[NO. 676]==================================================================================== Hi Andy, As a sort of “free-ranging” commissioner, I get invited to lots of courts of honor and I’m always happy to attend. But I’ve noticed two general habits that, when I stop to think about them, puzzle me. The first one is about the two kinds of courts of honor (aka “COH”). […]

For those of you who wanted a copy of the Readers Digest Version of How a Troop Should Operate, it is now online at http://netcommissioner.com/2012/06/how-a-scout-troop-works/.  If you want a print version click on the orange plus sign and select print at the top of the article.  You can also download this in the following formats: […]

Most of you know Andy through his columns here. I thought you might like to have a peek at Andy in real life. Earlier this month, Andy was the featured guess on a program of the Hunterdon County Internet Radio, sponsored by the Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce. Andy talked about the Scouting-Rotary connection with […]

This morning we have had a rash of emails to us via web forms and regular email asking about emails that appear to have come from one or more of these addresses: AskAndy@yahoo.com AskAndyL@yahoo.com AskAndyBSA@yahoo.com The text of the message indicates that Andy has been robbed in Scotland and needs your money. Rest assured that […]

The Ask Andy advice column will be ten years old on November 23, 2011.  By that time Andy will have written about 1.65 million words of advice to fellow Scouters on a wide variety of subjects – a record that rivals that of Green Bar Bill’s many writings. Please take a moment to add a […]

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