Not appropriately conversation for this list server, which goes out to
everyone. Please take personal negative comments directly to you intended
recipient, one on one.
For everyone's knowledge: Joe Solch had a medical emergency, it was not
planned. It could not have been foreseen. Summer camp is intense for the
adults trying to hold down the fort, so please be patient with those of us
working this.
On Jul 7, 2017 11:08 PM, "Thad Sherck" <tsherck@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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@
freelists.org] *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years ago and is no longer active in Troop 286) had to cancel his plans to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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