First Post Many Point Newsletter

I will be sending out a series of emails over the next week that are mostly aimed at the New Scout Families, but I think they may be of interest to everyone, so I'm going to send them troop wide.

 

I've been back from Many Point for about 28 hours now; boy was that a fun time. We have about 260 pictures of week one posted so far and I'm sure we will have more soon.

 

One problem: You may have noticed that we have a new updated Website thanks to our outgoing Scout Webmaster, Sabias Jones. It is really a big improvement over what I've been coding since 2004. One problem I have noticed is that I don't see a link to PHOTOS, but I will be fixing that next week. MEANWHILE, if you want to check out photos of our Awesome time at Many Point, just go to http://picasaweb.google.com/troop346 and click on the Many Point folder.

 

I can only put up the pictures I have, which usually ends of being pictures any Mr. Fischer and me. We can't be everywhere, and I KNOW other people took pictures. If you take pictures of ANY Troop 346 event, please share them. Just drop me an email and I will be glad to send you instructions on how to post them.

 

Parents (especially new parents) I suggest you sit down with your Scout, go thru the pictures and let them tell you their stories about what we did at camp.

 

We held 15 Boards of review on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Mostly for new Tenderfoot Scouts, but even a few higher ranks thrown in too. Mr. Beck, Mr. Sanderson, and Mr. Carroll were a BIG help. I know that there were several adults doing Scoutmaster Conferences and they should be thanked also. Unfortunately, we just ran out of time and there are still more Scouts ready for Conferences and Reviews. There is an Advancement night scheduled for August 29th, before the October 3rd Court of Honor, where Scouts will be able to have Scoutmaster Conferences and Boards of Review, and get requirements signed off.

 

in the mean time, ALL SCOUTS should be reviewing their books to see what requirements they can get signed off. Remember: with very few exceptions, parents should not be signing off requirements unless the requirement calls for parental involvement (with your parent...) or are designated subject expert (I.e. a lawyer for the constitutional requirement). If reasonable, parents should always avoid signing off anything for their own son. Tenderfoot, Second Class and First Class requirements should mostly be signed by older Scouts, First Class or above, at least one rank ahead of the requirement.

 

IF you have ANY advancement question, Scouts can ask an older Scout, a leadership Scout, Scoutmaster Fischer, Mr. McGrath, or Mr. Yearous. Parents can ask any of the adults a question so they know the answer, but PLEASE make sure the Scout finds out the answer from someone else on their own if at all possible; it is parts of the Scout learning process.

 

I hope everyone had a great time at Many Point and I look forward to doing it again next year.

 

YIS,

Jon Yearous