[Philmont]: RE: An Advisor's Quandary

Thanks to all for their comments and suggestions. Let me add, that
apparently this was a somewhat impromptu crew meeting at one of the crew
member's house. I didn't even know it was happening and wasn't there to
run interference. The meeting did follow on the heels of a training
activity we had the previous weekend where I asked each member to
evaluate how they think they did in terms of specific and overall
performance and how they thought the crew did in terms of specific and
overall performance. This may have been the catalyst to get things
going.
 
As to the Mom thing - and I'm not picking on Mom's, Dad's do it too -
what really got me was that it was "Mom" that was telling me all the
things the crew accomplished at the meeting, not the crew members.
[This particular Mom is also our Troop treasurer and I needed a check
for a trip deposit - two of her sons are in the crew.] That caused me
to at least question who had been conducting the meeting. I may have
been reading more into it than was there.
 
I'm sure that I will have opportunities to chat with some of the guys
about their selection, in an informal, casual sort of way. What is kind
of sad is that we are going out three days early, in part to help make
the first few days more bearable, and their first choice covers only
slightly more than six miles in three days, with limited opportunities
to stretch it out. Of course that makes it much easier on the "senior"
members of the crew - bless their hearts!
 
As several of you have pointed out, it is the boys' decision, and if it
truly was, I will enjoy "tagging along".
 
Happy Trails,
 
Roy Fisher

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Received on Tue Feb 28 19:33:28 2006