Dear Andy, Our Senior Patrol Leader is doing a great job planning meetings, but he’s having a hard time coming up with new, fresh ideas that will keep our Scouts engaged and participating. He’s asked me if there’s a guidebook with ideas—Do you know if there’s such a book? (Matt Palladino, ASM, Nashua Valley Council, […]

Dear Andy, On the Scout badge, what type of knot is represented that serves as the reminder to do a good turn daily? (Paul Bellavance, Webelos Den Leader, Bay Area Council, TX) Believe it or not (no pun intended), you have to go all the way back to the 5th edition of the Handbook for […]

Editor’s note from the NetCommish: Ask Andy was red hot and ready to publish a week ago. Andy wrote a great column and had it ready, but, your old editor, The NetCommish, was dealing with some real life issues that made it impossible to publish for awhile. My apologies for the delay in releasing this […]

Remember the Green Zone Council and the Victory Base Council in Iraq, and Captain John Green? I just received a letter from John that I’d like to share with you…   Dear Andy, In the middle of the night two years ago, my sergeants and I boarded a Blackhawk helicopter and took off from a […]

Dear Andy, One of your recent Q&As was for a chap who’ll be serving as a Camp Commissioner this coming summer. Here’s an example of a “Camp Commissioner Guide” that one of my NCS (National Camping School) participants created for the CC course:CampCommissionerStaffGuide_2006.pdf Here’s another, from a camp where I served as Commissioner: CampCommGuidebook.pdf (Ken […]