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In article <1992Nov21.060130.4133@wkuvx1.bitnet>, waltoml@wkuvx1.bitnet writes:
|> While I am new to the Rec. Scouting fold, I find it pretty
|> interesting to see the listing wanting to split.  

|> If you think that this split will result in getting "undesirable"
|> topics off of the activities or policies screens, think again. 
|> 
|> Scouting in the USA is at a crossroads.  In a few short weeks, we will
|> have a new Chief Scout Executive.  Later on, the nation will have a 
|> new President.  Later on still, we will see Scouting again in action
|> at the 1993 National Scout Jamboree.  We are seeing our programs grow
|> in diversity and yet we are trying, some of you say with all of our 
|> might, to hold onto the values that made Scouting what it has been for
|> the past 83 years.  

I support the split of groups. I am a cub leader with Scouts Canada.
While some discussion of BSA policy is interesting, It has little
impact on my work with my cubs. The endless debate which has taken 
over this newsgroup does not interest me, nor should it. And if a
topic concerning Scouts Canada policy came up, I would have the 
courtesy to set my distribution ot 'can', not 'world'. My KILL 
file for this group is the largest of any for the groups I read. 
Scouting has a much wider application than just in the USA. 
and the issues differ from contry to country. What we have in
common (or should have in common) is a desire to impart some of 
the scouting ideals to the boys (and girls) in our care.

I read rec.scouting to share ideas about program and planning.
I have voted for the split, because I hope it gives the various
factions within BSA a place to discuss their views, and the same
time giving myself, and others a relatively noise free environment
to discuss ways of bringing some of the scouting ideals (and lots
of good fun) to the boys I lead. 


Comments on some of your other points:

|>     since you cannot talk program without talking about
|> administration or policy.  You cannot talk policy without it impacting
|> upon the programs of the Scouting program. 

But you can share ideas, and methods. If i have someting that works,
I should share it with fellow scouters. It is up to them to decide,
based on local policy whether it will work.



|> ongoing discussion of lesbigays in Scouting and various court cases
|> defending/against the BSA's stand of religion in the lives of its
|> youth and adult members.  Yet, I did not have to comment or even read 
But if I'm not part of the BSA, I am not very interested. My interest
is in Scouts Canada policy, not BSA.



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