[Philmont]: Crew Makeup

"FWIW" - For all of the multi-Crew Contingents I have run, it was my
firm recommendation to the Scouts that they act like they were all in
one Troop, and self-divide according to physical abilities first. That
is, by Trek difficulty. So all the gorillas in one Crew, all the
semi-gorillas in the next, all the budding gorillas in the next, and so
on. This was AFTER everyone had received a full education on what they
were getting into (slide shows, descriptive narratives, etc.). For the
most part, this worked out pretty well, and the Crews formed
irrespective of the Troop affiliation. My last three Crew Contingent
(Scouts and Leaders from 5 different Troops, but all from north
Arlington (my neighborhood), not Council wide), the gorillas took 30,
the semi-gorillas took 32, and the budding gorillas took 24. Everyone
was happy ahead of time, and more importantly everyone was very happy
afterwards with the way things worked out.

- Dr. Bob

Donald S. Roberts wrote:
>>From: kbarley6@cox.net
>>My personal preference is that no troop (in a contingent)
>>form more than 60% of a 12 person crew. This is not alway easy.
>>
>>How important does anyone else feel this factor is?
>>
>
> Personally, I disagree. I see no disadvantage to having 11 of 12 from
> one troop and the 12th from another. Or even all 12 in a council
> contingent from one troop. What is your reasoning for finding
> this undesireable?
>
> One factor you left out is that though a unit that can make
> up a crew of 7 to 12 can POPTENTIALLY get their own trek,
> they still only have
> a 1 in 5 chance in the lottery. What happens if they fail?
> Do you deprive those kids of the Philmont experience when
> they apply to the council contingent? I'm not seeing this one.
>
> Regards
> Don Roberts
> (Unit contingents only, so far)
>

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Received on Thu Nov 17 00:17:27 2005