Welcome to SR-866

Welcome! I am so pleased that you are attending Wood Badge SR-866. We have a great program for you and a great staff to present it. I promise you will have fun and learn a lot in the process.

Leadership is the name of the game in Wood Badge for the 21st Century. Since we are teaching leadership, the course is open to Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Venture, and Varsity leaders. Sharing experiences among leaders from each of these groups will enhance our Wood Badge experience.

The course content is built upon five themes:

(1) Living the Values

(2) Bringing the Vision to Life.

(3) Models for Success

(4) Tools of the Trade.

(5) Leading to Make a Difference.

The course places participants in a group or team for the entire program. You will see first-hand how a group progresses through a series of stages to become a high performance team. You can use this knowledge

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The First Wood Badge 2

From the SPL 2

Patrol Positions 3

Meet the Staff 4

Match The Totem to Staff 7

Cub Scout Oath and Promise 8

Boy Scout Oath and Law 8

Schedule 8

Inside This Issue

Trivia Question 8

Creating a Totem 7

The Kudo Horn in Scouting

“As a colonel in southern Africa during 1896, Baden-Powell commanded a flying column in the Matabele Campaign. It was on a raid down the Shangani River that he first heard the kudu horn. He had been puzzled by the speed with which alarms were spread amongst the Matabeles, until one day he realized that they were using a war horn of great carrying power. A code was used. As soon as the enemy was sighted, the alarm was sounded on the kudu -- taken up right and left -- and, thus, carried many miles in a very short space of time.” “When he assembled the first Scouts at Brownsea, Baden-Powell remembered the kudu horn he had brought back with him from the Matabele Wars, and used it to add a touch of adventure and fun to the camp.”

“After Brownsea Island the kudu horn was returned to B-P’s home and was silent for 12 years, while the movement it had announced was fashioned and spread throughout the world. Then, in 1919, Baden-Powell entrusted the horn to Gilwell Park for use in the first scoutmaster training courses.”

Adapted from John Thurman, The Gilwell Book, British Boy Scout Association

“Nothing worthwhile was ever accomplished without the will to start, the enthusiasm to continue, and regardless of temporary obstacles, the persistence to complete.”

Waite Phillips

The First Wood Badge On the morning of September 8, 1919, nineteen men

dressed in short pants and knee socks, their shirt-sleeves rolled up, assembled by patrols for the first Scoutmasters’ training camp held at Gilwell Park in Epping Forest, outside London, England. The camp was designed and guided by Sir Robert Baden-Powell, a 61 year-old retired general of the British Army and the founder of the World Scouting Movement.

When they had finished their training together, Baden-Powell gave each man a simple wooden bead from a necklace he had found in a Zulu chieftain’s deserted hut when on campaign in South Africa in 1888. The Scoutmasters’ training course was a great success and continued to be held year-after-year. At the end of each course the wooden beads were used to recognize the completion of training. When the original beads ran out, new ones

were whittled to maintain the tradition established by Baden-Powell. Because of these beads, the course came to be known as the Wood Badge Course. It continues to this day in

England and around the world as the advanced training course for leaders in Scouting.

At the time of the first course, Baden-Powell presented a Kudu Horn he captured during the Matabele War of 1896 to Gilwell Park. Its deep booming sound (when played with skill and no small amount of courage) would summon course members to assemblies and activities and was used in courses there for many years

Baden-Powell would use this same horn to open the 3rd World Jamboree held at Arrowe Park, Birkenhead, England in 1929. The Jamboree was known as the “Coming of Age” Jamboree as it celebrated 21 years since the foundation of the Scouting Movement. A Kudu Horn is used by many advanced leadership courses in Scouting down to the current day.

Baden-Powell (center) and the first Wood Badge participants

and the tools of leadership to become more effective in your scouting job as well as your work job and in your personal life.

Another great benefit of the course is the people that you will meet and befriend. These contacts and friendships will serve as a source of support to you in your daily efforts both in and out of scouting.

Again, welcome to SR-866. I hope you enjoy the course as much as the staff enjoys bringing the course to you.

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Some time ago, a young boy joined two organizations. He grew to become an adult, and one of those organizations continues to have him as a member. When asked why he stayed with the one organization, he responded that when he joined he was made to feel welcome and important. His opinions seemed to count and he leaned while having fun. He liked being part of a group that seemed to always give him something to look forward to. Will the youth in our units say the same several years from now?

For a patrol to succeed as a team, each of it’s members must... • Fully Participate in the Wood Badge course and achieve all he or she can.

• Practice using the team development skills introduced during Wood Badge presentations.

• Help his or her patrol fulfill assignments, including the development and presentation of the patrol project.

• Set a good example by living up to the Scout Oath and Law.

Roles and Responsibilities

The Patrol Leader • Take a leading role in

planning and conducting patrol meetings and activities.

• Encourage patrol members to fully participate in the Wood Badge Course and achieve all they can.

• Represent the patrol as a member of the patrol leader’s council (PLC)

• Set a good example by living up to the Scout Oath and Law.

• Practice using the leadership and team skills being presented during Wood Badge presentations.

• Ensure that daily patrol self-assessments are carried out in a timely, effective manner.

• Provide patrol members with all the resources and information they need to succeed.

• Empower the patrol to become a high-performance team.

Assistant Patrol Leader • Assume the

responsibilities of the Patrol Leader whenever the Patrol Leader is unable to do so.

• Encourage patrol members to fully participate in the Wood Badge course and to achieve all they can.

• Assist the patrol leader in empowering the patrol to become a high-performance team.

• Set a good example by living up to the Scout Oath and Law.

Patrol Scribe • Provide interesting and

timely articles about the patrol to the Troop Scribe, who publishes the Gilwell Gazette. The entire patrol may provide material (text, photo’s, etc.) to the patrol scribe. Articles should be submitted to the Gilwell Gazette office no later than 7 pm for the next day’s issue.

• Set a good example by living up to the Scout Oath and Law.

Patrol Chaplain Aide Coordinates with the Troop Chaplain and other patrol Chaplain Aides to...

• Learn about resources that are available and make that information available to the rest of the patrol.

• Develop and help present the participant’s Interfaith Worship Service on Day 6.

• Ensure that mealtime graces are observed at patrol meals.

• Set a good example by living up to the Scout Oath and Law.

• (The Chaplain Aide serves for the entire course and may not serve as Patrol Leader on Day 2 or Day 6.)

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Kim has been a instrumental force in Bay Area Council for 10 years. Since becoming a Den Leader for her son in 1997, she has served as the local units as Cubmaster (1999-2002), Pack Committee (2002-2004), and Troop Committee Secretary (2002-present). At the District level she has been a Roundtable Commissioner (199902003), Twilight Camp Program Director(1999,2000,2001,2003), District Training Team (1999-2003), District Commissioner (2003), and Unit Commissioner (2003-present). At the Council level, she has served as Council Commissioner (2004-2007), Wood Badge Staff (2001, 2003, 2005), Pow Wow Key Staff (1999-2002), University of Scouting Staff (2000-2005), Council Training Chair (2000-2002), Executive Board (2000-present), Silver Beaver Committee Chair (2005) and is currently the Vice President of Administration. She has also served at the Regional level as SR Area 2 Race to Scouting Chair (2005, 2006, 2007) and attended SR-CS-13 as a participant. But that is not all, she has also been a guiding force at the National Level for 8 years. She was a Themes Task Force Member (1999-2004) and the Themes Task Force Chair in 2005, 2006 and 2007. She has also been on the National Cub Scout Committee for the past three years, a member of the Philmont Staff Association since 2003, a member of Philmont Training Center Faculty in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007. At the 2005 Jamboree, she served as the Asst. Chief of the PAD. Kim has been honored as a James E West Fellow, Silver Beaver, District Family of the Year, and the District Award of Merit.

Kim Barker Course Director / Scoutmaster Bay Area Council VP of Administration

Jeff Seely Senior Patrol Leader (SPL) Asst OA Lodge Advisor Troop 431—Committee Chair

I have been in Scouting almost my whole life since becoming a Cub Scout at eight years old. Cub Scouting was fun with many good leaders where I earned my Arrow of Light in Ogden, UT. As a Scout in Troop 240 of Bonneville Area Council I earned my Eagle Scout at the age of 14 with my two best friends. Then my family moved to Blythe, California to the Desert Trails Council where Eagles were rare. I staffed at summer camp at Camp Tulakes near Big Bear in California. That was a great summer. Then I attended the Western Area Ex-plorer conference at the age of 16. While in college I married Janice Marchant and after we both graduated we moved to Friendswood, TX. We have seven (yes, 7) children; a boy, 3 girls and then 3 more boys. So far, 2 Eagle Scout sons, one missed and one more to go and almost done. The eldest son and our 3 daughters are all married and we have 6 grand-children and soon to be seven. Since living in Friendswood for over 25 years, I have been Scoutmaster twice, Cubmaster, Troop Committee Chairman, old Mustang District Commissioner, Philmont crew advisor. Currently, I am the Scouting Committee Chairman for Troop, Team and Crew 431 and the Associate Lodge Advisor for Wihinipa Hinsa Lodge of the Order of the Arrow. I have also earned my religious Scouting awards as a youth and adult and I have been awarded the District Award of Merit and the Silver Beaver in Bay Area Council. My first Wood Badge course was SC-267 (South Central area way back then) back in 1984 as an Owl. Then I was on the last Wood Badge staff of SR-795 as a Troop Guide for the Owl patrol. Scouting is great and we still live and believe the same values of Scouting.

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Dona Hokanson Troop Guide Northern Star, Friendswood District Training Chair Ship 468: SEAL Instructor

Dona has been a Tiger Cub Mom, a Webelos Leader, and an Assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 442. She has served as the Advancement Chair for Challenger District, Quartermaster for JLTC, Archery Instructor at Summer Camp at Karankawa, Camp Director for Summer Camp at Karankawa, Assistant Advisor for Venture Crew, 442 Wood Badge Staff - Instructor and Assistant Scoutmaster for Training, Training Chair for Bay Area Council Training, Chair for Northern Star District, Mate for Ship 468, and SEAL (Sea Scout Advanced Leadership Training) Instructor

A third generation Scouter, Boots traded in the Green Girl Scout Uniform for the Tan, in order to continue family tradition with the fourth generation of Scouters. Central Florida Council, obtained a volunteer as a multi position leader, served as Den Leaders, Committee Chair, Pack Trainer, Crew Asst. Advisor, District Cub Scout Co-chair Training Chairman and Council Training Staff. Also serving District and Council as Program Director of Day Camps, Cub-o-Rees, University of Scouting, & Wood Badge. Not to mention earning the nickname “Boots”, after wearing a pair of pink boots for a joke one-day. Bay Area Council found themselves with one diverse transfer leader that kept a Scout promise to carry on the nickname and pink boots. Serving in multi-position roles continued. Den Leaders, Pack Trainer, Committee Member, Crew Advisor, Coastal District Training Chair, Program and Camp Director for Day Camps, District and Council event staff. Currently, the Council Training Chairman with a twist, as a Council employee! She has served as Staff on 5 Wood Badge Courses. Last year, Boots was awarded the District Award of Merit.

Lisa "Boots" Stegman ASM - Troop Guides Coastal District, League City Bay Area Council Training Chair Pack 554 - Webelos Leader

Doug Burdett Scribe Coastal District, League City Troop 615—Scoutmaster

Doug was a Cub Scout as a youth and achieved the Arrow of Light. There was not an active troop in the area so was the end of scouts for him until his son was a Tiger. Doug has been involved with scouts for over 6 years as a Tiger, Wolf, Bear, and Webelos Leader as well as a Cubmaster for Pack 615. All through his time in Cub Scouts, he served as Rangemaster for Twilight Camp and Cub-O-Rees. He organized the first Scouter Success Seminar for BAC. He has also served as a Unit Commissioner before becoming Scoutmaster for Troop 615. Doug attended Wood Badge SR-626 in the beaver patrol and served as an instructor for SR-795. He has attended courses at the Philmont Training Center twice.He has been honored with Coastal District Cubmaster of the Year and the District Award of Merit.

Andy Tirpak Assistant Scribe Coastal District, League City Pack 120—Webelos Leader

Andy has been been active in Cub Scouts as a Co-Tiger Den Leader, Den Leader for Wolf and Bear, Webelos Den Leader and Assistant Cubmaster for Pack 120 in Galveston. He has been an active member of the BAC training team for two years. He has served on BAC Summer Camp staff for one year. In 2007, he was named Dear Den Leader of the Year for the Coastal District. He was a member of the Fox patrol in SR-795.

Danny began his career as a Cub Scout and continued on into Boy Scouts and achieved the rank of Life Scout and completed a 10 day trek at Philmont. Twenty-one years later he became a leader when his some joined Pack 120 and has been a Den Leader at every rank, Cubmaster, Pack Committee Member, As-sistant Scoutmaster, and Scoutmaster. He has also been ex-tremely active at the District and Council Level by holding vari-ous positions including District Membership Chair, District Activi-ties Chair, District Program Chair, District Interim Chair, Council Activities Chair, Cub-O-Ree Chair Summer Camp Staff, Winter Camp Staff, 80th Anniversary Facilities Chair, TDC Chair, Univer-sity of Scouting Staff. He has also achieved Order of the Arrow Vigil Honor. He attended Wood Badge Course SR-264 at Phil-mont and has staffed SR-495, SR-626 and SR-795. He has been a trainer at all levels of scouting for many years. He is also the proud father of an Eagle Scout.

Danny Carson ASM—Program Coastal District, Galves-ton

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Dave Wiegand Troop Guide Cradle of Texas, Lake Jackson Troop 328 - Scoutmaster

Been involved in Scouting for about 8 years. Started helping out in Pack 310 at Bess Brannen Elementary. From there moved on to Troop 328 at Chapelwood Methodist Church in Lake Jackson as an Assistant Scoutmaster. Almost immediately moved to Troop Advancement Chairperson. After a short stint in that position moved to Scoutmaster at the beginning of 2006. Spent 2 weeks at Philmont this summer with Dave Barker and his best friend Burrito. I'm a Fox from class SR-795. Originally from Cleveland,

Jeane has been active in all levels of Scouting from being a Tiger, Wolf, Bear, Webelos Leader for two sons, Cubmaster for Pack 324 and Committee Member for Troop 324. She has served as Pro-gram Director for 2 years at Cub Scout Day Camp, staff at numer-ous Pow Wows, instructor at National Day Camp School, instructor at Train the Trainer seminars and served on the COT district train-ing team. She has been the Asst Director and the Chancellor of the University of Scouting. She attended Cub Scout Wood Badge SRCS 10 in Salem, Miss., and staffed at the Cub Scout Wood Badge SRCS 14 in Gastonia NC. She has been on staff on all of BAC's Wood Badge courses for the 21st Century. Jeane has served on staff at Jamboree 202. In the summer of 2003, she went on a Philmont Trek with her son. Both sons are Eagle Scouts. She has received numerous awards including the District Award of Merit and the Silver Beaver Award. She is the past Council Activities Chair and currently the Vice President of Mem-bership for BAC.

Jeane Weller Troop Guide Cradle of Texas, Lake Jackson Bay Area Council VP of Membership

Clyde Holt Troop Guide Northern Star, League City B.S. Roundtable Commissioner Troop 435 - Committee Chair

Tom has been a Tiger Den Leader, Assistant Cubmaster, Cub-master, Den Leader, Webelos Leader and Pack Trainer. He has been the Webelos Asst. Program Director (1 year) and Director (2 years) for Twilight Camp. He attended the prior BAC Wood Badge course (SR-795) and was a member of the Bobwhite Pa-trol. At the district level, Tom is serving as the Coastal District Training Chair.

Tom Franko Troop Guide Coastal District, Santa Fe District Training Chair Pack 203 - Webelos Leader

Roger Boyer Troop Guide Coastal District, League City District Commissioner Troop 600 - ASM

Roger is currently an Assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 609, the Coastal District Commissioner, and Pack 76’s Committee Chair and Charter Organization Representa-tive. He has previously served as Assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 1133, District Commissioner, Unit Commis-sioner, and Boy Scout Roundtable Commissioner in the Eagle Trail District of the Sam Houston Area Council (SHAC). He has also served as Pack 609’s Cubmaster, Assistant Cubmaster, and Webelos Den Leader. For Coastal District, he has served as the Twilight Camp Di-rector for four years, worked on staff for two additional Twilight Camps and served as a merit badge counselor for Fall Camp. SHAC honored him with the District Award of Merit in 2001, the Commissioner Arrowhead Award in 2002, the Commissioner Key Award in 2003, and the Distinguished Commissioner Award in 2005. He attended BAC’s first 21st Century Wood Badge Course (SR-495) in 2003. As a youth, Roger Boyer become an Eagle Scout in 1973 and earned the Silver Palm, while serving various leader-ship positions in the troop including Senior Patrol Leader. He earned the Lutheran God and Country Award (Pro Deo et Patria) in 1972. He was elected into the Or-der of the Arrow in 1970, became Brotherhood in 1971, and served several Chapter level positions, including Chapter Chief in 1974. In 1974, he completed a trek at the Philmont Scout Ranch and was elected Boy Scout of the Year for the State of Missouri by the American Le-gion. In 1975, he organized a new Explorer Post (Post 256) that emphasized camping and canoeing and served as the Post President for its first two years. In parallel, he served as the first Junior Assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 161 until age 18. He put his scouting on hold while attending college at the University of Missouri at Rolla and for a few years there after.

Look for more staff in tomorrow’s issue.

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_____ David Barker

_____ Kim Barker

_____ Doug Burdett

_____ Danny Carson

_____ Tom Franko

_____ Jimmy Geesing

_____ Dona Hokanson

_____ Clyde Holt

_____ Moe Kluksdahl

_____ Jeff Seely

_____ Lisa Stegman

_____ Andy Tirpak

_____ Jeane Weller

_____ Dave Wiegand

_____ Dewayne Woodruff

Creating a totem is a method by which members of a Wood Badge patrol can have a distinguishing symbol for themselves and their patrol. The totem becomes a life long identifying characteristic of the patrol that all members can use as a reminder of their time at Wood Badge Troop 1. A totem is unique to a particular patrol. It is unlike any other totem, even those for patrols with the same name. For example, not all Beaver totems are the same, but they all have symbols that reference a Beaver while differing in design. The totem is to be one that all members of the patrol can easily reproduce on their own from memory. It should not require any special artistic talent or equipment.

Simplicity and creativity in design are important elements to keep in mind when designing a totem. The totem design usually incorporates the Wood Badge course number, and represents the patrol animal or bird. Some totems also include a part that is unique to each individual patrol member. The totem for your patrol should be presented to your Troop Guide for review and guidance. When the practical phase of your Wood Badge training is completed, the totem will be with you for the remainder of your Scouting career. It is not something that is changed or modified after the course. Your fellow patrol members will expect you to maintain the totem your created as a patrol in its original form.

The first patrol to bring the Scribe the correct answers will get a prize for their flag!

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Hint: 1 Totem is used twice.

Boy Scout Oath On my honor I will do my best To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; To help other people at all times; To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.

Scout Law A Scout is… Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent.

Cub Scout Promise I, (name), promise to do my best To do my duty to God and my country, To help other people, and To obey the Law of the Pack.

Law of the Pack The Cub Scout follows Akela. The Cub Scout helps the pack go. The pack helps the Cub Scout grow. The Cub Scout gives goodwill.

What US City has a beaver in it’s seal? Submit your guess to the Troop 1 Scribe.

WHAT WHERE

Participant Check-In Leaders Lodge

Orientation Dining Hall

Troop Assembly Gilwell Field

Course Overview by Course Director Dining Hall

Patrol Presentation — Listening To Learn Patrol Sites

Opening Luncheon Dinning Hall

Break

Troop Meeting Dining Hall

Break

Patrol Leaders Council (PLC) Dining Hall

Troop Instruction — Values, Mission, and Vision Leaders Lodge

Patrol Meetings Patrol Sites

Dinner Dining Hall

Patrol Activity — Who Me Game Dining Hall

Troop Activity — Instructional Campfire

Troop Activity — Cracker Barrel Leaders Lodge

TODAY’S SCHEDULE

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