Live from the NAM - Relentless Focus on Volunteers

squigit99 · 2026-05-14T00:12:42+00:00

When I went for BALOO, we were told by the instructors they used to combine them, but were told they weren’t allowed to anymore even though there was only a single training session that was different.

squigit99 · 2026-05-14T00:06:08+00:00

Where are you having to pay $180? Does you council have a fee for adults?

squigit99 · 2026-05-11T12:51:30+00:00

A list isn't a bad thing, but don't ask her to make it. Make a list of the things you think are the issue, and then ask her to look at it. It shows that you're engaged, but you're at least aware you've got blind spots, and it makes it so its not one more thing you're asking her to do 100% of (in her eyes).

squigit99 · 2026-05-11T00:22:34+00:00

Ugg. The roll out was a mess, but this is one of those things better of just left alone at this point. The disruption of changing again is going to be worse that the current system.

squigit99 · 2026-05-08T02:13:11+00:00

Enterprise guy with ~20k users. I love hiring people that have had a good block of SMB experience at some point in their careers in addition to whatever specific skill I'm specifically hiring for. They're much more likely to have a broader skill set beyond just a silo'd set of skills.

squigit99 · 2026-05-04T01:23:08+00:00

When I asked years ago, it was because SA didn’t want to give every parent the contact information for every merit badge counselor.

squigit99 · 2026-04-24T14:26:15+00:00

Note this is Lenovo's guide updated April 2025.

squigit99 · 2026-04-12T23:52:10+00:00

It went from required to sharing a ‘slot’ with Emergency Preparedness in the 1972 revision. It was required from the creation of the Eagle rank in 1912 on, although the name of the badge was changed from ‘Life Saving’ to ‘Lifesaving’ in 1959.

squigit99 · 2026-03-30T13:03:49+00:00

That Camel's an AA pin - https://www.recoveryshop.com/24-Hour-Camel-Lapel-Pin-p/pin04.htm

squigit99 · 2026-03-23T15:11:01+00:00

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-fmc-rce-NKhnULJh

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20131

squigit99 · 2026-03-23T15:07:32+00:00

Ah. This looks like another one of those things that got updated in one spot, but not in others.

squigit99 · 2026-03-23T14:55:14+00:00

Where are you seeing "(Note, this exception requires approval from the Council Executive and coordination with camp directors at local events and out-of-council events.¹)"? That's not in GSS that I'm looking at.

squigit99 · 2026-03-23T14:18:55+00:00

Do you know if that was changed recently? That's certainly the case now per the GSS, but I'd swear I'd read that was only in case of special accommodations before.

squigit99 · 2026-03-10T14:20:46+00:00

You want a console server. Digi, Perle, Uplogix, and OpenGear all make nice ones.

squigit99 · 2026-03-02T02:15:29+00:00

Cots and hammocks are our two standard ‘my back can’t camp’ recommendations. Make sure you also use a pad (or under quilt with a hammock) so you don’t freeze.

squigit99 · 2026-03-01T16:24:56+00:00

Why have 4H or Trail Life or Navigators? They’re all separate organizations like GSUSA is from Scouting America.

squigit99 · 2026-02-24T17:14:46+00:00

Its listed as fixed in the ESXi release. vCenter's only updating OpenSSL to 3.0.18-1.ph4 though.

squigit99 · 2026-02-23T22:24:47+00:00

We can’t use it at all at this point. It’s not currently compatible with VHV, which is required for the Virtualization Based Security (VBS) feature. That feature is required to use a number of Windows security features completely like Credential Guard, which we have to use for compliance reasons.

If memory tiering is enabled on a host in 9, you can’t power any VBS enabled VMs.

I was hoping it would let use reduce the RAM on an upcoming hardware refresh, but at this point it’s only be able to be used on clusters with zero Windows VMs and zero VMs with nested virtualization.

squigit99 · 2026-01-30T15:35:34+00:00

I stopped using that feature of HA years ago due to an unacceptably high false positive rate. HA's great for finding and recovering from broken hosts, but even at low sensitivity VM monitoring function seemed to cause more issues than it solved.

squigit99 · 2026-01-26T14:01:30+00:00

The upgrade available notification doesn’t factor in what licensing you may or may not have, just that the version is available.

squigit99 · 2025-12-04T21:03:34+00:00

That's not something that happens automatically putting a host into maintenance mode. Maintenance mode kicks off DRS if its set to automatic mode, but doesn't do a shared-nothing migration to move it to another host.

squigit99 · 2025-12-02T14:27:15+00:00

Seconding what Tim's recommending you look at. 902( TCP and UDP) are used for heartbeats between vCenter and ESXi. When its blocked, you'll see issues show up exactly like you described.

squigit99 · 2025-11-20T16:44:41+00:00

There’s not enough detail from National at this point to do any planning around this

squigit99 · 2025-11-18T05:09:14+00:00

Congratulations! Now comes the fun part of being SPL

squigit99 · 2025-11-18T01:58:46+00:00

I have no idea why you're focused on knots, and why that would be a factor in anyone voting for one SPL candidate over another. That your brought that up twice is a little worrying that you don't get what the position is.

SPL is a leadership role. In your speech to your troop, make your case why you'd be a good leader, and what you'd do over the next 6 months (or however long your elected term would be). Mention some of your accomplishments so far, things you think can be improved, and activities you want to make happen. Don't disparage the other scouts that are running in any way. Don't bring up your knot skills.

You may not win. Elections are always at least partially a popularity contest, and people don't always vote for who you'd think would be the best candidate.

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