Yesterday on Facebook an announcement from the BSA rattled some people for sure.  There is a consulting group looking at what the BSA should look like coming out of the bankruptcy.  One of their recommendations (not policy yet) is to stop treating 18+ year old Venturers like they are youth and fold Sea Scouting into career Exploring.  As someone who has collected all the insignia and related stuff from the "Senior Scouting" programs of the BSA this feels like dejavous all over again. 

If you read the first few pages or Jim Clough's reference book on collecting Senior Scouting you can see what I mean.  Back in the 1930s the BSA was struggling with the question of how to keep older youth engaged.  The Senior Scouting program for 15+ year old's began in 1935 and has endured many changes with the times. I hope that Venturing and Sea Scouts can still find a place in the post-bankruptcy program.

• Gila Lodge 378 Pie Patch Texas New Mexico Yucca Council
• Tecumseh Lodge 65 OA Flap Set NOAC 2015 Simon Kenton
• Octoraro Lodge 22 OA Flap Set NOAC 2015 Chester County
• X CIEC 127 OA Auction Lodge 32 Puvunga 2015 Arrow Tour
• Ajapeu Lodge 2 OA flap set NOAC 2015 Washington Crossing
• Kittan Lodge 364 OA Flap Set NOAC 2015 Twin Rivers Council
• Amangamek-Wipit Lodge 470 OA flap set NOAC 2015 National

This week I converted all of my accounts over to eBay's new "managed payments" system.  Essentially eBay has finally decided to cut PayPal out of the loop and set up it's own internal payment processing system. If you are a buyer then you won't notice much that is different except maybe more options to pay when you buy something.  For sellers we are still nervously waiting to see what the change really looks like.

Tonight on ScoutPatchHQ I have the first of some Georgia collection items ending that were featured in an unboxing including the Bobfather flap. On Patchsniper I am running 175 auctions on SAPs - now getting to the end of boxes worth that I have to list and sell. On my Oapatch account I have 157 auctions on flaps and OA issues.

• Old Colony SA-50
• Mobile Area SA-15; 2009 Eagle
• Gulf Ridge SA-31; FOS James E. West
• OA Lodge 324 Ini-To P1 RED Bdr Flint River Griffin, GA
• OA Lodge #353 Immokalee Chehaw S4 flap; Brotherhood
• OA Lodge # 124 Neemat Merged 2002 S-3 Wht Bdr; 113mm
• 2017 National Scout Jamboree Greater Los Angeles Area 8pc.