--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 237 SCOUTING #2 Ref: E3100004 Date: 02/28/97 From: JOHN ETLING Time: 12:15am \/To: CLIFF BOERM (Read 1 times) Subj: scouting graphics RE: A message Cliff Boerm wrote to All: scouting graphics CB> Does any sysop have any scouting graphics for print shop available CB> for download as a file request via front door. If not does anybody CB> know of an area via internet that might carry it. Thanks in CB> advance. Cliff Try ftp.usscouts.com They have a ton of graphics for scouting in different formats. I would bundle some up but due to the extreme size of the file it would be easier to FTP them. Regards; John Etling Asst. Scoutmaster Cubmaster Troop 11 Pack 11 Greater Western Reserve Council Warren, Ohio --- timEd/486 1.10 * Origin: The Panda Cave *NO BBS* Warren, OH * 330-394-7444 * (1:237/10) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 237 SCOUTING #2 Ref: E3100005 Date: 02/28/97 From: JOHN ETLING Time: 12:17am \/To: STEVE FRAGNER (Read 1 times) Subj: free/shareware RE: A message Steve Fragner wrote to John Etling: free/shareware SF> Hi John, SF> As of now I can not access the InterNet...any info/help is SF> greatly appreciated. SF> Steve SF> SF> p.s. By the way I am Den Leader of Den 8, Pack 153 in the Hudson SF> Valley Council.(Dutchess, Orange Counties, NY) Give me a day when you can poll me and FREQ Cubmate and I shall put my system online. Usually my system is available for FREQ from 0200-0700 EST. If you wish to FREQ it do it during that time. Magic name will be CUBMATE. Any help you need as a Den Leader (which Den?) feel free to ask and I shall be most willing to assist you to the best of my ability. Regards; John Etling Asst. Scoutmaster Cubmaster Troop 11 Pack 11 Greater Western Reserve Council Warren, Ohio --- timEd/486 1.10 * Origin: The Panda Cave *NO BBS* Warren, OH * 330-394-7444 * (1:237/10) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 237 SCOUTING #2 Ref: E3100006 Date: 02/28/97 From: FRANK PALAZZI Time: 01:51pm \/To: JOHN ETLING (Read 1 times) Subj: 15 Svc Bn. JE> PC> I'm going to try the bingo route instead. We have a large seniors JE> PC> population, and we have a convenient facility for running bingo. JE> PC> Our sponsor seems to think that it's the best route to go as JE> PC> well...guess we have to try it.... JE>Wow... Canada allows troops to hold a bingo? That is unspeakable in the US! JE>No games of change to include, but not limited to, raffle ticket sales, JE>bingos, auctions etc. is allowed per BSA. Interesting! But, if the event is sponsored and run by the "Parents of " you've gotten around those rules--additionally, NO ONE from your unit: Scouts OR Leaders may actively participate or even TOUCH the materials used in the fundraiser--in other words, if the PARENTS want to do this and donate the proceeds, you can't stop 'em, but you can't HELP 'em either :) -Frank Palazzi Troop Committee Member Troop 136, Wilmington, MA -!- SLMR 2.1a Hello, I am part number ޺۳ݳݳ --- FMail 1.02+ * Origin: Orion BBS-Greater Lowell Council-508-970-0064 (1:324/272) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 237 SCOUTING #2 Ref: E3100007 Date: 02/28/97 From: PATRICK CONLIN Time: 09:21pm \/To: JOHN ETLING (Read 1 times) Subj: Forms request Hi John The idea of having forms ready for data use is fantastic, and probably not done yet...however, there is nothing to say that you can't get the hard copies from your local council office and do them up yourself, and share them with all the other scouters on line. I would suggest that, if you do, you should do the forms in ASCII format. By doing them this way, they are easily converted to multiple formats...since they aren't filled with all the symbols, etc appropriate to any particular program. They, then could be uploaded even in a message like this, if need be. Now that you've put a bug in my ear, I'm going to get a Scouts Canada Camp Permit and give it a try... Yours in Scouting Patrick Conlin --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: "New Horizon BBS" [Edmonton, AB] (403) 473-2205 (1:342/11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 237 SCOUTING #2 Ref: E3100008 Date: 02/28/97 From: PATRICK CONLIN Time: 09:27pm \/To: JOHN ETLING (Read 1 times) Subj: B-PNet Application Hi John I'll get the wheels turning immediately and get the information out to you... Yours in Scouting Patrick --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: "New Horizon BBS" [Edmonton, AB] (403) 473-2205 (1:342/11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 237 SCOUTING #2 Ref: E3100009 Date: 02/28/97 From: PATRICK CONLIN Time: 09:29pm \/To: JOHN ETLING (Read 1 times) Subj: GAMES OF CHANCE Hi John The youth cannot utilize gambling of any sort in Scouts Canada, however, our sponsors, and parents can participate in hosting or participating in gaming for the purpose of raising funds for the scout groups. Many scout groups totally depend on bingo revenues to exist in Canada, and have done so for many,many years. Admittedly, it's a fine line...much like the government could install governors on engines to restrict vehicles from exceeding speed limits, but it's far more profitable to have radar and let them have the option to break the law... Scouting is benefitting from games of chance, and continuing to denounce it in the movement; allowing others to do it in their place...what can I say... Yours in Scouting Patrick --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: "New Horizon BBS" [Edmonton, AB] (403) 473-2205 (1:342/11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 237 SCOUTING #2 Ref: E3300000 Date: 03/01/97 From: PATRICK CONLIN Time: 06:43pm \/To: JOHN ETLING (Read 1 times) Subj: OBTAINING B-PNET Hello everyone...as you requested: File request the file CAMPAPP from 1:342/806. This will get you the CampNet/B-PNet application package.... Yours in Scouting Patrick Conlin --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: "New Horizon BBS" [Edmonton, AB] (403) 473-2205 (1:342/11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 237 SCOUTING #2 Ref: E3300001 Date: 03/01/97 From: STEVE FRAGNER Time: 09:55pm \/To: JOHN ETLING (Read 1 times) Subj: free/shareware -> Give me a day when you can poll me and FREQ Cubmate and I shall put m -> system online. Usually my system is available for FREQ from 0200-070 -> If you wish to FREQ it do it during that time. Magic name will be CU -> -> Any help you need as a Den Leader (which Den?) feel free to ask and I -> be most willing to assist you to the best of my ability. Thanks John, Have to set up a day to poll with you real soon. Right now my boys are all working on their wolf badge! In 2 weeks or so they should all be their. This has been a very exciting time for me. I ahev nec=ver been associated with scouting before and the Pack I am associated with is not run very smoothly. So, I am very much on my own as a new den leader. But, I seem to be handling things quite welland all the bopys seem to be having a great time as they grow! --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Bear Heaven BBS..Millbrook NY (1:2624/701.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 237 SCOUTING #2 Ref: E3300002 Date: 03/02/97 From: PATRICK CONLIN Time: 11:48am \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: THE UNKNOWN SCOUT THE UNKNOWN SCOUT ----------------- For those not in the BSA, the story of the "Unknown Scout" may be less well known, but it still rings straight and true; that a good turn without expectation can have miraculous results! The story isn't mine, but that of William D. Boyce, a newspaper publisher from Chicago Illinois. It goes something like this... The British Capital lay in a dense "pea soup" fog. It had rolled in during the night and had enveloped the whole city in its' smokey yellowness. The famous London buses crawled cautiously along but other traffic had come to an almost complete standstill. Street lamps had been lit before noon. They had shone with a feeble glow that penetrated only a few feet into the murkiness. A man walking slowly along the poorly lit street stopped under a lamp post and tried to orient himself. He had the feeling that he had gone astray but in what direction was he to turn? A dark figure emerged from the gloom. A boy moved past the man-then turned and came back. "Can I help you Sir?" the youngster asked. "You certainly can," said the man. "I have a business appointment somewhere around here. I'll be much abliged if you'll tell me how to get there." There was no mistaking the man's nationality-he spoke with a decided American accent. "If you'll give me the address I'll take you there." As they reached the destination the American pulled a shilling from his pocket for a tip. "No thank you Sir," the boy said, "not for doing a good turn." "And why not?" the American asked. "Because I'm a Scout!" "A Scout? And what does that mean?" "Haven't you heard about Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts?" The American had not. "Tell me about them," he asked. The boy told him what he could of himself and his brother Scouts and all the fun they were having in Scouting. But the American wanted to know still more. "I know where you can find out," said the boy. "Our headquarters is close by, in Victoria Street. The General may even be in the office today." "The General?" "Baden-Powell himself, Sir." "Fine," said the American. "Let me finish my errand. Then if you have time, we'll go to your headquarters." The boy waited, then showed the way to the Scout office and disappeared before the American had a chance to learn his name... It was at the Boy Scout headquarters that the American, William D. Boyce, met the founder of the Boy Scout movement, the British military hero, Lieutenant-General Robert S.S. Baden-Powell, and learned about Scouting from the Chief Scout himself. Boyce became tremendously impressed with the possiblilities of the movement that Baden-Powell had started. through his business enterprises, he had many dealings with boys, but no experience with them had struck him so forcibly as his first encounter with a Boy Scout. When he left for the United States a few days later, he carried with him a trunkful of Scouting literature, uniforms, and insignia. The moment he arrived home, he took steps to introduce the Boy Scout idea to America. He counseled with his friend, Colin H. Livingstone, of Washington, D.C., and with other people in the country's capital, and with them established a new corporation. BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA Established February 8th, 1910 In this way, a good turn done without any expectation of reward, by an unknown English Scout brought Scouting to the United States. I understand that 17 years after this good turn, the Silver Buffalo was presented to the "Unknown Scout" In Gilwell Park, England, with the following inscription: