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I was asked to be a guest presenter at the W1-492-14 day 4 of Wood Badge for the Cascade Pacific Council. This weekend for about 19 hours, I was on Gilwell Field. I staffed in 2011 as a Troop Guide for the Bobwhites. You learn so much the first time you somewhat forget a
Originally posted on Bryan on Scouting : Drink Right, Move More, Snack Smart. Those six small words hold big power. Power to make your unit, and therefore your Scouts, healthier. Changes you employ today could have positive rewards that last Scouts a lifetime. And speaking of rewards, if you make three health-conscious changes over the next…
Every government, company, business, internal department, office, project, client and employee has metrics to live by and report. I just got done with my annual review and projection for 2014. The Boy Scouts of America is no different. The BSA just got done delivering the 2013 Report to the Nation. There is even a
I just sent this out to my District's Cub Scout Pack Key 3. It is about April's Cub Scout Roundtable Breakout Meeting. I knew that in my planning of this year as the Cub Scout Roundtable Commissioner, that I needed to have a breakout on this. During the Commissioners College this weekend, it hit home
There is a lot to say about Leadership. What it is, how to get it, how to learn it and how to do it. Within the world of Scouting there are a lot of classes. Wood Badge for the Adults and NYLT for the Youth. "The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to
This weekend was Elliot's first outing with Troop 150. It was their annual Snow caving overnight on Mt Hood. I can tell you that I was nervous. While I knew the Troop has done this for years, and our Webelos II at that time did it last year, I will still nervous. I did not
Originally posted on The Scoutmaster Minute : As most of the country is still experiencing Winter conditions and here in the Northwest, the Winter Camping season is really in full bloom, as late as it is, there are still Troops and Crews that are venturing into the woods for some good winter camping. I thought I…
I got this from an online forum that I read. It talks about how Journey to Excellence saved the Cub Scout Pack. Read what this Adult Volunteer did. He took this as his list and made a target. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I know Journey to Excellence is often maligned here, but I think it's really great.
Back in September I wrote how Elliot had decided to leave Scouting. Several weeks ago, Elliot and I were playing card before bed and we talked about Scouting. He brought it up. Elliot loves to play Rummy before bed and is a card shark. He also plays Poker and Blackjack. We talked about his former
This weekend I was able to spend time setting up my Yeasu 817ND HF Ham Radio. I recently bought a Buddiepole Antenna. Both are portable and pretty simple to use. I have not worked with the 817ND for a while since I had lost interest for the most part. This year I am working to
My brain is a tad fried right about now. I have a new position within my company. I applied four or five times, the last being granted acceptance. I am now a Systems Analyst. It is my third position within my company. Who I work for isn't relevant, but my journey with it is relevant.
Required Training" can be a dirty phrase to some. You can also call in Continuing Education to soften it up a bit. Every position within anyone career is needed. It can be formal training within a college, institute or via online. It also could be stages within on-the-job training for plumbers, electricians or the medical
2013 is closed and in the books. Many people have posted their list of things that they have done and conquered. Now the lists of what I want to do start being created. 2013 was a very interesting year within Scouting. I left the position of District Training Chair and became the Cubscout Roundtable Commissioner.
Reblogged from Bryan on Scouting: Improved activities, easier-to-understand advancement and some sweet-looking handbooks - yes, Cub Scouting is about to get even better than before. After finding that current achievements are overly passive in nature, activities lack connection to the missions of Scouting and the advancement model is too complicated, the Boy Scouts of America's volunteer…
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 24,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 9 sold-out performances for that many
If you are not aware of the Scouting and Autism Group based out of Vancouver, WA in the Cascade Pacific Council, you should be. It was created and run by two of the coolest people who I have come to know. This past weekend they had their first annual summit on Autism in Scouting. I
If your a frequent reader of this blog you will know that training is a common theme. I have written about training a lot. The Trained Leader logo is from a group called Scouting Graphics Corps. I put in a request for a logo with this idea and this is what they came up with.
This weekend was our Council's University of Scouting. We call it Program & Training Conference. It is totally wicked! As with anything there is change. It used to be called Pow-wow. I first went to Pow-Wow in 2009. I should have gone in 2008. I first went because it was part of my Woodbadge
Tonight I was at the old Pack. It was the Bobcat Ceremony and also a Den Chief Induction ceremony. The new Cubmaster, who is now just the Cubmaster was in full control. I got introduced to several people as the Old Cubmaster. It felt good. I basically stayed in the background and chatted a few
The Boyscouts of America years ago had the Beekeeping Merit Badge. It was discontinued in 1995. I suspect the reason was due to not a lot of Scouts were earning it. In the past few years the plight of Honey Bee's is making the news more and more. In Wilsonville, Oregon (very close to
This last weekend was the first official Compadres since 2010. There are several reasons why I stopped putting on Compadre's. Just like within Scouting people have their circle of friends, I have a circle outside of Scouting. I did not talk too much about Scouts. We talked about family, friends, food, weather, stuff we did
Hello all: I wanted to give a quick shout out to a good blog that I recently became aware of via Twitter. His Twitter name is @fishgutts and he's funny. He is also LDS and a Varsity Coach. Huh, what? Varsity is between Troop and Venturing programs. It's mainly a Latter-Day Saints run Scout program.
Reblogged from Bryan on Scouting: Just like your favorite film, Wood Badge is even better the second time around. Last month, I served as a Troop Guide for Wood Badge course S2-571-13-3, known within the Dallas-based Circle Ten Council simply as Wood Badge 106.
Last night at Roundtable it became official that I am the new Pioneer District Cubscout Roundtable Commissioner. I have stepped down as the District Training Chair. As I have told and continue to say, I have not left training all together, but I am now just the Cubscout Trainer. With Elliot's choice of leaving Scouting
Over the weekend, actually on our way home Elliot started to choke on corn chips he had eaten. I was driving, but heard it same time my wife Debora did. She keyed in on it and asked questions of him. Elliot could not reply, but was gasping for air. BANG….Medical Emergency in the back seat.
Reblogged from Given Breath: Dear girls, I have some information that might interest you. Last night, as we sometimes do, our family sat around the dining-room table and looked through your social media photos. We have teenage sons, and so naturally there are quite a few pictures of you lovely ladies to wade through. Wow -
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; - Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was
Onboarding is after Connect
You have seen the Introduction to COMIT 95 in 15. Here is the Connect part.
Earlier this year, March to be exact, several Scouters got together at the Council offices and talked about how WE as Volunteers could get those who need to be trained, trained. There were about 20 or so people at the meeting. Over the summer there was a Task Force Steering Committee that was set-up and
This summer I took on a new fun hobby. Using Paracord to create lanyard, key fobs, bracelets and other items. I have always been fascinated with knots. I know a few knots and use them often. Most of the paracord knots really are not ones used out in the woods or tying down a load.
I love Thunder and Lightening Storms! Usually I am in a Cabin in the Beartooth Mountains with a fire going. Usually someplace safe. The photo is from the Harlowtown, MT area of my home state. I remember when I was young and foolish running outside with an umbrella and standing in a puddle barefoot
I first became aware of World Scarf Day several years ago. It was just before the World Jamboree in Sweden. Since then, from what I have seen, it's been catching on slowly but surly within the USA. There is not much International Scouting that I have seen as compared to how the rest of
This past week Elliot and 19 other Scouts from the Troop went to the local swimming pool and worked on the BSA Swim Test. All the Scouts passed the BSA Swim Test. 7 Scouts also worked off their 1st Class Swim Requirements. It was good to note that these requirement that Elliot and others passes/demonstrated
With the passage of the vote that was held to allow the LBGT Youth to officially be in the Boyscouts of America, there are a lot of hurt feelings of my fellow Scouts and Scouters. This is hard for them. Their belief of what Scouting is and should be isn't what it is and
A vote will be held today about the future of the Boyscouts of America. It centers around if the BSA should allow the LBGT Youth in as members. I wrote a blog post in July 2012 about my feelings then. My feelings are still the same. I have watched, seen and talked to many people
Today was a good day. Debora and Rachel were off at Girl Scout Camp for an overnight. That left Elliot and I to ourselves. Saturday was about Baseball and Iron Man 3. Though Baseball got canceled due to rain, we adjusted and had breakfast at Fat City. I told Elliot that we were going for
Today was the 16th Annual Jamboree on the Trail. It is a World Jamboree for all those in Scouting. I have written about JOTT before. This year, due to my retirement from Pack 221 I had a few hour or two. The Girl Scout Troop Leader asked if I would be able to put on
This weekend was the Pioneer District Camporee. It was Elliot's first Campout with T432 in Boyscouts. For several reasons overnight, Elliot did not have a good morning. I had to teach ITOLS and the Troop assigned a Scout to be with him. One of the great things about Scouting is that people do take the
Several years ago while I was going through Wood Badge, the BSA had the 100 Year Celebration Patch that could be earned. It became a ticket item for me. I knew it would be a good thing for the Scouts to do. It covered many areas and did get the Pack out doing something. One
In looking at posts from last year, I found a post about my 2012 Goals that I created. These are based around my Wood Badge Training. I realized that I have not communicated an update for a very very long time. Please read the post so you get the gist of what I was
With anything, there is a starting point. In Cubscouts, it is the Bobcat Rank. It's the rank that helps the Cubscout start to understand the culture of Scouting. He continues on this path with much guidance in the beginning and less so as he reaches the Arrow of Light Rank. In Boyscout, the joining rank
In the coming Months there are two events that EVERY SCOUT GROUP should take part in. The first is Jamboree on the Trail. It is on May 11th. I have written about this event many times over the years. I also was part of my reason to create and start the Cubmaster's Hike. I
There is just so much to know about being a Den Leader that it can really be daunting. I so wish I was a Vulcan and could Mind-Meld with the incoming Den Leader. One of the better sites, though a tad outdated in some of it's listed requirements of Training, from Merit Badge.org. This is
Every Scout Unit has a Committee. The Pack is no different. The BSA National Website has this to say about a Pack Committee: "A strong pack committee will have members assigned to such areas as record keeping and correspondence, finances, advancement, training, public relations, and membership and registration. The pack committee chair decides how the
My original plan for being the Cubmaster was for just two years and then become the Webelos Den Leader for the remaining time. My goal was to get the Pack on course and pointed in the correct path and step-down. I am not sure when it was during my tenure as Cubmaster, but I realized
Within Wood Badge and any training, there is a Stop, Start and Continue section. It is also called Rose, Buds & Thorns at the Troop level. After many courses there is a 360. This is my Start, Stop, Continue, Rose, Bud, Thorn and 360 of my past five years as I see it. My goal
There are several posts and threads on many different forums on the Internet about Knots. I most recently wrote one in July of 2012. That post and ones linked to it talked about how the Boy Scouts of America have discontinued and replaced a lot of the Cubscout Program based Knots. Many of us
Over the weekend, the Tree Scouts of Pack 221 in the Pioneer District of the Cascade Pacific Council celebrated with an Arrow of Light Ceremony and Crossover at Magness Tree Farm. The Webelos II, called Tree Scouts in 2011 came to Magness Tree Farm to complete the Forester Webelos Activity Pin. It was one of
March 16th was the Cascade Pacific Council's Commissioner's College. I love training and for $10 I got a patch and lunch to boot! I am not a Commissioner, but I went anyway. I went to this training for several reasons. First, I love learning new things. Second, I am thinking about my next career
