Re: [Philmont]: Crew Leader Selection

go with your gut....use the Eagle as the crew leader. If he's as good as you
say, the other guys in the crew with bond to him without any problem, and the
crew will have a great time.

Everyone in the crew is a team. Yes, there is a crew leader, but that, in
reality, only matters for the most part in base camp and the porches at the
staff camps. I firmly believe, because I've seen it many times, that the more
the "team" mentality exists, the less a crew leader "functions". My analogy
is adult leadership and junior leadership in a troop: the better the junior
leadership functions, the less the adult leadership is needed. This is not
to say a crew leader doesn't have a role, they certainly do. However, the
goal in my mind is to get the crew really working together and if this is
accomplished, the crew leader's role can take more of a back seat, just like
the adult leaders.
    Bottom line: go with your gut, get the crew to really be a crew, and the
decision about crew leaders will become much more of a minimal consideration.
 Decisions that result in fun things will become much more important, as they
should be!! Have fun!!!!

Ed Hirsch, MD
treks: 68,70, lead advisor 98, 00; medical staff 02, contingent advisor 03

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Received on Wed Apr 9 09:04:04 2003