Some folks asked me what the 5 year Leadership Development Program was. It is a formal program under the new changes coming. We have been doing about 90% of it already in the existing program. Eventually the boy will earn his SABER at the end. Cdr. Dick Wm. Waskey "Don�t wait to make your Son a great man. Make him a great boy." Faith Assembly of God Royal Rangers Outpost # 81 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB SITE: http://expage.com/page/royalrangers ---- On Wed, 05 Apr 2000, Jonathan Trower ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > At 10:12 AM 4/5/00 -0500, you wrote: > > <snip> > > To me I am afraid I won't be able to recognize it as Rangers > anymore, > >because it won't be the same. It won't be the same Rangers that all of > these > >kids earned their GMA through and it would take away from the meaning > and > >hard work that they did to earn their GMA. Is it really worth all of > the > >heartbreak? > > I'm GMA # 346 in the US and my son is GMA # 3660. So I know what it > took, > and what it currently takes to get the GMA. > > I have seen the plans for the new program, and I don't see how you can > claim that the GMA under the new program will be "easier" or in someway > cheapen my GMA or that of my son. Believe me, that has always been one > of > my concerns whenever the advancement trail has been changed (as it was > before my son earned his GMA). > > The key benefit of the new program is that commanders will be better > equipped to help boys earn the GMA. Few commanders, and even fewer boys, > > really understand what it takes to earn the GMA under the existing > system. > With the new advancement system and written meeting plans, there will be > a > more structured path to the GMA. The end result may be that more boys > will > be able to learn and experience everything that they need to qualify for > > the GMA. Shouldn't that be one of our goals, along with our mission of > reaching, teaching, and keeping boys for Christ? > > > __________________________________ > Jonathan Trower > South Central Region Training Coordinator > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > phone: 254-420-1941 > RR homepage: http://129.62.162.157 > > _______ > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks! - A#1's mule" RTKB&G4JC! > http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number - Free Free voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag _______ To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks! - A#1's mule" RTKB&G4JC! http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
