> I agree A#1.
Thanks Brother, be advised you likely just *blew yur chances
for promotion<G>Hehehe...
I visited a outpost a while back and 2 12 year old boys
> were in line to receive their GMA's and they wanted me to present these
> two with a Silver or Gold Buffalo. I said don't they have to have the
> GMA before they get the Buffalo?
Yup.. I was handed a SilverHawk to award, and asked if the boy had earned
the "Bachlor merit" the Commander looked perplexed and told me Pioneers
don't work on merits.. I said go look at the book he signed.. and the man
returned to say: "Well he earned everything...Go ahead"
I felt a bit miffed.. Is the boys supposed to earn everything- No more/No
Less?
You'd think a class on achevements would be reqired of all Commanders
before working with the boys... Just who's integrity of compromised
when awards are handed out un-earned?
>
> I have a record of All our Rangers. Each Merit/Advancement has a date
> and Commander who signed off. I think it is important to have good
> records. Using the Royal Ranger Database I can easily track a young
> mans development from campouts to advancements to meetings to Gold Bar
> meetings and so on. When they start getting close to the GMA... the
> database allows me to do a search and keep them uptodate with all their
> personal information in seconds.
*That's great... it shows a boy that his trail is steep but short..
perhaps he can press-on to the GMA and have confidence in the integrity of
his work, that charted and backed by documents...No one can question his
right to the award.
Getting the pin is not the goal. "Getting the program is!"
To "Get the program: study the CODE-the Pledge and the meaning of the
Emblem/motto" and add the Golden rule.
-=A=-
>
> The Blue Book that was always supposed to be kept up to date and always
> turned up missing was not a viable solution for me. I keep the records
> for our outpost on computer and give out quarterly reports to the Outpost
> Commanders and reports at the Leaders Meetings. Anyone who has a Win95
> Computer I ask them if they want a CD with the data on it.
>
> The boys get a kick out of being on the most outings and it helps to keep
> people accountalble.
> Last year our outpost had over 393 people on outings and 13390 hours on
> outings other then Wednesday nights.
>
> I hope to help remeidy this situation with the Free Database. God has
> been good to me and I want to bless others if they want the blessing.
>
> Mark Jones
>
> On Mon, 3 Jan 2000 15:07:26 -0800 (PST) Duane Wheeler
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > Recently, I attended another BSA Eagle Court...
> >
> > I sat there in wonderment that before the boys was a clear
> > trail.. a path to follow that was undertsandible as well as
> > common to all.
> >
> > 2.5% of all Boys Scouts achieve the highest award, the Eagle.
> >
> > To make Eagle.. 21 merit badges and a "service project" that
> > benifits the community is required. This "project" must be fully
> > planned in every contingency by the Scout and faces several boards
> > for approvial...
> >
> > Every merit a scout earns has a "blue card" with three parts
> > qne for the boy's record. one for the Troop/SM/ district and one for
> > the
> > merit councilor..
> >
> > In the end a young man faces his task and uses his resources and
> > personal motivation to plan and act out his project...
> >
> > In re-newing Rangers... we could learn from our friends in scouting
> > that at every rank advancement a boy is reviewed, and documented
> > and charged with holding his records for the final board of review..
> > where advancement to eagle must be *proved....
> >
> > Royal Rangers has no records required...
> >
> > -=A=-
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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