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  1. Chapter 11 announced 1 2 3 4 167

    By mashmaster,   
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  2. Chapter 11 - SOL and legal other implications

    By fred8033,   
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  3. How far do the legal vultures go? A couple of, to me today, foolish over-reaches. 1 2

    By skeptic,
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  4. Does your Medicaid Plan cover membership in youth groups?

    By RememberSchiff,
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  5. BSA Territories Plan 1 2 3

    By Eagle1993,
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  6. YP and other stuff spun from Ch 11 1 2 3 4 5

    By ThenNow,
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  7. Archdiocese of New Orleans tells all of its BSA units to cease scouting activities. 1 2

    By RememberSchiff,
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  8. WSJ Article "Boy Scouts’ Coed Recruiting Touched Off ‘Ground War’ With Girl Scouts" 1 2

    By Eagle94-A1,
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  9. Chaplain Convicted of Sexual Assault and Child Porn Possession

    By John-in-KC,
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  10. Article about a Congressman cleaning the Capitol after this week's violence

    By DavidLeeLambert,
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  11. Mormon church faces 7 new lawsuits for alleged Boy Scouts sex abuse cover-up in Arizona

    By tnmule20,
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  12. Civil Protest, Policing, Moving Forward 1 2 3 4 24

    By TAHAWK,
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  13. BSA Issues Statement to Law Enforcement Exploring Volunteers

    By CynicalScouter,
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  14. Is the BSA trying to "put itself to sleep"? 1 2 3 4

    By Mrjeff,
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  15. Significant Cultural Changes are Coming Soon 1 2 3 4 16

    By Cburkhardt,
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  • LATEST POSTS

    • SSScout
      Camp Bomazeen (ME) to be sold

      By SSScout · Posted

      Someties the system works.  Thank you,  Kennebec Journal, thank you Maine court.... I have never visited Camp Bomazeen, but now , maybe, I could. 
    • qwazse
      Orienteering Club Links

      By qwazse · Posted

      @swilliams inspired me to start this thread so that scouters can learn about orienteering - the sport. For starters, check out https://orienteeringusa.org/ There’s an interactive map of clubs. Even if the nearest one is some distance from you, you may want to click through anyway to see if they’ve mapped permanent courses nearby. With one of these courses, your scouts can’t blame their navigation errors on your mapping skills!
    • swilliams
      How Do You Guide Scouts in Choosing Patrols?

      By swilliams · Posted

      I don't remember who it was, but I sent an orienteering map I made to someone on this site.  Always wanted to try it "for real".  We do an orienteering event that I create every March, before the woods get too overgrown.  This past March, one group got lost.  They happily blamed my map-making skills, haha.
    • RememberSchiff
      Camp Bomazeen (ME) to be sold

      By RememberSchiff · Posted

      Update 01/07/2025: The Court ruled that the proceeds from the sale, if it moves forward, can only be used as specified in the 1944 donor's deed when the Scouts were given the property: “for uses that support camping activities for Boy Scouts in Central Maine.” Council may not use proceeds to pay down debt or fund program services elsewhere in Maine. “Consequently, it would defy logic and nullify the law favoring charitable trusts to conclude that the (donor of the Camp Bomazeen property) intended to ‘reward’ Pine Tree with full title to Camp Bomazeen upon its absolute failure to follow his directions,” the justices wrote in their decision. "The state attorney general’s office sued the Pine Tree Council to block the sale of the camp, saying its plans to sell it and use the proceeds to help the council get out of debt violated the terms of the the deed to the property in place since it was donated by Dr. George Averill in the 1940s as a place where Scouts could camp." Source (good read): https://www.centralmaine.com/2025/01/07/camp-bomazeen-sale-must-benefit-central-maine-boy-scouts-court-says/
    • qwazse
      How Do You Guide Scouts in Choosing Patrols?

      By qwazse · Posted

      @swilliams, you’re in for a wild ride. Since you mentioned cross-country, look up your local orienteering club and see if your troop can find time to attend their events. Lots of American youth have the discipline for running or for navigation, but few have both. You might be the person to change that.
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