Our Stake has an awesome opportunity to save our BSA district. Less than 50% of all positions are filled. The LDS rep for the District Committee has stopped showing up and now the District is looking for me to answer all questions Mormon. While I don't mind, I am sure the Stake does not want me speaking for them. And why are not more Mormons stepping us and filling positions and helping this struggling District? Who do I call without stepping on the "lines of authority" of the Church and offending anyone?
Basically I guess I am just going to start offending people and stepping over lines of authority and just inviting people to serve. We all know what will happen if these jobs are filled as "callings". They won't get done. Plain and simple. It is time to put our shoulder to the wheel and PUSH!!!
As a side note............
Last month the District Committee was trying to find a place to have the District Awards Dinner. The Church they used last year was overpriced for a half sized District and they were trying to cut corners anywhere they could. I asked why they could not used the LDS Church we were meeting in and where we hold Roundtable. They sort of looked at me in disbelief. I told them if they wanted a FREE place to use that would have volunteers to put up tables and chairs for them, than the current building we were sitting in was the place. It had a stage and had a microphone system. Then came the issue of ice tea. I told them that if they didn't mention it to any other Mormons, I wouldn't either.
Probably get myself into some trouble since they have banned coffee being brewed in our buildings but in the end this meeting serves more of our LDS youth than it doesn't because we have more units than anyone else. I can't believe ice tea would be an issue to not allow them into our building. This is where I can see that eletist issue coming up again. Hopefully I squashed it though.
The ramblings of an ex BSA Varsity Team Coach on Scouting and specifically the Varsity program. My thoughts, ideas and concerns are in no way connected or shared in any form or fashion by the Boy Scouts of America or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who volutold me to serve as a Varsity Coach. Some personal rambling too........... (I am an Assistant Scoutmaster now that the Varsity Program has been murdered........)
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Thursday, June 23, 2011
New District
Our District is "splitting". BSA has told us that they don't call it splitting but call it a re-alignment but whatever. Our District (and out Stake) will be getting smaller. We have over 120 units and our new District will be carved down to about 70 and follow the outline of our Stake. Bye bye Allen.
In all of this, job openings are being created. I am hoping to serve as Advancement Chair for the new District. I currently serve on this Committee along with the training Committee. I also serve as Varsity Huddle Commissioner (boy does that sounds important but it is a ton of work). Some have said that the higher ups in the District will not allow me to serve in both Huddle and Advancement Chair. Guess we will see. I sent an email yesterday to our District Commissioner because I need his OK. He is on vacation so I must be patient.
In the mean time, our Advancement Board has lost tons of members so I have asked two members in our Stake to serve. One has accepted and the other I am waiting on. Both will be a great asset to the Board.
In all of this, job openings are being created. I am hoping to serve as Advancement Chair for the new District. I currently serve on this Committee along with the training Committee. I also serve as Varsity Huddle Commissioner (boy does that sounds important but it is a ton of work). Some have said that the higher ups in the District will not allow me to serve in both Huddle and Advancement Chair. Guess we will see. I sent an email yesterday to our District Commissioner because I need his OK. He is on vacation so I must be patient.
In the mean time, our Advancement Board has lost tons of members so I have asked two members in our Stake to serve. One has accepted and the other I am waiting on. Both will be a great asset to the Board.
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