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Steve Dunham

Steve Dunham
Member since : Feb-02-2009 (Verified)
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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.
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Steve Dunham 2 months ago
David,

Yes I do understand that the shirt can be replaced for free. That is a short-term fix. A new shirt will have it's letters falling off again in a few months.

Replacing my shirt for free also means resewing the six knots, world crest with 2010 ring around it, OA pocket flap, Region patch, Quality District patch, CSP, and my DE patch onto the new shirt.

I shudder at the thought of our Scout Shop staff asking our customers to do that once or twice a year, as they give away free replacement shirts not only to staff, but to all the Scouts and Scouters in our Council. Multiply that times 300+ Councils, and we're wasting a lot of time and money.

The glued on American Flag is also causing problems on some shirts. How many shirts wil be given away before we address thess issues with a long-term fix?
Steve Dunham 2 months ago
We've been doing this in the Mid-America Council since 2002. I absolutely agree.
Steve Dunham 9 months ago
This could be very helpful. We started this year conducting our Family FOS by Ward/Branch. Being able to organize the ScoutNET data by that grouping for reports would be very helpful. I don't want access to the Church's rosters - just better access to the rosters we already have within ScoutNET.

Please consider making info available by Stake as well. With Stakes overlapping Districts, that means a lot of extra work to gather meaningful reports for the Church by Stake for our LDS/BSA Relations committee.
Steve Dunham 9 months ago
We (Mid-America Council) had Weird Al as our main act for our 2000 Jubilee. He is certainly a huge favorite with the youth (and many adults), but those planning that event related that he and his group might have been a bit challenging to work with.

We had Lee Greenwood in 2003, and he was also a tremendous hit. He too wore a Scout Uniform -- but his was worn not as a costume, but as his registered Scouter shirt. I'm not a big country fan, yet thoroughly enjoyed his awesome show. Lee and his people were extremely easy to work with.