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(*Thanks to Ken Blanchard and W. Davis) The One Minute Commander ------------------------------ Once there was a bright Commander who having attended NTC began to dream of the perfect outpost. He wanted to work for one, and he wanted to become one. His search took him all over the Internet, to every country that has Royal Rangers asking questions, and reading what others were doing.. He found some Commanders who said: "I keep my boys in line! If you let up on them for a second they just cause trouble... we keep a tight grip and make 'em shape up!" These Outpost were very impressive. Great uniforms and good behavior. These Rangers could stand for hours at attention and do snappy color guard drills. *But the boys didn't seem like they were having much fun. Some advanced and got pins and badges, some didn't. But the one's who showed some interest were just like their Commanders! They said: "We are the junior leaders and don't let anyone get away with anything!" The Commanders smiled... Other Outposts he visited seemed like really nice guys. They were easy going and likable, friendly and quiet. There was hardly anyone in complete uniform. "Stuff like that isn't important..." "Life is too short to hassle these kids over that stuff, it's *ministry that's important anyway, and I let them decide what they want to do, That's the Patrol method.... they know what they need.." But their Outposts didn't seem very impressive and the boys didn't seem to be doing anything related to their Ranger handbooks, and wore only parts of the Ranger uniform. There was lots of goofing around and a lot of noise, so everyone was haveing a GREAT TIME! ...new boys and younger boys seemed confused and distant, but that was ok. The visitor was tired, and wasn't happy with what he had seen, for there had to be "something more" than the extremes he had witnessed. A good Commander would run his Outpost so that the boys played fair and had a time to learn something useful, There would be a plan and not a lot of time wasted on noisy confusion. The Rangers would advance, but they would have fun as well with good friends... Later he heard about another Commander who lived close by. This man was greatly loved by his Ranger boys and they were famous for their skills and abilities. He called and asked if the Commander could share his "secrets" with him.. The Commander answered and replied "sure.. any night except Wed. all my other nights are free" That was great, but the visitor/explorer wondered how this Commander had so much free time.. How could he head an active Ranger Outpost and do all the great things he had heard about him.. The appointment night came and the Commander invited the leader in to his home.. On the walls were collections of Ranger event patches and tokens of camps, and trinkets of FCF gear... "Welcome, what can I do for you?" "Well, I heard you have an excellent Outpost and wondered if you could share with me your slant on facilitating leadership in Royal Rangers?" "*Sure... that's fine fire away... I don't do all that much, it's easy and even though the Ranger meeting is about an hour and a half, I only seem to work about one minute a week<G>" "ONE MINUTE?" I gottah hear this! *more to come! -=A=- _______ 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]
