Re: [Philmont]: Eliminating disharmony

On Mar 27, 2006, at 12:06 AM, Henry Buruel wrote:

> What amazing advisors to let the crew chief and crew sort out their
> differences. Congrats to you for having the patience and ability to
> let the boys actually lead. Ten years ago, my advisors had a similar
> approach, and I am thankful to that to this day. Props to ya'll.
> -Nancy Coleman Stickelman
> BC 1997-2003
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>> From: Charles Goodwin <doc236@woh.rr.com>
>> Reply-To: philmont@troop47.com
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>> Subject: Re: [Philmont]: Eliminating disharmony
>> Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 08:07:43 -0500
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>> In 2004 I had a real dream crew of 12 boys and 2 adutls. I was able
>> to push the number since only one of the boys had been before, an
>> 18-year-old who could move up to an adult spot in case one of the two
>> adults had trouble. The other adult had also never been. I had an
>> extremely strong leader as Crew Chief, who had been named by the Elks
>> Lodge as one of the top two boy scouts in Ohio that year. This crew
>> could routinely have camp completely set up within less than 30
>> minutes. However, with the stress of Philmont and being so close
>> together, even this crew developed some differences among themseves.
>> Two days before we came off the trail, the Crew Chief called a
>> meeting of only the 12 boys with no advisors to, rather than the
>> thorns and roses in which nothing negative is said, just let
>> everyone speak their peace and get it out of their system. This
>> worked extremely well, and restored a very cohesive unit again. I
>> wish I could say I thought of it, but it was much better coming from
>> the Crew Chief. After 20 years as scoutmaster, I continue to learn
>> from the boys. Boys learn to lead by leading, let them.
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>> Charles Goodwin, MD
>> Scoutmaster Troop 236
>> Philmont 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004
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