I mean, holding the actual WEEKLY meetings as normal.
Yes or no?
Yes or no?
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Junior Member- Jun 2012
- 9
Does your troop meet in summer?
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Junior Member
- Feb 2010
- 222
#206-20-2012, 10:40 AMWe wrap up with a Court Of Honor early to middle June, then no more weekly meetings until school starts. We DO have one fundraiser during 4th Of July week and attend Summer Camp. It gives everyone a nice break, but the boys do have the option of planning a summer activity if they want to, such as visiting the Jamboree two years ago. -
Junior Member
- Jun 2004
- 2546
#306-20-2012, 11:13 AMOwl
When I was a SM the troop had at least 2 overnight activities a month in the summer and a short orientation meeting before each event. If we went to summer camp that counted as one activity.
If you do not have an active summer program you risk losing some of your boys.Comment
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Member
- Sep 2008
- 63
#406-20-2012, 11:14 AMHi Wood_Owl,
To answer your particular question, yes, with the following differences from "normal".
We hold one-hour weekly meetings (as opposed to the usual 90-minute meetings) through the first week in August, then go to summer camp in the second week of August, then take the last two weeks of August off. We start up 90-minute meetings again on the first meeting night after Labor Day. Except for COH meetings, the scouts wear troop T-shirts to troop meetings during the summer. We get mostly the under-16 younger scouts attending because the older ones get summer evening jobs (local movie theaters). Attendance hovers around 70% of the total troop membership, which is pretty good considering how family vacations, jobs, etc, compete for the scouts' time.Comment
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Junior Member
- May 2010
- 45
#506-20-2012, 11:30 AMYes.
The weekly meetings go on as planned as well as the monthly events (for the old troop and the new troop).
Summer is the best time for scouting. No pressures of homework or other school obligations. Boys can relax and have fun.
I never knew reducing the schedule or doing an abbreviated summer program was an option. The ideas seems silly to me.Comment
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Junior Member
- Mar 2010
- 803
#606-20-2012, 11:47 AMNope.Comment
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Senior Member
- Oct 2008
- 1012
#706-20-2012, 12:59 PMOur troop meets every Monday of the year, except for the one between Christmas and New Year (If Christmas were on Monday, it would be both), and the Monday of summer camp. Sometimes it's only 4 or 5 boys, but they meet. We meet Memorial Day and Labor Day.Comment
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Senior Member
- Nov 2004
- 2146
#806-20-2012, 02:19 PMYes.Comment
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Junior Member
- Nov 2000
- 2596
#906-20-2012, 02:35 PMNoComment
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Junior Member
- Jun 2005
- 2599
#1006-20-2012, 02:58 PMAll the troops I know of have summer meetings.
Yes, they will have some boys absence because family trips, but otherwise they have meetings.
If the troop is away for a week-long trip, no meeting that week.
This was one of the differences I had to learn about Boy Scouts vs Cub Scouts.
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Junior Member
- Sep 2011
- 4
#1106-20-2012, 03:40 PMYes,
We meet the monday befor a camp out and two weeks latter to get the camping gear back. So about 2-3 times a month for June, July and Aug.
with Summer Camp and two camping Trips and WashJam,Comment
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Senior Member
- Jul 2009
- 338
#1206-20-2012, 03:53 PMYes, but after summer camp in June the schedule drops one meeting a month.Comment
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Super Moderator
- Feb 2002
- 3313
#1306-20-2012, 04:01 PMNo. Just one of those traditions, I guess. I think that if anyone ever suggested it, they'd get funny looks from almost everybody.Comment
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Junior Member
- Aug 2008
- 7243
#1406-20-2012, 05:13 PMGrowing up, my troop met every week except for 2 weeks during Christmas (and we might be doing Winter Camp depending upon the year), Good Friday, and the week we were at summer camp.
Oh and the odd Friday that were were having a 3 day campout, otherwise every friday.
Now Summer meetings tended to be longer, 1.5 to 2 hours. More sunlight, more time to have fun, and NO HOMEWORK!
But for whatever reason, it seems most troops around here stop during the summer like the CS packs.Comment
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Senior Member
- Jan 2006
- 650
#1506-20-2012, 08:27 PMWe meet every week for 90 minutes through out the year and go camping every month except December. The big difference between summer and other times of the year is that our camping trips are longer - we have a 3 day outing in June, then a week of summer camp in July, and a 6 day camping / backpack outing in August. In September, we go back to regular weekend camping trips. Because three of the four meetings in a month are focused on the camping trip, we don't even slow down in summer.Comment
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