I donate annually because my priesthood leaders ask me to do (LV Mike)

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Feb 19, 2012 - 4:18pm

LV Mike

I donate annually because my priesthood leaders ask me to do

it. So long as they do, I will give.

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Date

Friends of Scouting, I'm being pressed. Need CB help.

jakespoon

Feb 19, 02:22pm

Donate what you can. (nm)

jefurse

Feb 19, 02:23pm

Just tell them that you don't appreciate their pressure

Alkili

Feb 19, 02:29pm

I am a firm believer that the church should disassociate

JohnnyD

Feb 19, 02:30pm

If left to the YM leaders it would be week after week of

BYUTenderHeart

Feb 19, 02:33pm

I'm sure the chuch could come up with a good program. (nm)

Alkili

Feb 19, 02:42pm

I'm sure they could as well

BYUTenderHeart

Feb 19, 02:44pm

The current program does not do what the church (short)

The Lone Wolf

Feb 19, 02:47pm

Take the Stake Budget for FOS

HighHorse

Feb 19, 02:47pm

While I tend to agree with you, I tend

brazilcoug

Feb 19, 02:33pm

The Lone Wolf

Feb 19, 02:45pm

That sounds just like the Varsity and Venture programs

BYUTenderHeart

Feb 19, 02:48pm

me too (nm)

Blue it

Feb 19, 03:15pm

That's a tough one.

byujacob

Feb 19, 02:30pm

Yeah - it was posed, "The Bishop asked me to...

jakespoon

Feb 19, 05:19pm

Tell the leaders that you'll match the lowest

brazilcoug

Feb 19, 02:31pm

Friends of Scouting goes to your local council

BYUTenderHeart

Feb 19, 02:31pm

Including the head scratching $400k figures some local (short)

darkcoug

Feb 19, 02:34pm

Most local scout "leaders" get paid very little

brazilcoug

Feb 19, 02:36pm

One way or another, that money gets filtered up (nm)

darkcoug

Feb 19, 02:36pm

Dang, I gotta get in to that. (short)

Douger

Feb 19, 02:37pm

There are very, very, very few professionals

BYUTenderHeart

Feb 19, 02:38pm

In fact there are probably less than a dozen men (short)

BYUTenderHeart

Feb 19, 02:41pm

the bottom line is that none of them should be making that (nm)

Douger

Feb 19, 03:55pm

And yet it still exhausts the church's resources for volun-

darkcoug

Feb 19, 02:43pm

What would a "good YM's program" consist of? (nm)

BYUTenderHeart

Feb 19, 02:45pm

The fundamentals of scouting without the mock military

darkcoug

Feb 19, 02:51pm

I agree with this...

cougarBee

Feb 19, 03:09pm

most are also >5 years out of high school... (short)

cougarBee

Feb 19, 02:46pm

FALSE - a college degree is required to be hired (short)

BYUTenderHeart

Feb 19, 02:51pm

If that's true, than my source was wrong for sure...

cougarBee

Feb 19, 02:54pm

Starting salary was $33k in 2006 (nm)

BYUTenderHeart

Feb 19, 02:55pm

With Health Insurance, paid vacation (short)

HighHorse

Feb 19, 02:57pm

It's true. Scout exec, bachelors degree minimum. (nm)

jakespoon

Feb 19, 05:22pm

The Utah Council is the most egregious

shottyj77

Feb 19, 02:58pm

Most egregious in what way?

BYUTenderHeart

Feb 19, 03:02pm

Really

shottyj77

Feb 19, 03:23pm

They make less than people doing the same job

BYUTenderHeart

Feb 19, 03:32pm

RE: They make less than people doing the same job

shottyj77

Feb 19, 03:39pm

I agree that having ward quotas is a bad practice

BYUTenderHeart

Feb 19, 03:45pm

Intresting article about FOS funds.

Alkili

Feb 19, 02:39pm

another one.

Alkili

Feb 19, 02:41pm

Unreal. (nm)

The Lone Wolf

Feb 19, 02:49pm

Just be firm. Tell them straight up "no". If they keep

darkcoug

Feb 19, 02:35pm

Try being a Business man when FOS comes up

HighHorse

Feb 19, 02:43pm

I'd donate to the ward scouting fund (nm)

smartup

Feb 19, 02:44pm

I utterly refuse to donate to FOS. I'm more than willing...

Melkor

Feb 19, 02:52pm

I refuse to give the BSA anything...

ndfan

Feb 19, 02:54pm

Only reason to give is (short)

BRATS

Feb 19, 03:08pm

I've seen bishops turn in what they collected (short)

HighHorse

Feb 19, 03:11pm

bingo.. there is a choice (nm)

jota

Feb 19, 03:14pm

That is my big quandary. (nm)

jakespoon

Feb 19, 05:24pm

I donate annually because my priesthood leaders ask me to do (short)

LV Mike

Feb 19, 04:18pm

Its that simple for me too. (nm)

bagman

Feb 19, 04:41pm

FOS is like gambling

John Doe

Feb 19, 04:32pm

Scouting is the "activity arm" for the YM in the church.

bagman

Feb 19, 04:52pm

My problem isn't with scouting

shottyj77

Feb 19, 06:11pm

Something to consider on FOS

angusean

Feb 19, 07:38pm

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