Summer camp is coming soon and your Scouts are getting registered, your troop meetings should be centered around preparations, and your Scoutmaster and assistants should be helping Scouts choose which merit badges they will work on while at camp. Â How does your troop committee help the troop get ready for camp? Continue reading “Getting ready for summer camp, part 1”
Who do you support?
Our Roundtable theme this month was Leadership. (I know,we’re skipping ahead – its supposed to be Forestry, but our district takes away our opportunity for a May Roundtable by holding a round-robin program fair, so we needed to drop one, and everyone agreed we’d skip Forestry. But I digress, as usual.)
Our Committee breakout centered around how to have an effective, high-functioning troop committee, and we talked a bit about what we meant by “effective”. Continue reading “Who do you support?”
Which Lane are You In?
In many troops, there is an ongoing battle, or maybe just a misunderstanding, about exactly who is responsible for what. Â Without getting into the line between what is an adult function and what is a youth responsibility, I’m referring to committee and program functions and how sometimes the lines get blurred. Continue reading “Which Lane are You In?”