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From: R1SCM@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (Dr. Steven C. Myers)
Subject: Re: Venture Crew
Organization: The University of Akron
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 05:05:35 GMT

>
>hunter@master.lds-az.loral.com (Bill Hunter) writes:
>> I have started a Venture Crew.  As a Scoutmaster of a High Adventure Troop
>> I see no problem from an activity viewpoint.  However, I can't find any
>> literature at our council on the "program."  Anyone out there no something
>> on program, advancement, etc?
>>
 
I just talked to my DE tonight about the fact the THE BEST PUBLISHED
LITERATURE IN THE BSA PROGRAM RIGHT NOW IS THE VENTURE book series.
I have the books ORIENTEERING (No. 3439, 1990 printing) and
SNOW CAMPING (No. 3440) in front of me right now.  Ther is an
entire series that is growing across all sorts of adVENTUREs, e.g.
caving, white water, ....
Each book looks like a slick, but small cross between the Field Book
(get it as well!!!!!) and Woods Wisdom.
Snow Camping has Initiative games (15 pages of them), your body and cold,
the Okpik clothing systen, layered clothing, footwear, sleeping bags,
cross-country skis, stoves, sample winter trail rations, resources, and
activity plans.  The latter are week to week meeting plans ala WOODS
WISDOM.
 
Seek and enjoy.  I use the books as a resource for my younger scouts as
well.  Our entire monthly theme on winter camping is coming from the
Fieldbook and the SNOW CAMPING VENTURE book instead of the Woods W.
 
Steve Myers
Scoutmaster Troop 1
From: M.S.Wileman1@lut.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
Subject: Re: Scout Badges Collecting
Date: 13 Nov 92 12:12:11 GMT
Reply-To: M.S.Wileman1@lut.ac.uk (Moose)
Organization: Loughborough University, UK.

Hi!

   Wel, I'll swap with anybody...I'm from England, Leicester specifically
I'm e-mailable on:

      M.S.Wileman1@lut.ac.uk

       If you're interested...oh, and I was a Girl Guide, aswell, so...

   Yours,

        Moose.
From: j_butler@ponil.enet.dec.com
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
Subject: Re: Standards  (Was: More on God)
Date: 6 Nov 92 22:43:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: nntpd2.1992Nov6.224319.13855
Reply-To: j_butler@ponil.enet.dec.com ()
Distribution: usa
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


Re: Article 1965 by Tom C.

You state that "the "membership standards" have nothing to do with what
the BSA is all about."

Nothing but the values on which the movement was founded.

I propose a new organization with more "acceptable" values. Call it NSA.
(Nihilistic Scouts of America). If you don't remember or aren't clear
about the meaning of nihilism, check The American Heritage Dictionary.
Read all 4 definitions. 

It seems to be the direction some wish for us to take.
And it would _surely_ be politically correct.

Regards,

John B.
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
From: mng@lagrange.uwaterloo.ca (MICHELLE NG)
Subject: Scout Badges Collecting
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 18:31:08 GMT

Keywords: 
Hi, I want to know if there are some crazy "Scout badge collector" out there who like to trade badges with me or if anyone who has some Scout badges and would like to get rid of them, ps give me a reply.

Thanx.
(Hey, I was a girl scout too)


Michelle Ng

Newsgroups: rec.scouting
From: hunter@master.lds-az.loral.com (Bill Hunter)
Subject: Venture Crew
Followup-To: rec.scouting
Organization: Loral Defense Systems - Arizona
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 15:15:53 GMT

Liability:

I spoke with our Council on the above issue when taking girls on a trip. 
The Pros had little advise.  It seems insurance is another one of those
very well kept secrets in scouts.  

My concern is if I take a group of girls with the crew (the girls are not
registered) am I protected under BSA blanket liability policy.  Do I need
to show them on the Trip Permit?

Anyone have some experience in this area?

Bill Hunter
Scoutmaster, The Vertical Edge
Loral Defense Systems - Arizona
1300 S. Litchfield Rd.
Goodyear, AZ  85338
PH 602 925 7929  Fax 602 925 6988
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
From: johnf@apollo.hp.com (John Francis)
Subject: Re: Violation of Netiqutte (was: Stan - Hatred is unbecoming)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 23:59:39 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Chelmsford, MA

In article <1992Nov12.210927.20324@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> stank@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (Stan Krieger) writes:
>As all you netnews readers see from the header of Dominick's posting,
>what he did was to take private email from me and, without my
>knowledge or consent, publically post it.  Such behavior is a total
>violation of netiquette, and Dominick knows it.
>
>I especially resent the use of the word "hatred" in the subject of
>Dominick's unauthorized posting of the email.  I simply do not agree
>with certain gay rights agenda assumptions.

Oh for crying out loud!  Can't the two of you stop this ceaseless
bickering (or take it to email), and let those of us who care about
scouting get on with our lives.  I don't care to see any more of
the name calling - it is patently obvious to all but two people
that this discussion has gone far beyond the point of useful return.
Neither of you will convince the other, so what is the purpose?
-- 
John Francis                                 johnf@apollo.hp.com
with 9 cats to feed, I don't have time to think up a clever .sig
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
From: arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee)
Subject: Re: Violation of Netiqutte (was: Stan - Hatred is unbecoming)
Organization: Johns Hopkins University CS Dept.
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 06:12:29 GMT

In article <BxMnzF.Ix2@apollo.hp.com> johnf@apollo.hp.com (John Francis) writes:
>In article <1992Nov12.210927.20324@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> stank@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (Stan Krieger) writes:
>>As all you netnews readers see from the header of Dominick's posting,
>>what he did was to take private email from me and, without my
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>knowledge or consent, publically post it.  Such behavior is a total
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>violation of netiquette, and Dominick knows it.
>>I especially resent the use of the word "hatred" in the subject of
>>Dominick's unauthorized posting of the email.  I simply do not agree
>>with certain gay rights agenda assumptions.
>Oh for crying out loud!  Can't the two of you stop this ceaseless
>bickering (or take it to email), ...
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Um, do you see something _wrong_ with that suggestion?
--
"the bogosity in a field equals the bogosity imported from related areas, plus
the bogosity generated internally, minus the bogosity expelled or otherwise
disposed of."  -- K. Eric Drexler

Ken Arromdee (UUCP: ....!jhunix!arromdee; BITNET: arromdee@jhuvm;
     INTERNET: arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu)
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
From: kadie@cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie)
Subject: Re: Stan, Stan, Stan.....
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 17:38:44 GMT


In article <1992Nov13.045230.17022@col.hp.com>, Dan Kary writes:

|> ...It turns out that when you receive postal mail it is your
|> property to do with as you wish.

rsd@sei.cmu.edu (Richard S D'Ippolito) writes:

>I think that this is not the case.  For First Class mail, a LETTER is the
>property of the sender, and not the recipient!

Not so. The letter is the recipient's property. The recipient can burn
it, sell it, and show it to others privately. The copyright, however,
belongs to the sender. This prevents the recipient from publishing it,
copying it, or exhibiting it publically (beyond what fair use allows).

By analogy, if you buy the book _Catch 22_, the book is your property.
You can burn it, sell it, and show it to others privately. The
copyright, however, is not yours. This prevents you from republishing
it, copying it, or giving a public reading of it (except from what
fair use allows).

- Carl
-- 
Carl Kadie -- kadie@cs.uiuc.edu -- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
From: cronin@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Fester the Penguin)
Subject: Re: Standards  (Was: More on God)
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 92 07:36:33 GMT

In article <1992Nov6.224319.13855@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com> j_butler@ponil.enet.dec.com () writes:
>You [me, that is] state that "the "membership standards" have nothing to 
>do with what the BSA is all about."

Hmm.. the last time I checked, the BSA was an organization that helped
boys develop into men with values and morals.

Seems to me that, according to YOUR view of athiests and gays, they're the
ones in the greatest need of being allowed in the BSA, then.

If an athiest boy is going to grow up to be amoral without religious
training (something I don't believe) then you'd think that the BSA
would be the perfect organization for them. Too bad some people want
to keep the BSA their private club..

Remember - the BSA is for the SCOUTS, not for the Scouters.....

Tom C.
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
From: jfarmer@fraser.sfu.ca (Jason Michael Farmer)
Subject: Re: Rovers
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 02:07:04 GMT

I take it the person you are refering to is Gary Nelson.  I'm a member (for the
moment) of his crew.

The Rover Roundtable on a regional level seems to be well attended, and is
active in the affairs of Fraser Valley Rovers.  As for the provincial roundtableI'm really not to sure, for I've never attended one, but I'm going to one this  Saturday, Nov 7, so I post something in regards to what goes on or how active
our provincial roundtable is.

Jason Farmer
11th Sur-Del "Errant Knights" Rover Crew


-- 
Jason Farmer                 |  Daisemi'in rhhaensuriuu
jfarmer@fraser.sfu.ca        |      meillunsiateve
Simon Fraser University      |           Rh'e Mnhei'sahe yie ahr'en:
Burnaby, British Columbia    |  
Canada                       |   Mnahe afw'ein qiuu;
                             |      rh'e hweithnaef
                             |           mrht Heis'he ehl'ein qiuu.

Newsgroups: rec.scouting
From: mayne@pi.cs.fsu.edu (William Mayne)
Subject: Re: More on God
Reply-To: mayne@cs.fsu.edu
Organization: Florida State University Computer Science Department
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 16:28:51 GMT

A small correction:

In article <1992Nov5.000110.6050@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> mayne@cs.fsu.edu writes:
>>
>>__ ARTICLE IX. POLICIES AND DEFINITIONS (POLICIES) - CHARTER AND BYLAWS __
>>
>>Section 1
>>
>>Declaration of Religious Principle
>>...[snip]
>>The recognition of God as the ruling and leading power in the universe and
>>the grateful acknowledgment of His favors and blessings are necessary to the
>>best type of citizenship and are wholesome precepts in the education of the
>>growing members.
>>...[snip]
>> No matter what the religious faith of the members may be,
>>this fundamental need of good citizenship should be kept before them.
>
>So it is the BSA's policy to teach that atheists can't be good citizens?

Please replace "atheist" with "Buddhist". The statement (failing what the
BSA says is a fundamental need of good citizenship) applies with
every bit as much force. Or substitute for "Buddhist" any of several
religions and philosophies. Does this make a difference?

I pick Buddhist because being one I know the most about it and the BSA
leaders, in their incredible ignorance, accept Buddhism as conforming
to the above bogus standard.

>And people claim this isn't teaching bigotry?

Bill Mayne
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
From: jfarmer@fraser.sfu.ca (Jason Michael Farmer)
Subject: Re: Rovers
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 22:57:18 GMT

krisw@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca (Kris Woeppel) writes:

>Hi.  I am the vice-mate of the 1st Northern Alberta Knights of the
>Silver Tip (KOST).  I am new to this news group (I had to find a source
>for my system administrator), and am interested in making contacts with
>Rovers throughout the Internet.  Since the subject heading was there, I
>figured it would be as good a place to enter this news group as any.

>I did not see the first message in this subject, but I am also
>interested in a dialogue about the issues and concerns of Rovering.  I
>know there are "many" Rovers out there who have computer access, and
>would like to hear from them.  

>Yours in Rovering,

>Kris Woeppel
>krisw@cs.athabascau.ca

Welcome aboard!  We are discussing the Rover program, future of it, etc
as it pertains to the contributors.

One of the concerns I have is the image of Rovering.  I find that any
negative event no matter how small detracts greatly from the image of
Rovering whereas positive events do not have as great a impact as the
negative events do.

To correct this the B.C./Yukon Provincial Roundtable is going to publish
a Rover annual for B.C./Yukon.  This will be similar to high school annuals
and will include crew pictures, pictures of events and articles on Rovering.
We are hoping to have it so it covers July - June as a timeline, assembly in
July and ditribution in Oct at the latest.  It would then be sold to Rovers
and copies would be given to Provincial and National Councils to demonstrate
what is occuring in B.C. Rovering.

Does anyone else do a similar project?

Jason Farmer
11th Sur-Del "Errant Knights" Rover Crew


-- 
Jason Farmer                 |  Daisemi'in rhhaensuriuu
jfarmer@fraser.sfu.ca        |      meillunsiateve
Simon Fraser University      |           Rh'e Mnhei'sahe yie ahr'en:
Burnaby, British Columbia    |  
Canada                       |   Mnahe afw'ein qiuu;
                             |      rh'e hweithnaef
                             |           mrht Heis'he ehl'ein qiuu.
From: kati@glnserv.UUCP (Lady Dragon)
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
Subject: Re: Gays you miss the point.
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 92 08:34:58 CST
Organization: Vermi-net, Houston, Tx. 77098

mxc1059@usl.edu (Carroll Matthew) writes:

> What about starting a gay boyscout troop?  Would that work?
> :
>
I doubt it. If word got around (and it would), it is likely that other
troops would ostracize the gay group.


* * email address: nuchat!xcluud!glnserv!kati * Houston, Texas, USA, Earth * *
From: cdt@sw.stratus.com (C. D. Tavares)
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
Subject: Re: Standards  (Was: More on God)
Date: 9 Nov 92 21:49:31 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: rocket.sw.stratus.com

In article <1992Nov5.171513.14303@sei.cmu.edu>, rsd@sei.cmu.edu (Richard S D'Ippolito) writes:

> Here's one for you folks to ponder:  The opinion has been expressed here (by
> others) that they do not want to start their own groups because the BSA is
> such a high-quality, exciting, successful, and attractive organization.  Do
> you not think that the membership standards might have something to do with
> it?

Only if you believe that the membership standards are really keeping out
the people you claim they're keeping out.  They're not.  They're just
keeping them AND their khaki uniform in the closet.  So it can't be that...
-- 

cdt@pdp.sw.stratus.com      --If you believe that I speak for my company,
OR cdt@vos.stratus.com        write today for my special Investors' Packet...
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
From: anderbea@columbia.dsu.edu (Anthony Anderberg)
Subject: Green Bar Bill
Organization: Dakota State University
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 09:07:19 GMT


I beg to differ with all who say that he is dead, he has left us now, but he 
will be with us forever because of the love and caring he contributed to the 
world around him.  His hard work and dedication to scouting have made him 
truly imortal.
ant
From: cronin@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Fester the Penguin)
Subject: Re: Standards  (Was: More on God)
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 20:53:54 GMT

In article <1992Nov5.171513.14303@sei.cmu.edu> rsd@sei.cmu.edu (Richard S D'Ippolito) writes:
>Here's one for you folks to ponder:  The opinion has been expressed here (by
>others) that they do not want to start their own groups because the BSA is
>such a high-quality, exciting, successful, and attractive organization.  Do
>you not think that the membership standards might have something to do with
>it?

Nope, because the "membership standards" have nothing to do with what the
BSA is all about..

Tom C.
From: greg@antizen.EBay.Sun.COM
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
Subject: Re: Stan - Hatred is unbecoming  (anecdote)
Date: 12 Nov 1992 22:13:13 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Distribution: world
Reply-To: greg@antizen.EBay.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: antizen.ebay.sun.com


I agree, posting a personal e-mail to an alias is a very cheap shot.

Greg
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
From: rsd@sei.cmu.edu (Richard S D'Ippolito)
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
Subject: Standards  (Was: More on God)
Date: 5 Nov 92 17:15:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: sei.1992Nov5.171513.14303
Organization: The Software Engineering Institute


In article <1992Nov5.000110.6050@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>, William Mayne quotes:


>>Declaration of Religious Principle

>>..The recognition of God as the ruling and leading power in the universe and
>>the grateful acknowledgment of His favors and blessings are necessary to the
>>best type of citizenship and are wholesome precepts in the education of the
>>growing members.

...and then asks us:

> So it is the BSA's policy to teach that atheists can't be good citizens?

Maybe this is why we never resolve anything--The quoted text expresses that
such a recognition is necessary to the best type of citizenship, which is
merely an opinion of what attribute citizenship should have.  Is does not say
that other opinions are invalid or that those with other opinions are not
"good citizens", as you so twist it.  That material is an appeal and standard
for membership.

Will you not defend the right of association and freedom of speech?  Shall we
merge or destroy all religious or other private groups which set membership
standards?

> And people claim this isn't teaching bigotry?

You sir, have not recently read the definition of "bigot".  Nowhere above is
intolerance for diverging views presented.  In fact, your deliberate
distortions and shrill argumentation suggests that you might turn the mirror
on yourself.


Here's one for you folks to ponder:  The opinion has been expressed here (by
others) that they do not want to start their own groups because the BSA is
such a high-quality, exciting, successful, and attractive organization.  Do
you not think that the membership standards might have something to do with
it?


Rich
From: bob.kenyon@freddy.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Bob Kenyon) 
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
Subject: Scouts in the backcountry
Date: 10 Nov 92 20:38:00 GMT
Reply-To: bob.kenyon@freddy.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Bob Kenyon) 
Distribution: world
Organization: Freddy's Place BBS - Edmonton, AB - 403-456-4241

DJWBK>The BSA _does_ publish some literature concerning no-trace camping. If yo
DJWBK>plans on doing any significant backcountry stuff, be sure to read it. The
DJWBK>typical Scout troop is much too large to bring out into the wilderness an
DJWBK>impact. Recommended group size is a minimum of two, maximum of eight to t
DJWBK>depending on the terrain -- overstepping these bounds can often be the pr
DJWBK>cause of aggravation.

Scouts Canada doesn't publish any books specific to backpacking,
however, when I instruct youth or adults. there are some references
that I suggest they read. One American reference is very good!

Hart, John. WALKING SOFTLY IN THE WIDERNESS: THE SIERRA CLUB GUIDE TO
BACKPACKING. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1984.

The only exception with this book is that it speaks in terms of
temperatures in the U.S. backcountry. In the Canadian Rockies it can
be like "shake and bake".

---
 . SLMR 2.1 . Bob Kenyon - Service Scouter, Edmonton, AB. Canada
                                                   
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
From: kary@col.hp.com (Dan Kary)
Subject: Re: Stan, Stan, Stan.....
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 04:52:30 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division

kdc5072@ultb.isc.rit.edu (K.D. Colagio) writes:
> I agree, Dominick (sorry if the spelling is wrong...I am starting from
> scratch) should not have posted the mail without you being notified (and
> bewarned now, any mail that I get that I feel deserves to be shown to the
> group, I will post).
> 

Something similar to this happened to me once.  I got real irritated and
posted a flame or two, got flamed back, etc.  Cooler heads posted some
actual information.  It turns out that law suits have been filed because
a person receiving mail (the postal type) revealed its contents.  This
usually involved an unauthorized biography of a celebrity or something
like that.  It turns out that when you receive postal mail it is your
property to do with as you wish.  While most people who use electronic
media think of the media (like email) to be essentially the same thing
as the non-electronic thing it replaces (i.e. postal mail).  The courts
have not always agreed with this.  For example, it took a long time for
copyright to be extended to the contents of ROM's, which seems obvious
to computer people, but not courts.

The point I'm slowly getting to is that while you may wish that recipients
of your email will treat it as confidential, and while it may be considered
standard courtesy to keep email confidential, it is not reasonable for you
to expect this to actually happen.  Particularly when you send email to
someone who is not a trusted friend who previously agreed to keep your email
confidential.  (even then if you become a celebrity or your trusted friend
becomes unhappy with you all bets are off)

Personally, I keep all email (and postal mail for that matter) that I receive
confidential, because I would like mail and email I generate to be treated
that way.  I also never email anything to net.people that I would object to
seeing posted to the net.

WWW
Dan Kary
From: sfriedman@pbs.org (Dr. Freddy Strange, Sr., M.A. )
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.strips
Subject: Re: Inconsistencies in comic strips
Date: 10 Nov 92 11:09:08 EST
Summary: Yes
Distribution: world
Organization: PBS:Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, VA

In article <1dbrrvINN8mu@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, dxf12@po.CWRU.Edu 
(Douglas Fowler) writes: 
>[*****]
>      Has anyone else noticed any places in the funnies where home locations
> were switched, or something else was goofed up?  It seems that, although
> Snoopy has several siblings, he once said that he was an "only dog."  I
> don't recall any others, though - that's one in 40 years for Schulz, and
> [*****]

In PEANUTS some years ago, Peppermint Patty was counselor to 3 campers, Sophie,
Clara and Shirley.  One of them, a dark-haired girl with horn-rimmed spectacles
-- Sophie? -- kept calling Peppermint Patty `Sir,' much to Peppermint Patty's
annoyance.  

A fair while after that, this same, dark-haired, horn-rimmed-bespectacled,
former camper, with the same habit of calling Peppermint Patty `Sir,' turned 
up again with the name `Marcie.'  I never saw any explanation for the name 
change....
  
-- 
<<<<<sfriedman@pbs.org     ...{uupsi,vrdhxq,csed-1,ida.org}!pbs!sfriedman!>>>>>
<I'm S. Friedman, p/k/a Freddy. Don't blame my employer; it's not responsible.> 
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Avoid contact with eyes. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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From: pat@news.gsfc.nasa.gov (patrick m. ryan)
Subject: Re: Beetle Bailey 11/1/92
Organization: Goddard Space Flight Center
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 13:58:34 GMT

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--
"I have a cunning plan." -- Baldric
                                                             patrick m. ryan
     nasa / goddard space flight center / oceans and ice branch / hughes stx
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