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Attrition by a thousand cuts: No youth drivers No skinny dipping SM/SPL screen every song/skit No boxing No independent patrol overnights No one-on-one contact, down to electronic correspondence Pioneering project height limits Power tool restrictions No PL sign-off in Scoutbook Some of the rules make perfect sense to some people ... those who see risk and no benefit.

Oh, god.

?? Since "inception" ?? The Gold Award (by that name) was rolled out in the '80s. Or, are they lumping together Eaglet, 1st Class (both versions thereof), and Curved Bar? Looking at this history of "rebranding", we see GS falling into a perpetual cycle of re-branding beginning a decade after Low's death. Whatever compelled GS/USA to abandon the Eagle as their mascot?

With that many adults, keep them in a patrol at a distance from the boys. (Our reservations is large, so that's generally doable without ordering an extra campsite.) The ASMs should follow the SM's lead. Our camp does patrol cooking, and we have a tradition that each patrol invites two adults as guests at their meals. The guest roster rotates daily. The adults stay in their site until a PL comes and lets his guests know that the meal is ready, and the adults return to their site as soon as washing up begins. That provides just enough involvement for a new scouter to get to know the boys, but not so much as to interfere with the boys managing themselves.

Welcome to the forums. I would say that if the scout just started to hold a leadership position, yes. The best thing to do in these kind of situations is contact the course organizer and see if he can get in touch with one of the younger boys who took the last course, and have that boy talk to your boy about it. References go a long way in helping to decide these kinds of things.

Not complicated: SM coaches the boy. If something comes up that is over the SM's head, he may call the DE, UC, or go to round-table and talk to the DAC, or simply ask the CC the best course of action. But at the end of the day, how the SM coaches the boy is his call. CC "coaches" the parent. If something comes up that is over the CC's head, the above resources as well as the COR and are available to him/her. Under no circumstances is a parent to be belligerent to any adult or youth. Period. COR represents the CO. So if this matter involves them, he/she may have something to say. He or she may remove registered parent(s) from the roster if they are not acting in accordance with the general expectations of the CO. These key-three may get advice from the committee, or even the PLC. But they are not obligated to do so for every decision -- especially for every advancement. I once had a CC refuse to sign an Eagle application. The scout called me about it, and bottom line: he did not complete all of the requirements as written. Some adults were sweeping observations of that fact under the rug, CC caught wind of it, and decided the buck stops with him. No meetings required. I congratulated the boy on aging out as a Life scout.

"Mubarak" is better translated "blessed". As with most imperial tongues, the word or its variants has made it into many other languages, like Swahili. Thus our last POTUS was literally a blessing (at least according to his first name)!

The two-deep serves a secondary purpose of enabling a couple of scouters to divide up responsibility. With at least another scout, one can care for the injured while the other mobilizes the rest of a troop to procure rescue. Or, provide transport for the injured while the other makes plans for extraction. In our venturing YPT (back when it was face-to-face), we were strongly encouraged to bring four adults in wilderness scenarios where transport and/or extraction may extend overnight. Adherence to that and the typical LNT guideline of contingents no larger than 10 sometimes put us at an adult:youth ratio of 4:6.

Name one. Tell us his/her price. Confirm the commitment to the same # hours as the present CSE or whichever pro you intend to replace. Post the cover letter and resume. Check references. Convince us that we'll get the same bang for less buck. It takes a lot more than the stale "raid the Bishop's allocation" rhetoric to convince antidisestablishmentarians. Like @Eagledad said, pensions are usually the biggest bullseye in these situations. Adjusting them is easier said than done.

Not cheeky enough. He should have sent a check (from your tax-cut) to the treasury to cover the cost of the staffers' time to do the paperwork.

Do you have nominees who will do the jobs for less?

Here's a situation: Encouraging youth leadership, I have a scout take point as the contact person for our Memorial Flag placement project. Leaders from around the district are to send that scouts their contact info and #s coming. Is it on me to remind leaders to CC another adult?

Not a fan. Graphic looks like a short sword with grappling hooks.

I talked to a lot of highly skilled individuals while on vacation. Very few would volunteer as direct-contact leaders for even a week, let alone a month. While helping us tie off, a dock hand's watch dropped between the pier and our boat. Already in my trunks, I shucked my shirt, had my kids toss me my mask, and jumped in. The sun was only coming through a narrow gap. The sailors in an ajacent slip boat scampered to find me a dive light, but knowing that the current could bury the thing before I found it, I started my search. A couple of surface dives between shadows, avoiding disturbing too much sand, and my hands were on the watch ... to the relief of a very hard-working young man. The other sailors (far more regular boaters than I) were impressed. As I swam back to the dock, I exclaimed, "That's my lost body drill for the year!" Any scout with Lifesaving MB would know what I was talking about. But when I explained to the boaters, "It's a guard thing." They asked, "Like EMS? Spec. Ops?" Climbing the dock ladder I said, "Boy Scouts." Jaws dropped. Mrs. Q and kids held back snickers. Bottom line: the skill set for Eagle is a bar for adults as well as youth.

Want more pride? Let adults try to earn it.

No puzzle at all. The folks at the top sincerely believe in some kind of division in order to maintain their programs, and they simply did not trust the folks at the bottom to hold up that same vision.

Thrifty kicks in ... Lawyers fees, etc ...

Not a problem that Title IX does not apply.. It doesn't apply to sports clubs either.. The OP's question is about folks comfort with separate packs/troops. Showing the a parallel that everyone seems to be okay with is one possible way to increase that comfort"

It's just not that simple. Were I to go pack a few years, I would have thrown my weight around and pushed for us to keep our traditional number because that's what our troop wound up doing this year anyway. A got a very excited text from a former scouter when she found out. This stuff means something to people weather they say it or not. Clever artwork makes the best of a bad situation. There's no more salt being rubbed in, but the wound is still there.

Two words: Title IX. Southwest PA is a big sports culture. Some folks know the rule books (i.e., the federal, state, and even school district statues) by heart. The notion of "parallel" teams in soccer, for example, is not strange to anyone. Most are aware that boys and girls may share facilities and even scrimmage together, but the two teams have different standings in the league. The caveat: from time to time an official waiver is given to a girl to play on a boy's team (and rarely, vice versa) in a sparse school district.

Day 2 of vacation, my body reacted to a few bug bites with the ugliest pustules I've ever seen. Our captain and I were wondering if it was poison wood exposure, but I can't figure how or when. Finally on day 4 they are oozing less. I'm gonna be paranoid for some time after I get home.

Those things are important at face value, so it is a little tough to report on why. But, since my family had us doc at a marina with wifi, I've made my coffee and the sun is rising on the first clear day of our tropical vacation, I simply say this: Down to the semi-retired cab driver who took us from the airport to help us provision, then to our slip (and did not charge us for a full hour fare), to the businessman in a fishing charter opposite ours... Everone I talked to is convinced that scouting does something very good for a youth. What could it be? Lots of folks take their kids on adventures. Bears don't care about what uniform a hiker wears. But duty to God and country, helping others at all times and keeping fit to do so ... plus a short list of traits needed to fulfill that duty ... set the bar for a young man to achieve greatness. Vows are like loadstone, they set a needle to align north-south once that needle floats freely. We scouters recognize it, and a lot of other people were scouts or have met scouts recognize it too.

Mostly, the CC recruits adults and they sort things out among themselves. Our current CC, from the half of the troop merger who had younger boys, was more hands on with the schedule (engineer, go figure). Now that we have the PLC clicking better, he's more relaxed. This has been a pretty crappy year for me, so the SM has had to call on other ASMs to step up. They did. We also get adult applications in boys' hands as soon as they turn 18.

Most summer camps near swift water will offer that as part of BSA guard training. Many outfitters know who to call about such things. BTW - the biggest challenge about a specialty like acquatics is keeping up the certifications. It's a lot of time out of your schedule to stay trained. So, if folks would like you to offer something (e.g., pre-camp swim checks so they don't "waste" time in line for it at day 1 of camp) schedule it on your terms, or not at all. On the positive side, it is a tremendous privilege helping that scout who's been stuck at 2nd class for 3+ years master those 100 yards.

Interesting to note: The world crest is not drawn ... Nor is the US flag. Censoring any patriotic theme? Second class rank by color, but fleur-de-lis? Cub Scout diamond on belt. PoR, but no patrol. Either the guy's confused or trying to convey confusion.