Three Questions

[qwazse]

Not gonna lecture you. Sounds like you are satisfied with things on the adult front. If it's just the attendance thing, I'd suggest mixing it up ...

 

Game (sometimes older boys are balancing between sports, etc ..., maybe this part can be optional for them -- if they call ahead and excuse themselves.)

Flags

Oath

Scoutmaster Minute

Skills teaching.

- Each Patrol rotates organizing this. They may:

-- Read straight from a reference,

-- Demonstrate,

-- Invite guest speakers, or

-- Throw down a challenge.

Skills testing.

- In patrols for T2F stuff or to take up the challenge just thrown down.

Announcements (they may go faster at meeting's end)

Retire Flags

PLC 15 minutes after the meeting,

 

- boys who want to work on MB's can arrange to meet with a counselor during skills testing or the PLC.

 

We have the issue with some of our boys being "SPL shy". One candidate whose time has come, I think is avoiding the position maybe because he's SM's son.

 

It's even worse with my crew this year. We have a core that shows up for meetings, but nobody wants to hold office!