Some Common Traits of Successful Troops

[Beavah]

Aw, shucks you guys. I was hopin' you'd comment on my new attempt at a list, not on BW

 

Feeback is a gift, and I'm feelin' deprived .

 

B

 

[Eagledad]

My gosh, I might as well be sitting between my wife and daughter during the Love Story movie.

 

OK Beavah, I like your comment about adults meeting once in a while for donuts to talk scouting, or something like that. I hadn't thought of that, but we looked for opportunities to meet at a local pub to talk scouting. We didn't do donuts because they are fattening.

 

Barry

[Gonzo1]

EagleDad,

Thanks for noticing the INTENT of the thread. I didn't know Bob White or how controversial he was.

 

I wanted to provoke thought about the list.

 

G

[BrentAllen]

Beavah,

I like your second list better than your first. There, are you happy? :-)

 

dscouter, BW's list is of "traits", not a scoring matrix or measurements. Big difference. Traits are characteristics, not scores.

 

One SM I know who runs a very successful Troop has AIA dinners once a month (All Interested Adults). Good time to get together and just talk Scouting and the Troop.

 

[dScouter15]

Brent -

 

I understand what you're saying, but the point that I was trying to make was that its questionable how BW made up his list, and whether it actually is traits found in "successful" unit, or a scorecard of how well a unit follows the BSA program. I don't think that one necessarily implies the other. So, is BW's list really a list of characteristics of successful units? For instance, if you show me 100 "successful units", will the majority of them meet the majority of BW's very specific criteria? I think BW's list goes the other way around, like saying, "If you want to have a successful unit, you must have these thing..." I realize I'm probably splitting hairs here, and I apologize, but I just wanted to clarify my point.

 

Of course, I've been wrong before...