sst3rd 129 Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Ann, Thanks for the update. Even with this restriction, maybe he could still be involved in some important way. Give it a bit of time. Keep him in the loop. But I'm glad it wasn't the "other" problem. WWW sst3rd Link to post Share on other sites
Lisabob 13 Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Well shoot, that's an easy one. Get somebody else to agree to pick up the awards. Have him keep right on doing the paperwork end of things. THat way you are also training his eventual replacement, for whom it will be natural to step in and do the whole job once he actually really and truly retires from being your "advancement guy." Link to post Share on other sites
SeattlePioneer 144 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Well shoot. That's an easy one. Get the guy a new wife... Link to post Share on other sites
AnnLaurelB 10 Posted October 17, 2011 Author Share Posted October 17, 2011 Oh, she's just *awful*, but that's none of my business. The thing is, he just dropped the bomb on us that he was DONE. I'm not sure he WANTS to continue, but he's fond of both me and my daughter (they're in choir together), so I'm going to try to talk to him about it. As I learned this weekend at Cub-O-Ree, my new CC (bless her heart) is a LAWT to handle. But I may be able to smooth the way with Mr.C... Link to post Share on other sites
SeattlePioneer 144 Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Hello Ann, If he's not interested in continuing ---- send an e-mail to your district chair or district executive. There are LOTS of other places for experienced unit leaders. He would probably make a great Unit Commissioner for your pack or another pack, or helping out with advancement at the district level or whatever. Link to post Share on other sites
moosetracker 132 Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Sounds a little hen-pecked.. When a family goes down to one car, then it should become the family car.. Geeeeshhh.... So he is stuck at home, unable to drive anywhere by himself, and she wont drive him either.. Link to post Share on other sites
Nike 94 Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Pretty much depends on what he does with the car while driving. For instance, my mom won't let my dad drive her car because he smokes in the car and drives like a freaked out demon on a bad acid trip. If Mr. Advancements wants to continue, maybe someone (not necessarily AnnLaurel B) could drive him to the council shop, have a little lunch, shoot the breeze, and drop him off before the cows get home. He sounds like he's going to need it unless he gets himself another car. Link to post Share on other sites
5yearscouter 52 Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Well if he has no transportation, you could talk to your scout shop about the options. at ours they will package up your awards if you email or fax or call them in, and they'll mail them out to you really cheaply. so that may be an option, at least for a short while, even if he doesn't want to continue to do advancement long term. when you recruit a new advancement person and talk to this guy about helping them get started, driving down with them to the scout shop a couple times to make sure they get the right stuff, I bet it would make the new and the old guy feel better about the process. Link to post Share on other sites
Basementdweller 608 Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Well it wasn't that bad after all. Simple fix. Pick him up on a saturday morning stop by for breakfast, coffee or bagel and go up to the scout shop......Wonder the shop while he does the advancement shopping. Link to post Share on other sites
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