Posted on 02/01/2013 7:34:08 AM PST by lost in the snow
The Boy Scouts of America is about to be torn apart.
In one respect, it doesn’t matter what BSA’s board members decide when they meet next week – to change their long-standing policy excluding avowed homosexuals, or not to change their policy. Either way, the Boy Scouts of America will not emerge unscathed. It will be bloodied. It will be hurt. The only question is: When the dust settles, which side will the 100-year-old organization be on? Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/01/the-boy-scouts-braveheart-moment/#ROuvYRYudoUJSlV2.99
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
Yep, straight down the Communist checklist.
http://goldenspread.org/ImportantMessageFromAndyPrice.pdf
Statement
On January 30, 2013, the Executive Committee of the Golden Spread Council, Boy Scouts of America, serving 26 counties in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, met to discuss the proposed resolution scheduled to be considered by the National Board to remove the membership restriction regarding sexual orientation and allow gay and lesbian members.
By unanimous vote, the Golden Spread Board directed a letter be sent to the National Council denouncing this resolution as poorly thought out and against the values that Scouting has sought to instill in youth and adults for more than 100 years. A formal resolution was also passed opposing any change.
The stance of the Golden Spread Council Executive Board is that current membership standards are necessary for the safe operation of Scouting activities, camps and unit operations, and are in the best interest of serving today’s youth.
The Board of the Golden Spread Council is against a change in membership standards.
It is understood that a vote on this issue may happen at the February 6th, Executive Board Meeting. All who wish to share their concerns on the topic are encouraged to contact Wayne Brock, Chief Scout Executive (wayne.brock@scouting.org) or call the National Office (972-580-2330). There is an additional email address set up to accept concerns: nationalsupportcenter@scouting.org. Additionally, a list of National Executive Board members can be found at wikipedia.com. These volunteers will be the ones who vote on the resolution.
Local volunteer leaders who need support to discuss this topic with their Scouts and Scouts’ parents should visit goldenspread.org for additional materials. Information will be posted no later than February 1, 2013 on the homepage.
Our Troop/Pack/Crew are chartered by a Catholic Church, although not all our members are parishioners, and we are most likely to partner with another Catholic Church when we we want to do bigger events. (Our Troop is <20 members and Pack around 35.) Some of our parishioners are involved in Troops at Methodist Churches, which are on practically every corner here, but they are redneck NRA Methodists, not “so open-minded our brains fell out” Methodists.
It’s not the safety of my own boys that concerns me. My 16-year-old is more than a match for any predator (6’2”, 250 lbs., 1560 PSAT score, debater), and a parent is always at events with the Cub Scouts. For Boy Scout summer camp, the troop goes as a group with their own leaders and chaperones and sets up their own camp.
My family hasn’t participated in popcorn sales for several years, because with so many children we just can’t get organized enough! If it comes to it, depending on what our Council says, I’d tell the Council we’re not making a FoS donation, but instead will contribute cash directly to our own units.
I was ready to despair, but sending the letter made me feel better. I’d hate to be at Mass on Scout Sunday crying all over my Tiger Cub - it would make my nose run and embarass him!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Executive_Board_of_the_Boy_Scouts_of_America
The National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America governs the Boy Scouts of America organization. One source reports that there were 72 members of the board in 2001.[1]
The board is led by the national president, a volunteer elected by the National Council (that means the professionals). Board members included regular elected members, regional presidents, and up to 5 appointed youth members. The Chief Scout Executive is the board secretary and non-voting member. The National Executive Board has a number of standing committees that correspond to the professional staff organization of the National Council.
The statute authorizing the federal charter[2] (36 USC 309) (Congressional Charter, issued on 6/15/1926) to the BSA provides that "An executive board composed of citizens of the United States is the governing body of the corporation. The number, qualifications, and term of office of members of the board are as provided in the bylaws. A vacancy on the board shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining members of the board."[2] The Executive Board is also required to hold annual meetings and to submit annual reports to the US Congress. (Traditionally this is hand-delivered to the Honorary President at the White House by a BSA delegation. This traditionally happens sometime in FEB, close to BSA's founding anniversary - 2/08/2010. POTUS #44 BHO's State of the Union Address is later than normal this year - 2/12/2013 - coincidence?)
BSA’s 2011 Annual Report – 46 pages
http://www.scouting.org/filestore/media/324-168.pdf
Bylaws provide that membership will include: [3]
1. Up to 64 regular members, elected annually at annual National Council meetings.
2. Regional presidents; currently there are four BSA regions: —Western, Central, Southern and Northeast.
3. 2 special members: The chairman of the Advisory Council and the chairman of the Board of Regents of the National Eagle Scout Association are members.
4. Up to 5 youth members, appointed by the BSA President
Per the by-laws, the executive committee is:
1. the President , currently Wayne M. Perry (owner, Seattle Mariners)
2. the immediate past-President, currently Rex Tillerson (CEO, ExxonMobil)
3. the executive vice-president and the vice-presidents. In 2011, BSA vice presidents included Terrence P. Dunn, Randall L. Stephenson (CEO, AT&T), Lyle R. Knight, Nathan O. Rosenberg, Jack D. Furst, O. Temple Sloan Jr., Earl G. Graves, Drayton McLane Jr., Bruce D. Parker, Matthew K. Rose, Henry A. Rosenberg Jr.
4. the regional presidents, Stephen B. King (Central), Arthur F. Oppenheimer (Western), Robert J. Smith (North-East), David M. Weekley (Southern)
5. the international commissioner, Jim Turley (CEO, Ernst & Whitney)
6. the national commissioner, Hector Perez
7. the treasurer, Aubrey B. Harwell Jr
8. the assistant treasurers, R. Thomas Buffenbarger
9. the chairman of the Advisory Council, R. Michael Daniel
10. the Chief Scout Executive, Wayne Brock
The board is required to hold annual meetings. The 2012 National Annual Meeting occurred May 30–June 1 at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida. The 2013 National Annual meeting is scheduled for May 22-24 at the Gaylord Texan Hotel, Grapevine, Texas.[8]
Right on! From what I have been reading, the RCC has become very aggressive in implementing additional screening of prospective adult volunteers who want to serve in its scouting units.
God speed and good Scouting!
I think the training for all volunteers is extremely important. It literally never occurred to me to worry about sexual predators with my boys until we saw a youth protection video when our oldest son was a Tiger Cub. This was just before the homosexual-molestation issue in the Church hit the news. I’m sure I wasn’t the only parent who wasn’t thinking that way. Maybe I was just very sheltered, although I was alert enough to notice when another pilot in my father’s squadron was putting the moves on me when I was about 16. (He was drunk, too.)
I was a Girl Scout leader for several years, and we never had any issues with any kind of sexual involvement, because everyone in the troop leadership was mothers of the Scouts. We all knew each other, and each of us had two or three daughters all in the unit. It’s similar with our BSA units: everyone knows everyone, we have each other’s kids in Sunday School, a family will have 3, 4, 5 kids all in Scouts. The Venture Crew is pretty new, but most of the members are homeschooled kids, some have been in Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, or Cub Scouts together, a bunch are in the science competitions together. All the teenagers are alert - not just boys about men, but girls about men, and all the boys/girls required to be on a handshake-only basis, not that it’s much of a problem when almost everyone’s mom or dad is there, too!
[Warning - Arrest report with very graphic details]
http://www.scribd.com/doc/110542554/Boys-Scouts-of-America-Floyd-David-Slusher-File
FAIL.
I see a couple of comments here about overseas scout groups. I was in Rovers many years ago here in Australia, and both my sons have been in scouts/venturers. The units have been mixed for many years, with very few problems. Female leaders have to be present at activities with female scouts and vice versa for boys. Interestingly, a lot of the scout patrol leaders tend to be girls - they are just more sensible at that age.
As for homosexual leaders and scouts, I knew one leader but never heard of any problems with him.
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