RE: [Philmont]: Trek Itinerary Selection

We recently held a meeting with each of our 2 crews to discuss trek selection. We utilized a website by Dan Yoder that was very helpful:
 
http://www.danyoder.com/philmont/trek.asp <http://www.danyoder.com/philmont/trek.asp>
 
It allows you to enter the programs (and camps) of interest and it creates a list of treks to look at that have a "best match" with your selection criteria. Very helpful. It incorporates information on the 2003 treks. When our trek selection package arrives, we will need to check to see what has changed (if anything) in 2004 before we submit our requests.
 
 

Randy Pfeifer

(847) 632-5563

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From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On Behalf Of CCPineoIII@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 11:00 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: Re: [Philmont]: Trek Itinerary Selection

We found it useful to have the crew decide ALL the possible programs they wanted to do from archery to climbing, to mountain biking, to ??; then we all rank ordered the top 10 by a simple vote on each one. Then, we all looked at the Trek book and found the best combination of treks and programs. Then, we rank ordered those to find our top 5 choices. I think we got our crew's first choice. We were not trying to hike 100+ miles.
 
In our crew, neither of the 2 advisors was "on vacation." We were on the duty roster every day and we each had one vote when it came to votes. Only in matters of discipline and safety did we have a golden vote; and even then, we had one incident where we found it more productive and effective to turn the disciplinary issue over to the crew leader and his assistant to resolve.
 
I strongly encourage youth-led trek selection.
 
Charlie Pineo
Woodstock, GA
Crew Advisor
Trek 4, 721-B2, Philmont 2003

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Received on Thu Jan 29 13:25:25 2004