Re: [Philmont]: choosing crew

Your first story brings up a GOOD point, front load a payment schedule. OR
atleast get payments from each scout to stay with the Payment schedule from
PHILMONT.

Make it clear that unless a replacement scout is found, anyone who to has to
pull out there are no refunds. As I remember, the first 2 payments are
non-refundable, nontransferable. Follow the suggestion in a recent message.
Don't pay for the full crew up front. You can always add scouts and make
their payment at your final meeting with Betty at Philmont. As long as you
have the required size for an official crew and don't go over the crew size
limit, it is ok.

Kim Pigorsch
Membership Chairmun (sic)

www.troop681.org

San Diego, CA

>From: jpsampson1@mmm.com
>Reply-To: philmont@troop47.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list philmont <philmont@troop47.com>
>Subject: Re: [Philmont]: choosing crew
>Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 08:28:48 -0500
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>Steve wrote "> Let's try something. Everyone who has been an advisor...How
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>2001, ended up one short at the last minute. He was added from another
>troop a few months before we were to leave and his heart wasn't in it (his
>MOTHER was really pushing for it, though). He was certainly physically
>capable of making the trek, and even worked together pretty well with the
>other members. He hadn't paid any money though, and less than a week before
>the crew left he called and said he wasn't going to go. That left us with a
>crew of 6 so the others had to pick up the cost for the 7th member.
>Frustrating yes, but no worse off than they were before he came along.
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>2003 - had one extra scout who applied. He was 13 years old, a full two
>years younger than the rest and 2nd Class at the time of application in
>2001. All the others were 2 years older and Life/Eagle. He was very
>overweight, in poor physical condition and showed no signs of attempting to
>get into shape to go. He was allowed to be an alternate, but never even
>went on the first shakedown trip. It was a no-brainer but we felt it was
>better for him to take himself out rather than tell him 'no'. We stayed
>with the 12 we were expecting and all was well. The last scout from that
>crew will get his Eagle this year. The scout that didn't go moved to
>another troop when his family moved, but he's made Star rank now and
>hopefully will earn his Eagle before he's 18. He never did get to Philmont,
>but sadly he's still in no physical condition to make it.
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Received on Fri May 27 15:00:35 2005