ellielei

Anyone come across this situation? We have 2 Tiger dens in our Pack this year - one meets on Thursdays and the other Saturdays. I've just heard that some of the parents have been attending either one or the other den meetings in order to get a meeting in as their schedule sees fit. The dens are run by 2 different leaders of course. Does anyone else allow this in their Packs? As CC I'd be interested in knowing how to handle this situation. My first thought was to advise the parents to pick a den and stick with it - it's only by chance that we have 2 Tiger dens to choose from as it is. I would think that as a courtesy to the DLs so that they could plan each meeting knowing who was coming or not would be helpful. I don't know - it just doesn't seem like it would work out jumping around like this - if one leader is working on one achievement that the other isn't and vice versa - it can just get pretty complicated I would think. What do you all think? Mahalo, Ellie PS - Let me add that 3 of the 4 families that I've heard that are doing this are doing it more for convenience then for anything else - just to have the flexibility of going when it's convenient for them. We have a total of 13 Tiger families right now in our Pack. There is 1 single parent that is having a hard time due to her work schedule which I could see being flexible for but she could attend the meetings on Saturday when she is off - which is the right decision for her and her son I think. (This message has been edited by ellielei)

Aloha all, New TL here - had our 1st den meeting and all went okay although the "shared leadership" was met with a little apprehension I figure after a few meetings they will see it isn't so bad My question is on the "Go see It" fieldtrips - I scheduled the first one and only half the boys will be able to make it. Do we have to go as a den or are individual trips okay? I'd think the den outings would be more fun and build our relationships but I don't want to hold back the boys that can come. I'm sure that we will be able to make up this trip at another time (Achievement 1G = visiting a historical place, library, etc) but the parents that can't come are concerned that we would be out of sync. Mahalo nui loa, Ellie