Additional Weekly Vacation Time for all Tenured BSA Employees and Staff 

Can you imagine would it would be like for all employed in BSA longer than 10 years to receive in appreciation for their time, service and committment, to be given one extra week for every ten years of service?

It would also be an incentive for those qualified, working towards staying in BSA 10 years or longer?

Currently for some, 10 years of service by an BSA employee or longer, receives 22 days (+1 floating holiday). Now, ten more years later, why not allow another one week of vacation for each additonal ten years of service?

The Plan: (Which covers weekends or work days)
10 years = 22 days +1 floating holiday
20 years = 29 days + 1 floating holiday
30 years = 36 days + 1 floating holiday
40 years = 43 days + 1 floating holiday

From a medical standpoint, is it true the longer we work, live and age, the more suseptible we may become for health conditions, iliness, sickness...etc?

Why not allow everyone the chance to relax, be refreshed, take a longer two- week type vacation, etc... and come back revitalized and invigorated?

This Plan would do exactly that. It could help BSA employees relieve their stress, spend quality time with family, or just get away from work and return recharged as more productive and energetic employees.

Compared to the accumulative number of sick days taken by all BSA employees, this PLAN may actually reduce the cost to the BSA overall? It would not cost national BSA in the long run, but actually make more efficient employees.

Think about it? Expecially in times of economic situations where salaries may be frozen and increases are becoming rare. Extra vacation time would be a true benefit and save thousands of dollars to BSA.

Note: From an administrative viewpoint, vacation time would still be subject to the approval of each supervisor and work schedule, whereas people are not taking off all during peak workloads or periods. That would remain constant.

Hope this makes sense? What do you think?

Centennial Uniform Shirt Fix 

One of my new uniform shirts now has "BOY SCOUTS of AME C " above the right pocket, and the M is looking like it will be the next one to fall off.

I understand I can get my shirt replaced -- but won't that be just moving the same problem farther ahead in the future? It also does not address the cost of having the patches which are on my shirt moved.

How about if the Supply Division would provide the same small swatch of cloth (with "BOY SCOUTS of AMERICA" embroidered on it) which is sewn onto the previous uniform shirts? It is still being produced, as that swatch is on the new poly/wool shirts just becoming available.

Surely it would be a lower cost to provide those swatches, than to replace an entire shirt. It would also prevent the time and perhaps cost of having the rest of the patches Scouts and Scouters have on their shirts to be removed and resewn.

Eliminate prizes, trinkets, give-aways at exhibits at Annual Meeting & Top Hands 

While nice, these are not necessary--I will go to the exhibits in order to get information with or without the give-aways and prizes. Please save the money this year and put to better use or just save the money.