Re: Tiger scouts was Re: Homework (poll)

In article <QdydnZAbRrhYD6TeRVn-gw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Nikki says...
>
>Circe wrote:
>> "Nikki" <kavanagh@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:kLadnZERqoxvFqTeRVn-iA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> The only activity we have is tiger scouts though so our evenings
>>> aren't over run yet!
>>>
>> How are you liking Tigers/Cub Scouts? I know you're only just getting
>> started, so you might not have much of an opinion.
>
>We've only had the one big Pack meeting and our first Tiger Scout meeting is
>this Sunday so I don't know what to think yet. There are 7 boys in Hunter's
>den and he knew most of them from school. I really think this is something
>that will be right up Hunter's alley, more so then the soccer and t-ball
>we've already tried, so I've got high hopes for it! Hunter would really
>benifit from having an outside of school group he clicked with I think.
>
>It is more work then I thought it was going to be ;-). The Tiger Scouts
>here don't have a Den leader. The parents just sort of take turns doing
>things. Since I don't have a clue about scouting of any kind I'm a little
>anxious about that.

Hmmm - I thought they (BSA) was moving to a more structured format for Tiger
Cubs, but, some years ago when my son was a Tiger Cub, that was how the program
was designed - to have parents rotate and plan family outings. It's really a
socialization/familiarity introduction to Cub Scouting.

The next year is when there will be a definite Den Leader.

>Apparently lots of the meetings are usually event
>based. Things like going to the police station for a tour. The Pack
>meeting was held in a room that had terrible acoustics and it was really
>really hard to hear the pack leader when he was talking to our group.

That sounds pretty typical - making-do in not the best facilities. We had some
of our den meetings (for a whole year and a half) on the stage of the
cafetorium, behind the curtians, while the girls' basketball was scheduled at
the same time in the cafetorium, with only the curtains to separate us from the
noise! Amazing, but we managed.

It may take a meeting or so to really get rolling. But I found the events and
trips extremely valuable.

>All
>us parents were new to scouting. It would have been nice if one of us would
>have been on round two :-) One father and two of the other mothers seemed
>to be getting it figured out with the pack leader so hopefully things will
>be a bit more clear after our first meeting. There is also a book I need to
>read yet. I'm the contact person so I call everyone if the whole group
>needs to know something. I can handle that and then I'll be doing one or
>two meetings depending on how many we have. I voted for only one den
>meeting in December and a couple people gave me a Boo Hiss look, lol.

Naw - of course things have to bend a bit around other activities. But if scout
meetings bend around thingsmuch at all, scout meetings don't happen. Wait 'till
spring, especially in hte later years, and some parents will want all planned
around their particular little league team, then all the confirmations and
graduations and weddings all through May and June! Naw - every year new
parents would try to get pack meetings and den meetings bent around their
calendar, and every year it would become apaprent to them that the only way to
go is to just look at the schedule of all the meetings, and individual families
just need to make some choices in the months busy for them. Our pack meeting
came early in December; some dens had fewer meetings in December, but that was
about it.

>
>as a leader, I like the guidance you get
>> from the Cub Scouting program much better!).
>
>One of the other mothers is a going to be a girl scout leader for her
>daughter. She said there was a huge process she was going through to become
>one. I imagine it must be different from one group to another?

Two totally different and separate organizations, GSA and BSA.

Banty

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