OldGreyEagle

Climb On Safely says that One adult supervisor is required for every 10 participants with a minimum of two adults for any one group.

Climb On Safely says that One adult supervisor is required for every 10 participants with a minimum of two adults for any one group.

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Tampa, Tampa, Tampa, You poor misguided soul, there should never, ever be a Sewing merit badge, ever. Now, a Tailoring Merit Badge, that has Panache, Style and Class Lets campaign for a Tailoring merit Badge

Tampa, Tampa, Tampa, You poor misguided soul, there should never, ever be a Sewing merit badge, ever. Now, a Tailoring Merit Badge, that has Panache, Style and Class Lets campaign for a Tailoring merit Badge

ScoutmasterBradely you read the rules correctly, due to the way Fraterizination is defined, either the relationship ends or one of them does not register in scouting. Thems the rules, how you handle it is another thing entirely. I don't expect the couple to break up. The male could continue as an "unregisterd" adult who helps out, or register them and follow the Youth Protection rules and have fun

Except Mr B was for Mr Baxter, always thought Shirley Booth was hot in that little hat...

Great Ideas BD, only where I live we could not afford it

Guys, help me out here What does his or his parents economic status have to do with him getting/earning/deserving Eagle?

The Distrct that does the Drive In featured in the magazine is one District over from me. Its billed as the oldest Drive in in America, but living in the Lehigh Valley one gets used to hearing about "AMericas Oldest" if not the Moravian Book store as the longest operating book store in the COuntry to while its not the oldest, but the most often played COllge football rivary in the US, Lehigh vs Lafayette but I digress A good acquaintance of mine helped plan the first couple, it had its roots in the District doing it while they did not have ab DE or perhaps it was a very weak DE so the Distrct just acted as if they didnt have one. They are a very strong Distrct with dedicated Distrct workers who seek to provide a program to Distrit Then again, the same guy wanted to establish that unless a scout was wearing a full field uniform he could not sit for an Eagle Court of HOnor and when I opposed him he told me I was responsible for lowering Eagle Scout standards, we dont talk much now

I beleive the word you mean is "bauble" And I am not sure I would have lasted 30 minutes myself. The Campfire was themed for Cubs and should have served them first, the adult schtick should have been last(This message has been edited by oldgreyeagle)

In one of the recent versions of Honor Unit/Quality Unit/JTE wasn't it up to the Units to come up with their own goals and what resulted was such a wide array of "goals" that they had to standardize it?

In such a scenario Beavah, I would think it would be best if you drove the overloaded only room for the driver car and let her drive her son in yours... Otherwise fred, fred, fred, I come not to defend Beavah, heck I disagree with about half the time I can understand what he is talking about, and that is not often but I am not sure Beavah's behavior raises any red flags. Having said that, if everyone, parents and leaders get to know each other then everyone is well served

I hthink he should be severly chastised for not following the buddy system...

If you took I was alleging that the youth was sexually active, that was not my intent Scouts are to be asexual, that has been what I have been saying for awhile

I would put political banner ads on the same level as people posting things political on Facebook, annoying but hardly fact filled. Right now I see an ad asking me to sign a petition so Karl Rove wont control our elections. As far as I know, Karl wont be in the booth when I vote so I am disinclined to sign. If he is in the booth when I vote, I promise to keep him there as long as I can so others are free to vote their mind

Sentinel, What do you think could be said that would change anyone's mind on this subject?

A sexually active gay youth should not be a scout, then again, a sexually active heterosexual scout should not be a scout. I don't know how else to put it. Do scouts have sex, certainly, can a troop tolerate youth members recounting tales of sexual encounters? Not in my book

I should tell you a little something about my good friend Pierre He was brought up along the banks of the St Lawrence River in a tiny hamlet close to MOntreal. His Uncle, Uncle Earl was one of the first Voyageurs, Earl has been a Coureur des bois but then became a Voyageur the men who paddled the big canoes from Montreal to the great old Northwest. The area we now call Ilinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and the like. As the fur trade grew, the routes the canoes would travel also grew longer and uncle would be gone for longer and longer periods of time. As Pierre matured he thought of the wonderful things his uncle had told him, of the great wide plains, the soaring mountains and Pierre wanted to see these things for himself. The uncle came back and announced he was retired, he could no longer meet the harsh physical demands of the job. Pierre said he wanted to go and his uncle gave him his hat so that Pierre would never be far from home and family. And so Pierre ventured forth, paddling the canoe from Montreal to where Mackinac is now. He grew weary of being employed so he became a fur trader on his own. Exploring the Rockies in pursuit of the beaver. And let me tell you, he always brought his trusty rifle, dog, and the tuque of Earl Pierre will be at the Buckskin Games, look for him and his signature red tuque

I am not so sure he will be meeting OldGreyEagle as much as he will be meeting Pierre Aloysius DuMonde. The Voyageur turned Mountain Man turned Prospector turned gad about. Its about entering the unknown, what can be more of an adventure. Will he be known as threemorrows or twotomorrows son?

The I troop I was in had such a scout, addressed adults as peers, would interrupt in adults conversation to give his thoughts. Total domination over his father. You would have thought he was just a rude spoiled child but wait, there's more He had MS and was nearly blind. He had spent so much time around adults (Medical staff) that he didnt know how to act like a kid. yes, his father had to do everything for him, but the youth was having a hard time with boundaries. Thats what scouting was for. To give him a chance to interact with same age youth. He didnt have that opportunity and it took him awahile to adjust. Its all on what they live at home. Had totally spoiled brats that were public schooled as well

Interesting thing about partials, I always think they get characterized wrong If all had gone well, and BD had signed the card and was thinking what a nice young man who knows his stuff, the nice young man would be thinking he just "finished up" the merit badge he got from Summer Camp Wrong The merit badge comes from the Counselor who signs it off as compelte. BD is the one certifying the merit badge as complete and he should not/can not do that if he has reservations about the scout's understanding of the material

is it possible the scout he asked " Hey______ is this your crap" and he relate that way, perhaps the scout uses that word often and the scoutmaster was trying to make a point to youth on how it sounds? Perhaps when he articulated his comment on "hating" it was to goose the boys along who could/shoul have done what they were doing earlier and faster? What sort of run ine have you had with his? What were the issues? Not saying you are wrong and the guy is blameless, just would like more information

I understand this is the first time for the Jamboree at the Summit and that's why I want to be there. I will be on staff and I want to be be able to say, I was there at the first one. Maybe its silly, many I am sure will say so, but how many times to you get to be amoung the first ones to do somehting of this magnitude. There certainly is a chance it could be an unitigated diaster, don't you want to be there and be able to say "I was there and this is what I saw" other than "I heard"? I see this as one of the greatest adventures possible, this is the total unknown, its never been done why wouldnt you want to be a part of that? Now, to cost, that part sucks. National and International Jamborees have been part of scouting since B-P started things and I don't think they were ever "Cheap" or inexpensive. Its part of the program and attend if you want or not. But I am thinking, in 20 years when Jamboree time rolls around, how many will be able to say, Jamboree? At the SUmmit? I was at the first one and forget about what you heard, this is what I saw I can't wait, it will be a great time

Just a thought, Everytime we talk about training and how to make it better and what should be taught and whether or it should be manditory, there is always a fairly large component of people who complain about the cost and time involved in training and learning how to do several outdoor skills well will take longer than a week end. WHat was it that was said? Experience? Is there a receptive audience to put in the time and effort to gain the skills?