The eagle badges are not scheduled during the regular meeting, and are optional for attendance. It makes it easier for the boys to budget their time as was as the the volunteer willing to work on that badge with the boys. The boys from the troop set the schedules and decided on what trips they want. They have scheduled at least one trip each month and their weekly meetings they work on preparing for the trips as well as skills. It is not an eagle mill, we are making sure the boys actually understand these badges vs. just filling in paperwork. Giving them the tools not the badge. I can see the benefit for each boy to have to call and make meetings with the councilor, but it was becoming a problem for the councilors to have to make themselves available at so many different times throughout the year.
I think it is time to part ways, regroup and move-on. It is hard to work with people that rather cast stone, and run, then stop talk and work on making things better.