Re: [Philmont]: Crew Leader

Julian, there can only be one leader in a crew and I and my fellow advisors
give that responsibility to the crew leader elected by the crew. The crew
leader starts being the crew leader when they are elected and we advisors
only there as backup if they need it. We advise.

The crew has been told that this is a boys (and girls) run crew and we let
them do it. Sure they are going to make some mistakes, so what if they do,
they will learn from them and grow. Let them make decisions....it their
crew.

We do have each crew member serve as the navigator at least one day on a
rotation basis.

How would I respond to an advisor who feels otherwise?.... This is how its
going to be, so fall in line or find another crew.

Fred

----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian Love" <JL@JLove.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list philmont" <philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 12:27 PM
Subject: [Philmont]: Crew Leader

> 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?
>
> Thanks for any input and ideas.
>
> Julian Love, Charlotte, NC
> Expedition Lead Advisor x 7
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Received on Tue Apr 8 15:34:26 2003