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Currently still "growing up." As a kid, I wanted to join the Air Force, be a fighter pilot and specialize in military intelligence. Unfortunately, I have asthma and could never join the armed services. So now, I'm working toward attending medical school to become a trauma surgeon. Currently, I'm finishing up my bachelor's and working as an EMT. Dale

Has anyone else experienced problems posting tonight? I've sent the same message 4 times, only to have it cut in half. Dale

I'm trying this again for the fourth time.... BW is right about the Crew Officers Seminar, training usually held by the Crew Advisor. At a council level (or sometimes at a district level), The Nature of Leadership courses can also be held. These courses come in three phases: 1. Venturing Leadership Skills Course (VLSC), required for the Silver Award. 2. Kodiak Weekend/weeklong training above VLSC 3. Kodiak X Weeklong or longer outdoors

Ok... I'm trying this one more time... sorry... BW is right about the Crew Officers Seminar, training usually held by the Crew Advisor. At a council level (or sometimes at a district level), The Nature of Leadership courses can also be held. These courses come in three phases: 1. Venturing Leadership Skills Course (VLSC), required for the Silver Award. 2. Kodiak Weekend/weeklong training above VLSC 3. Kodi

BW is right about the Crew Officers Seminar, training usually held by the Crew Advisor. At a council level (or sometimes at a district level), The Nature of Leadership courses can also be held. These courses come in three phases: 1. Venturing Leadership Skills Course (VLSC), required for the Silver Award. 2. Kodiak Weekend/weeklong training above VLSC 3. Kodiak X Weeklong or longer outdoors leadership (combines V

BW is right about the Crew Officers Seminar, training usually held by the Crew Advisor. At a council level (or sometimes at a district level), The Nature of Leadership courses can also be held. These courses come in three phases: 1. Venturing Leadership Skills Course (VLSC), required for the Silver Award. 2. Kodiak Weekend/weeklong training above VLSC 3. Kodiak X Weeklong or longer outdoors leadership (combines V

Even though many of you disagree with the Venturing program please remember: kids vote with their feet, as our past national commissioner would say. Many troops do not offer a program that many older youth can relate to. Most older Scouts feel bored teaching and coaching without participating in activities tailored for them. If units cannot meet the needs of older youth, they will walkout and leave Scouting. National statistics show a serious decline in scouts ages 15-18 and very few adult leaders under 21 years of age. Dont worry about Venturing stealing your older youth. What good does

Thumper, Youre on the right track. All Venturers can earn all of the 5 Bronze Awards, however only registered Sea Scouts can earn the ranks associated with the Sea Scouting program. The Sea Scouting Bronze is the Sea Scout Ordinary rank. Remember: All Sea Scouts are Venturers, but not all Venturers are Sea Scouts. Ordinary Quartermaster require the youth to be Sea Scouts; since, quarterdeck training and petty officer, positions of responsibilities, are required. The positions are: Boatswain (= President) Boatswains Mate Administration (= Vice President Admi

From my understanding, the uniform (Kelly green Venturing shirt with grey Venturing pants/shorts) is recommended and not required, however it does not state that non BSA uniform items cannot be worn with BSA uniform items related to Venturing. There is no official Venturing uniform, just the recommended uniform. So crews can determine if they want to wear polo's, t-shirts, Kelly green Venturing shirt with grey dickies, jeans, khaki's, cargo's, etc...

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Here are a few interesting statistics just prepared by the Venturing Division. There were 288,395 Venturers registered at the end of 2003, compared with 293,323 the year before. Gender breakdown is 92,188 female (32 percent) and 196,207 male (68 percent). If the 66,332 male Venturers in LDS crews are excluded, the percentages change to 42/58. 6,874 boys earned the rank of Eagle Scout as Venturers in 2003, out of the total of 49,151 (14 percent). The age breakdown of Venturers is, in approximate numbers: 14 - 10,000 15 - 34,000 16 - 52,000 17 - 66,000 18 - 60,000 19 - 4

You can only wear the sash at OA functions (i.e. chapter, lodge, conclave, NOAC, etc) OA sash is not appropriate for any other function, unless it is an approved OA activity. Troop/Crew activities, Eagle Courts of Honor do not count.

VentureScout: Yes. Only if you are currently a registered paid member of your lodge in good standing.

There is no need to have a separate Commissioner program for Venturing. Most commissioners have a background in their program(s). I am a Unit Commissioner, specializing in Venturing, however I don't need to be secluded as a Venturing Commissioner. By having commissioners who understand the program, we can effectively prevent and/or treat the problems in Crews/Ships.The same goes for Sea Scouting as well. Let's not reinvent the wheel... -Dale

Please visit http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Falls/8826/nol.html, this website explains (Nature of Leadership) VLSC, Kodiak and Kodiak X better than I can. The course syllabus will be available June 2004. You can also visit http://www.scouting.org/venturing/new.html, for more additional info on Venturing training. -Dale

Here are several links of council/crew websites on Search and Rescue Crews. Please be advised that some councils still use crew/post interchangeably. http://www.angelfire.com/nj/troop192/exlinks.html http://www.exploring.org/list_posts.cfm?special=High%20Adventure%20%2F%20Search%20and%20Rescue&unit=crew (this unit has not completed their website and is still under construction) http://www.calesar.org/ http://www.nega-bsa.org/venturing/index.shtml (Crew 1033) This is an incomplete list, your best bet is to contact your Regional Venturing President to ask for Search and Resc

What about the several Search and Rescue Crews? There's no need to reinvent the wheel...

Yes. This is a committee that reviews the outdoor program in Venturing, wrote the Ranger Award requirements, facilitated with the National Conservation Committee in creating the various Venturing conservation awards, and also reviews the National Powderhorn committee (A sub-committee of NOVC). This committee usually meets quarterly at National or at various hosting councils. Dale

Yes... remember Crews determine the uniform. Dale

You may have some difficulty in trying to have a Regional Venturing activity. Regional activities need to be approved by the Region Key-3. Try contacting your Region Venturing President about a regional event. For Western Region, August 13-15 2004, we are having a multi-council (not regional) event called Venturing Viewpoint 2004. We had some difficulty with our region in having an official region event, so we just coined it "multi-council." If you're interested in attending, it'll be held at UC-Irvine in Southern California. We'll being covering all 5 program areas of Venturing, with a

I got: a PDA and a Laptop for my Scouting meetings, with Scouting Software already installed. A propane Lantern. Inova LED Flashlight A small ice cooler Litman Stethoscope (I use it mainly for work, but I take it with me to outings and when I teach merit badges... so I guess that counts) A one-year membership to my OA lodge REI Gift Certificates

Unfortunately my crew folded this year, so I'll answer on behalf of the crews I'm a unit commissioner for... How many youth members does your crew have? Do you have any girls? The average is about 16 Venturers. Only one of my crews has girls, where 75% are girls. Age range/numbers of your youth? In the male-only crews, the average age is 16-20. In the co-ed crew, the ages range from 14-18, most leave the crew when they leave for college. How many adult advisors does your crew have? An average of 6-8 How long have you been in existence? 2000, 2001, 2001 (co-ed) What i

I recommend that you wear dark grey Dickies with the cellphone pocket. You'll find many uses for that extra pocket and the pants are double kneed. There's nothing in literature that says Venturers have to wear 100% BSA uniforms. You can buy 3 pairs of Dickies for the cost of one BSA Venturing pants.

I'm assuming you meant "Venturing" rather than "Venture." There is a cloth award for Venture called the Varsity/Venture Letter. I'm not sure why National doesn't have a knot for Denali... if I was active in Varsity Scouting I could probably help you find that answer. You're correct that national had a knot available for the Ranger (circa 1949-1951) however it's not the same award as it is now. For everyday wear, Venturers wear the Ranger bar in place of the medal. However, the key term is "highest award." The Ranger is not the highest award in Venturing. The Silver Award is, whi

Why national decided to put Sea Scouting in Venturing is beyond me... It's a separate program that Venturers (outdoor, art's & hobbies, religious life, and sports) cannot participate in unless they are registered as a Sea Scout. However, Sea Scouts can participate in any award in Venturing. The Eagle Scout and Quartermaster awards receive the highest recognition not only in the BSA, but in other organizations as well. For an example, the US military will promote an enlisted person to an E-3 once they have completed basic training. When applying for college scholarships, many ask