As I've mentioned previously (here and here) I recently attended both Wood Badge and University of Scouting.  I went to University of Scouting for the first time last December.  It was at that time that I took the Varsity Leader Specific Training and "earned" my Bachelor's degree there.  They encouraged us to sign up for Wood Badge, which I did the following day. I attended Wood Badge in May of this year and loved it.  I've been working on my five tickets for the last 6 months or so and am making steady progress.  I hope to have all of them completed in the next 5-6 months. I also attended University of Scouting again yesterday.  It was my "Masters" degree year, or in other words I had attended classes for two years.  Part of the Masters year is to come up with three additional items (much like Wood Badge tickets) to work on over the year.  Then next year when they're all completed and you attend classes again you earn your "Doctorate". So now I'm essentially working on 8 ticket items that all need to be completed by around the same time (November 19th for Wood Badge tickets and the first Saturday in December for my University of Scouting tickets). If all goes well I won't be frantically trying to complete all 8 items at the same time, but they will all keep me busy over the next year. It's a lot to do, but it's all very needed.  Here's what I'm working on. Wood Badge: 1) Teacher's Duty to God requirements.  I'm about 70% done with the requirements, but still have quite a bit to do. 2) Diversity Activity.  I'm working on putting together an activity that will help the Varsity young men to understand Diversity a bit more. 3) Roundtable Attendance and Assistance.  I'm attending the District's monthly roundtable meetings and am assisting as much as I can there.  I had actually set the requirement for myself to be there 8 out of 12 times, since June.  I've been there each month, which means that I only have a couple more months to go.  I also am assisting during the monthly meeting and during one of the semi-annual Leader Specific trainings which was held in September. 4) Conduct the Team's Annual Planning Conference.  I'm currently in the process of putting together the Annual Planning Conference which will be held within the next couple of weeks. 5) 360° Evaluation.  The requirement is to put together a 360° evaluation that you then have the participants in one of your other Ticket Items complete and return to your Troop Guide.  I'm working on putting together the evaluation now and will present that for completion at the Annual Planning Conference in a couple of weeks. University of Scouting: University project: I'm volunteering to do what I can to recruit others, specifically in my home unit, to attend University of Scouting next year and have volunteered to assist in anyway possible for the event next year. District/Council project: I'm volunteering to assist with the April Varsity Leader Specific Training for the District and I'm volunteering to help with the Council Jamboral in September 2008. Personal/Unit project: I'll be working on getting the team organized and functioning more smoothly and to be holding the Team Leaders Meeting on a regular basis. So there you have it, my Scouting goals/tickets/projects that I'll be working on for the next year or so.