mrjohns2

Too bad the article didn’t say if what was sold was close to what was expected. Any one have any idea? What about properties now that a couple of years have passed since the evaluations were given and real value received.

I don't think they get ANY funds from HQ. BSA doesn't fund the councils at all. Have they ever?

The peaks have interesting demographic connections. Percentage of scout age children, boys before and all now, would help eliminate these impacts.

I assume a big difference is Perdue wasn’t 1.5 years into implementation, right?

Thank you for pointing that out. It caused me to go look and confirm. Yes. 😞

They can? Each rank now has a knife safety adventure.

Amen, amen, AMEN, aaamen! AMEN! This is the patrol method and how Scouting NEEDS to be done.

Pretty neat. I wonder if the team only shoots 22 LR?

I've only done the training, I never saw that part before. Very interesting and a resource the BSA should adopt. The training is required annually. It isn't too far off from the YPT. They cover an angle that isn't discussed as being a BSA issue - quid pro quo. I never thought about playing first string or getting game time at all would be used as leverage against a youth athlete.

SafeSport is used for many sports, I believe. USA Archery uses them.

Squad?

You make a good point. To me, it is clear that there is more meaning in a number of their statements then they let on. An example is non-OA scouts at NOAC being the norm. At least that is what it implies. They seem to be very leading statements without the conclusions.

It doesn't matter if they were inflated last year. If they were inflated every year, it would allow apples to apples comparison. You wouldn't want to compare March to December between 2 years as it wouldn't be apples to apples.

Who holds anyone accountable for any wrongdoing?

This could be an issue in some councils, not areound here.