bt01 Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 Does any one have any experence in the ventures program and can tell me how to stay away any of the ptoblems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutdoorThinker Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 Keep an open mind, open lines of communication between your youth, advisors and any council liasons and have fun. You won't avoid all problems, but it'll make the problems easier to manage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo2 Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 btps (and how do you pronounce that by the way) Check out the Venturing Electronic Magazine and look for the 'lessons learned' A good place to start - and keep talking to people! And wish that I had a magic wand for those lines of communication! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt01 Posted September 26, 2003 Author Share Posted September 26, 2003 bufflo2, People who know me just call me BT, I went to school with 2 indivuals who had the same name as I did. So, it was easier to call me by a nickname. This weekend is there "first" camping trip as a crew or (croo). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutdoorThinker Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 BT: Best of luck with your first crew campout!!!!! Are you doing anything high adventure, or just camping? Is your crew coed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt01 Posted October 3, 2003 Author Share Posted October 3, 2003 OutdoorThinker We sa coed crew or (croo). We where to go caving but the cave was flooded but we still went "camping" at the councils bsa camp. Great weekend. There where two aldults presnt for all of the trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGreyEagle Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Where in New York are you ? I am with a Crew in Eastern PA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KA6BSA Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 Just to cover the basics... if I understood you to say you are a coed crew: to avoid those kinds of problems you need to have a female adult (over 21) present at the outings, not just the YPG required two leaders. And have scouting buddy pairs assigned as 3 kids not 2, which will help avoid the possibility of hanky panky. Another basic is to have read and carry a copy of the Guide to Safe Scouting, and follow the rules there for high adventure outings the "young adults" plan. With caving it could be more dangerous than you think and you might be in violation of the rules and not know it. In which cas BSA won't cover your insurance and you could be the first name on the $10 million lawsuit. My other last advice is that it is the "young adults" crew (croo? did I miss something there?) not the Advisor's and they need to learn how to plan and manage the activities with a minimum of help from you. You are there mostly to keep them safe in the activities. Make sure they plan something everybody will have fun doing... the caving might be too hard and scary for some of the kids and they might just quit later leaving you with no apparent reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt01 Posted October 24, 2003 Author Share Posted October 24, 2003 KA6BSA Thank you for your advice. This post is four (44) weeks old now. The crew or Croo did not go caving because the weather. The cave was flooded. There were two adults or advisers, one male and one female. Croo is sounds the same way as crew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt01 Posted October 24, 2003 Author Share Posted October 24, 2003 It is 4 weeks not 44. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KA6BSA Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 Sorry the flooded cave ruined your adventure but glad you were not down in the hole when the water came in! One male and one female is good, and make sure they get some Venturing training and set a good example... no holding hands unless you are about to drop off a high cliff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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