From: Alan R. Hamm (ahamm@alanhamm.com)
Date: Mon Feb 03 2003 - 12:33:28 CST
RE: [Philmont]: Crew slot available for 2003Seems to me that Philmont is not living up to the scout law if they collect full fees from one unit and require them to forfeit those fees and fully collect from another. I know there are some administrative costs involved, but that is just not right.
Alan Hamm
Bethesda, MD
----- Original Message -----
From: Budd, Terry
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 1:17 PM
Subject: RE: [Philmont]: Crew slot available for 2003
Actually, this is more of the case. We booked 44 slots for 2003, and had about 10 people drop out over the last three months due to a variety of reasons. Currently, we stand at 34 people. We are soliciting local units for boys (or girls) to go to Philmont, but we are also exploring other options. We've already decided that if these slots are not filled by March, we will drop them (but we would hate to lose the money that we've already invested).
Terry Budd
Advisor, Venture Crew 2121
Stow, Ohio
tbudd@louisperry.com
-----Original Message-----
From: J. Michael Floyd [mailto:FLOYD@foodser.uga.edu]
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 12:42 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: Re: [Philmont]: Crew slot available for 2003
Another viewpoint:
I agree with notifying Philmont on the vacant crew. But, based on
the payment deadlines for 2003 these crew slots have already been
paid for in full by this unit. Full payment was required by October
2002. Unless I am mistaken Philmont does not refund these funds.
If this is the case then it would appear that this unit should be
trying to recover these funds by trying to get another unit to take
their crew reservation. I know that there are many units who go on
the waiting list each year, but unless Philmont refunds a cancelled
crew then we should expect a crew to attempt to recover their
Philmont fee.
Of course the other issue did the crew overbook crew slots?
Yours in Scouting,
Mike Floyd
Asst Scoutmaster/hiking-Philmont, Troop 149
Northeast Georgia Council
Lead Advisor-Philmont 98,00,02,04
G.A.T.C. Thru Hiker 98 & 00
http://www.oconeeTroop149.org/
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