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Insurers respond... CENTURY AND HARTFORD’S MOTION TO COMPEL THE ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING THE ENTITY CALLING ITSELF THE “COALITION” TO SUBMIT THE DISCLOSURES REQUIRED BY FEDERAL RULE OF BANKRUPTCY PROCEDURE 2019 https://casedocs.omniagentsolutions.com/cmsvol2/pub_47373/842905_1164.pdf 42 pages Century and Hartford Argument Points: RULE 2019 REQUIRES ANY ATTORNEY WHO REPRESENTS MORE THAN ONE CLIENT TO SUPPLY, AMONG OTHER THINGS,THE IDENTITY OF EVERY CLIENT HE OR SHE REPRESENTS THE COALITION’S 2019 DISCLOSURES ARE DEFICIENT THIS COURT SHOULD ORDER CLAIMANTS’ COUNSEL TO COMPLY WITH RULE 2019 OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE,BAR THEM FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE BANKRUPTCY

Update: 8/26/20 Sentencing was postponed due to alleged jury misconduct and potential new evidence. four jurors — two deliberating and two alternates — alleged in sworn statements that they discussed the case among themselves before deliberations had begun. two motorists who witnessed the crash say the Scouts were walking in the roadway and not on the shoulder of the road before the crash. State Supreme Court Justice Fernando Camacho Camacho has delayed sentencing and scheduled a hearing for mid-Sept. more at source link: https://www.newsday.com/long-island/crime/boy-scouts-killed-murphy-dwi-crash-1.48596960

Not to forget those who were first to step in line... I am concerned that National will do something similar with camps - an essential camp list presented to court sorted by 2020 attendance figures and capacity...look at all these local council camps with low attendance and capacity, sell them first! What about member feedback, program, cost, and convenience? Oh, "Due to the rapidly changing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on councils and their camps across the country, the BSA is accelerating the annual timeline for councils to submit their “Intent to Operate” for the 2021 long-term camp season. The 2021 Intent to Operate for long-term camps and council properties due date is now September 30, 2020. Per each council’s Authorization to Operate, and as required by NCAP standard AO-802, each council must file an annual “Intent to Operate”. An Intent to Operate must be submitted for the following properties and programs: " Be sure to list your camp's past attendance figures. https://www.scouting.org/outdoor-programs/camp-accreditation/ ...the GSUSA trademark attorneys who are now looking for $6M, and ... non-sexual injury lawsuits, ... Another $0.02, $0.01

What I found from wiki. Membership numbers are fuzzy but @David CO seems correct. Lone Scouts of America (LSA) was a Scouting organization for American boys that operated from 1915 until it merged with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in 1924. The LSA was founded by W. D. Boyce, publisher of the Chicago Ledger and the Saturday Blade and one of the founders of the BSA. Boyce felt that the program of the BSA did not help the rural boy who could not find enough other boys to form a troop or a patrol. James E. West, the first Chief Scout Executive of the BSA, disagreed with Boyce's concept, believing that the 4-H program was fulfilling the role. After Boyce left the BSA, he started the Lone Scouts of America and incorporated it on January 9, 1915. Boyce became the executive officer or Chief Totem and Frank Allan Morgan became the editor of The Lone Scout. In October 1915, Boyce appointed all of his paperboys as members of the LSA and published the first issue of The Lone Scout magazine. The LSA program was inspired by the Lonecraft program of the British Boy Scout Association and by Ernest Thompson Seton's Woodcraft Indians program that used American Indian themes.[1] No adult leaders were required in the Lone Scout program, and there were no age limits. By November 1915, over 30,000 members were reported. Lone Scouts who lived near each other could form a "local tribe", while others could form a "mail tribe" and communicate by post. Tribes could join together to form "wigwams". Tribes elected officers such as chief (president, initially called captain), sachem (vice-president), scribe (secretary) and wampum-bearer (treasurer). By October 1916, the LSA reported 133,000 members. By popular demand, a uniform was created in 1917 and the Lone Scout Supply Company was formed In April 1924, Boyce finally accepted James West's persistent offer of a merger with the BSA. On June 16, 1924 the merger was formalized. When The Lone Scout ceased publication, many of the boys dropped out of Scouting entirely. About 65,000 Lone Scouts transferred to the BSA, and membership peaked at 108,000 in 1926. The BSA ran the program unchanged for about a decade as the Lone Scout Service and then the Lone Scout Division. The unique program features were then eliminated and the Lone Scouts transitioned to the standard Boy Scout program. Lone Cub Scouts were added after the Cub Scouting program was introduced in 1930. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Scouts_of_America

The Coalition of Abused Scouts for Justice (the “Coalition”), by its undersigned counsel, hereby submits this motion requesting permission to appear and be included as a Mediation Party in the Court-ordered mediation. … 2. The Coalition presently comprises more than 12,000 Members, each of which is a sexual abuse victim holding claims against Debtor Boy Scouts of America, among other parties… 3.The Coalition’s 12,000 Members – and growing – constitute a large majority of known tort claimants against the Debtors.4 The Coalition was formed to ensure that its Members’ interests are adequately and vigorously represented in these Chapter 11 Cases. No Member of the Coalition is a member of the Official Committee of Tort Claimants (“TCC”). 4.The Coalition has been made aware that the mediation is now progressing under the supervision of the Court-appointed Mediators, and the Mediation Parties (as defined in the Mediation Order) have submitted confidential mediation position statements and other documents to the Mediators. The Coalition’s foremost priority, after its formation, was to become a Mediation Party and play an active and constructive role toward a mediated resolution of their claims in these cases. 5.Accordingly, shortly after the Coalition’s formation, on July 24, 2020 Coalition Counsel wrote to the Honorable Kevin Carey (Ret.), Paul Finn and Timothy Gallagher (collectively, the “Mediators”) requesting that the Coalition be permitted to participate as a Mediation Party. … 6.Last week, the Coalition contacted representatives of each Mediation Party seeking their consent to the Coalition joining the Mediation as a Mediation Party, and if necessary, consenting to shortened notice for the relief sought herein. Each of the Mediation Parties, except the TCC, again either consented or did not communicate to us any objection to the Coalition’s request. Argument 10. Given the Coalition’s substantial and growing membership, it is a crucial party to any effort to reach a global resolution in these bankruptcy cases. Simply put, the Coalition Members likely have, and will continue to have, the voting power to cause any class of sexual abuse claimants to accept or reject a chapter 11 plan, which may also contain non-debtor releases as a condition to a non-debtor’s significant contribution to the estates. 11.Mediation in general prevents the undue delay and excessive costs in connection with litigation and adversary proceedings related to claim validity. The Coalition seeks to participate in the Mediation to work towards a satisfactory resolution in a constructive manner that recognizes the voice of a multitude of sexual abuse claimants as part of the mediation/negotiation process. (a) No Mediation could be fair and equitable without the full participation of the Coalition. 12.A settlement plan may only be confirmed when the Court holds that the plan is a fair and equitable distribution of the Debtors’ assets. … 13. If a critical party, such as this Coalition comprised of over 12,000 individual tort creditors, is excluded from meaningful participation in the settlement process, the plan may be fatally crippled from the get-go and not be considered fair and equitable… 14. A mediation involving all of the key parties will also allow the parties to engage more freely in “creative thinking about the allocation of the Debtors’ assets.” ...While the TCC certainly has a fiduciary duty to all sexual abuse victims (whether with filed civil actions or not, and whether from states presently with statute of limitations open windows or not), the sexual abuse victims are entitled to seek their own representative counsel. They have done so here with the formation of the Coalition by and through their Representatives. ... full motion: https://casedocs.omniagentsolutions.com/cmsvol2/pub_47373/842768_1161.pdf

Consider one John Pleasants. He’s been collecting various items for decades now, ever since he attended the 1969 National Jamboree in Idaho as a scout himself with North Carolina’s Occoneechee Council Troop 7. ... Take the short-lived Order of the Arrow Calusa Lodge 219 in Bradenton, Florida — Pleasants secured one of those coveted patches around the same time he and his wife, Jenny, were getting married. “It paid for my honeymoon,” he said. ... He has a database of 3,000 people he’s traded with, and he created (and currently sells) the Patch Protection System, a waterproof slipcover design for storing patches in binders. But it’s never been just about the money or the collecting, Pleasants said — most of all, he cares about the history. “I’m much less concerned about keeping it than making sure it goes to somebody that sees it,” he said. “The problem with Scout memorabilia, and the reason I spend so much time trying to dig it up, is not that it’s going to another collector — it’s going into the trash dump. We always say the best scouting museum is the landfill.” More at source link: https://www.chathamnewsrecord.com/stories/decades-on-john-pleasants-is-still-digging-collecting-boy-scouts-memorabilia,6459

"Attorneys say Boy Scouts is trying to limit abuse survivors from coming forward by curbing ads" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2020/08/25/boy-scouts-bankruptcy-attorneys-say-bsa-trying-curb-survivors-coming-forward/3439251001/

Motion for Supplemental Order will be considered at a hearing scheduled for Aug 31, 2020 11am. https://casedocs.omniagentsolutions.com/cmsvol2/pub_47373/842228_1148.pdf

I have two more episodes to go. I was not aware there was a USA Eagle Scouts team competing. https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2020/08/14/team-eagle-scouts-to-compete-on-amazons-eco-challenge-hosted-by-bear-grylls/ Perhaps I was too focused on the old guys competing - Team Endure and Team Stray Dogs,, especially Mark Macy

Well said.

https://casedocs.omniagentsolutions.com/cmsvol2/pub_47373/842040_1145.pdf 148 pages To address the inaccuracies of those infomercials, the Debtor (BSA) now has presented a motion to supplement "the Bar Date Order to prevent potential Sexual Abuse Survivors from being misled or confused regarding the Bar Date and claims process and (ii) granting related relief" ...page 1 of above link page 3 of above link 2. The Bar Date Order that was entered by this Court on May 26, 2020, remains in full force and effect, and this Supplemental Order serves to supplement and work in conjunction with the existing Bar Date Order. 3. The Bar Date Order is hereby supplemented to provide as follows: For the avoidance of doubt, the General Bar Date Notice, the Abuse Claims Bar Date Notice, the Abuse Claims Publication Notice, the Abuse Claims Email Notice, and the Abuse Claims TV Spot, attached to this Order as Exhibits 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 respectively, and the statements contained therein, are the only notices and statements approved and authorized by the Court to be published, disseminated, or otherwise directed to potential Claimants, including potential Sexual Abuse Survivors, to provide notice of the Bar Dates and the other matters described therein. No other notice or solicitation to submit a Sexual Abuse Survivor Proof of Claim Form shall be provided without prior authorization of the Debtors or the Court. (bolded by RS) 4. The Debtors are authorized to take any and all actions necessary or desirable to implement the terms of this Supplemental Order. Note the attached Exhibits contained numerous quoted advertising examples and content analysis. https://casedocs.omniagentsolutions.com/cmsvol2/pub_47373/842042_1146.pdf 10 pages This is DEBTORS’ MOTION FOR ENTRY OF AN ORDER SHORTENING THE NOTICE PERIOD...BSA is hoping to get this order signed ASAP - Aug 28, 2020 hearing? 8. The Debtors submit that ample cause exists to justify shortening the notice period required by Local Rule 9006-1(c)(i), and that a prompt hearing is in the best interests of the Debtors, their estates and creditors. On May 26, 2020, this Court entered the Bar Date Order, approving, among other things, an extensive noticing process pursuant to which the Debtors have instituted a multimillion-dollar notification process for Sexual Abuse Survivors. However, in parallel, it seems that certain law firms following the Debtors’ chapter 11 proceedings, including at least some that represent members of the Tort Claimants’ Committee and the Coalition, have engaged in their own advertising campaigns to try to solicit Sexual Abuse Survivors. To date, approximately 10,999 television spots related to Sexual Abuse Claims against the BSA in these chapter 11 cases have aired. Unfortunately, as set forth in the Motion for a Supplemental Order, many of these advertisements contain false and misleading statements and are not consistent with the content approved by the Court in the Bar Date Order. page 4 of above link 9. This is especially concerning because these advertisements will be airing at the same time as the Debtors’ media-based noticing campaign, mandated by the Bar Date Order, is set to begin. In fact, the Debtors have pre-purchased advertising time slots for their Court-approved print, television, and radio advertisements, set to start running on August 31, 2020. As described in the Roberts Declaration that was filed as Exhibit B to the Motion for a Supplemental Order, the Debtors do not have the ability to modify those dates, as all became fixed at the time of purchase. Therefore, it is imperative that the Motion for a Supplemental Order be heard prior to August 31 in order to prevent potential confusion resulting from the inconsistent information between the Debtors’ Court-approved advertisements and the law firm advertisements. As set forth more fully in the Motion for a Supplemental Order, failure to curb the on-going advertising campaigns could have disastrous consequences for these chapter 11 proceedings, including the need for corrective notices to be sent and a new Bar Date being set. This would be a devastating waste of the $6.8 million in estate assets being spent by the Debtors to comply with the Bar Date Order and potentially derail and jeopardize the parties’ efforts to reach a mediated resolution of these proceedings. (bolded by RS) page 5 of above link

Good story, maybe it should be included in Citizenship in the Nation MB. Story suggests the first Bachelorette Show occurred at Northern Tier? https://www.ifallsjournal.com/news/local/becoming-a-u-s-citizen/article_1e39284c-f653-5330-9b04-e53cbe4befac.html

From the Scouting Association in the United Kingdom which as I understand provided alternate Promises starting in 1993? Hopefully I found a current link https://www.scouts.org.uk/por/1-fundamentals-of-scouting/11-variations-to-the-wording-of-the-promises/ Scouting is open to people of all faiths and of none and must therefore take account of the different religious obligations of its Members while upholding the essential spirit of the Promise. The following table shows the alternative wording of the Promise that young people and adults may wish to use to best reflect their own beliefs: Religion or Belief Beaver Scout Promise Cub and Scout Promise (for British Subjects) Christian, Jew, Sikh ...to love God ...duty to God and to The Queen Muslim ...to love God or ...to love Allah On My honour... or In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent the Most Merciful... ...duty to God and to The Queen or ...duty to Allah and to The Queen Hindu ...to love God or ...to love my Dharma ...duty to God and to The Queen or ...duty to my Dharma and to The Queen Humanist, atheist or no faith ... To be kind and helpful and to love our world ... To uphold our Scout values, to do my duty to The Queen Recite a traditional Scout Promise that fits the spiritually of some, a generic promise for all, or an alternate promise for you?

Summer, 2020: Scouts Canada has provided an alternate promise for scouts and volunteers. More details, including a FAQ, at source: https://scoutsca.s3.amazonaws.com/2020/08/scout-promise.pdf Unlike BSA (DRP), You do not have to believe in God to join Scouts Canada. Scouts Canada is proud of its commitment to diversity and welcomes members of many different faiths, denominations and non-religious backgrounds...Spirituality is and has been one of the three main principles of Scouting since its inception more than 100 years ago. In Scouting, the term ‘spirituality’ appeals to a broad concept that may relate to: faith that is not associated with a doctrine, religious beliefs, or an appreciation for existence outside of oneself. Scouts Canada Total Youth Membership: 2018-2019: 56,802 2017-2018: 58,881 2016-2017: 63,460 2015-2016: 61,438

Update: https://www.scouting.org/blackbaud-data-incident/ "...Nevertheless, out of an abundance of caution, the BSA reminds you it is always advisable to be vigilant for incidents of fraud or identity theft by reviewing your account statements and free credit reports for any unauthorized activity. You may obtain a copy of your credit report, free of charge, once every 12 months from each of the three nationwide credit reporting companies. To order your annual free credit report, please visit www.annualcreditreport.com or call toll free at 1-877-322-8228. Contact information for the three nationwide credit reporting companies is as follows: Equifax, PO Box 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374, www.equifax.com, 1-800-685-1111 Experian, PO Box 2002, Allen, TX 75013, www.experian.com, 1-888-397-3742 TransUnion, PO Box 2000, Chester, PA 19016, www.transunion.com, 1-800-916-8800 Please know that the BSA takes the security of your information very seriously and shares your concern about this incident. Blackbaud has already implemented changes to its security controls to better protect against a potential future attack, and the BSA is working with Blackbaud and other resources to assess the best path forward..." What some were doing on their own. No identity protection? Seems lacking given severity of breach.

That "legend" would be Baden Powell, among others.

@PACANBoston could use that service project now! Some scouts cherry pick service projects. From Green Bay Gazette More info to be found in Boys Life April, 1943 I found that Boys Life issue is very gripping, could be a supplemental literature to Why We Fight, say Why We Scout.

In our Chapter 11 case, I saw this docket which included the details of an individual injury liability settlement with a council and its insurer. The volunteer who drove golf cart that hit claimant? https://casedocs.omniagentsolutions.com/cmsvol2/pub_47373/841156_1123.pdf

While away at my first scout summer camp, my young brother sold my Green Lantern comic collection. He didn't see my problem, after all, each comic was already price-marked 10c or 12c..so surely for sale.

I like free checking, a paper trail, and the ability to cancel a check.

??? okay... ...flautists, vexillophiles...oh the humanity.

@Chubbykittys on behalf of moderators of scouter.com, welcome.

Scouts may complete required steps to earn the award between April 22, 2020 and December 31, 2021, at which time the MOU may be extended. It started April 22? First I have heard of it. Missing Hornaday link. Hmmm.

Today U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Boy Scouts of America (BSA) CEO and President Roger C. Mosby signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the creation of an EPA/BSA special award to be awarded as part of a new environmental education awards and recognition program. ... The EPA-sponsored award will challenge Scouts to learn about, explore, and conserve the world around them as part of an awareness campaign to educate the public about EPA’s accomplishment during its first 50 years and develop the vision for the next 50 years. The program will also provide EPA with opportunities to educate BSA member councils and leadership about priority initiatives including Trash Free Waters, Winning on Reducing Food Waste, and Healthy Schools. The program will introduce Scouts to the breadth of EPA’s involvement in environmental protection and conservation, combining a variety of disciplines including earth sciences, animal studies, outdoor activities, and public health. To receive the EPA award, Scouts must first receive merit badges in each of these four areas and participate in an environmental/public health community service project, totaling at least six hours, as part of an approved Scouting program. Scouts may complete required steps to earn the award between April 22, 2020 and December 31, 2021, at which time the MOU may be extended. Will this replace Hornaday Awards? More at source link: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-boy-scouts-announce-collaboration-environmental-education-award-program-and-special

Me too. I had a steel penny in my thrifty collection. My $0.02,