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Lest We Forget

Ric — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:06:56 GMT

Remembrance Day World War I World War II They fought for us, Our freedom grew, And when they died, We all sighed, And wore poppies all day, To say "Thank You"

Re: Help for a New Scout leader

geraldboire — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:14:01 GMT

That is exactly how we do it in our troop of 9. We have 2 patrols, who each elect their PL. The PL then is given the opportunity to pick their APL. Afterall

Re: Help for a New Scout leader

Ric — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:38:22 GMT

... Why not? If it serves nothing else other than to reinforce their leader, it then becomes their choice. We do not elect the Second (APL), we allow the PL to

Re: Help for a New Scout leader

John Stewart — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:02:18 GMT

... We do have patrols and a COH. What we don't do is have elections for the PL and APL. Are elections viable when you only have 4 or 5 scouts per patrol?

Re: Help for a New Scout leader

Liam Morland — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:27:24 GMT

... Hash: SHA1 2009-09-26 17:44-0400 Ric wrote: [...] ... Yes, it is THEIR troop, but it is also their TROOP. What's the difference? If you

Re: Help for a New Scout leader

Ric — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:45:02 GMT

... We all know how difficult it is to attract the older youth these days, but our Troops have 12 each with 2 Patrols each (Boy Troop and Girl Troop). There

Re: Help for a New Scout leader

A Very Old Wolf — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:15:13 GMT

With all due respect, I don't think that this decision is yours to make. That's up to each individual Patrol to decide who they want as Leader. You may be

Re: Help for a New Scout leader

skip333totalnet — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:55:22 GMT

... Nothing, if their Patrol elects them. Everything if the Troop Scouter decided they were the PL/APL...... ... The selection of a PL isn't for the

Re: Help for a New Scout leader

Shawn Vike — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:36:58 GMT

What is wrong with using the same PL and APL as last year? If they functioned well, you do not have to change them. Not every youth has the skills or interest

Re: Help for a New Scout leader

John A. Stewart — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:36:45 GMT

... I don't think we could do that since our troop is too small (around 10 at the moment). Of course that is another good point that Liam makes -- a Scout

Re: Help for a New Scout leader

skip333totalnet — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:43:59 GMT

... More than you might think. Far less than should do. I truly believe that the Scout Method runs my Troop, not me. You haven't lived until an 11 year old

Re: Help for a New Scout leader

Allan Yates — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:19:51 GMT

While Liam and Dennis run their troops with PL elections, COH, etc. I wonder what percentage of troops do this? I think Liam needs to go back for his Phd and

Re: Help for a New Scout leader

Liam Morland — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:52:38 GMT

... Hash: SHA1 2009-09-23 16:05-0400 Valinda wrote: [...] ... Scouts should elect their own patrol leaders. YIS Liam - -- Liam Morland

Re: Help for a New Scout leader

scoutleader101 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:30:50 GMT

Also make sure you're doing a Scouters' Five in order to have a spiritual thought/reflection at the end, preferably one that relates to what was worked on that

Re: Help for a New Scout leader

Valinda — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:05:40 GMT

Thanks for all the suggestions and ideas. I have lots of reading ahead of me. I noticed that the scout troop only used one scout for flag break last year, so