It appears that the decision is done; see letter.

[InquisitiveScouter]

7 minutes ago, Eagle94-A1 said:

 

Concur.

Now I have " The end of the Civil War was near when quite accidently..." in my brain. Thank you so very much @RememberSchiff.  😀

https://youtu.be/7YBLGOnX3hE

A show that could not be made today...

 

Edited 22 hours ago by InquisitiveScouter

[RememberSchiff]

1 hour ago, Eagle94-A1 said:

 

Concur.

Now I have " The end of the Civil War was near when quite accidently..." in my brain. Thank you so very much @RememberSchiff.  😀

Beginning to sound like a Seinfeld episode.

[skeptic]

2 hours ago, InquisitiveScouter said:

https://youtu.be/7YBLGOnX3hE

A show that could not be made today...

 

Not on purpose.  It seems to me that we have something similar in process in D.C.  

 

[jcousino]

On 11/23/2025 at 6:52 AM, BetterWithCheddar said:

Not a fan of the name "Family Scouting" ... it gives the impression that Mom and Dad can earn badges too. 🙂

What's saying they won't be .if SA can make money on it, it will happen.

[fred8033]

18 minutes ago, jcousino said:

What's saying they won't be .if SA can make money on it, it will happen.

Hard to pick a good term these days.  "Family scouting" implies helicopter parents subverting the program even more.  "Co-ed" scouting implies more societal change like the last twenty years. 

Terms ... I hope we can get beyond terms.  Scouting is really not about gender.  It's about getting outside, being active, being responsible and having adventures.  All of which lead to personal growth.  I pray we can focus on the basics of scouting someday.

Edited 18 hours ago by fred8033

[Tron]

34 minutes ago, fred8033 said:

Hard to pick a good term these days.  "Family scouting" implies helicopter parents subverting the program even more.  "Co-ed" scouting implies more societal change like the last twenty years. 

Terms ... I hope we can get beyond terms.  Scouting is really not about gender.  It's about getting outside, being active, being responsible and having adventures.  All of which lead to personal growth.  I pray we can focus on the basics of scouting someday.

We're going to get there. Now that this hurdle is cleared it's time to fix other things so we have more resources in place for program. 

[Armymutt]

Here's where I see trouble with this model - from the files posted: 

We should ensure no Scouts are excluded from events due to lack of appropriate adult volunteer leadership. If, despite best efforts, an event or outing lacks appropriate adult volunteer leadership, it should be canceled rather than excluding any youth.

This has the potential to be severely damaging.  No females volunteer to go on an outing, it gets cancelled.  The boys blame girls for being in the program and causing them to miss out.

[DuctTape]

1 hour ago, Armymutt said:

Here's where I see trouble with this model - from the files posted: 

We should ensure no Scouts are excluded from events due to lack of appropriate adult volunteer leadership. If, despite best efforts, an event or outing lacks appropriate adult volunteer leadership, it should be canceled rather than excluding any youth.

This has the potential to be severely damaging.  No females volunteer to go on an outing, it gets cancelled.  The boys blame girls for being in the program and causing them to miss out.

I did not think of that. Good point.

Perhaps a push for more Patrol outings instead of troop focus is in order. Depending on patrol makeup, this might mitigate the problem.?