The Patrol Method

I taught at 1 MBU, and was never asked back. I told the folks running it, it would be a partial UNLESS the Scout did work before hand to do the stuff I was unable to do at the event. out of about 50- 60 people in 2 sessions, 1 person did the work before coming to the MBU.  Another Scout contacted me after the event with the work. No one else contacted me about the badge. And the folks running it never asked me again. Same event, but a friend's encounter.  Crime Prevention MB had a disruptive Scout. Was sent out after a few problems. At the end of the day, complains he never got Crime Prevention MB that he "Paid for." Thankfully my district knows not to convert a camporee into a MBU. They did that 1 year. Attendance was poor, and only 2 units liked it.  

Unless the lawsuits come out of people who traveled in for the event on a special invitation (West Point Cadets can steer invitations to their hometown troops throughout the nation) I don't see anything going anywhere. This is really common weather for this time of year; maybe they might get some sympathy if they just moved there a month ago from Florida, but I doubt it. With the academy involved there are all kinds of crazy wavers that have to be signed in addition to just the reality of the time of year and expectation that something like this is likely to happen. Just to clarify further, crap weather like what was experienced has happened historically more on this camporee than not.

BSA/SA. In order to achieve Scout rank, a scout has to recite the Outdoor Code, which explicitly delineates appropriate behavior in the outdoors and being conservation minded.   WOSM: In addition to what Awake Energy posted, there is an explicit directive from the WOSM website:   https://www.scout.org/what-we-do/young-people-and-communities/environment Additionally, WOSM is partners with the World Wildlife Federation and the United Nations Environmental Program. Partnership means that you share the same philosophies. As a parallel example of what codes and partnerships mean, BSA/SA has a youth protection code of conduct and partners with youth protection groups. Youth safety isn't explicitly written into our mission statement, but that doesn't mean BSA/SA would participate in events where youth safety would be at risk because you can find great hammocks and rice plants. 

If you cancel a camporee for a justifiable reason, you lose money. I have seen that as more of  a driving force  than scout safety looks like this is more of the same if a troop does the proper thing and pulls out past the refund date  at least the district does not lose the reg, fees Watch for a few parents to file adverse harm lawsuits against the unit's leadership, district, and council for not taking proper care of their scouts john

Part of the outdoor programming has a higher cost, requires more skill from the adults, and requires more output from scouts and parents. Most troops act more like family groups going camping. Group cooking etc Somewhere, we have lost the, at least when I was a scout, it was the process that made you an Eagle Scout, not pinning on a badge. I remember meeting people who were active in their fields as merit badge counselors. Summer camp was for the rarer outdoor merit badges, i.e., swimming, lifesaving, riflery, and other shooting scouts. See the OA perform back when there was an awe factor.   Se focus on the badge numbers not the process.  john