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My preference, Boy Scout camps provide secure pantry and refrigerator space and loaner cookware for attending units . Units/patrols bring their own food according to their needs. The only food ordered by a camp would be for their provisional camp. Mess halls for Cubs. My $0.02,

May 4, 2022, New Jersey: Seventy-five youths from the Plast Ukrainian Scout Organization and Scout troops from Parsippany (NJ) packaged hundreds of first-aid kits for shipment to war-torn Ukraine. Many Plast Scouts have family in Ukraine, and they emphasized the necessity of such aid as the Russian invasion continues for a third bloody month. In Ukrainian, a plastun refers to a Cossack scout, or sentry. Ukrainian Scouts refer to themselves as Plast Scouts. The Soviet Union banned the organization. Ukrainians who fled their homeland after World War II took Plast with them. It grew roots in Australia, Argentina, Canada, Great Britain, Germany and the United States. The organization combines Scouting with Ukrainian traditions. When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, Plast USA began providing support to Ukraine. Plast Ukraine requested 500,000 personal first aid kits (PFAKs), with disposable gloves, bandages, gauze, and other basic medical supplies. Some 40,000 of these kits have been completed by Plast Scouts thus far. ...more at source https://morristowngreen.com/2022/05/05/scouts-from-varied-cultures-join-forces-in-whippany-to-help-ukraine/

Cooks Peak Fire Update May5, 2022, 8:30 AM MDT The Cooks Peak Fire is estimated at 59,359 acres and is 97% contained. 278 personnel assigned. Wind today with gusts 25+ mph. This is the first day in May without a red flag warning. Future forecasts show red flag warnings beginning this weekend. Today is the day of the transition from a Type 2 to a Type 3 team. Philmont is thankful to be hosting the Type 3 team of 85 personnel at the Philmont Training Center. A very special thanks to the Type 2 team. Many will be moving to the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire just to our south. We are grateful for all personnel on these fires and their continued safety as they continue to protect Philmont and our surrounding communities. Please look for the next Cooks Peak Fire Update on Monday, May 9, 2022. This will include an evaluation of Philmont property damaged or threatened by the fire. To donate to the Fire Recovery and Mitigation Fund click below. 100% of your donation will go to Philmont: https://bit.ly/PhilmontFireRecovery During this time of financial restructuring, we are not permitted to accept donations from the following states: California, District of Columbia, Illinois, Kansas, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, Virgin Islands or Wisconsin. When you click on above link you eventually reach the Boy Scouts of America, National Council, Philmont Fire Recovery & Mitigation Fund webpage with this popup: https://www.philmontscoutranch.org/cooks-peak-fire-updates/

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Update May 6, 2022: Former Dutchess County Legislator Michael Kelsey (R-Pleasant Valley), convicted in 2016 for sexually abusing boy scouts in 2014, has been released from prison. The former lawmaker was released on Thursday, May 5, 2022. Kelsey, 38 at the time was found guilty on May 12, 2016, on all counts of a felony indictment charging him with sexual abuse and attempted sexual assault. He also was indicted on misdemeanor counts of forcible touching and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. A jury determined that Kelsey had sexual contact with one teen and attempted to have sexual contact with a second between August 13 and 20, 2014, when he was leading a Boy Scout troop from Fishkill on a week-long 50-mile hike and outdoor excursion. They stayed at upstate scout camps. Upon his release from state prison in Hudson, he is under the supervision of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision’s Dutchess County office, with conditions. His parole is scheduled to expire in 2032. https://midhudsonnews.com/2022/05/06/former-dutchess-legislator-convicted-of-sex-crimes-released-from-prison/

There are good arguments being made here, lets refrain from personal attacks. Thanks, RS

Norman Y. Mineta, a son of Japanese immigrants who was held in an internment camp during World War II and later became one of the country’s highest-profile Asian American political leaders, as San Jose mayor, a 10-term congressman, and as Transportation Secretary who ordered commercial flights grounded after the 9/11 terror attacks , died May 3 at his home in Edgewater, Md. He was 90. Sources: https://www.npr.org/2022/05/03/1096440480/norman-mineta-first-asian-american-cabinet-secretary-dies-at-age-90 https://www.truckinginfo.com/10169918/norm-mineta-a-uniquely-american-story https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/05/03/norm-mineta-congress-transportation-dead/ Scout Salute and Farewell, CC: @T2Eagle

White House Press Briefing May 4, 2022: (Note Philmont Scout Ranch is in Colfax County.) Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of New Mexico and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by wildfires and straight-line winds beginning on April 5, 2022, and continuing. The President’s action makes Federal funding available to affected individuals in the counties of Colfax, Lincoln, Mora, San Miguel, and Valencia. Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster. Federal funding also is available to State and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency protective measures (Category B), limited to direct federal assistance and reimbursement for mass care including evacuation and shelter support in the counties of Colfax, Lincoln, Mora, San Miguel, and Valencia. ... More at source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/04/president-joseph-r-biden-jr-approves-new-mexico-disaster-declaration/

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Bachelor Degree Capstone/Thesis Project at Mahurin Honors College, Western Kentucky University May, 2022 Servant Leadership and Adult Volunteers in the Boy Scouts of America Andrew Koontz (check VITA, page v for Scouting experience) https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1976&context=stu_hon_theses His research references start at page 142.

Interesting listen (13min) Professor Tyler Ochoa, Santa Clara University School of Law, discusses the judge's decision to toss the Girl Scouts' trademark lawsuit. Prof Ocho at 9.25/13.03 speaks of trademark dilution and the judge's mistaken? use of 6 factor test of NY State law instead of the different 6 factor test in Federal law. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2022-04-18/judge-tosses-girl-scouts-suit-against-boy-scouts-podcast

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Update Deer Lake 05/01/2022: The other known bid on the property comes from Fortitude Capital LLC from New York City. Fortitude is reportedly interested in making a housing development on the property. The CEO of Fortitude is Margaret Streicker, who also sits on the Board of the Connecticut Yankee Boy Scout Council, the group that will ultimately choose the winning bid on the land. https://www.wfsb.com/2022/05/01/nonprofit-fights-save-deer-lake-camp/ From my search, Margaret Streicker joined the Connecticut Yankee Council Executive Board after 2019 as her name is not listed for the 2019 members. Ms. Streicker founded Fortitude Capital in Jan, 2020. Also, I found no mention of her involvement with Connecticut Yankee Council or Boy Scouts during her unsuccessful bid for Connecticut's 3rd U.S. Congressional seat in 2020. https://www.ctyankee.org/council/council-staff-and-leadership/board-of-directors/2019-council-board/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaret-streicker-porres-975a8513a

I wonder how many real estate developers joined LC Executive Boards after Feb 20, 2020.

Deer Lake (CT) Update 4/30/2022 Connecticut Yankee Council rejected Pathfinder's second offer on Friday (National Arbor Day?) which was supposedly a "superior offer" to the accepted $4.6 million bid made by private developer Margaret Streicker, who is a member of the Council Executive Board. Apparently Pathfinders' Friday offer was not "superior" enough. Council was asking for $5 million for the parcel, which included a $400,000 kill fee; they had agreed earlier to sell to a developer for $4.6 million. The fee is to break that contract. Saturday, Pathfinders then made a third offer, less than a day before the May 1, deadline. “The Pathfinders made a solid offer, it’s in the hands of the Yankee Council to accept that in keeping with the spirit of conservationism and move forward,” Killingworth First Selectman Nancy Gorski said. “I am hoping that the Yankee Council stops putting hurdles in the way of Pathfinders acquiring this property,” Gorski said. “I hope they will accept the offer.” “They adjusted their offer to meet the demands of Yankee Council and I am at my wit’s end with Yankee Council right now,” Gorski said. “The Yankee Council is putting up stipulations around how the offer will be put together, so I am hoping they accept it,” she said. Gorski said she does not know the final number Pathfinders offered. ... More details at source https://www.ctinsider.com/shoreline/article/Pathfinders-makes-offer-on-Deer-Lake-Scout-17139157.php

Someone contact Steve Hartman at CBS to report this story Christian Heiden was a 16-year-old student at Northwest Catholic High School in 2016 when he decided that he wanted to grow food in Haiti, a notorious food desert, through hydroponic technology, which enables farming without soil. “Social justice and service has been a fundamental part of my upbringing,” Heiden said. “The emphasis on social justice and creating systems that work for everyone and serving is really important throughout my childhood.” The Boy Scouts nixed the idea because, among other things, it wasn’t practical to send a teenager to Haiti to build hydroponic farming systems. (Heiden wound up building a hydroponic greenhouse at his high school for his Eagle Project.) But Scout Heiden could not let go of his original Eagle Project idea...the rest of the story at source https://www.courant.com/community/hartford/hc-news-hartford-levo-vertical-farming-20220429-jwzh7rrhn5fflkkg6wqfzxpz2i-story.html P.S. “The overall maintenance of the system is less than five minutes,” Heiden said. “There’s no bending over, there’s no weeding. It’s compact.” 👍

Update: Community Stewardship of Stonehaven (NY) Some thoughtful considerations in this editorial, including Allow the Great Niagara Frontier Council Boy Scouts who have a tradition of hosting their Order of the Arrow events at Stonehaven, to continue to do so. Put alarms on the two main, modernized buildings. Make them available as environmental education space. Preserving Stonehaven as a natural public space is a huge step in the right direction. It is important to move forward with a plan that looks not just at immediate concerns but at a vision that includes what things will look like 100 years from now. More at source: https://www.niagara-gazette.com/editorial-scout-camp-needs-careful-plan/article_5f7d3318-1ceb-5ed3-884b-dde621e0c3e1.html

Good question, seems we are being encouraged to look elsewhere for a BSA camp rather than leaseback a former camp. Would the NCAP still apply to a leased back camp? I doubt Council would get anywhere asking a owner to make changes if the camp was already ACA or state approved. My $0.02

Small empowered teams with names (even photos) and contact info readily available on their website. No google search of tax or Chapter 11 documents required. https://www.scouts.org.uk/about-us/our-people/

IMHO, hard to argue with success, we and the court could use their counsel in reorganizing the BSA. My $0.02,

Camp Barton, Baden-Powell Council, NY Three local towns Covert, Ulysses and Trumansburg are working together with state to acquire and manage property. ...the council must contribute over $1 million to a national trust fund being set up for a settlement. Public response to the idea of turning the camp into a park has been, by and large, very positive, said Deborah Nottke, Town of Covert deputy supervisor. What do most members of the public say they want from a new public park? “Kayaking, lake access, to picnic, go for walk, hiking, and just going someplace to enjoy the lake because a lot of people don’t have the money to buy lakeside property, but this way they will always have access to Cayuga Lake,” Nottke said. When local officials heard about the sale, they came up with a plan to preserve the scenic green space as a public park and went to local and state lawmakers for help raising awareness about the camp’s precarious future. Eventually word reached Erik Kulleseid, the New York State commissioner of parks. More at source: https://www.ithaca.com/news/regional_news/plans-to-turn-boy-scout-camp-into-park-progressing/article_5ba87464-c65a-11ec-8550-47f1c17b5e92.html

...UK Scouting Association "New figures released on Thursday show that youth membership – those aged between four and 18 – has grown from 362,668 to 421,852 between January 2021 and January 2022." Rest of story is behind paywall at https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/scouts-bear-grylls-cub-scouts-volunteering-covid-b2067142.html Compare Scouting Association transparency and feedback receptiveness with the BSA. There is even a Scout Experience survey form for@Eagle94-A1to review. https://www.scouts.org.uk/about-us/our-impacts-and-reports/

Deer Lake (CT) Update 4/26/2022: As the Connecticut Yankee Council imposed bid deadline of May 1, approaches... David Stephenson, an avid birder and supporter of the preservation of Deer Lake ...is seeking a declaratory judgment from the Middlesex Superior Court that any sale of Deer Lake must include a conservation restriction prohibiting any changes to the property inconsistent with its use as a bird sanctuary. According to the suit, the council received donations from New Haven ornithologist and philanthropist Richard English in 1985 to establish an eponymous bird sanctuary on the 255-acre property located at 101 Paper Mill Road in Killingworth. According to the suit, after the founder’s death in 2011, the Richard L. English Fund continued to make donations to the council amounting to approximately $100,000 annually. More at source: https://ctexaminer.com/2022/04/26/lawsuit-against-boy-scouts-says-bird-refuge-at-deer-lake-must-be-preserved/