Re: [Philmont]: Crew Leader

A rotating crew leader is a bad idea in my mind.

Our crew leader has been working with practice hikes and weekend
outings. Who does that when you rotate? Probably and adult advisor.

Our crew divides into three 4 man teams that get an assignment each day
(1.cooking, 2.water purification, 3.bear bags/dining fly/picking a
camp.) Who assigns daily tasks when you have new crew leader each day and
makes sure that everyone gets a fair chance at rotating jobs? That may be
the first day crew leader, or the adult advisor.

Who picks the new crew leader of the day? I guess the adult advisor.

See a trend here. The adult advisor is much more involved than he should
be. If the trek is going badly, the scouts look at the advisor and may
just stop performing.

A better way may be to have the crew leader appoint one scout to be the
point guide that day. The crew leader (and the advisor only as needed)
then helps the point guide with the hiking plan of the day. That gets
everyone involved with compass work and trail planning. It keeps the crew
leader responsible for the overall performance of the crew and keeps the
advisor out of the way until needed.

At 4/8/2003 05:27 PM, you wrote:
>It would be interesting to get some thoughts about
>the "Crew Leader" - how the role is viewed and how the
>responsibilities are defined.
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>I know an advisor who wants to assign the Crew Leader
>position on a rotating basis among the crewmembers - like
>a "Crew Leader for the day" type of thing. I think it's an
>awful idea, and I've heard Phil Ranger Staffers in the past
>mention encountering crews like this and how they thought
>this was a sure way to doom a crew to a failed trek
>experience, and how they tried to reason with the advisors
>out of doing it that way. But someone mentioned it here on
>this list a couple of weeks ago.
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>Does anyone really plan on having the Crew Leader position
>rotate among the crewmembers, and why do you think this is
>a good thing?
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>If you think this is a bad idea, why, and how would you
>respond to an advisor who feels otherwise?
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>Thanks for any input and ideas.
>
>Julian Love, Charlotte, NC
>Expedition Lead Advisor x 7
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Received on Tue Apr 8 15:32:52 2003