Rick,
You sent out a message at 3:22pm yesterday indicating that you needed an adult
to go camp next week in Joe’s place.
At 8:42am this morning, you send out this message indicating that “no one
offered to help.” Total elapsed time = 17 hours, 20 minutes of which 7 or 8
hours would be devoted to sleeping.
Typically, folks have to check with an employer before being able to take time
off work; especially if it is for as quick as this is with asking for the next
3 work days off work. Heck, I would bet that some folks were not even at work
yet as of 8:42am to ask their employer.
Most people cannot just decide to take the first part of the following week off
spontaneously without getting permission. My guess is if you would have given
an appropriate amount of time, like to the end of this work day, you might have
gotten a person or two to volunteer to cover the time camping once they had
returned home from work.
Hats off to Tim Cartwright for being able flex his work schedule and time off
schedule on short notice in order to cover the time. I truly appreciate his
commitment to the troop.
However, trying to shame everyone else because they do not have a similar
ability to arrange time off so quickly is not the most effective way to build a
culture of trust within our group. I understand that you have volunteered for
a time intensive position in Scouts and that you are committed to our troop. I
get being frustrated when plans are disrupted.
But a slowed down approach in this situation would have probably been better
suited.
Cheers,
Thad Sherck
From: troop286-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:troop286-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Richard Colby
Sent: Friday, July 7, 2017 8:41 AM
To: troop286@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [troop286] Summer camp status
The safety of the scouts is Troop 286 is very important. To the end, three
adults are necessary for all troop camp outs, including summer camp.
Yesterday, Joe Solch (who's son Michael achieved the rank of Eagle many years
ago and is no longer active in Troop 286) had to cancel his plans to camp with
the scouts during the week of summer camp. I immediately sent out an email
requesting that another scout parent step up and volunteer to camp at least
Sunday to Wednesday to fill that vacancy and help ensure the safety of all the
scouts. No one offered to help.
Late last night Tim Cartwright (who had already committed to camp with the
scouts Wednesday to Saturday) offered to increase his commitment to include
the first half of the week as well. Thanks to Tim, the scouts in Troop 286
will now have the minimum number of adult leaders to help keep them safe during
the entire week of summer camp.
Rick Colby
Scoutmaster
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