hate. I don't need to know you in order to come to a conclusion about executive salaries. I can read the numbers.

Since the LDS are forming a new program, I would imagine that they will be wanting to keep all their camping equipment.

Not.

It is the same with my Catholic boys. We don't like the behavior at the council run camps/activities, so we use our church owned/operated camps and set up our own activities. It works out much better that way.

Yep. You don't get along with the SM, so you have already met the first requirement for being a commissioner.

Exactly. If execs don't like this characterization, there is a quick and easy way for them to fix it. Stop paying themselves these outrageously high salaries.

My school/parish/diocesan administrators make more money than me, but they don't make 10 times, 100 times, or a 1000 times my salary. As I said before, I am satisfied with my salary. I do think, however, I could become a bit resentful if my bosses were to start receiving huge salary increases. It is one thing to make sacrifices in order to have an affordable school for my students. It would be an entirely different thing if I was asked to take a low wage in order to make my boss rich.