sandim

No, we were not assigned schools to recruit from, but were assigned schools to drop flyers off to before any of the scheduled recruitments took place. We are supposed to recruit from all of the elementary schools. Thanks for being so rude Basementdweller. I don't think that I will be back. It seems that some of the adults in Scouting could learn some better manners, not just playing fair. I suppose that if I had gone and deliberately not given out flyers so that your Pack's recruitment date was missed by the time they went out, I would be just doing my job? I don't view it that way. I teach the Scouts that I work with to be fair, to do the right thing, but I guess that only applies to the little guys, not the adults in Scouting. At least now I know what I was doing wrong..... Again thanks.

We aren't looking for high numbers but we are looking for each Pack to play fair. The problem is that the membership person is also the head of the Pack in question and it seems to be that they draw an inordinate amount of the available potential scouts. Last year, something similar happened and now again this year. I guess my feeling is that if the person can't play fair, and leave the decision which pack to join to the parents, by making sure that all of the recruitment info is out on time, then maybe you shouldn't be the membership person....if that makes any sense?? I am just frustrated with having to deal with this in the first place.

There are 9 elementary schools in our school district, plus 4 private elementarys as well. That is why the distribution of flyers was split between the 4 Packs. All but one of the Packs distributed the flyers as they were supposed to. The Pack that did not had the three most populated elementary's, where most of the kids are drawn from. Those schools are where the flyers were not dropped off as the rest were. I did let the DE know that it appears that the flyers were not dropped off at those schools. It just seems a bit underhanded to me that those flyers were not dropped off in time for the first recruitment date but I can almost guarantee they will show up on Monday when the kids go home from school and just in time for the Pack in questions own recruitment. We will do a peer to peer , and do some community programs coming up to give us some more exposure and hopefully pick up a few new Scouts that way, as well as sell some popcorn at these events. The boys in our Pack come from various schools in the area, so we don't have one particular school to draw from. Our home school is where we meet but our school district is weird in what they will allow and what they will not when it comes to doing open houses, etc. We used to be allowed to set up a table and pass out information in person, but they don't allow that now. We can't make up our own flyer and pass it out in the schools, the district insists on one flyer with all packs on it and we are lucky that they allow that.

Our district wants all Packs/Troops listed on one flyer to be given out for recruitments. This year, the distribution was split between the packs in the area. Some of the schools in the District did not recieve the flyers ( per school staff). A recruitment was held this weekend and three of the schools did not recieve the flyers. The recruitment event held today, went okay, but not nearly as many as we had expected to get with nearly 5 thousand flyers going out in the district. One of the Packs that was supposed to distribute the flyers was also the same one that was responsible for these three schools. Something smells a bit fishy about why the flyers didn't go out when they were supposed to. It is not going to go over well if those "missing" flyers turn up on Monday or Tuesday after school resumes and just in time for their recruitment. Just venting a bit and looking for some advice. How would you handle it and what would you think if those flyers turned up on Monday, right after your recruitment? Thanks, Recruitment person for a Pack(This message has been edited by Sandim)

Thank you Prof. I love campfires, and I have plenty of marshmallows and chocolate if someone has the graham crackers.

Hi All, I'm Sandi ,in NYS, mom to two Cub Scouts, a Wolf and a Bear. We've been involved in Cub Scouting since my oldest son was old enough to be a Tiger, three years now, and I have served as Assistant Tiger Leader ( for older son), Tiger Leader ( for 2nd son), now as Committee Chair and Wolf Leader.I just finished my WB course and am now working my ticket. I have also had many years as a Girl Scout Leader for our daughters, a Master Council Trainer, Community Chair, Committee Member for several Council committees, etc..... Anyway, just wanted to introduce myself and say hello....