Welcome to Day Two

Volume 1 Issue 2 Gilwell Gazette Saturday, October 26, 2002 2002 Southern Region Wood Badge Course Directors Conference

Welcome to Day Two

Saturday’s Schedule 3:20 PM --- Handout and retrieve evaluation sheets Saturday, October 26, 2002 – Day 2 4:00 PM --- Dismiss 7:30 AM – Breakfast 8:00 AM – Nice to see / have Wood Badge Staff CDROM Quick 8:30 AM – Budgeting and costs Use 8:45 AM – Reports and Transmittals 9:00 AM – Breakouts (Take 2 sessions The quickest way to use the CDROM at 35 minutes each) is by making sure that you have  Wood Badge Database – South Adobe Reader 5.0 or greater installed Conference on your computer. If you do not have  Course Meals / Cook Support it already loaded, there is a copy of it Team - Cabin Three on the CDROM in the “Software”  Detailed Course Planning – directory. To install the reader, North Conference double-click on the appropriate install  Gilwell Gazette – Cabin Four file.  PowerPoint for Wood Badgers –  PC - Adobe Reader 5.05 Cabin One  MAC – Acrobat Reader  Course Walk-Through – Dining Installer Hall 10:30 AM – Break 10:45 AM – Win All You Can Important Notice 11:30 AM – Break for Lunch In order to follow the intellectual 11:45 AM – LUNCH property contract with the Blanchard 1:00 PM --- Tickets Organization, course staffs and others 2:15 PM --- Presentation Media shall not: 2:30 PM --- Wrap up session  Reproduce in any manner pages 3:00 PM --- Questions 112 – 113 and pages 195 – 201

of 2 of the Wood Badge for the 21st In 1949, Sir Percy presented his six-bead Century Staff Syllabus. necklace back to Gilwell to be worn as the badge of office of the Camp Chief, i.e. the person on the Gilwell staff responsible for Leader Training. John The History of Wood Badge Thurman, then the Camp Chief, wore the (continued) necklace until his retirement in 1969. Today, it is worn by Stephen Peck, When foreign Director of Program and Development. countries established Wood Badge training after the pattern Fast Facts: set by Gilwell, the 1. The intellectual property fee is person in charge $15 and is required to be paid by of originating the everyone except "non-staff" course was people, such as kitchen crew, designated a youth staff, visiting guest Gilwell Deputy instructors, etc.), payable EACH Camp Chief, representing Gilwell Park TIME they attend the course. in his own country. According to a 2. A purchased or rented copy of tradition supposedly established by the videos used on the course Baden-Powell, that person could wear 5 must be on site (Mr. Holland's beads. Most of these 5th beads were Opus, October Sky, and presented in the 1920s and 1930s, but Remember the Titans.) what happened to them and who wore 3. Scoutmasters, Assistant them is not known. Scoutmasters, Varsity Scout Leaders are the ONLY leaders Baden-Powell himself wore six beads. that are required to take However, B-P did also award a set of six Introduction to Outdoor Skills. beads to Sir Percy Everett. Sir Percy had (Every leader is required to been a friend of B-P since the original complete Basic Leader Training camp on Brownsea Island on 1907 and and Position Specific Training.) he became the Commissioner for 4. "Strengths in Service for God Training and eventually the Deputy and Country" is a wonderful Chief Scout. resource for the Scout's Own Service! B-P wished to acknowledge the tremendous debt he owed to Sir Percy and so presented him with a six-beaded Have a safe trip home! necklace. Yours in Scouting, 2002 Atlanta CDDC Staff