mrjohns2

Thanks for the low point to low point comparison. This seems to be the real change, a loss of ~4-5% overall. Your other point is valid, though, like you said a different analysis. Your point brings about some misleading headlines that National seems to want to publicize by using low point to high point comparison.

How about vs 4/1 of 2024? That would be a more apples to apples, no?

In the IRS guides, at irs.gov, these give these clear “donation from family a, family a’s son benefits” as examples. Again, not a grey area of being over the line. Clearly over the line.

Any value in going to the NAM if a) you are receiving an award and b) aren’t on any national committees, sub committees or teams? I assume as a regular Joe, it could be pretty much just a few welcomes and rah rahs?

No. He mentioned that the current YPT training “is a master class in grooming” or something to that effect. Maybe by coupling it with getting the new training content complete, they delayed the annual requirement. I could see that as the reason.

It is simpler than term limits. All adult volunteers, (including at the unit level) only have 1 year terms. So, each year, district chairs must be reapproved.

At the CST 6 commissioner college last weekend, the national commissioner did a zoom call. He said YPT training refreshed content and 1 year renewal required over the next few months.

I am all for Scout accounts and even fund raising proceeds going into a scout account based on what they sold. What this family is saying? No, not ok. It is "over the line" for me.

One wonders with the membership loss trends, could you see the value of patches follow it. I don't mean recent trends, but the multi-decade trends. There used to be a patch dealer who had a page that did "industry year in review" over many years. I haven't seen it in a few, but that would be the way to see some real trends. Also, like baseball cards, once you get into the mid '80's, patches started to be made for the collector in mind vs. just being made and it becoming collectable.

They deliver on the promise.

They made that move starting in 2007 and went from ~312 to ~111. There were a couple of lawsuits that ended up allowing a couple of councils (at least 1) to not merge. It was an interesting take.

Yep. That is basically what happened. It is my understanding they were cost neutral to the council. Not a drain. My guess was that someone was trying to simply Bay-Lakes to do another merger on the south side, but that doesn’t seem to be happening.

I don’t think merging councils reduces the work of the registrar. From a unit “customer service” standpoint, the registrar is the last place I’d look to save money. Now camping director, director of funding, etc, sure. Rangers, DEs, and registrars make my unit go round. The rest, I hope they are proving their value. I can’t tell as directly.

It has been announced as discontinued in Scoutbook, I believe.

This actually seems interesting to me - not just a study of one’s own faith, but of multiple faiths.

What did they expect? 17 isn’t that low for winter.

I love your philosophy. So many make it super serious and hard to achieve some crazy unarticulated vision of the course director.

I try to be super duper involved, but also try to think I may have to walk away if needed. I don’t want to be so invested that I feel like I CANT walkway. It may be the healthiest thing to do if push came to shove.

Yeah, that was the conclusion in the article (Nationals? APs?). I’m not so sure about that.

"According to court documents, the boat's propeller struck Keoni while he was swimming in the lake."

I’m confused about the downtick in boys. Too bad there are good exit interviews. I am very confused by the membership increase. The renewal system has been an utter failure. Are they just counting everyone who renewed, and could renew, as members?

Gotta read the whole post “At this point, I'm thinking maybe just wait until he has two more activities done, then mark the requirement as done?”

The internet is a tough place out there. If you are wondering, this is why I have a concern with your post. Because the previous troop used different software you will have the scout wait? Preposterous. The requirements are done.

Very clearly states after you go to a 6 year old document and follow a couple of other tortuous paths. Sure it is required. Yep.

😞 Scout involvement / satisfaction is inversely proportional to the program being like school. Scouts didn't sign up for night school! As a nerd, I loved it. So, if we want to only appeal to the 1 in 15 or 1 in 30, keep it up!