Feeling Welcome
Oct. 15th, 2009 07:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
csberryI'm amazed that Calvin and I managed to visit two different Cub Scout packs in the past month and no one from the pack said a word of welcome to either of us. We both participated in the activities at the pack meetings, but no one said "hello" or asked if we were visiting. I don't want to be attacked by bunches of folks. What I would like is one adult leader to at least walk over, say "hello," and let me know I can ask them any questions I have. That is the LEAST I would expect...but two packs couldn't even achieve that minimal hope for welcoming a guest and potential new member.
We will be visiting a third pack tomorrow. When I initially called the Cubmaster for this pack at home, he told me the pack's next activity was three weeks away but if I would email him, he'd pass that info along to some den leaders in the pack and one of them would contact me about going to a den event. I sent the email the following morning. No reply. A week later, I sent a second email. No reply. Knowing the pack campfire that was 3 weeks out at one point was coming up this Friday, I used the contact form on the pack's website on Monday to inquire about the location of the campfire. Tuesday, I got a quick reply from the Cubmaster. Then last evening, I couldn't get to my phone to catch a call. I waited a minute and checked the voicemail. It was the Cubmaster. He told me he was cleaning out the Junk folder in Outlook when he saw the two emails I had sent. He went on for another 2 1/2 minutes on my voicemail about how sorry he was that he hadn't been in touch. He followed that up by sending replies back to those emails. I was actually in the middle of replying back to his emails this morning when he called the house. While Calvin and I were completely ignored at the other two pack meetings, I am very confident that will not be the case when we show up at the campfire tomorrow evening.
We will be visiting a third pack tomorrow. When I initially called the Cubmaster for this pack at home, he told me the pack's next activity was three weeks away but if I would email him, he'd pass that info along to some den leaders in the pack and one of them would contact me about going to a den event. I sent the email the following morning. No reply. A week later, I sent a second email. No reply. Knowing the pack campfire that was 3 weeks out at one point was coming up this Friday, I used the contact form on the pack's website on Monday to inquire about the location of the campfire. Tuesday, I got a quick reply from the Cubmaster. Then last evening, I couldn't get to my phone to catch a call. I waited a minute and checked the voicemail. It was the Cubmaster. He told me he was cleaning out the Junk folder in Outlook when he saw the two emails I had sent. He went on for another 2 1/2 minutes on my voicemail about how sorry he was that he hadn't been in touch. He followed that up by sending replies back to those emails. I was actually in the middle of replying back to his emails this morning when he called the house. While Calvin and I were completely ignored at the other two pack meetings, I am very confident that will not be the case when we show up at the campfire tomorrow evening.
