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Author: chris.5thchris.5th
Date: Dec 9, 2007 15:05
On 9 Dec, 17:19, "Stephen Rainsbury" rainsbury.net-spamnet- -> wrote:
> "Andy" noJunkMail.com> wrote in message
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>>> We have a christmas camp every year (just back from this year's one) and I
>> was presented with a roll of heavy duty bin bags and some duct tape.
>> The best bit is that whenever I go on about the importance of bin bags and
>> duct tape those who were on the hikes spark off the their stories and so
>> the next generation realise that I might not just some weird nutjob with a
>> polythene and tape fixation. :-)
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> :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
>
> Ours was this weekend but I have been laid low by some bloody virus and
> can't even stand up at the moment so I had to cancel it and an hours notice.
> ...
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Author: Manky BadgerManky Badger
Date: Dec 9, 2007 12:25
"Bill Neobard" hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> You've guessed the next bit -no-one has rung me or emailed me.
Now whilst my gut reaction is "stuff 'em", there's a little voice (that I'd
like to strangle) that is asking if they haven't seen notes or emails
or.....
A couple of weeks ago we sent home notes (more than once per family over a
few weeks) over a change of meeting evening. There was one night when we'd
meet on the Wednesday rather than the Tuesday because of ......
We decided to have a leader's meeting at the HQ that Tuesday. Half a dozen
cubs turned up with parents who were adamant they'd had no notification
about the change of plans.
Well, they had.
They'd just not read it, or read it and forgotten about it.
Last year we went to the police station. Sixteen met as instructed at the
polie station. Twenty met at a locked scout hut and bitterly complained
about our changing plans without telling them. Again, they'd failed to read
several notes.
What form of communication *does* work?
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Author: AndyAndy
Date: Dec 9, 2007 11:49
> "Andy" noJunkMail.com> wrote in message
> news:nfWdnfnbiZPoZMbaRVnygAA@pipex.net...>>
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>> We have a christmas camp every year (just back from this year's one) and
>> I was presented with a roll of heavy duty bin bags and some duct tape.
>> The best bit is that whenever I go on about the importance of bin bags
>> and duct tape those who were on the hikes spark off the their stories and
>> so the next generation realise that I might not just some weird nutjob
>> with a polythene and tape fixation. :-)
>
> :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
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> Ours was this weekend but I have been laid low by some bloody virus and
> can't even...
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Author: Eddie LangdownEddie Langdown
Date: Dec 9, 2007 11:06
"Bill Neobard" hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:rifnl359vk8mb9fmmdbqg5ldep990q9v02@4ax.com...>I know it's Christmas, and people have a lot on their minds. So do I.
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> After bleating last week over poor support, we had bugger all ( or as
> near as makes no odds) at Troop night,( courtesy end of "Heroes").
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> Previous week we'd given out notes about Party (12 Dec) asking who's
> going to be there. [Reason for this is that one year we got 3, as one
> school rearranged THEIR Christmas disco, and everyone went as a
> participant or friend.]
>
> So, anyway, no replies last week even from those who were there.
> That night I wrote a letter saying "I MUST know by Saturday whether or
> not your son/daughter is coming" and put in the post. I also emailed
> all those whose addresses I have.
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> You've guessed the next bit -no-one has rung me or emailed me.
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> Debate among leaders says "go ahead, anyway" -which is right, even ...
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Author: PetePete
Date: Dec 9, 2007 10:51
John Russell wrote:
>> So, anyway, no replies last week even from those who were there.
>> That night I wrote a letter saying "I MUST know by Saturday whether
>> or not your son/daughter is coming" and put in the post. I also
>> emailed all those whose addresses I have.
>>
>> You've guessed the next bit -no-one has rung me or emailed me.
> So the party's off, isn't it. First rule - once you draw a line in
> the sand there _has_ to be a consequence for crossing it, or in this
> case for not crossing it. Otherwise you can forget about ever
> drawing a line in the sand again - you've just invited them (kids and
> parents) to amble all over your line as though it wasn't there.
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> You said you had to know numbers by Saturday. The numbers you were
> told were zero, so that's how many you cater for.
Yep, completely agree with everyone else - you put the ball in their court
and they failed to return it.
No more messages, no notes on the door, just don't turn up.
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Author: marcmarc
Date: Dec 8, 2007 04:28
Manky Badger wrote:
> I've not read POR in detail until recently, and was severly criticised for
> doing so.
> Having finally plowed through it, I'm at a bit of a loss. Isn't it
> vague......
Very
>
> In my line of work I'm used to operating to strict instructions. In the
> guidelines for drawing up these strict instructions and ensuring there's no
> vagueness, one of the instructions is that you never use the word "should".
> You use "must" instead.
> The word "should" appears 225 times in POR.
Now that IS intensive reading!Do you often veer from one extreme to
another? :-)
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Author: kevin yateskevin yates
Date: Dec 7, 2007 09:39
Hi all
Is there a ratio for adult to scouts if you go by train?.
Kevin
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Author: Eddie LangdownEddie Langdown
Date: Dec 7, 2007 00:17
Rumours of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.
Imagine my surprise when I hit the screen this morning to finalise tonight's
programme and details of our working weekend at our local campsite, only to
find an email that looked like Scouting Plus but did in fact say......
"We are sorry to hear that you have left your role in Scouting but would
like to thank you for all of the time that you have dedicated to Scouting as
a volunteer.
We want to stay in touch with you.
...so we have introduced Campfire Circle - a great way to keep alive your
involvement with Scouting and by joining you'll receive:
Free membership to the pole dancing club of your choice.
Regular visits from Cubs to keep your garden tidy.
Freshly chopped logs etc etc etc
Then I noticed, it was addressed to 'Norman' , lucky Norman!
My injection please nurse.......
Eddie Langdown GSL 16th Bermondsey London
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Author:
Date: Dec 6, 2007 15:57
> On 5 Dec, 21:58, "Stephen Rainsbury" rainsbury.net-spamnet- ->>>I posted here a few weeks ago about bad discipline and other problems
>>> in the troop.
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>>> I'm happy to report that we seem to have turned things around (I hope
>>> I'm not tempting fate). All the leaders got together, as the problems
>>> were across the Group, and we thrashed out a common approach, which
>>> we've now implemented. In essence,
>>
>> Fantastic news :-)
>>
>> --
>> Stephen Rainsbury ...
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