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12:44 am
December 15, 2009
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Cubmaster Chris
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#206-You Can Sleep While I Drive
New popcorn commissions, our December Roundtable, Pinewood and Space derbies, raingutter regattas, the BSA 100th anniversary kick-off, and feedback on tap for tonight.
Links:
Trails End Popcorn Changes -http://www.scoutingnews.org/2009/12/10/trails-end/
Tonight's show sponsored by Badge Magic
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10:07 am
December 15, 2009
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MISS Emily
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You know, my unit still can't quite figure out how the Online Popcorn sales actually work. In fact, so much so that I was encouraged to send a blank sales sheet to other parts of the country so that family could purchase the popcorn that way, rather than through the online sales.
How does the money come back to the scout or the unit or the council? I still haven't seen this explained clearly enough for me to fully get it, and I've thoroughly and repeatedly examined the Trail's End site, probably more than the average parent. Given the disconnect between the (or at least MY) Council's organized sales and the online selling, I can't help if better education would increase rates of online sales as well.
Additionally, I'm interested in knowing how units use online sales with regards to ISAs? (Yes, I know that with cubbies this can be a hot-button issue.) However, for Will, and also for me as the person going around with him, knowing that he's paid for dues, day camp and resident camp for this summer was a huge incentive for us. With this 5% back directly to the scout, I'm assuming that the ISA cannot get credited, or is that an individual unit issue?
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MISS Emily, Committee Chair and DL Pack 103, Atlanta, GA **A proud Mother in Scouting Service along with MISS Sonia, MISS Liberty, and MISS Shannon**
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9:03 am
December 16, 2009
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smwalker_oh
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It looked to me that the 5% back was in the form of an Amazon gift card, so that wouldn't be able to go into the ISA for the boy (if his unit does that).
I'm interested to know how it works too, and so is my pack's Popcorn Kernel / Treasurer, because we had at least one boy do a couple hundred bucks in online sales this year and we have absolutely no idea how, when or if we're ever going to see that money to put into his ISA.
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10:14 am
December 16, 2009
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Scouter_Garry
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How are you handling the licensing of Revell for Pine Wood Derby cars, kits, and parts? I know we had been restricting cars to the BSA kit and parts only. From looking at the pieces available on Revell will will allow the cars in all competitions except design, unless the artwork is outstanding.
http://www.revell.com/pinewood…..index.html
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10:09 pm
December 16, 2009
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mbeyke
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Chris,
Our Pack has held a Space Derby every other year for a long time. The rockets are easy to carve with a veggie pealer. We set up our track for a District Scout-o-rama one year and had the scouts make the rockets on site and paint them with sharpies. They had the rockets carved and painted in less than 30 minutes. We pre-conditioned the rubber bands with glycerine and pre streached them so that they will last longer. We have leaders wind each rocket for the races so they are all wound the same amount. This makes the rubber bands last longer. We use a couple of cordless drills with slow speed settings to do the winding.
We have had as many as 60 rockets run a double elimination race and it took a couple of hours on our 4 lane track.
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God Bless, nMark L. Beyken"Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words!" St. Francis of Assisi
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10:31 pm
December 16, 2009
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mbeyke
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Chris,
You really should become a Day Camp Program Director if you have the time. I just finished my 4 year run as PD for our Council and it was a great experience. The planning and finding staff are the toughest part of it, but being around a large group of scouts and scouters and acting like a nut for them is cool. National Camp School is intense, but it has to be to get you all of the information you need in one weekend. I had a great Camp Director to work with, and was able to put together a top notch staff that had very little turn over the 4 years I was PD. I decided to take a break this next year as my training ran out. I hope to be on staff if the new PD wants me.
The hardest area to staff was Shooting Sports as they have to be trained, and Water Front because they have to be BSA Lifeguard Certified (unless you use a public pool).
After I take a year or two off, I probably will go back to Camp School and do it again.
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God Bless, nMark L. Beyken"Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words!" St. Francis of Assisi
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