Classic Exploring now Venturing

[dana_renner]

it seems to me that the Exploring of old is now the Venturing of today the program seems to be going in that same direction that the old Explorer program went in, prior to 1965, there was recognition and even advancement in the Explorer program, but what was different then was that the post had crews in it, and there was a senior crew leader the same as what today you would have a senior patrol leader in a troop, but after 1965 advancements were done away, the post structure was changed, and a vocational side became more evident and

the spruce green uniform stayed until sometime in the 1970's Sea Scouts became Sea Explorers in 1949, Air Scouts became Air Explorers in the same year, and Explorers BSA became Explorer Division BSA in 1959, however OA elections remained in the Posts until sometime in the early 1990's , now Venturing is very similar to the earlier program it has 5 clusters , outdoor, sports, religious life, sea scouts, arts and hobbies, Venturing however has kept the club like structure versus the old Exploring Post structure that was more of a

troop structure, the ages are 14-20 after a Venturer's 21st birthday he or she has to either become an adult leader or simply leave the program. Venturing is going back to an Council Olympics, similar to the Explorer Olympics of the earlier times, there is a rumor that a leadership conference might return, however until Venturing Division sets it up, it is just a pipe dream.Many of the Classic Exploring programs are returning just with a different name, 2 new awards been introduced the Quest for sports and physical fitness, and to be released later this year the Trust.Unofficially there are plans in fact 3 different plans for a Venturing Honor Society, hopefully co-ed

in fact from what I read of these plans they plan to nominate youth similar to what the OA does, there is a good reference for this on the Ship 90 website, written by a gentleman by the name of Mark Ritter.If anyone has anything to add, or knows something that I don't about Venturing,Sea Scouts, and even the Old Explorer Program or even the new one, please add on.