This person must have the following qualities, in order to be considered for the job.
2) The patience of Job to supervise the above group.
3) The wisdom of the World to answer all the questions posed to you about any subject in the world.
4) A Degree in child psychology, to handle all the problems this group of boys seem to create.
5) A degree in outdoor recreation to teach these boys everything they will need to know about the great outdoors and the associated skills.
6) Experince in accounting to help the troop treasurer in figuring out how the troop can afford new gear or this next outing.
7) Fundraising experience so you can afford to do the above things.
8) Public Relations experience to handle irate parents whose son just told them what really happened on the last outing or why he didn't pass his last Board of Review.
9) The ability to easily lie through you teeth as you recruit some assistant Scoutmasters or committee members to help you out with the above troop, saying it will only take an hour a week.
10) The ego to think that no one an do it as well as you have done it in the past.
11) The humbleness to realize that maybe somebody can.
12) An extra hour a week, in which to do all of the above.
1) Have the shoulders of Atlas, on which to carry the responsibility of a troop full of excited boys who don't know where they are going, what they are doing or how they will get there, but plan on having fun doing it, while their parents look on in horror at what they are doing to accomplish this feat.
This is from:
Rik Bergethon
Pueblo, CO