Oldscout448 697 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 1 minute ago, Jameson76 said: I'd Venture to say that's right groan Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderbird 179 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 40 minutes ago, Gwaihir said: correct, democracy is 51% getting what they want. Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Southpaw 28 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Jameson76 said: mysterious "Linked Troops" netherworld "Linked" Troop is code word for "Coed" Troop 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Saltface 165 Posted May 2, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2018 13 minutes ago, TMSM said: Communism is being told what is good for you. BSA is definitely not communist. Don't you remember when we all took those surveys on this issue and BSA shared the voting results with us? 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Oldscout448 697 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Saltface said: BSA is definitely not communist. Don't you remember when we all took those surveys on this issue and BSA shared the voting results with us? ummmm No I do remember the only place I or anyone in the district, well maybe the DE,heard that the surveys even existed was right here. Edited May 2, 2018 by Oldscout448 Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderbird 179 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, Saltface said: BSA is definitely not communist. Don't you remember when we all took those surveys on this issue and BSA shared the voting results with us? Wow! Me, neither! Link to post Share on other sites
ParkMan 1293 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Hah - didn't expect to see the thread get into discussion on being communist If anything the BSA is somewhere between a republic and an oligarchy Link to post Share on other sites
WisconsinMomma 217 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 (edited) Name change? No biggie. Mission, Vision, Values, Ideals, Aims and Methods, etc? That's the real stuff. Edited May 2, 2018 by WisconsinMomma 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Oldscout448 697 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Leans a bit to the oligarchy side 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Sentinel947 1205 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 (edited) I'm not going to get hung up on what the name of the program is called. I guess I should attend this month's committee meeting. I typically don't as an ASM. I still think the BSA is making a dumb decision by trying to have Girls Troops and Boys Troops. We are the largest troop in my town, and I don't think we'll get more than a patrols worth of girls that are interested, since the GSUSA troops in our area do fairly well. We don't have the spare adult leadership to accommodate separate troops. I'm perfectly ok if some units decide they want all male troops or all female troops. Or some type of co-ed troop. Let local units figure out their membership. I think the current Venturing YPT rules are sufficient. If I had my way, I'd have a co-ed troop with single gender patrols. Edited May 2, 2018 by Sentinel947 3 Link to post Share on other sites
mashmaster 783 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 41 minutes ago, Thunderbird said: Wow! Me, neither! Our Scout Executive showed them to us at our last University of Scouting. Link to post Share on other sites
AltadenaCraig 111 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 1 hour ago, cocomax said: The sad thing is the groups of girls out there that are reduced to wearing a simple sash or vest as a "uniform" that are stuck doing safe things like selling cookies and doing arts and crafts . . . meanwhile the Boy Scouts of America just quietly lifted their brand name clean as a whistle. No kidding. Note that nowhere in this thread do we see "Camp Fire Girls" or "Campfire". Mark my words, GSUSA, you're about to become similarly irrelevant ... and you've brought it all on yourselves. My goodness, with the NY chapter of NOW thumping on us on the one hand and apparently genuine appeals from young ladies seeking "Eagle Scout" on the other, the BSA was straining credulity to ignore the situation. Talk about a gift horse. If the GSUSA had promoted their Gold Award half as effectively as they've marketed Thin Mints and Do-Si-Do's we wouldn't be having this conversation. 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
PACAN 220 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Scouts BSA reminds me of when Kentucky Fried Chicken became KFC. Some one asked me who we send the bill to when we have to change our Boy Scout Troop Flag, t-shirts, bolo, trailer, letterhead etc Link to post Share on other sites
walk in the woods 888 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 The pros in my council keep saying we can accept girls into Cub Scouts in September. The release says: Quote Starting this summer, all kids are invited to say, “Scout Me In,” as they join the fun, adventure and character-building opportunities found in Cub Scouts. I wonder what the actual answer might be. Link to post Share on other sites
Saltface 165 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, mashmaster said: Our Scout Executive showed them to us at our last University of Scouting. Do you mean the survey was presented or you saw the results of the survey? Link to post Share on other sites
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