SM or SPL?

[SWScouter]

Currently I'm a Webelos leader for a group of second year Webelos working on their Arrow of Light. One of the requirements is for the den to both visit a troop meeting and to go on a boy scout outing. Who should I, as the Webelos leader, contact in the troop to set these activities up, the Scoutmaster or the Senior Patrol Leader?

 

Thanks,

SWScouter

[ScoutNut]

The Scoutmaster.

 

The SM can then work with his SPL.

 

 

[fling1]

Whose phone number do you have?

 

Seriously, what ScoutNut says is true - the SM and SPL work together, so calling either one of them should get the ball rolling. As a WDL, I once had better luck reaching a youth leader when I was trying to contact a troop. YMMV.

[Lynda J]

What we did was went to one of the Troop meetings and talked to the SM and SPL. Set a date for our boys to visit. Their first visit was when the troop was working on CPR. Our boys were invited to take part. The SPL assigned our boys split up between the two existing patrols. Those Boy Scouts were responsible for helping the Webs. Our kids had a ball. Two weeks later we camped with the troop.

[Eagledad]

As a SM, I would be excited if my SPL called to brief me on the DL's request. I would be even more excited if he already put the Den visit on his agenda before he called me.

 

Barry