Friday Meeting

Our Rangers Team Falling in for inspection during National Patrol Camp 2008. Notice our Unique Patrol Flag and our Troop Scarf !

Hello Gentlemen,

1) Former Cub Scouts please bring your uniform with national scarf for investiture ceremony.

The rest of the sec ones , those of you who had incomplete assessment of uniform inspection i.e missing badge or incorrect placing of badge, please bring your uniform again.

For those who have complete uniform inspection i.e. no errors or changes to make, you do not have to bring your uniform.

2) There will be a World Badge Test for all Sec Ones this Friday's meeting . Please study up your lecture notes.

3) I will issue out your consent form for the upcoming Induction Camp on this friday.

Regards

Dreamkeeper.

Wednesday 4/02 meeting

1) All Sec ones please bring your uniform for inspection. Keep it in a suit cover with your name written on the suit cover. For those of you with big pants, I will arrange for you to change it so please bring along your pants as well. There is no need to bring your shoes and socks.

2) We are having a world badge lecture for all sec ones regardless of whether you are a cub scout or non cub scout back in primary school. This means you will need to bring an exercise book for note taking to study for the lecture.

3) The world badge test will be conducted on Friday 6/02. This test is important for you to pass so that you can be properly invested to wear the uniform in the INDUCTION CAMP on February 13-15.

4) The first class hike is only for the sec 3's training for their Chief Commissioner's Award. It does not apply to the other levels.

See you tomorrow

Yours in scouting
Dreamkeeper

SCOUTING IS OUR WAY OF LIFE

Proper wear of your beret.

The picture above shows how to wear your beret. Notice the large fold over the right of the head and the beret badge exactly above the left eye.

Here is how your beret should look like when worn as illustrated by your SPL Martin Lim .

Here is some instructions on how to and how not to wear your beret. Please disregard the note below the Picture as those are meant for WOOL berets . The Scouts Beret is not made of wool.

Here is a picture of Venture scouts with their Maroon beret on.

How to season your beret.

1) Place your beret as shown in the picture below. Notice where the beret badge is placed on the beret from the previous post.
2)Fold the left side of the beret just a little as shown in the picture below.

3)Now fold the right side of the beret till the end touches the left end of the beret as shown below.

4) Place 2 or more clothes clips to keep the folds in place.

5) Finally iron the crease of the folds so that the beret takes its "seasoned" shape.

Having a seasoned beret is crucial to the proper decorum of our uniform. It shows the pride and discipline of the unit .

How to put on your beret badge

1) Make two small holes with a pen-knife from the inside of the beret as shown in the picture below. The holes should be as wide apart as the portruding pins of the back of the beret badge.



2) Insert the pins through the hole and fix the metal twizzer that comes with the beret badge as shown below.

I will be posting on how to season your beret and methods of wear for beret soon.

More updates on sec 1 uniform

Our Troop was awarded the Silver Award for the Frank Cooper Sands Unit Competition in 2007. As such Oneida Scouts are allowed to wear the silver embroidered FCSA badge on their uniform.

The badge will be given to the Sec 1 scouts on Wednesday Meeting. Here are the instructions on where to sew the badge.

As according to the picture above the Frank Cooper Sands Badge needs to be sewn above the LEFT pocket. Leave a space of at least two finges above the pocket for your bumblebee and your squirrel badge for the later parts of the year.