Congrats! *high five*

Sorry I didn't see this when it first went up.

Raise your hand if you see great things in Climberslacker's future!

You should be proud, I know you'll do awesome. Drop me a line when you have your scouts ready to earn their Demolitions merit badge.

-Blast, hand raised.

In my experience, this can go the other way too. It depends on what (who) you have to work with. When I was about 14 I was set up as Troop Guide for the newly bridged over guys. I had a younger brother right about their age, and I think that helped me communicate well with them. So we all got along swimmingly, I got to show off all I had learned, and show them the ropes. By the next year, I was off to be SPL and that group mostly stuck around intact. We even got a couple Eagles from them. I also inadvertantly set myself up to get voted into OA my first year of eligibility because I had a large fanbase.

However, I can also see it going the other way; I suspect it depends on the guys you have to work with.

How's that saying go, "Demolitions Expert at work, if you see me running, try to keep up..."

Congrats on the SPL promotion.

John E

Congrats Slacker, I know you'll make us proud.

My two oldest started Cubs last year as Wolf's and Bears, so now we have a Bear and a Webelos (Webelo? Webelum?) plus #3 son who is a Tiger.

We have some experienced and dedicated parents involved as leaders so last year went pretty well. I don't push the boys on the acheivements because "we don't need no stinkin' merit badges", we just want them to have some fun. If they want the Poultry Beltloop or the Arrohead of Elightenment they're going to have to figure out how to earn it.

I have some reservations about this Tiger thing. The manual says they use "shared leadership" which is as much of an oxymoron as I've ever heard.

Like I said, the shared leadership thing - as it was - worked very well for my son's den for 4 of the 5 years. I did the orchestration - defining the topics, giving target dates, and making sure things were set as promised - but the other parents (and myself when it was my turn) did the heavy lifting in preparation for topic presentations/activities and selection/coordination of trips.

I simply could not have done it any other way. It also helped the youth and the parents to get to know the other parents much better, and I think keeping the parents more involved was a great thing. Most of those parents are still involved in my son's troop. Right now they include two assistant Scoutmasters, the troop committee chair, the treasurer, and the activities chair. Active parents are great!!

Oh, I thought this was gonna be about sound pressure level :p
Congrats though.