December 31 2016

New Year’s Eve Random Patch Bowl Edition Plus More

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GO DAWGS!!

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted, but I’ve got three of them on the back burner that I should be publishing soon.  It’s been an exhausting December for me personally, so that’s cut into blog post time.  But here’s a quick one to round out 2016!

The other day I was thumbing through the latest and greatest patch catalog from Advantage Emblem, and I came across a timely patch for the most wonderful time of the year, aka bowl season.  I haven’t been able to watch much college football earlier this year, so I was very happy to see my beloved Georgia Bulldogs beat the Great Horny Toads of TCU along with some other great bowl games.  Continue reading

December 15 2016

Robert’s Rules

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This is a post that I wrote a few months back and for some reason never got around to publishing.  It’s appropriate now with the national convention coming up.  I hope it is also helpful for volunteers serving as delegates for their local councils.

So, here we are again with a topic that everybody just gets amped up about.  I’m so excited.  And I just can’t hide it.  I’m about to lose control and I think I like it.

I’m talking about Robert’s Rules of Order.  What is that?  Who is Robert?  And why is he so OCD?  This is another entry in the category Delegate Duties, a hopefully helpful guide to those of us who are council delegates and are doing our best to figure out what the heck we’re supposed to be doing.

You can find a more thorough explanation and more in-depth articles about Robert’s Rules on the Parliamentary Procedure Primer found on GirlScoutGovernance.com.
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