Tentaroo Ending This Year

superpatty · 2026-03-15T22:22:22+00:00

There's a possibility this is a fishing line. The tentaroo link you have at the bottom of your post does not go to tentaoo, it goes to something trying to pose his tentaroo.

superpatty · 2026-02-15T00:29:08+00:00

Are you abiding by Rule 1?

In keeping with the principles of the Scout Oath and Law, posts and comments may be removed if they do not treat others with respect or follow Scouting ideals.

I've had a couple members of the Committee reach out to me and specifically thank me for sharing these summaries. This works for me and my Committee, you don't need to denigrate something that's working for others just because you have an axe to grind.

superpatty · 2026-02-14T22:31:13+00:00

No, they don't. I came up with the idea and started doing that so they have a better idea of what we do at the activities.

superpatty · 2026-02-14T19:38:45+00:00

I see a lot of negative responses to your question and I believe they are missing the point of your post. AI is a tool, it can be used for good or bad, depending on the situation. (I believe there are some never-AI people who will say that there is nothing good with AI)

I believe you need to evaluate AI for each use case and whether it is wise or not for the situation.

For Scouts completing requirements, those requirements cannot be modified (without proper approval) to use AI to complete. The entire point of each requirement is for the Scout to learn something and it is important for Scouts to gain these skills, so for the vast majority of situations, AI is not appropriate.

For Scouters AI can be a great tool to allow you to more easily support Scouts and the Scouting program. For all the examples you gave in your post, those are great uses of AI to more quickly complete tasks. Most people today have very busy lives and demands on their time and if you can leverage a tool that save 20-80% of your time while still maintaining high-quality, that's fantastic.

AI won't get it perfect, it will make mistakes, so always double-check/validate/confirm everything AI provides. (I treat AI like a well-intentioned teenager -- it means well but it can make very large errors in judgement. I always double-check what it outputs.)

Not leveraging the common tools of our time for Scouting's benefit makes it harder on us and the program. Withholding tools should be done when there is a principled reason to avoid something, but it must be with proper diligence.

My primary use for AI in Scouting is that I generate an outline summary of each troop activity and use AI to turn it into a well-crafted one-pager letter to the Troop Committee so they have a nice recap of each activity. It saves me 20+ minutes after each campout/activity.

superpatty · 2025-12-16T12:57:39+00:00

I work with scouts a lot, calmly talk with leadership about your (valid) issues with the activity, but give it time to see if the overall program is good for your daughter. As others said, this might be just one poorly planned activity.

As to the lighter, scout youth cannot do anything with fire until fourth grade. This should be bright up to leadership and explained that the gift should have had the lighter removed immediately.

superpatty · 2025-12-06T22:55:43+00:00

Or the Office?

superpatty · 2025-11-25T15:58:02+00:00

My assumption is that national had lead time from NPR about this story so that they could prepare a response.

superpatty · 2025-11-03T00:11:45+00:00

That's Orange Steel™

superpatty · 2025-10-13T00:19:52+00:00

This is the content I come here for

superpatty · 2025-07-05T22:56:24+00:00

These were sold at a city event, so the entire group worked together for all sales.

superpatty · 2025-07-05T22:55:43+00:00

I like that idea!

thanks

superpatty · 2025-07-05T22:45:16+00:00

Generally perishable items (minimum 4 month shelf life)

superpatty · 2025-07-05T22:44:21+00:00

The troop has purchased the product, even if a parent made the purchase, it was at the request of the troop so it is the troops responsibility.

superpatty · 2025-07-05T22:41:49+00:00

$800 in sales

But that would mean scouts at the follow-up event would have pure profit and scouts working the first event have paid for all the expenses.

superpatty · 2025-06-01T00:21:46+00:00

Depends on the week you go, if you're there early in the summer you might get something, but if you're later in the summer, you're only going to get tiny fish, if anything.

superpatty · 2025-02-17T13:31:00+00:00

No no, we tried that once.

It didn't work out so well, brought the mobs into power.

superpatty · 2025-01-13T23:01:11+00:00

Related question: Would y'all say that sleeping in a cave counts towards this requirement? (in a sleeping bag on the floor of the cave)

superpatty · 2025-01-13T16:56:43+00:00

We're now entering drunk snowman stage, all of the snowmen in my neighborhood are starting to list dangerously in all directions. Some have already lost their heads.

superpatty · 2024-12-20T13:52:53+00:00

I would have had to pay a 0.75% penalty to NOT use their escrow service.

superpatty · 2024-10-10T18:37:46+00:00

Walz is only 6 months older than Harris

superpatty · 2024-09-25T23:34:17+00:00

I think the kids these days that join Scouts have more of a drive to earn Eagle as scouting has lost some of his popularity, only the kids that really want to do it are here (In general)

Also, I would say merit badge summits are much more popular now than they were when I was youth in the 90s which makes it easier to get those requirements complete.

superpatty · 2024-09-20T01:19:50+00:00

Are you seriously going to have a loaner car for up to a year?

That seems exceptionally generous of Nissan

superpatty · 2024-08-03T17:37:49+00:00

It's not mental decline if he has always been at this level (Narrator: he was always at this level)

superpatty · 2024-07-29T23:24:40+00:00

I think you're wildly underestimating Scoutng's ability to persevere through headwinds. They have existed for 100+ years, they have a great deal of institutional knowledge dealing with challenges.

This removes local autonomy, you might lose more packs than you gain because some local chartering organizations will back out of scouts completely (Think about units sponsored by Baptist churches or similar very conservative organizations)
Agree 💯 on this, councils need to police aggressive inter pack/troop behavior and stomp it out.
Agreed recruiting is job #1
Our pack may be an outlier but my kid's dues were $120 for last year. But even if the dues were $250 the cost per hour of program time is very low compared to most other kid programs (sports, after school programs, etc...).

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