I have told parents as I collect information that it is for use only in the troop. I don't have a problem sharing it in the troop.
I have been asked by council to give that information to them as I electronically register scouts for events. I feel that they don't have the right to that information. If they want this information then they need to comb through their records and get it off of the applications. And I know that I have information that has been shared with me but the parents will not put it on the application.
I decided that the only information I would share with council would be my home phone number and the troop's e-mail address for each scout.
ida - 12 years ago
Each Troop has a responsibility to foster the Patrol Method. As such, there should be a 'phone tree' for the Troop.
The SPL and ASPL should have contact information of the PL and APL, and other positions of 'authority' should they be needed. The PL and APL should have contact information for those in their patrols. Now, whether that is a home number, a cell phone, email address, or facebook, is entirely up to the individual boy and their family. For some, it may be easier to reach them via the computer, or cell phone rather than their home phone.
We have distributed these lists electronically, and via paper. It's nice to have a patrol contact list to stick to the fridge for when the phone tree is activated. ["Hey, because of the snow-storm, we're going sledding! Be sure to bring your gloves!"]
Adults should have contacts for the appropriate Adult Leadership (SM/ASM, etc. and the Committee). Again, how that contact happens is up to the individual. I know that I'm rarely home, and there's hours when I'm at work where I cannot answer my phone -- can't even have it on my person, so an email contact is great for me. I check email regularly.
In the past in my troop, where divorced parents were concerned, some information was purposely withheld from the other former-spouse as a 'control issue.' Since this issue, our Troop has always asked for a contact for EACH parent -- divorced or not, so that ALL PARENTS are aware of the schedule of events -- even though we know it is the boy's responsibility to notify parents of upcoming events, sometimes our little angels forget to inform their parents. Frankly, it works out for the best having everyone know everything. [Even if the boys don't always know that the parents know.]
I have told parents as I collect information that it is for use only in the troop. I don't have a problem sharing it in the troop.
I have been asked by council to give that information to them as I electronically register scouts for events. I feel that they don't have the right to that information. If they want this information then they need to comb through their records and get it off of the applications. And I know that I have information that has been shared with me but the parents will not put it on the application.
I decided that the only information I would share with council would be my home phone number and the troop's e-mail address for each scout.
Each Troop has a responsibility to foster the Patrol Method. As such, there should be a 'phone tree' for the Troop.
The SPL and ASPL should have contact information of the PL and APL, and other positions of 'authority' should they be needed. The PL and APL should have contact information for those in their patrols. Now, whether that is a home number, a cell phone, email address, or facebook, is entirely up to the individual boy and their family. For some, it may be easier to reach them via the computer, or cell phone rather than their home phone.
We have distributed these lists electronically, and via paper. It's nice to have a patrol contact list to stick to the fridge for when the phone tree is activated. ["Hey, because of the snow-storm, we're going sledding! Be sure to bring your gloves!"]
Adults should have contacts for the appropriate Adult Leadership (SM/ASM, etc. and the Committee). Again, how that contact happens is up to the individual. I know that I'm rarely home, and there's hours when I'm at work where I cannot answer my phone -- can't even have it on my person, so an email contact is great for me. I check email regularly.
In the past in my troop, where divorced parents were concerned, some information was purposely withheld from the other former-spouse as a 'control issue.' Since this issue, our Troop has always asked for a contact for EACH parent -- divorced or not, so that ALL PARENTS are aware of the schedule of events -- even though we know it is the boy's responsibility to notify parents of upcoming events, sometimes our little angels forget to inform their parents. Frankly, it works out for the best having everyone know everything. [Even if the boys don't always know that the parents know.]