Re: Camping nights awards?

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> Thanks, Matt.
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> It sounds like the program we are using is specific to our troop, and
> therefore defined by the troop committee!
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> Jim
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> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 3:08 PM , Matt Price wrote:
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> > Jim,
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> > I think what you will find is that awards like the camping awards are
> > meant for Boy scouts, which means any camping that has been done as a
> > WEBELOS scout goes toward their activity pins, and not Boy Scouting
> > Awards.
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> > http://www.boyscouttrail.com/content/award/national_camping-874.asp 
> <http://www.boyscouttrail.com/content/award/national_camping-874.asp>
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> > Has the exact requirements for the badge.
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> > In our troop, any Cub Scout related camping does to travel over to Boy
> > Scouting. I don't think when you incorporate the packmaster files
> > into troopmaster it moves camping over either.
> >
> > Matt
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> > bowen1@... <mailto:bowen1%40cox.net> wrote:
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> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> I know that this is not a TM-specific question, but I know that there
> >> is
> >> a lot of expertise on this list, and many of you are very willing to
> >> share your opinions!
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> >> I am responsible for keeping track of nights camped for our scouts,
> >> as
> >> well as for the adults in the troop. We present awards at 25 nights,
> >> 50
> >> nights, etc. The nights must be under the stars or in tents.
> >>
> >> We also allow new Scouts to include nights camped as Webelos Scouts,
> >> but
> >> not Cub Scouts.
> >>
> >> This is the way we do it, and I have always taken guidance from our
> >> existing leadership. My questions to you all are:
> >> - is this standard BSA policy?
> >> - is this the way other troops handle this?
> >> - is there a national policy? I looked but could not find anything...
> >> - do others include Webelos camping?
> >> - do others include Cub camping?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >> Jim
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