mrjohns2

🎶 I used to be a CFL staffer, as you can plainly see, but if I weren’t a staffer, I’d grow up and have a family. 🎵 Bear Paw Scout camp hired CFL’s commissary director for this summer. It has had maybe 20% patrol cooking these last 3 years. It is ramping it up this summer after CFL shutting down.

Well, you’d only have 5 years of liability. Troops of 100 years may have more risk.

Do you have a source for this? Or is it just based on the fact that they could end up not accepting the application?

I'll eat my words. From the "Rules and Regulations, 2020 edition, page 12"l... Young people of all religious backgrounds are welcome in Scouting, with some participating in units for youths of a particular religion and the greater majority participating in units open to members of various religious backgrounds.

This MB has clear direction to not do in larger groups or at camp.

Uh, twisting. So, the rules say you can't kick the scout out, but you don't have to allow them in the first place? Ok. Sure. Whatever.

You are twisting it. It says that you cannot make them be a member of the faith of the CO. If you want to twist it to the opposite, that is up to you, but the wording of the bylaws clearly says that it cannot require that. Why else would they have that wording? For those that fall away from the church? Well, if they do, they cannot be forced to stay in.

Not for the Scouts. For the adults, yes. From the by-laws... Freedom Clause 3. In no case where a unit is connected with a church or other distinctively religious organization shall members of other denominations or faiths be required, because of their membership in the unit, to take part in or observe a religious ceremony distinctly unique to that organization or church. However, no church or religious organization holding a valid charter shall be required to accept as an adult leader any person whose espoused personal beliefs are in conflict with the chartered organization’s religious principles.

Do they still make hard copies?

Posted today on Scouringwire... March 8, 2022 Originally planned for May 23-27, 2022, the BSA National Annual Meeting has been postponed to a later date (to be announced) in 2022. The BSA National Executive Board recently approved the postponement of the National Annual Meeting to accommodate for date changes in the ongoing bankruptcy process. Rescheduling the National Annual Meeting to occur after the BSA emerges from bankruptcy will help to allow sufficient time to prepare to transact all required business. The meeting will be scheduled within 120 days following the BSA’s emergence from bankruptcy, and all business required to be transacted will be conducted at that time. Boy Scouts of America National Chair Dan Ownby has shared the following letter with additional details and rationale for this decision: Look for additional updates in the weeks ahead with further details on the new dates for the National Annual Meeting, registration information, meetings, breakouts, sponsors, and more.

This discussion made me think of a Scouting "political cartoon" that I saw before, but can't find. It was a "two cell" cartoon with "What they were told Scouting would be" and then the other "What Scouting is". It showed adventure in the outdoors on one side and a meeting in a Church basement on the other. I seem to recall this might have been British. I would love to have a copy if someone knows it and can post a link.

Key 3’s can pull this from my.scouting for those in their unit.

Due to the GSUSA lawsuit, we have been directed to never put girl in front of scout like that. I assume you are talking about a Scouts BSA girl troop and not a Girl Scout Troop? Anyway, I feel like you were let down by your ticket coach! Was that your only uncompleted ticket? With Covid, we were told you could get your item changed to something that could be done. That stinks they didn’t work that with you!

I'd recommend stopping this. Any incidents would not be covered by any BSA insurance.

You found none of them by googling? I found a few. What did your district say when you asked? You can always go to your local Scout Executive, Council President, or Commissioner if the district can't help. They can get the current one for you. Since you have not detailed your needs for the last 5, it will be hard for anyone to get to the bottom of whatever you were looking for.

I just earned it in November. The Scouter Training Award, council sent me the medal. For the Den Leader Training Award, they didn't. I am just in the process of finding if they stock them or if I have to special order. I'm worried it has been discontinued since I don't see it listed any longer.

I guess this came out in September, but is dated May? Odd. https://www.scouting.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Charter_Bylaws_May2021.pdf One step forward and one step back? See the page that lists changes: "Article III, Section 7, Clause 10. Eliminated terms limits for members of the Governance and Nominating Committee."

Acceptable? Yes. Ideal? Not at all.

Why? SM conference is one of the most important parts of the SM role.

As an ASM?

It seems to be very specifically directing the Webelos to work with their spiritual leader or family. So, we’ve left that up to them. I think my daughter picked up trash at the playground at our park.

That is good to know that an “auto posted” unit could be edited. It was awesome that our unit charter posted on 1/7! Record setting for our council.

Unless you have “all green” and pay by echelon/cc. Then it is set in stone.

One of the reasons we use Scoutbook, is that if you set the RSVP and permission slip required, you can have a Scout manage this themselves. Also, the calendar now supports the Scribe, SPL, ASPL being calendar editors. It really is heading in the right direction on these sorts of items.

We use Scoutbook with a GoDaddy website on the side. I would say that if you already use Scoutbook, I'd just start using that for calendar, RSVPs, permission slips, communication etc. Scoutbook does not have a public facing webpage, so you would have to choose something like GoDaddy or Facebook or others for that.