Scoutmaster Podcast 99

Opening joke about baboons and scouts traveling in troops, and using rubber snakes to scare monkeys away from camp.

Clarke reads listener comments from iTunes and email: an anonymous scout leader who can't find older podcasts (directed to archive page), Dave Klein wishing Merry Christmas, John from Troop 25 in Martinsburg WV thanking the panel members, Bruce Liggett on Google Plus, and Howie Jones from Troop 570 in West Springfield MA. Clarke previews email answer about summer camp and a Scoutmaster's Minute.

Dave asks how to convince newly joined scouts and their families to commit to summer camp and pay early. Clarke discusses the intangible benefits: self-reliance, meal responsibility, money management, and schedule planning.

Short reflection introduced by Cliff Jacobson.