What happens when the Scoutmaster goes out of town with his son to visit a college in another State? What happens when the Scoutmaster only let the Crew Adviser and a Asst. Scoutmaster know about his absence? What happens when the meeting starts and the Scouts, leaders and parents notice the Scoutmaster is absent?
Well from what I heard the SPL ran the meeting as planned, the Asst. Scoutmasters handled the Scoutmaster conferences, and the committee did board of reviews and Scouts earned new ranks. This is a great example of a boy led troop. The meeting ran smoothly with out me there. I have to say I never doubted the boy leaders or the Asst. Scoutmasters ability to have a successful meeting without the Scoutmaster there. Thank You.
It turned out to be a great trip with my son visiting LSU in Baton Rouge. I believe I know where my Son and my money will be going to college.
Sounds really great. As committee chair with my sophomore Scoutmaster, getting the troop boy-led well is still a challenge. And that’s with my son as the SPL. The past year gave us a feeling for what things the boys will automatically do and what they won’t. The new Scoutmaster is very hands off which is directly opposite the experience from our previous Scoutmaster. The boys will run their meeting, but we’re trying to ensure that they’re assisting each other in learning and rank advancement as well as hanging out and playing capture the flag (they’ve avoided my suggestions of other types of games so far).
And what a coincidence about LSU. One of our Eagle Scouts and an 18 year old Assistant Scoutmaster just entered LSU two weeks ago. If you guys want to look up another Eagle on campus, see if the directory has a listing for Brian Sears. He’s one of the nicest guys you’d ever want to meet.