Jose,
Actually, the National Office did a lot of listening, both in districts and
in National Council. The changes address some fundamental problems that were
being experienced all over the country, and the reason it looks like Boy Scouts
is because Boy Scouts had similar problems and the solution they found worked
fairly well. As for the American flag, rememberthat Johnnie Barnes designed
a program for American boys. Royal Rangers is now in 60+ countries. The
addition
of the flag is to symbolize the nation you are from. Straight Arrows &
Buckaroos
do not migrate well to other countries. That is why they were changed. This
is not to say that the new Ranger Kids program can't be done with a cowboy or
Indian theme. It just means that far more themes are now available. Change is
not always easy, but it is often necessary. While I do not like several things
in the new program, there were some things in the old program I liked a lot
less.
Ed Christiansen
NNED Training Chief
> "Jose F. Rodriguez" wrote:
>
> Does anybody out there feel like National office should have done a nationwide
> vote to see if the majority of outposts in the United States would have wanted
> or not wanted or agreed with the new changes in the Royal Ranger program.
> I've talk to a lot of commanders who are angry with the new changes and the
> loss of "uniqueness" that the old program had in comparision to the Boy Scouts
> to which the new changes more closely resemble now (ex. awards vest for new
> merit badges and an American flag). I for one liked the program just the way
> it was and feel they should have done a nationwide vote among the outpost of
> the US. This is after all suppose to be a democratic nation after all, and I
> we're going to now be wearing an american flag on our uniform then thats even
> more of a reason for the national office to have done it in a democratic way.
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