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At 4:33pm on May 18, 2007, Fred Goodwin said…
Be sure to watch "Leave it to Beaver" on Sunday, May 27 (I think its at 9AM ET). Its the episode in which Wally goes camping with his Boy Scout Troop, and Beaver gets upset because he's too young to go.
At 9:33am on March 26, 2007, Rick Ackerman said…
We do community service 2-3 times a year, but we go camping about 6-7 times, totalling about 18-20 nights out a year. Our boys are 11-17 years old, and they like to get away from the populated areas and test their skills, learn to be self reliant. It makes them feel more like men.
What do you do for the schools? What does your volunteering involve?
At 8:48pm on March 2, 2007, stevejb68 said…
Hi Rick.
Welcome to the network.

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Sex:
Male
Active in Scouting?
Yes
Birthday:
January 8, 1959
Council & State
Northern Lights MN
Country:
USA
About Me:
Third generation scout, with two sons with Eagle badges
Live a slower, rural lifestyle. Sm in town of 900
Favorite Music:
Lyrics that are true. Styles from Ska to Alternative
Favorite TV Shows:
Don't watch TV
Favorite Movies:
True Lies, LOTR trilogy, Amazing Grace
Position in Scouting
Scoutmaster
Scouting Rank and/or Honors attained
Eagle, District Scouter of the Year
how the heck do I get a photo into this box?

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Proposed: the Scoutmaster's Law - rough draft

After my first week of Woodbadge, pondering some potential goals for our troop, I realized our need for some basic principles that our adult leaders could memorize and use to guide their actions. I am offering this rough draft for all to praise or criticize, amend or edit. I welcome all feedback.

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Posted on April 22, 2007 at 1:02pm —

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Woodbadge, 2007 version

April 18th. Allow me to report in after the first half of my Woodbadge training: first, we should be proud of our organization that seems to have done a good job of responding to last year’s feedback by making changes in the new course. This year over 30% of the syllabus is new, because of last years suggestions. The materials and methods to teach it are well done and helpful. The

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Posted on April 18, 2007 at 8:43am —

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Recruiting new scouts

Regarding recruiting: Our school principle told me that “because the school teachers just don’t have enough time to teach all their mandatory subjects”, I am not allowed to speak to the kids again this year, even for just the last few minutes of the day to hand out some new DVD’s we created. She also said they are discussing “not letting any outside groups talk to the classes at all next year.” I noticed a lot more hostility from the teachers this year.… Continue

Posted on April 3, 2007 at 9:13am — 5 Comments

Rick Ackerman

Scouting does it right, let's do it better!

Leveraging Scouting's assets:


Truth works. But our culture is redefining words, re

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Posted on March 28, 2007 at 5:51pm — 1 Comment

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Churches and Scouting...need each other but not the same as in the past

Two books have really got me going lately; Why Men Hate to Go to Church(by Murrow) and Wild at Heart(Eldredge). The way they describe masculinity and the deepest needs of men has really got me thinking about the Church in American loosing 90% of all it's males between confirmation and college age...and how Scouting is not recruiting as well as we should, and how we are shut out of the schools.

My challenge to Scouters is to two fold: 1) Rick's slogan #1 f

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