[Philmont] Increased Participation

Doug,
is there any information on the treks of which treks were asked for most and
the treks that were used the most? Do the higher #ed treks not see the
traffic that the lower #ed treks see? Was there any treks not chosen?

Thanks,
Steve MacIntyre
Troop 777
Hermitage, TN
Philmont Advisor 02-32NFM2, 03-23, 05-32, 06-32

----- Original Message -----
From: "doug marquis" <dmarquis1@comcast.net>
To: "Philmont List Member" <Philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 7:30 PM
Subject: [Philmont] Increased Participation

> It's not a rumor. The Philmont administration definitely was starting to
> plan over the past summer for increasing the number of participants next
> summer. I believe the figure was about 15%, as someone said. This would
> amount to about 50 participants per day, or roughly five crews. There is
> concern among the staff about whether the land and the program can handle
> the increase. The executive staff seem to believe it can be handled.
> They want to make the Philmont experience available to as many Scouts as
> possible, and you really can't fault them for that. I imagine you're
> correct that this is why Fran is-- at least-- discouraging early arrivals.
> There are some days over the summer with a low crew load, but there are
> many others when the base camp tent cities are bursting at the seams.
>
> Doug Marquis
> Asst Mgr. CHQ Activites Dept. 2003-2006
> (We run the Welcome Center, among other things.)
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> P.S.-- How're you doing, Jim VanH?
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lou Schwing" <lou@troop288.org>
> To: "Philmont List Member" <Philmont@troop47.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 8:04 PM
> Subject: [Philmont] Increased Participation
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>> On Sep 26, 2006, at 4:18 PM, JVH2099@aol.com wrote:
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>>> In a message dated 9/26/2006 4:30:04 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
>>> bschaettle@msn.com writes:
>>> In a recent email from Fran regarding the payment that's due on October
>>> 1st, she seemed to imply NO early arrivals next summer:
>>> We heard that Philmont wants to increase participation by about 15%
>>> next summer. That may be the reason for no early arrivals. Things
>>> will be getting a bit crowded in tent city.
>>
>> The train from Los Angeles to Raton only arrives in the evening, so you
>> *have* to arrive a day early. In 2004, it wasn't a big deal for us to
>> stay that night at Tent City, although they did tell us that if there
>> weren't any tents, we would have to pitch our own. There was plenty of
>> space to do that, so I imagine it wouldn't be that big of a deal.
>>
>> It was nice to sleep in those roomy tents with a mattress after our trek
>> though....
>>
>> Lou
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