Re: [Philmont]: Trash Compaction

At 7/9/2003 01:08 PM, you wrote:
>But what if a crew has obviously made an effort to compact and it's the
>Philmont staffer(s) who get somewhat "high and mighty" as one of the posters
>stated happened to his crew? If they, the staff, are the last word and
>nothing's good enough, what does one do then? It sounds like a few staffers
>went overboard and honked off crews/advisors and therefore created the
>extreme of the current policy of not giving ANY encouragement to do the best
>we all can to compact but not get ridiculous.

This is academic as they are taking all trash this year...but here is a
good exercise in crew dynamics:

The thing for an advisor to do is discuss the situation with the crew chief
rather than try to get involved with the staff. Let the crew decide what
they can do. Here are a few options that I see:
1. Say you will compact it more, hit a few times and take it back. The
staff may have just wanted to give the crew a hard time and will take any
second effort.
2. Really give it another go, even if you think it is a brick
already. Maybe other crews have been doing a lot better. Ask to see what
they have been getting from other crews and compare.
3. Take it with you and hand it in at the next staff camp.

You may find other issues this year instead. Allow the staff to challenge
the crew and let the crew react and find their own options. You may be
surprised as what happens.

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Roman J. Smith
Scoutmaster Troop 505
roman.j.smith.13@nd.edu

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Received on Wed Jul 9 14:37:47 2003