From: Steve Mac Intyre (smacintyre.asm@attglobal.net)
Date: Sat Feb 01 2003 - 21:56:12 CST
Have them draw names out of a hat.
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From: "Diane Mikulis" <DBMikulis@comcast.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list philmont" <philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 6:22 PM
Subject: RE: [Philmont]: Crew leaders
> Thanks for all your suggestions on both crew leader election and crew
> division. We had originally thought of doing the same trek but are now
> thinking against it. On the only multi-day trip (4 days) we have been
> able to take, we functioned - and I use that word loosely - as one crew
> and everyone agreed that was not the way to go. With sister crews the
> fear is that boys would tend to "visit" the other crew's campsite,
> perhaps when they should be doing other things like cooking, clean-up,
> etc. We also anticipate some may want to trade or jump to the other
> crew.
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> We have 16 boys and 8 adults, so we need to limit the number of boys
> with parents to 4 per crew because all parent-son pairs, and one triplet
> want to be together. The boys range in age from 14-16, are first-time
> Philmont participants, have the same amount of backpacking experience
> and have similar abilities. Most of the boys want the same things in a
> trek - several mountains, 60-65 miles, and similar programs. The biggest
> difference is probably how quickly they can break camp in the morning.
> We've asked each crew member to give us their top three preferences for
> crew mates and what a mess that has become. There's a group of 5 who all
> chose each other, but the others crisscross all over the place. I guess
> we'll set tentative crews, per this list's advice, with tentative
> leaders. We have to have leaders identified to attend the council
> training on March 1 and to get them elected, we need to define the crews
> so they can talk.
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> Honestly, I think that whatever the crew composition turns out to be and
> whatever treks we get, all will have a wonderful and unforgettable
> experience. I just wish it wasn't such a big deal now. (Or maybe one of
> the advisors and I are the only ones feeling it's a big deal.)
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> Thanks for all the suggestions. The information is very valuable since
> most of us are first-timers.
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> Diane Mikulis
> Troop 757, Glenwood, MD
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