MikeS72

Have a few of these from the early 70's around the house.

I wonder if the owners of the scrap yard can be held liable, as however the statue got there it should have been pretty evident that it did not arrive legitimately.

I brought this very thing up several years ago and was lucky to make it out of the room in one piece! Makes no sense at all to me that you can have 3 troops/packs meeting within 1 mile of each other, all struggling to draw more than a hand full of members to a meeting.

Just a few questions to help clarify things: 1. Were any of the other Scouts in the troop willing to step up and confirm what your sons told you happened, or did they all remain silent? 2. You stated earlier that the SM has been reported for similar behaviors multiple times. Did any of these incidents involve other Scouts in the troop, or were they all directed toward your son? Was there a pattern of conflict between them? 3. You also mentioned that the troop t-shirts were sold in a variety of colors. Was this event one in which each Scout wore the color they liked best, or was it one where they were all asked to wear the same color (if indeed they all have the same color)? 4. Was anything worked out during the event to allow your son to participate or was he in fact excluded? Regardless of the answers to these questions it appears as though things are pretty toxic for you and your son in this troop, and I would recommend looking elsewhere.

I would highly recommend using beascout.org to find a new troop in your area. Curious as to who may have said "he is not listening to anything" when it comes to an adult treating a child like this. (no names please) Was it the Council Scout Executive or your local District Executive? If it was the District Executive I would check the council website and look at the contact information for council staff and escalate. I would be concerned about adults who feel that is appropriate behavior continuing to work with children. I can also assure you that your son was not the only one wearing a pink shirt at that event, I saw quite a few Scouts from other units in various shades of pink. It is obviously a shirt that was obtained from the troop, so any color that they made available should have been acceptable to the SM/ASM. This evidently upset your son enough to cause him to seek assistance in the health lodge. If an adult upset my Scout to that extent we would have made the decision to leave that unit without hesitation.

I am pretty much in agreement with most of what I see you post, both as a moderator and in general, but this time I would have to disagree. Based on the totality of what the OP has said this instance does very much rise to bullying behavior, especially since this individual seems to have been reported for similar 'bad behavior at least three times. In addition to an imbalance of power having already been mentioned one of the other criteria to classify bullying is that it is repeated behavior. That repeated behavior does not have to involve the same target. The bully can target several individuals at different times, it is still bullying. There should be zero tolerance for one adult to treat a child as described, let alone two adults. As for it being a youth protection violation, bullying is very much a part of youth protection. As a matter of fact, there is a two page fact sheet on bullying included in the YPT section at scouting.org. Part of that fact sheet states the following: Contact your Scout’s unit leader or the council Scout executive. It also states: Expect the bullying to stop. Talk regularly with your Scout and with Scouting leaders to make sure it has stopped. If the bullying persists, contact the council Scout executive; and If Scout leaders are not keeping your Scout safe from being bullied, contact your local Scout executive. If your Scout executive is not available, contact the Scouts First Helpline at 1-844- SCOUTS1 (1-844-726-8871)

Ideally a ticket should be directly related to your primary role in Scouting. Cub related, Scouts BSA related, District or Council related etc.

My unit is awaiting a final decision on what will happen with UMC as a chartering organization. In the meantime, all Catholic Church chartered units in our council have been told that the church will no longer charter units effective 12/31/2022.

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As @scoutldrstated, you do not "join" OA, you are elected by the members of your troop. In order for someone to be elected, the scouts in the troop should know that person well. Were I still a youth member I would be leery of voting for someone who dual registered for no other reason than to use our troop to gain election to OA. If becoming an Arrowman means that much to you, I would either try to convince your SM that being elected to OA is not going to cause you to neglect your troop, and therefore allow an election to be held. If that cannot be accomplished you have to look at the possibility of leaving your current troop and transferring to another unit. If you choose that option, be aware that a unit may only have one election per year. I many areas those elections may have already be conducted, so you would have to wait until next election cycle, by which time the scouts in the new unit should know you well enough to decide whether or not they want to elect you. I hate to bring up the negative aspect, but understand that not all scouts who are eligible for election or who would like be elected are chosen by their troop. What ever decision you end up making, I wish you well in all of your scouting endeavors. As @scoutldrstated, you do not "join" OA, you are elected by the members of your troop. In order for someone to be elected, the scouts in the troop should know that person well. Were I still a youth member I would be leery of voting for someone who dual registered for no other reason than to use our troop to gain election to OA. If becoming an Arrowman means that much to you, I would either try to convince your SM that being elected to OA is not going to cause you to neglect your troop, and therefore allow an election to be held. If that cannot be accomplished you have to look at the possibility of leaving your current troop and transferring to another unit. If you choose that option, be aware that a unit may only have one election per year. I many areas those elections may have already be conducted, so you would have to wait until next election cycle, by which time the scouts in the new unit should know you well enough to decide whether or not they want to elect you. I hate to bring up the negative aspect, but understand that not all scouts who are eligible for election or who would like be elected are chosen by their troop. What ever decision you end up making, I wish you well in all of your scouting endeavors.

I think that is a reference to any appeals via District Court.

Not sure when this increase went into effect, but looking at scoutshop.org now and Cub handbooks are still listed at 16.99.

Are these badges you sewed on, or are they the ones that were done by the Scout Shop when you bought the shirt? After removing the world crest that was on a shirt when I bought it I found that our Scout Shop used a spray adhesive to hold it in place when the sewed it on. It left a light circle of reside which I removed with Goof Off and a toothbrush. You could also try acetone, although I would test it on the bottom of the shirt tail first.

Downloaded all three ceremonies, but have not had time to read through them yet and compare them to what we have been using for the past few years. (I do still have to catch myself once in a while when reciting the obligation... I have on occasion gotten some strange looks if I have a flashback to the 60's and include words no longer a part of the current obligation)

I believe this appeared in G2SS about the same time that the bit regarding all district/council short term camping events must meet certain NCS standards. Done to ensure that even when it is a weekend district/council event we are maintaining (hopefully) a reasonable level of quality and preparedness, such are sanitary facilities and the presence of trained personnel in case of emergencies. One of the reasons our council has a director of short term camping.

I do believe that was meant a joke/sarcasm. 😁

I have seen that cartoon multiple times. As soon as I run across it again I will save a copy and post it here.

You are not alone. We were informed a couple of weeks ago that while the two Catholic chartered units in our district signed charter agreements for 2022, at the end of the year the diocese will cease chartering all units in the council.

I spoke with our council registrar today about all Methodist units in our council showing "on hold" in the recharter report that I access using Commissioner Tools. I was told that until this is resolved that nothing can be processed or posted for any of those units. We have both Scouts and adult leaders whose paperwork was included in charter packets who are still in limbo. We cannot enter any advancement, or input any activity logs for those folks until there is a resolution and council gets a signed charter agreement. Someone on high needs to authorize councils to process these units before we hit the timeframe where they will drop off of Scoutbook altogether.

Stay safe.

Looks like the same one I saw a few weeks ago, which makes me a little more hopeful about our situation with our CO. I am looking forward to seeing how many individual churches decide to continue chartering units; I do know of one in our district that has basically said the letter is irrelevant and they will not continue to sponsor their pack and troop.

There is a buffer, at least from what our council has told us, both to allow for units who do not get their re-charter posted in a timely manner (my district is the only one in our council to have 100% of our units submitted), and also to allow council registrars to get them all approved and submitted to national. I did not see anywhere that stated whether or not you submitted payment for the members of your unit and have just not paid the $75 re-charter fee. We are a UMC unit, and that is what we were instructed to do. I have seen posts in other online forums stating that some councils have given that guidance to units with whose CO they are still negotiating. In any case, as several others have stated, your situation does not mean you ceased to be a unit on January 1.

This could well be the first ELP lyric I have seen quoted here!😁

Every camp we have attended in recent years offers both a leader discount and gives 2 free leader slots based on the number of registered Scouts. Most are for having at least 5 registered, with additional free slots available for larger units. We take the total number of adults attending and subtract the free slots from the total adult fees, divide by the number of adults, and that is what we pay. Some years we have reimbursed leaders for gas costs, other years we have chosen to drive without being reimbursed to keep the per Scout cost down. As for attending as part of a provisional unit, every camp I have ever attended offers provisional units, which are staffed by paid camp staff, not volunteer parents. So allow parents to attend (Woodruff Scout Reservation allows parents to attend with their provisional Scouts, at $155 per adult; our local camp discourages parents but will allow them based on medical conditions but houses them away from the provisional area). You could register your son and daughter, along with your wife and yourself at your local camp as a unit of 2 & 2 and share a campsite with another unit. (unless you can fill a campsite, or come close to filling it, you will usually share that campsite anyway) Here is hoping you are able to come up with a way to make this work for your Scouts.

While I have not seen this particular reproduction, I do have at least one original uniform for each decade from 1940 to the present. P.S. - I looked at the linked website, and according to the description they stopped taking orders last September.