Re: [Philmont]:  Leadership approval question

In our troop, we own the equiment.

The Putnam Family <steve.putnam@verizon.net> wrote:

>One thing to remember. If I remember correctly, the chartering
>orgainzation owns the equipment, not the Scout Troop.
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>Steve
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>jpsampson1@mmm.com wrote:
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>>Thanks. The Vets have their space at a bowling alley but it's a bar, smoky,
>>and not a good environment for scout meeting!. The school we were meeting
>>at let us use the cafeteria but the layout was terrible for ceremonies,
>>there is no storage space and we were at the mercy of the school schedule
>>(too many Monday holidays and the troop couldn't meet). The other schools
>>in the area posed the same problem, and most of the churches that are
>>interested already have scout troops. The church we have found is an ideal
>>location and facility -- wooded property to camp on if we want to, nice
>>fellowship hall for meetings, a worship center and heritage chapel for
>>ceremonies, and conference rooms for break-out sessions or SM conferences,
>>BORs etc. and best of all STORAGE SPACE! All I did was get the pastor's
>>e-mail and ASK and he was all for it! They had been approached in the past
>>about chartering a faltering Cub Scout pack but the pack didn't have any
>>leaders and the church didn't want to have to start recruiting leaders from
>>the membership when none of the members had sons in the pack, nor much
>>background in scouting. But they were all for supporting a Boy Scout Troop
>>with a full staff of leaders. I don't think they want the responsibility of
>>being the charter partner, but may be open to it down the road. As for the
>>Vets, they have are helping us buy a new trailer and we don't want to
>>discontinue that relationship -- they are being as helpful as they can be
>>under the circumstances. Thanks for your input!
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>>Jill
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>> "Bailey, Jerry D"
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>>Requesting change of Chartered Org, might prompt Vets Service org into
>>finding you a convenient meeting place! Good Luck and Best Wishes! YiS:
>>Jerry D Bailey
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Jim Welton [mailto:jwelton@rgv.rr.com]
>>Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 6:03 AM
>>To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
>>Subject: RE: [Philmont]: Leadership approval question
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>>Jill,
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>>Before adding any more rules, did you explain that all BSA volunteers have
>>been given background checks?
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>>My second thought is would the American Vets mind if you just switched
>>Charter Organizations and they became the "extra help"? That way the local
>>Church would be approving all volunteers through the usual BSA process.
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>>Finally, doing it their way, see what kind of checking they would like to
>>have. If it's a howdy and a shake, I don't think it will get in the way too
>>much.
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>>YiS,
>>Jim Welton
>>McAllen, TX.
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On
>>Behalf Of jpsampson1@mmm.com
>>Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 12:13 PM
>>To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
>>Subject: [Philmont]: Leadership approval question
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>>Our troop is chartered through the local American Vets, but they do not
>>have a place for us to meet. In the past, we have met at a local elementary
>>school. While the school has been very gracious to allow us to meet there,
>>the cafeteria facility is less than ideal for meetings and our meeting
>>schedule is restricted by school holidays and vacations. Therefore, we have
>>been looking into alternatives. A local church is considering allowing us
>>to use their facility, and it is an ideal set-up. We have been able to
>>answer all of their questions so for, except one. The want to know if there
>>is a process to include them in the process of choosing future leaders.
>>They are asking this to protect both the church and the scout troop, which
>>I understand. I'm sure there must be other troops out there who are
>>chartered by one organization, but meet elsewhere. Does anyone on the list
>>have a leadership approval process in place? Does anyone foresee any
>>problems? Thanks!
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>>Jill Sampson
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Received on Wed Jul 7 08:11:51 2004