IST Registration...
Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:45:14 -0700 (PDT)
... is at 10am tomorrow. Good luck if you're going for it - and minus
several points to the Scout Association, as we've got several people
having to miss lessons to try and get their applications in at 10am
tomorrow. I suspect that having the registration at the weekend or
after school / college might have made ...
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Connections...
Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:52:45 +0100
I'm not referring to the government-funded youth stuff with the
same title, but I thought I'd share a coincidence which shows how
small a world we live in.
A work colleague's son is being invested into Beaver Scouts next
week, at a Group in a neighbouring County to mine. I found out
last week that the BSL i ...
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Wheelchair + Hike = ?
Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:46:40 +0100
Gentlemen and Ladies,
I've been set a challenge. Following a Scout Troop re-union, it
seems I've been nominated to organise a hike next spring, for
about a dozen adults, aged 40-something. I want the event to be a
challenge, but not too onerous - Silver DofE Level is probably
about right. One of the prospec ...
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motivation
Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:52:42 -0700 (PDT)
We had an odd implosion a couple of weeks back, with 3 moving away, 1
going to Explorers and 3 "quitting"- I hate that word! The leavers
all rang or emailed me, which is a first.
We already planned school visits (previously mentioned here) but have
been slightly surprised to get a rash of "off the streeters" tha ...
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B-PSA Members?
Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:46:27 +0100
Following on from recent discussions here ... are there any current or
former members of the Baden Powell Scout Association lurking about here?
I've spotted a few on EScouts - but I'm sure there are some here as well???
Apart from that - anyone any experience of the B-PSA - good or bad?
Personal replies ac ...
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Booking Flights
Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:32:21 +0100
We're looking at booking flights for next Summer's expedition to Hungary,
and trying to work out how best to protect ourselves against the risk of
the
airline going bust between now and then. Has anyone else been down this
route? We thought that paying by credit card would give us protection from
the card iss ...
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Daily Mail and Jamborees
Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:17:18 +0100
I'm not a fan of the Daily Wail, but it has picked up on
something I raised here a while ago - will the VBS / ISA apply to
foreign staff working at international camps in the UK?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1219619/Scouts-Traditional-Scout-jamborees-threat-new-Big-Brother-database.html
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Face-2-Face
Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:15:55 +0100
Following up on the initial post that may well have got buried who
would be up for a Face-To-Face next spring? Normal format of meeting is
that keen people turn up Friday evening, others arrive throughout
Saturday. Saturday is spent doing whatever takes our fancy, meal in a
pub in the evening. Lots of beer get ...
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District Football Competition.
Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:13:58 -0700 (PDT)
As DSL I have been running our Districts scout football competition (5
a side) without any major issues.
As we are a mixed association, we have mixed as well as single sexed
teams entered.
Last night at the end of our troop meeting I was approached by a
parent whose daughter (11) wishes to take part but has been ...
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Trustee Review
Fri, 9 Oct 2009 13:04:02 +0100
How many have seen and done the Trustee review?
At a time when we struggle to find volunteers one solution is to take the
requirement to have various roles away from Groups. For instance, remove the
Exec and make the District the Exec for the Group?
How fun would that be for the District Treasurer.
With t ...
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