Scoutmaster Podcast 349
Why leadership contracts are ineffective and how to handle scouts who don't want to camp
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INTRO
Scoutmaster Owen Wilson of Troop 868 in Peoria, AZ introduces the episode. Opening joke from Mark Eshin of Troop 72 in San Bruno, CA: a scout took something from his mother's kitchen for a camping trip — it was a whisk ('he was willing to take a whisk').
WELCOME
Listener mail from Steven Majka (name pronunciation), Jeremy Steinmeier (Ten Essentials PDF), Andrea Cooperman (disagreeing slightly on who leads the leaders), John Patrick Hickey, and Daryl Oakley (Sasquatch song). Clarke also promotes Tuesday live chats and thanks new backers Steve Berthume, Seth Condell, Brian Norton, and Anita Simpson.
LISTENERS EMAIL
Steve Berthium asks about a second-class scout who refuses to camp and seems likely to quit; anonymous sender asks whether scoutmasters can require scouts to sign leadership contracts; Mike Rosslender asks why boards of review must be limited to registered committee members.
OUTRO