SO when was Josh's Cerimony -----Original Message----- From: Duane Wheeler [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 2:32 PM To: Jonathan Trower Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: *Make the GMA Understandible-[RR] New program *We have a new GMA in the house and so I'm up to speed on what you say here.. The GMA is a tuff up-hill climb. Josh found that accomplishing the standard track to Trailblazer's top award left the remaining requirements *Extra tough... He knew going in to the Gold Track (*following the demise of the old system) ..that they had broken up the GMA stuff into smaller chunks.. .and chose the standard track anyway. He would have prefered the GMA to be at the end of the trail instead of the "Gold Hawk" *All this is just a matter of presentation and promotion of the award.. so in the new program *IF some of the redundency is eliminated, and the requirements honed down to scale for understandibility... I think not only will we have more GMA's but the award will gain in "value" among the boys.. *They want it if they understand hoiw to achieve it! IN BSA Scouts the trail is clear and understandible to the boy and the adult.. for the Eagle award- 21 merits- a "service project" and proven roles in leadership. That makes everyone in the troop aware of what is needed next for a "Life scout" or a "Star Scout"... If we in RR had that awareness it would fuel encouragement and support. -=A=- Jonathan Trower 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] -- ��ࡱ� << File: vcard.vcf >> _______ 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]
