shortridge Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 No one's saying he shouldn't be CS, but putting all of the patrol's grub in a single backpack is inviting problems. (Or eggs - basket. Same diff.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoPenn Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 "Is that single guy down the street a Distinguished Eagle Scout Award recipient?" For the sake of the hypothetical - Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle732 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Then why wouldn't you want him to help out with your troop? Ya'll must have some high standards! I think I know enough about Mike Rowe to believe he would do a great job promoting BSA. I would assume that when BSA bestows the Distinguished Eagle Scout award to someone they have an idea that they have the same values as prescribed by the organization. So if not Mike Rowe then how about Larry the Cable Guy? I think he was a Cub Scout as a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCEagle72 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Robert Gates would be a good alternative (but MR is by far and away my 1st choice) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudu Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Our Boy Scout program is a job skills program with an outdoor-lite theme. So a guy like Mike Rowe who tries different jobs like an American Boy Scout tries different Merit Badges, is a perfect match. ANY celebrity will do, however, so long as he is popular enough to convince indoor American boys that schoolwork Merit Badges and florescent lights "leadership" theory is actually really kewl! Baden-Powell's Scouting was based on using Scout skills to navigate through Physical Distance: A series of Journeys and Expeditions of increasing difficulty at every rank, through rugged backwoods territory. So "Bear" Grylls, whose every program is a journey through significant backwoods territory, is a perfect role model for Scouting associations that gear their outdoor program to be a challenge for rugged outdoor teenagers. Yours at 300 feet, Kudu http://kudu.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortridge Posted June 14, 2012 Author Share Posted June 14, 2012 Kudu, So who would you pick to fill that role on this side of the pond? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudu Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Shortridge, Bear Grylls. Nothing says our next "Green Bar Bill" must be from Denmark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle732 Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 I think he already has a job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudu Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 If you want something done, ask a busy man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle732 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Very clever, I've never heard that one before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristian Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Les Stroud if you wanted someone that actually understands and uses scoutcraft and survival skills and how to enjoy spending time in the wilderness. Of course choose Mike Rowe if you want to associate more with someone who tries out hundreds of jobs (merit badges) completing one per day (about average for those merit badge fairs or merit badge mill summer camps) with learning just the bare minimum and no real mastery of any job (or repeating or testing). Cody would be acceptable too but his more minimum impact methods of wilderness living is just as far as you can go from the overdeveloped madness seen at some cub/boy scout activities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle732 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I like Les Stroud's show but what is his background in Scouting? I think a celebrity spokesperson for BSA should be someone with a background in Scouting that is popular and well known by our youth. What makes you think Eagle Scout Mike Rowe doesn't understand Scoutcraft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RememberSchiff Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I think Les Stroud is Canadian, not that there's anything wrong with that. Louie Zamperini would be a great roll model but he must be in his 90's. http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-243-297--13773-0,00.html How about Richard Tinnell, another busy talented young man, "...one of the original founders of JPFreek Adventure Magazine. He is also an experienced outdoorsman, survivalist, avid Jeep enthusiast, and Eagle Scout. His commitment to JPFreeks mission as an eco-friendly, environmentally conscious publication has been a guiding light in his continued design work for JPFreek Adventure Magazine. Richard holds a Bachelors degree in Graphic Design from Southwest Texas State University, and is currently working on a Masters degree in Geographic Information Systems." http://online.jpfreek.com/about/ http://www.linkedin.com/pub/richard-tinnell/6/8a/815(This message has been edited by RememberSchiff) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RememberSchiff Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 maybe Astronaut Michael E. Fossum (still like Mike Rowe) "Fossum made two flights aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station. On a third trip to the space station, he joined two Russian cosmonauts. He is currently a scoutmaster in Houston and remembered his time spent as a Boy Scout at Camp Perry, learning first aid skills. Scout stuff is real stuff, Fossum told the boys. About a month ago, Fossum said he witnessed a car accident where he was able to use skills he learned as a Boy Scout to help treat the victims for shock after he dialed 9-1-1." http://www.valleymorningstar.com/articles/inspires-100417-rio-astronaut.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basementdweller Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Why would Mike want to do it???? We have already questioned his sexuality.....Ya know I never even considered his sexuality till now..... Rules being rules, from a quick google search he is probably disqualified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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