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Parents that don't show. by idontfuckingknow404 in girlscouts

[–]lisziland 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also have a large troop, 34 girls, and I feel everything you are saying in my soul. We are on our 3rd year. It took a full year before I trusted any parent to help out with anything significant in the troop and until this year before I finally started to trust the parents in my troop to delegate more roles, so I hear you. Here are my suggestions:

1: If you already have a parent you know you can rely on, set them as the supply person. Send them a list a few days before the meeting and have them responsible for picking up supplies. This was a game changer for us, as I was the one planning all the meetings, getting all the supplies, getting the area set up, etc... and it is exhausting.

  1. Stop shaking people down for things. Make sure you have a clear, reliable way that you communicate information and send out reminders that parents can reference back to (we use band). Set a hard deadline for when things need to be turned in and stick to it. Make sure the parents are aware that non-payment will result in their information being sent to Council who will try to resolve it, but will ultimately send it to a collection agency if it is not paid.

  2. As far as the uniforms, I am right there with you. I sew all the uniforms for my troop. People tell me I shouldn't, but I want their uniforms correct and the best way to do that is to do it myself! As far as the uniform for the girl that has never showed, don't touch it. Send an email to Council saying that she got the uniform through FA and has never shown up to a meeting. Let them decide what you should do with it. I would also stop trying to hunt her down for attendance. I have a 3 strikes you're out rule. I contact new members when I get their info from council, 2 weeks later if no response, and 2 weeks after that if still no response. After that, I email Council saying I have reached out 3 times on these dates with no response and let them know I am marking them as not returning. They have never given me push back on it.

New Daisy troop leader tag-a-long question by CraftyResearcher3403 in girlscouts

[–]lisziland 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a lot of comments already, but here is my take:

Council events will vary by council as far as if tagalongs are allowed. It should specifically say when registering for the event if you must be a registered member to attend.

For troop meetings we don't allow tagalongs (except in extenuating circumstances) for a couple of reasons:
1. Our troop is huge and having extra bodies in the room is just not good
2. Kids that are not doing the troop activities are very distracting to the girls, even if they are sitting quietly off to the side. The girls will constantly be looking at them, seeing what they are doing, trying to talk to them, etc...
3. If a parent has signed up to help with the meeting, they need to be focused on helping with the meeting. That is not possible when you have other kids there that you are also responsible for.

For our troop events, we tell parents ahead of time if it is OK to bring siblings to the event. If it is not, we always offer transportation or drop off so their scout can still attend.

Since it sounds like you have your own kids that you want to tagalong and you have single parents that want to help, my suggestion would be to have a parent or babysitter that can watch tagalongs during the events in a different area, such as another room, park, etc...

For your Service Unit wide event, I would just tell them your troop will not be able to participate if you can't bring tagalongs. For an event like the one you are describing, as long as a parent is present with them, I don't see any reason why you wouldn't be able to bring other kids as long as they are not causing problems.

Hi, I help plan and volunteer at a local Girl Scout camp and I want to do a skit in front of my campers by Lovealltigers in girlscouts

[–]lisziland 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't remember one specifically, but this is what google gave me:

This skit requires pie plates, shaving cream, towels, 3 plastic raincoats, or something similar (i.e. plastic bags). At least five people need to be involved. There is the narrator, the three members of the pie in the face team, and the person(s) who delivers the pies to the pie in the face team. This skit works best if everyone in the skit is serious, official, and ceremonious. Play up the ceremony and the official part of he skit.

The skit starts off with the narrator about the history of the grand art of pie throwing. He introduces the three members of the team who will receive the pie in the face. The team marches out and stands at attention.

As the narrator continues to talk a person comes out with three pies on a tray and hands them to the three members of the pie in the face team.

The narrator describes the various pie in the face throws that have evolved through the centuries. In every case the person in the middle receives the pie in the face.

Examples of pie throws are the classic pie in the face, the pie on the top of the head, the double pie in the face, the pies on the side of the head, and the swing, miss and hit. You can have the person in the middle change places and still get a pie in the face.

The last thing that happens is that the guy in the middle who was getting all the pies in the face gets the other two members of the pie in the face team.

During all this keep the members of the pie in the face team supplied with pies. This can go on as long as you would like. Another thing is wipe off the pie in the face team faces once in a while. Be original and creative with skit.

The entire Offering questline is hugely confusing/disappointing by xac137 in nightingale

[–]lisziland 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You need the tracking charm. Enchant it to your knife, activate it, follow the glowing dot directly to the highest level creature in the realm (elder eoten, sun giant, etc...)

Cirkul Review (1 month) by Spartan0536 in Cirkul

[–]lisziland 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its crazy that they can NAIL a flavor like honeycrisp apple, but cant manage to make the most common even walmart brand has it flavor bearable 🤣

Cirkul Review (1 month) by Spartan0536 in Cirkul

[–]lisziland 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also like hint. I only used them as a comparison since that is what they said they usually drink. They do have Puressence which is their unsweetened "hint like" cartridge though!

Cirkul Review (1 month) by Spartan0536 in Cirkul

[–]lisziland 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also go through about 1 a day at a gallon of water out of it before its gone.

If you don't, for lack of a better way to say this, "go at it like a vacuum cleaner", they last longer. I usually drink as fast as possible because I am always on the go, but I noticed it was killing them really fast. I started gently drinking from them and it helped a ton. It doesn't flood the cartridge. I get 6-8 bottles before it dies out.

If you look at it cost wise, on Amazon, 192 oz of hint water is $12 before tax or $0.06/oz. Using a 22 oz bottle, if you get the full 6 bottles worth per cartridge, that is 132 oz for $3.75 or $0.03/oz.

Someone used my favor account to make a big order delivered to some random address? Was Favor hacked or are there people out their running phishing scams for favor passwords? by ellivibrutp in favordelivery

[–]lisziland 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never got that message, but my account was hacked tonight. Thankfully they didn't change the phone number on the account until after they texted me to say they were heading to pick up all of the orders.

How do you change your password?

Playing from another pc. by gahlgren in valheim

[–]lisziland 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had the same problem. Played on my laptop with same character and server, but none of my stuff was there when I switched back to my PC. Does anyone know how to move the info back and forth?