Guiders' staff room - tea, wine, chat and optional dancing around the toadstool

[MadBadandDangerousToKnow]

Thought it might be nice to have a place to swap ideas and experiences. Shall we do introductions first?

My name's MadBad and I've been a Brownie guider for about 5 years.

Do you know the words to Princess Pat?

Hi, I've just found this thread, I'm a Guide Guider in Surrey.

Are you still working on the Royal Wedding badge, Scout? We had a hoot tonight - and more to follow next week!

Maud, my Senior girlies have finished it but now I'm doing it with our Guide girlies. So far so good!

Sorry, Woolleybear. I meant to say hi. Tell us your Guiding stories.

Hi everyone

Im a guider with a Brownie Pack. Our Brown Owl doesnt share anything with the rest of the team. We had five new Brownies start this week and she didnt introuduce them to us or the girls.
Am fed up with her not sharing anything. We (other Guiders) never know what is happening at meeting, yes we plan theme but thats is it.
Also the account are only seen by her. She never answers when asked how much is in account etc.
To be honest I would leave but my niece is in the pack and would be unsafe.
She once had 30 Brownies outside by a pond with 2 leaders.

Florence - That doesn't sound right. Do you have regular team meetings to plan your programme and generally share stuff? Do you feel able to speak to your district person about this?

Hiya Florence. I agree, you should try to get your District person (whether it be the DC or the level liason) involved because that just isn't right.

Calling all experienced Guiders (or former Guides who remember these things) -- HELP!

I'm doing my Senior Section camping test this summer and have been working on the daily schedule and have realized I don't know the proper way to do Colors/Prayer over here. I can do the US way in my sleep, and always want to slip into that so tend to not let my Unit Guider (for Guides) pass that part of camp to me.

Are there any GG publications that will walk me through British Colors/Prayers or can you walk me through what I'm meant to do?

Thanks!

Scout - As I said, I'm clueless about Guides in general and colours in particular, but my (cough) well-connected in Guiding circles friend tells me that if you contact Archives at CHQ they will find something for you in one of the old handbooks.

Thanks Maud, that's fabulous! And thanks for thinking of me and asking around.

You're welcome. I bumped into my friend by chance and took the opportunity to interrogate ask her a friendly question.

I'm going to ask some of my lifer friends as well when I see them but will email CHQ and maybe region.

Have I mentioned what our camp theme is?

No! Do tell .....

"Camp Makes Me Quackers" and we're doing the Duck Challenge from Wales that another Guider (on here) pointed me in the direction of. We're having a long weekend of ducks.

Duck challenge? Duck challenge? Do I know about the Duck Challenge?

Maud, it was mentioned here in April. But I will PM you with the details. It's another fun looking one and last night at our camp planning session the girls went through and picked their activities, laughing as they did.

Hi, I'm new :)

I'm a Guide Guider. Is anyone else on Guiders.co.uk, a forum for Guiding people?

No, Lizzie, but I think I should be. Yet again I need advice on how far I can/should go in addressing our feeble attendance at church parade. Does the site get much traffic?

I'm not either, Lizzie, but it sounds interesting and will have to check it out!

What's up, Maud?

Oh... and is anyone else struggling with all of these new forms/processes for camps/holidays/etc?

I had a look last night, and was raring to go, but then saw a huge long spiel about bullying which really put me off. So I haven't yet taken the plunge.

Oh, Scout, things are going from bad to worse. CP is the least of it, as of today.

::sobs a little::

Oh poor Maud do you want to have a rant-- and tell me about it?

That's really kind of you Scout, but it's just the same old same old, with a few new bits thrown in.

Hi, I'm an assistant Guide Guider, thought I'd better say! We are just planning for camp at the moment, does anyone know of any good sites for wide games? Thanks

I justs bought a wide games book from the CHQ shop.

help! I have just found this on advanced search. My teenage daughter has been helping at Rainbows for some time and decided to train as a leader. However in a year her mentor hasn't managed to see her. I think she's supposed to have some sort of book to record what she is doing, she hasn't got it. Can anyone tell me what is supposed to be happening?