Re: [Philmont]: Building a team

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From: Doug Kemp (vetpharm@arches.uga.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 23 2002 - 09:50:35 CDT

> > His mother missed the hike too because she had to be the open house
> for her partnership's new veterinary clinic.

That would be a much bigger problem to me than the youth absences.
 Youth members generally have an easier time adapting than the adults.

> >The two scout who missed had opted to attend their high school home
> coming events that weekend.

Could this have been avoided by more careful scheduling?

> >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.

Which is a good reason to have a written agreement that obligates you to
1) a certain level of pre-trek participation and 2) meeting the
financial obligations even if you decide to bail out before Philmont.
 It is best if this is prepared before the crew is created so everyone
knows what is expected of them.

You can see how we handled this for our troop at
http://www.oconeetroop149.org. Select the Backpacking/Philmont link
near the bottom of the page.

YiS
Doug

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