Adv.
Roundtable - Commissioner College
I have the "Advanced
Roundtable" portion of our Commissioner College program. In the past this was an open
discussion about "problems". The difficult part for me will be if the students
are less than enthusiastic and don't throw out ideas. Help. Where can I go to discuss this
either in your site or on the Internet. I am not computer savvy. -Mark I.
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High
Adventure Age Requirements
I know of a troop that
takes 11 year olds on high adventure trips in Colorado...how can they do this when the
camps require these scouts to be 13 by January 1st... - Jo Baldwin, Committee Chair
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Pack
Size
I'd like to hear what you
have to say...We now have 37 boys and it looks like we will have an increase of 15 boys.
from two different Packs...what are your limitations? - Jo Baldwin, Committee Chair
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Re:Pack Size
Committees I served on
used two criteria to identify size limitations when necessary: 1-The number of adult
leaders available to insure that den size remained small. I know that many Packs have
larger Dens but we tried to keep Den size to no more than eight Cub Scouts. 2-The
limitations imposed by the Pack Meeting facilities. If those 15 boys bring with them 4 Den
Leaders (2 Leaders, 2 assistants), parents willing to serve on the Pack Committee, and
your meeting room has space for 15 more boys and their families, a 52 Member Pack should
be a reasonable size. -MaryAnn, SCOUTER On-line Editor
Troop Size
What is the optimum membership limit for a Boy Scout troop? What experiences are
available or are there any rules of thumb that are used to "right size" a troop?
Have troop's size limitation efforts ever split up siblings between two or more troops?
Any help in this endeavor to answer these questions will be appreciated. - Brian Boardman
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Troop Bugler
I would be interested in hearing from anyone in the Scouting community who
may be aware of any troop that has put together guidelines, procedures, or duties for the
position of troop bugler. I am also interested in getting as much resource information for
our existing and future troop buglers (besides the merit badge book and counselors) as
possible. Thanks. - Rick Larson, ASM, Troop 625
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Helping Parents Cross the Bridge
How do we as leaders help parents and scouts with the transistion from Cub Scouts to
Boy Scouts? It seems many parents would like it to remain the same for their boys entire
scouting experience. -ASM
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