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    • Some other KPI (Key Performance Indicators) you may want to consider Number of Scouts lost on outings last quarter and actively found Number of Scouts lost on outings last quarter that you did not look for but who seemed to have turned up anyway Scouts left at gas / food stops last quarter while driving to or from outings Number of rain jackets forgotten at last outing with rain (can also be expressed as a percentage) Number of class A shirts misplace that seem to have magically been found  Number of items "stolen" on an outing last quarter that were "found" in the correct backpack Amount of trash and debris (needs to be in pounds) left in vehicles used for transit to outings Amount of clothing and other personal items (needs to be in pounds) left unclaimed after last quarters outings Number of propane cylinders deemed empty yet seemed to work when actually connected properly to the stove Number of times troop SPL has explained what the 3 pot cleaning method is (expressed as average times per outing)    
    • BSA President & CEO Roger Krone Shares Remarks at the Know2Protect Launch Press Conference at Homeland Security  
    • I think we will focus on these 2 items. Physically separate camping, adults cook their own meal, adults have a duty roster like the scouts. 
    • Those are all great ideas. I'd add:  Form an adult patrol.  Act like a patrol.   Make a yell.  A flag.  Camp apart.  Have your own kitchen, just like theirs.  Do your menu, just like they do.  Have your own grubmaster.  Plan your own patrol activities when it's patrol time.  Set the example.  
    • @mrjohns2, we validated you, now what do we propose for a solution? One of my strategies: offer to cook an adult-only meal. This assumes you know how to cook one very fine meal very well. But, usually when adults know that they’re getting a meal where they won’t have listen to kids complain, they’ll pitch in. Other ideas: Camp physically distant from the youth. Attend Camporees and require that the SM visit all of the other troops. Get your SM to training. Attend a summer camp that does patrol cooking. It takes quite a while to unlearn bad habits. So encourage her every time she takes a step back.
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