Jameson76 Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 OK - So what are linked troops? That is a new phrase to the party 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-in-KC Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 One chartered partner, one committee, in theory two scoutmasters and two sets of assistant scoutmaster's Two youth structures-- PLC, patrols, etc. Again, in theory 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle1993 Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Thanks for sending this out. Looks like they plan to keep separate Troops but worked out a way to allow some of the overhead (CC, Treasurer, committee chairs, etc.) to essentially work coed. I wonder if they will force separate names for ASM and SMs between the boy and girl Troops under one committee. Good to see dates out there. While I would like to see earlier the linked Troop idea should cut down some of the overhead and allow Girl Troops to form quickly starting Feb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-in-KC Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Except for the fact I know it will happen, I would bet a beer that there will be at least one pair of troops in the nation who will have the same scoutmaster and ASMs, and the PLCs meet as one. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJCubScouter Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 24 minutes ago, Jameson76 said: OK - So what are linked troops? That is a new phrase to the party Did that come from a web site? I would like to try to find a higher-resolution version that I can actually read. But I do see the phrase "Linked Troops" and yes, it does appear to be something new. It looks like two troops would share one committee. It isn't specific about leadership (SM/ASM.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJCubScouter Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 11 minutes ago, Eagle1993 said: I wonder if they will force separate names for ASM and SMs between the boy and girl Troops under one committee. Scoutmistress? Just kidding, just kidding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walk in the woods Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 3 minutes ago, NJCubScouter said: Did that come from a web site? I would like to try to find a higher-resolution version that I can actually read. But I do see the phrase "Linked Troops" and yes, it does appear to be something new. It looks like two troops would share one committee. It isn't specific about leadership (SM/ASM.) https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/familyscouting/pdf/Family-Scouting-Infographic.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred johnson Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Interesting ... I'd still like to learn more about dates. I heard when cub scouts was rolled out there was nothing preventing 4th and 5th grade girls from joining cub scouts. As such, they need a troop to cross over before the deadline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blw2 Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 maybe this comes from BP's 32 scout maximum for troop size? nah...that can't be.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jameson76 Posted March 6, 2018 Author Share Posted March 6, 2018 27 minutes ago, John-in-KC said: Except for the fact I know it will happen, I would bet a beer that there will be at least one pair of troops in the nation who will have the same scoutmaster and ASMs, and the PLCs meet as one. What's the over under on percentage of "Linked" (wink wink) troops with this configuration? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle1993 Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 It looks like Troops start Feb 2019. That should be early enough for most 4th Grade girls. 5th graders were not supposed to join but I’m not sure how well that was enforced. If they exist they’ll have to wait after this summer when they age out of Cub Scouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred johnson Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 5 minutes ago, Eagle1993 said: It looks like Troops start Feb 2019. That should be early enough for most 4th Grade girls. 5th graders were not supposed to join but I’m not sure how well that was enforced. If they exist they’ll have to wait after this summer when they age out of Cub Scouts. Theoretically, a 4th grade girl could join a pack that is an early adopter right now. Then during the summer earn Arrow of Light and then be ready to cross over this fall, up to four months earlier than Feb 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWCub Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 (edited) Link for that poster above: https://www.scouting.org/familyscouting/ Looks like girls in the troop can start Jan. 2019. Edited March 6, 2018 by TWCub explaination. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle1993 Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 I think you need 6 months in after completing 4th grade ... which typically means earliest anyone should cross over is December. So they would have to wait ~2 months unless I missed something. I don’t think this would represent many scouts. Has anyone done the math to see when the first girl Eagle will be awarded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJCubScouter Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 9 minutes ago, fred johnson said: Theoretically, a 4th grade girl could join a pack that is an early adopter right now. Then during the summer earn Arrow of Light and then be ready to cross over this fall, up to four months earlier than Feb 2019. My recollection is the Arrow of Light requires that at least six months have passed since you finished the fourth grade. Did they change that? If that is still the case, that 4th grade girl will still be in the 4th grade until May or June, so let's say May, 6 months is November. Around here most don't actually earn the Arrow of Light that quickly anyway because they really aren't working on advancement over the summer (unless they go to Cub day camp.) And around here most packs don't cross over until Feb. or March. I don't see what the big rush is to cross over much before that. But let's assume there is a girl who earns Arrow of Light in November. So I think the BSA would ask her to stay in the pack until February. (Now that I mention it, I think there has already been something said about that.) I don't think that should be a huge thing, as it is a one-time transitional thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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