From: Paul Henderson (henderwp@cfl.rr.com)
Date: Sat Oct 27 2001 - 21:25:03 CDT
You have one Chartered Unit. It is #28 in your Council. If they make an
exception here I would like to know. I will use the same loop hole.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Wenneker" <Rich@WennekerUSA.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list Philmont" <Philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 7:55 PM
Subject: [Philmont]: Troop vs. Venture Crew distinction for 2003
reservations
> I called today on behalf of Venture Crew 28, taking until 11:40 CDT to get
> through. When the reservation taker tried to enter the data, the first
> question was the unit number, but not the type of unit. She ran into a
> problem, and asked if we had an existing reservation for 2002. My reply
was
> that Troop 28 has a reservation, not Venture Crew 28. She said she
couldn't
> take my reservation for unit 28. I appealed and talked to a supervisor
who
> said they would take my reservation on paper, time stamp it, and submit it
> to Philmont.
>
> I was surprised to know the type of unit wasn't considered since it was on
> the reservation worksheet provided by Philmont. In my case Troop 28 and
> Venture Crew 28 are related, but the units are separate, having different
> chartering organizations. Can you imagine the frustration a unit would
have
> if they were not in any way related to the 2002 unit? In our case, we
will
> be so far down the waiting list that it doesn't matter. But what if we
had
> got in at 10:05?
>
> Has anyone else had this experience?
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