[Philmont]: Building a team

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From: smith.13@nd.edu
Date: Wed Oct 23 2002 - 08:50:50 CDT

Our Philmont crew leader is a bit put out that two of our scouts did not
show up for our campout last weekend when the Philmont crew had a 10 mile
hike in full packs planned. He want to set required practices with the
stipulation that if you miss, you can not go on the trip. His mother, who
is also going as an adult, is backing him big time. His mother missed the
hike too because she had to be the open house for her partnership's new
veterinary clinic. (Of course according to them, that does not count
because she is an adult and had a good excuse.) The two scout who missed
had opted to attend their high school home coming events that weekend.

My take is that we have reserved twelve spots at Philmont and have train
reservations for twelve. If we remove a scout someone has to pay the fees
or we have to find new crew members who would have not been on the practice
hikes either. Neither choice make sense to me. I will work with the
scouts to see that they free up their calendar for future hikes. But what
if some scouts do miss the future practice hikes? What have your crews done?

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Roman J. Smith, SM Troop 505 / CM, Ship 505
roman.j.smith.13@nd.edu http://www.nd.edu/~rsmith1/RJSBSA.htm
-I used to be an Owl

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