[Philmont] Increased Participation

Since you mention it, what role should the size of a unit play in the reservation process. Should a troop with 40 members, only 20 of whom would meet the qualifications to go to Philmont get the same chance as a troop with 150 members, 75 of whom are eligible to go. In the former, the unit can fill 3 crews with only adults whining about not going. In the latter, less than 1/2 the boys eligible would get to go. My son's troop is the latter case. Based on internal troop rules, it will probably be 2010 or 2011 for to be able to go if the troop gets slots in those years. Of course he could do a Mountain Trek if I were to go to PTC or one of the other "solo" activities.

Hank Voegtle
Unit Commissioner, Dallas, Texas

-----Original Message-----
>From: rhtyler@comcast.net
>Subject: [Philmont] Increased Participation
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>From: "Bacon, Bruce" <bbbacon@walshgroup.com>
>>
>> I would rather see another direction taken before increasing the
>> pressure on the ranch by increasing the number population at any given
>> time. I would suggest to Philmont that they "weight" the application
>> process so that groups that have a greater number of years between treks
>> have a greater chance of being selected over groups that have a lesser
>> number of years between treks. (Assumption: groups must apply annually
>> to attend Philmont to receive a more favorable "weighting". You have to
>> try to attend)
>
>So, for Philmont, how about this:
>
>1. New troops/teams/crews are not eligible to attend Philmont in their first two years as chartered units. This would keep a troop from chartering a new crew just to go to Philmont as a unit that has "never been." Not that anyone would try this...
>
>3. Some units will find ways to cheat the system. I can think of three off hand -- all of which would require major dinking around with troop structures and would be un-Scoutlike, IMO. (For example... how many Venturing Crews could a troop of 100 scouts charter just to improve their Philmont lottery chances? Get one crew in and then have all your scouts "transfer" into it. Cheesy, but easily done and would take an alert DE to stomp out.)
>
>Anyway, I'm rambling. Just an idea for a system that seems fair in a different way than a random-chance lottery.
>
>Rick Tyler
>Assistant Scoutmaster
>Philmont Coordinator (Retired)
>Troop 575, Chief Seattle Council

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Received on Wed Sep 27 14:50:12 2006