{"id":48,"date":"2001-12-31T13:28:22","date_gmt":"2001-12-31T18:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/?p=48"},"modified":"2011-11-03T13:36:15","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T17:36:15","slug":"issue-2-winter-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/2001\/12\/issue-2-winter-2001\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue 2 – Winter 2001"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Andy, We like to take our Pack on special outings every couple of months. We\u2019ve been to the Liberty Science Center, the Edison Museum, and Jockey Hollow. Now we\u2019re looking for new places to go. Where can we get information on other places that can accommodate our Cubs? (Y.B., Basking Ridge Cub-master)<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Want new ideas from experienced leaders like yourself? There\u2019s no better place for sharing new ideas than your District\u2019s monthly ROUNDTABLE! What\u2019s a Roundtable? It\u2019s a monthly get-together of Cub Scout and Boy Scout leaders for sharing new event, program, and participation-building ideas. Call your District Commissioner \u2013 He\u2019ll tell you exactly when and where your District\u2019s Roundtables happen \u2013 or check out a recent issue of \u201cPathfinder.\u201d When you go, take your Pack Committee Chair. You\u2019ll both have a great time!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Andy, Our Troop goes camping every month, 12 months a year (even in the summer, in addition to summer camp). Although there are lots of places we like to go more than once, with our schedule we\u2019re running out of ideas and we don\u2019t want to start losing participation because it\u2019s \u201csame old-same old.\u201d Where can we learn about new places to go? (X.C., Vernon SM)<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks for asking! I\u2019ve got two ideas for you to start with. First, our Order of the Arrow guys at Woapalanne Lodge are writing a book called WHERE TO GO CAMPING and it\u2019ll be given to every unit in our Council. To find out how soon it\u2019ll be avail-able, call Eric Hanna, Lodge Camping Promotions, at 973-625-2549, or Peter Keays, Lodge Chief, at 973-593-9255. Now, my second idea. How would you like to get together with a bunch of experienced Scoutmasters who \u2013 like you \u2013 are always looking to share new ideas about camping, Troop programs, service projects, and all sorts of things Scoutmasters are always thinking about? Why, in 90 minutes, I\u2019ll bet you can learn more than you would spending twice that time searching the \u201cNet\u201d! Where are these get-togethers? They\u2019re your District\u2019s monthly ROUNDTABLES \u2013 call your District Commissioner to find out where yours is, then go! (Hey, why not bring your Senior Patrol Leader or Committee Chair with you!)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Andy, Every six months, our Troop Committee selects new Patrol Leaders, Assistants, and a Senior Patrol Leader, so that all our Scouts get their \u201cleadership requirement\u201d for rank advancement out of the way painlessly. But some of the Scouts we appoint just don\u2019t seem to want the job. How can we encourage them to lead better? (G.P., Newton Committee Chair)<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Somewhere along the Scouting trail, your \u201ccompass\u201d got out of whack, folks. If the \u201cPatrol Method\u201d \u2013 a fundamental of the Scouting program \u2013 is gonna work, the Scouts need to elect their own leaders. Any other way than this will fail in one way or another \u2013 sometimes you don\u2019t even see it till it\u2019s too late! So get back to basics. Hold elections at the Patrol level, then elect a Senior Patrol Leader (he\u2019s elected by the whole Troop of boys, by the way, not the Patrol Leaders or other small group). The only \u201cappointed\u201d position is Assistant Patrol Leader \u2013 the Patrol Leader picks his own \u201csecond\u201d because he knows he can work with the guy! After elections, it\u2019s the Scoutmaster\u2019s main job to train the new leaders. Some Troops run their own Junior Leader Training Course; others send their Scouts to the Council-sponsored JLTC; still others do both. But, whichever way you go, go for elected lead-ers right away. You\u2019ll be amazed at how fast things get better!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Andy, I try to focus my Den meetings on doing the advancement requirements for Wolf and Bear, but some of the boys can\u2019t keep up when they occasionally miss meetings. What can I do to help them \u201ccatch up\u201d with the other boys, so they don\u2019t feel \u201cleft out\u201d? (F.O., Gillette Den Leader)<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Whoa! Wait a minute. Better read the Wolf Book and Bear Book again! You\u2019re doing the parents\u2019<\/span> job \u2013 that\u2019s not how you want to use Den meetings. First off, it\u2019s perfectly OK for boys to advance at their own, individual paces. Second, the whole Cub Scout advancement program is designed to help strengthen the bond between parent and boy, so except in rare instances it\u2019s the parent who should be \u201csigning off\u201d on requirements; not you. Use your Den meetings to get ready for monthly-themed Pack meetings, and leave advancement to the boys\u2019 parents<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Andy, we\u2019re a new Pack and really confused about something \u2013 is it WEBLO, WEBELOS, WEBELO, WEBLOS, or WHAT! Every time we see it in print, it\u2019s different? Aaargh! (P.Q., Morris Plains Den Leader)<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It used to by easy \u2013 WeBeLoS meant Wolf-Bear-Lion-Scout. Pretty much a \u201cno-brainer.\u201d But it\u2019s still not too tough, even though the \u201cLion\u201d rank\u2019s been dropped \u2013 Just think WE\u2019ll BE LOyal Scouts! WEBELOS! (By the way, it\u2019s pronounced just like it\u2019s spelled \u2013 \u201cWee-beh-los\u201d \u2013 rhymes with \u201cgross\u201d)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Happy Scouting,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Andy<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Have a question? Send it via email to askandybsa@yahoo.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

(Issue 2 \u2013 Winter 2001-2002)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Andy, We like to take our Pack on special outings every couple of months. We\u2019ve been to the Liberty Science Center, the Edison Museum, and Jockey Hollow. Now we\u2019re looking for new places to go. Where can we get information on other places that can accommodate our Cubs? (Y.B., Basking Ridge Cub-master) Want new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-15"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51,"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}