I'm just wondering how many of us here are or were involved with Scouting.
It was a huge part of my life growing up. Eagle Scout, Vigil member of OA & Logde Chief. SPL for council wide leadership training. Several years as staff at summer camp. Scoutmaster of a troop at one point.
Life & work has taken me away from active involvement but I still believe lessons learned in it made me a much better person overall. Camping & outdoors is just the platform used to teach leadership & self reliance. I was fortunate to grow up in a large troop with 60+ boys & it was boy run. Boy leaders would meet monthy & plan meeting & campouts in detail for the next month & long term for next several. Adults would help with resources. Although they advised, I was taught by those above & adults rarely had to step in. Not that we didn't use them. If they had certain skill we needed they would become an instructor.
Lesson: Knowing & using your resources
By the time I was 12 - 13 I was Senior Patrol Leader & in charge. I learned how to run meetings, delegate authority, & teach & share knowledge.
Lesson: Tell me I forget, show me I can recall. Involve me I will remembe.
It taugth me planning: The P's Propper Planning Prevents Poor Preformance. I believe to this day even when I say I don't really plan, in the back of my mind I do plan for every senario that runs through my subconcious. Just many miles & life events that it just seem natural & not like a first timer figuring out how much tolit paper to bring. I just grap some ( I always Have a stash of pre-rolled ready to go) & know about how much I need. I GUESSS THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT IS THE PLANNING IS/HAS BEEN DONE. by numerous previos experiences.
I owe a deep debt to all that scouting & all the voulunteers in it that have made me the man I am now. My only regret is getting away from it for so long. The shop where I spend a lot of time at is about ten miles from their new jamboree/adventure base. The boss is a licensed retailer for them. He brought his grandson out to Sturgis for a bit with his mother & he heleped me unload the rig for a bit afterwards. Talking with him & his rank made me realize I miss it & I'm not giving back currently. I intend to change that. I have the knowledge & resouces/property to train Scouts. It's not the young ones, boys will be boys. It the Senior boys & adults I will try for & let them train the rest.
So back to wher I started. Whom here was or is still involved?
It was a huge part of my life growing up. Eagle Scout, Vigil member of OA & Logde Chief. SPL for council wide leadership training. Several years as staff at summer camp. Scoutmaster of a troop at one point.
Life & work has taken me away from active involvement but I still believe lessons learned in it made me a much better person overall. Camping & outdoors is just the platform used to teach leadership & self reliance. I was fortunate to grow up in a large troop with 60+ boys & it was boy run. Boy leaders would meet monthy & plan meeting & campouts in detail for the next month & long term for next several. Adults would help with resources. Although they advised, I was taught by those above & adults rarely had to step in. Not that we didn't use them. If they had certain skill we needed they would become an instructor.
Lesson: Knowing & using your resources
By the time I was 12 - 13 I was Senior Patrol Leader & in charge. I learned how to run meetings, delegate authority, & teach & share knowledge.
Lesson: Tell me I forget, show me I can recall. Involve me I will remembe.
It taugth me planning: The P's Propper Planning Prevents Poor Preformance. I believe to this day even when I say I don't really plan, in the back of my mind I do plan for every senario that runs through my subconcious. Just many miles & life events that it just seem natural & not like a first timer figuring out how much tolit paper to bring. I just grap some ( I always Have a stash of pre-rolled ready to go) & know about how much I need. I GUESSS THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT IS THE PLANNING IS/HAS BEEN DONE. by numerous previos experiences.
I owe a deep debt to all that scouting & all the voulunteers in it that have made me the man I am now. My only regret is getting away from it for so long. The shop where I spend a lot of time at is about ten miles from their new jamboree/adventure base. The boss is a licensed retailer for them. He brought his grandson out to Sturgis for a bit with his mother & he heleped me unload the rig for a bit afterwards. Talking with him & his rank made me realize I miss it & I'm not giving back currently. I intend to change that. I have the knowledge & resouces/property to train Scouts. It's not the young ones, boys will be boys. It the Senior boys & adults I will try for & let them train the rest.
So back to wher I started. Whom here was or is still involved?