*I've headed three years of 4 age groups of sectional Ranger of the year achievers to NW Dist. Ranger of the Year "compitition" and want to blow the wistle on a less than perfect system. The "rule" that allows a boy to compete for the previous year's achievement allows for a member of a older group like Trail blazer to put on a Pioneer uniform and compete against real Pioneers who are the right age. A Commander can "load" the bases by playing the birthdays of his Rangers and chooseing in what group the boy would have the best chance of succeeding to rise to the next level. Next, at the district level, the questions sometimes come from materials outside the of reasonable resource materials, and are slanted not to enhance the experiance of a common Royal Ranger... but to dis-qualify or come up with a winner. At the Dist. level there is to be no protest of the questions as well as no copies of the questions given out! The scoreing sheets and results are property of the dist. testors and distroyed before the awards cerimony to discourage protest of the contest!<G> *Bravo fair play! *If the "meaning of the emblem" equates a balance of the Red-Gold and Blue points, then the questions should fall into that balance of understanding common to all Ranger's at each age level, and not slant heavy to a Bible expert over a Sports centered ranger. The title "Ranger of the Year" may not allways apply to the winners in truth, but may be just an act of administrative justice. *Like the "Electoral College" in the latest presidential election shows... The "Popular vote" can be over come by a close reading of the "rules" and adhearence to monkey wrenching with the time line, and influenceing people after the vote. Throw both out! ---------------- *Thanks- -=A=- _______ To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://rangernet.org/subscribe.htm http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
