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we went from Monthly to Bi-Monthly roundtables, it didn't change our participation. The core group will always try to show up, and the ones that don't, wont. Luckily its only 1 town over for me, so I go.

its all about torso length, and belly size

Most Auto-parts stores operate that way. There is a liability waiver that must be signed by the group, and then the store will cover everything else. I know some Store Managers will shy away from it because they see it as an "unnecessary store cost", but I look at it as a way to drawl positive attention to my store.

Check with your local auto-part stores. I am a store manager at Autozone, and we will allow any organization do a fundraiser car-wash, and provide everything needed. You just need to make your signs and have people show up. Also, our unit does concessions at a local RV seller's annual open house sale. They know they have to feed their potential customers, so we do the sales and keep the money, they pay for the food and equipment. We do a pancake breakfast as well, a local funeral home donates the cost of food as well. Both of those require startup up money, but are 100% reimbursed, maybe do a small one to build up seed money to afford the bigger ones.

Awesome for Utah. Not sure what BSA would have anything to do about it? Cub Scouting requires Supervision, I don't see BSA ever promoting unsupervised children

Might as well hand out participation trophy's while your at it. Not sure why you would just award Rank without it being completed. They will be in for a world of shock when they age out of Boy Scouts without getting their Eagle, because no one handed them a rank each year

can't say I disagree with this one, makes too much sense.

The hardest part I have with the new cub scout achievements is the belt loops. Yeah, you could pre-buy belt loops for all required adventures for your entire den at the beginning of the year, and just pass any extra to the next years leader. But it was so much easier when it was just beads, which we stocked in bulk. Now each rank has 6+ elective adventures that they could earn all of them each year. So do you pre-buy the electives loops, or award those separately at the next pack meeting? We have an advancement chair that currently takes care off all the awards and makes the monthly trip to the scout shop to purchase them.

In the Boy Scout world, we recognize rank patches immediately. Then during Court of Honor, we give out the rank card and parent pins. This could easily work in Cub Scouts as well, recognize all awards (belt loops, pins, ranks) during den meetings, and then on Pack meetings just re-recognize Ranks.

Do you take them to a BSA Summer camp that staff girls as councilors? I know its not the same, but I would assume it has similar issues.

You should be giving them at least till the end of the school year to finish their rank requirements. Some units will even extend it till the start of next school year, so they can finish up over the summer. Most rank requirements say to do with your family or den.

It all depends on the merit badge counselor. Personally, I wouldn't have responded the same was at the Sailing one. My son had no issues with Music, just had a note from his Band director showing time in band.

I love the hats, just can't find one big enough for my head

Are you still a due paying member to that OA Lodge? If not, then remove the patch. The Eagle Rank patch would be removed and replaced with the Eagle Knot.

The password is: F@mily4UnitLeaders

Sounds like next camp out he needs to bring his own deck of cards and find a buddy. If your Husband observed them being rude in response, then it would warrant a different response. Just saying no isn't a crime. You also this has happened once before, but a year or two in the past, so this isn't considered a pattern yet. Big props to your husband for staying out of it and not running to "defend" your son.

What council is yours?

This could be the same argument for when Woman joined as leaders. Why did they have Den Mother dresses, and Yellow Den Leader shirts, and now women fit shirts, pants and skits for adult leadership? As big as an organization BSA, I'm sure National Supply has their own department to focus on uniforming.

When our Council does basic leader position training, they charge $5. Itols and Welot were more, don't remember how much. They do a 1 day training blast which includes Cub Basic position training, ASM&SM training and commissioner training or Trainers Edge, usually has $5 cost and bring your own lunch. When our district does the same position training its free. BALOO had a $5 to cover the meal. UoS was only $20 (lunch included) As a Cub Scout Committee chair, we paid for anyone's first time training and UoS (reimbursement style). Now that I am in the troop, it hasn't been brought up yet. But 3 of us did our ASM/SM Training while at Summer camp, which was a free class.

DIdn't know they did Agriculture Our local council did Steam, but A is for Art, as in computer assisted Art

Our council Pinewood derby have their posted rules, stating that race cars will be built from an Official Grand Prix Pinewood Derby Kit. I would check with your local council to confirm there is no "extra" rules for District and Council level races, and then modify your pack race rules to match.

Not sure how your local council works, I assumed it was the same everywhere. Friends of Scouting campaigns stay local. 100% of ours goes to our Local council and camps. Only money National sees is our $33 registration fee (maybe that's why it went up?)

Live feed link https://livestream.com/bsa/nationalcouncil/videos/167216449

Our Council has officially voted with the board of directors to allow girls in Cub Scouts at early as April 2018. However, there is training requirements needed before the unit will be approved. The COR, Cm, and CC must sign a document allowing girls into their unit. At that time, all current direct contact leaders have until April 1st to be fully trained in their position (online or classroom). Also, any new registered leader will have 30 days to be fully trained or will be dropped as well. This push was because we do a big even with L.L. Bean in May to push recruitment statewide. Currently any new girl only packs will have to wait till the official launch fall of 2018

As a former cub leader, it made things "easier" when you had 60 kids in a pack, you could separate the dens very easy since they were color coded. You holler "all bears over here" and parents not knowing look at you like you have three heads, you then reply "all blues!" The Hat works in the same way