Scoutmaster Podcast 219
How to lead adult volunteers and whether scout troops need assistant scoutmasters

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INTRO
Clarke shares a series of meta-jokes about not being able to find a good scout joke, cycling through puns about pizza, sidewalks, clouds, and a bed.
WELCOME
Listener mail from Julio Roman (Puerto Rico, CG merit badge and Brick Mason), Dave (ASM, podcast appreciation), Jim Gilligy (Troop 17 Mansfield MA, sharing the book at IOLS), Dale Karwike (one-sentence definition of scouting challenge), and blog highlights including Enoch Hyze's delegation series and the scouter training do's and don'ts post with comments from Mitch Erickson, Bill McFarland, Tom Gillard, Walter Underwood, Scouter Paul, and Lynn Turbaville.
LISTENERS EMAIL
Jay Manoscalo asks about aquatic award patch placement now that there are no official swim trunks; anonymous writer asks how to lead adults and handle interfering scout parents, and how many assistant scoutmasters a troop of 40 needs; Raleigh Buckner asks about conflicting guidance on individual scout accounts vs. BSA financial policy.
OUTRO