Who runs the Troop?
A. Every six months, the troop’s youth membership (not adults) elects a new Senior Patrol Leader. The SPL selects a First Assistant SPL to work with him for his six-month term. The SPL also selects a Head Quartermaster who will handle all of the troop’s equipment needs for six months. Our Leadership Corps, made up entirely of Eagle Scouts, selects their own chairman. These four scouts carry the traditional Scout Staves and are known in our troop as “The Stickmen.” They serve as the Scoutmaster’s Advisory Board and they run Troop 26. The Scoutmaster and an excellent group of dedicated and trained adult leaders support this group of young men in the decisions they make. When the Stickmen go out of office at the end of the six-month term, they automatically become part of the Stickman Society. Shown in the adjacent photo, there were twelve Stickmen, four current and eight former, attending this year’s Summer Camp at Hale Scout Reservation. That level of leadership support from Troop 26’s
