The basic premise of the thread was the predicament that my daughter will be in.  Her Girl Scout troop is not going to be an option for next year.  We can hold out for Scouts BSA but that will be a long 6+ months of nothing.  More importantly if I can't get some of her friends to come along it's very unlikely she would ever sign up.

• Vintage Eagle Pin Medal Sterling Silver
• 50 BSA Jamboree Neckerchiefs 1950-1960
• Vintage Boy Scout Ka-Bar Knife and Sheath

So my proposition to the group was could/should I start up a new troop that is more of a "camping" troop and not a "meeting troop".  In other words skip doing the GS advancement program (journeys) that I dislike and focus on monthly camping trips.  Then if the girls want to co-register in Scouts BSA in 2019 then perhaps they are more prepared and I might have an older girl nucleus.

• OA lodge 398 Nianque Flap Mint MC3
• Tsisqan OA Lodge 253, S1b, Oregon Trail Council
• BSA Apatukwe Lodge 107 OA Flaps One with Hat Pin

 

The overwhelming response from this group of outdoors focused Girl Scout leaders was go for it.  Of course some of you will say the obvious choice is Venturing but I have two problems there.  I'm not sure I can get any of her friends to go that route and then what do I do in 6+ months when Scouts BSA forms up - do both?

• Conclave Area V-3 Camp Tiak Mississippi Mint
• Girl Guide Scout Postcard Olave Baden Powell Chief
• Boy Scout Red & White Community & Council Strips S's

Today I had a visit in the new warehouse from a fellow collector that I have some deals going on with.  He was the first person to get to see the new space.  It is definitely a work space and not a museum - so I'm not offering tours but we had some business to do so I was happy to show off the space.

• OA Lodge # 525 Pachachaug X
• OA Lodge # 509 Agawam Merged 1972
• OA Lodge # 309 Quanopin Merged 1994
• OA Lodge # 507 Memsochet Merged 2008 J-2