[philmont] Philmont 2008

Pretty outrageous conduct on the part of the folks in charge. They're
lucky that one didn't hit the lawyers. (They sure deserved it!)

Daniel Preston wrote:
> I agree with Dr. Bob that Troop crews are preferable. I would add to
> Dr. Bob's "leader selection cronyism" comment that there is also unit
> cronyism.
>
> For Philmont 2006, I was in weekly contact with our Council leading up
> to the August 2005 sign-up date. I hand carried 6 scout applications to
> Council Headquarters on the first day of sign-up and told them that we
> had three or four more who would be sending their applications shortly.
> I was told that there were only 8 slots left out of 3 crews. When I
> asked how that could be, I was told that the other scouts and leaders
> had signed-up in July - one month before the official allowable sign-up
> date!
>
> While the sign-up process was frustrating and political, the Council did
> an excellent job of organizing the trip and left the advisors alone to
> prepare their crews as they saw fit.
>
> Dan Preston
>

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Received on Thu Dec 7 16:48:39 2006