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  • NJCubScouter's Avatar
    NJCubScouter
    Super Moderator
    • Feb 2002
    • 3313

    Decision delayed

    #1
    02-06-2013, 09:45 AM
    The BSA has delayed a decision on the membership policy issue until May:

    http://news.yahoo.com/boy-scouts-del...153238089.html

    I fear they have created a huge mess by creating the expectation that a decision was going to be made this week, and then delaying it -- unless all sides wait with calm and patience for the decision, but that's not what I predict.
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  • Merlyn_LeRoy's Avatar
    Merlyn_LeRoy
    Senior Member
    • Feb 2001
    • 3590
    #2
    02-06-2013, 09:53 AM
    My groundhog predicts 16 more weeks of bickering.
    • 3 Likes

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    • packsaddle's Avatar
      packsaddle commented
      #2.1
      02-06-2013, 11:28 AM
      Editing a comment
      Someone has smuggled a short bit of audio from their meeting:
      http://www.audiomicro.com/tracks/dialog/512628

  • Get Outdoors's Avatar
    Get Outdoors
    Junior Member
    • Apr 2009
    • 92
    #3
    02-06-2013, 09:54 AM
    Write something here

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    • moosetracker's Avatar
      moosetracker commented
      #3.1
      02-06-2013, 12:01 PM
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      Something.
  • NJCubScouter's Avatar
    NJCubScouter
    Super Moderator
    • Feb 2002
    • 3313
    #4
    02-06-2013
    Here is the link, hopefully.
    Boy Scouts delay decision on admitting gays - Yahoo! News
    http://news.yahoo.com
    From Yahoo! News: IRVING, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America put off a decision Wednesday on whether to lift its ban on gay members and leaders, saying the question will be taken up at the organization's national meeting in May.

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    • Tampa Turtle's Avatar
      Tampa Turtle
      Senior Member
      • Feb 2011
      • 1683
      #5
      02-06-2013, 09:57 AM
      Wow, National never disappoints me in its capacity to rise to new levels of disappointment. These guys--and the board--are professionals? A total cock-up. The worst of both worlds--just anger both sides. Can we just resolve this and move on?

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      • Get Outdoors's Avatar
        Get Outdoors
        Junior Member
        • Apr 2009
        • 92
        #6
        02-06-2013, 09:58 AM
        Write something here

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        • moosetracker's Avatar
          moosetracker commented
          #6.1
          02-06-2013, 12:04 PM
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          Something.

      • Tampa Turtle's Avatar
        Tampa Turtle
        Senior Member
        • Feb 2011
        • 1683
        #7
        02-06-2013, 09:58 AM
        Sorry for the HTML--I am having a hard time with this new software. No emphasis implied.

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        • Merlyn_LeRoy's Avatar
          Merlyn_LeRoy commented
          #7.1
          02-06-2013, 10:08 AM
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          Copy-pasting adds the unparsed squarebracket-HTML; you can re-edit your old post and remove it.

      • Get Outdoors's Avatar
        Get Outdoors
        Junior Member
        • Apr 2009
        • 92
        #8
        02-06-2013, 10:00 AM
        Is anyone surprised by them not making a decision...business as usual. Why do we, the heart and soul of the BSA put up with this kind of stuff. Can we fire these bums?

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        • Papadaddy's Avatar
          Papadaddy commented
          #8.1
          02-07-2013, 12:47 PM
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          No. We are their customers, not their employers.

      • Kahuna's Avatar
        Kahuna
        Senior Member
        • Mar 2005
        • 1173
        #9
        02-06-2013, 10:03 AM
        I'm afraid you guys are exactly right. This was a very ill-informed move on the part of the BSA. All of us are hanging by our thumbs now and fielding questions we don't have the answers to.

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        • ghjim's Avatar
          ghjim
          Junior Member
          • Jan 2011
          • 36
          #10
          02-06-2013, 10:06 AM
          If I am following all of this correctly, at least we have a survey of the council positions, something I have never seen before.
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          • NJCubScouter's Avatar
            NJCubScouter
            Super Moderator
            • Feb 2002
            • 3313
            #11
            02-06-2013, 10:08 AM
            Yes Kahuna, and in my troop's case I am expecting some pointed questions from our CO, in particular.

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            • John-in-KC's Avatar
              John-in-KC
              Super Moderator
              • Mar 2004
              • 6328
              #12
              02-06-2013, 10:17 AM
              No matter how you feel on the issue, Merlyn nails it for the win.

              This may be the only time ever I agree with you, Merlyn.

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              • scoutingagain's Avatar
                scoutingagain
                Senior Member
                • Oct 2003
                • 1674
                #13
                02-06-2013, 10:29 AM
                Agreed. Hugh PR mess. This keeps the spotlight on the BSA on this issue for months. Both sides will harden their positions and make the ultimate decision more difficult to take for either side. Makes a schism in scouting more likely than less.

                SA

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                • Sentinel947's Avatar
                  Sentinel947
                  Super Moderator
                  • Jul 2012
                  • 353
                  #14
                  02-06-2013, 10:35 AM
                  Again the BSA cannot seem to handle issues. It made it seem as if a final decision was imminent, and then kicked the can. It would have been better served to have no floated the trial ballon and done things quietly. Hopefully with a few more months to think about it they will make the best possible decision. In the meantime, they've failed to solve any of the issues at hand.

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                  • Tampa Turtle's Avatar
                    Tampa Turtle
                    Senior Member
                    • Feb 2011
                    • 1683
                    #15
                    02-06-2013, 10:50 AM
                    Scoutingagain is correct--it will only make things worse.

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