I see this happen far too much. It is much better to explain your rationale for taking a particular course of action and respond to any valid challenges.
That’s why anyone happening to mention to me ‘oh, we were told Region said this’ in my particular area of responsibility will quite quickly be met with a response of ‘nonsense, that’s someone making up a local rule’. If it is something Region has put in place, I’ll explain the rationale.
So are you saying your ARC suspended people or your wing did but blamed your region?
Wing did the suspending… as directed by the RC
OK, I don’t understand then. I’m saying that my wing are telling me region have said all F2F activities must go through our WeXO. Neighbouring wings are not doing this, so either my wing is making it up or neighbouring wings are not doing what is asked of them. So far 2 other wings are not following the same directive as mine, which leads me to believe mine has misunderstood it (rather than 2 other separate wings disobeying their superiors at the same time).
I know that we have been told that sports nights on squadron now need an SMS for wing and regional approval, and first aid, but not other activities.
I recall from the original Return to Activity guide that the RC had to view & approve all RAs so that they were comfortable with the CV19 measures being put in place, however once the RA was approved it was a case of submitting activity as we would normally following ACTO 10 requirements.
It’s cases like this where we can really improve our transparency and these messages should be sent by the RC to all and then enforced by WHQs etc, rather then it being a case of he said / she said.
Ah the old “Rule of 36”, (when we had 36 Wings), of everyone doing almost what was written, but 36 different ways of it… Or completely doing what they wanted anyway…
I dare someone to create a Sqn crest with this motto and submit it for approval…
With Windows 95 background
I’d do it, but I’m busy making the Blue, Bronze and Silver Teams Participation badges. There is no Gold at the moment, that will be released when Windows 11 comes out.
I’ll get my Wing on it. We seem to specialise in awful squadron badges 
I still feel bad about that xp one…
National Youth Agency - Step 2 Update
Scheduled for 8 Apr 2021, 13:00
Obviously our RAFAC guidance might not change shrug
Playing catch-up but I see the Under18/Over18 spilt has returned 
On the plus size the under 18 bubble limit has gone.
Just catching up on the webinar and very much enjoyed the “hope I haven’t confused people” line when he was trying to explain who is actually classed as an 18 year-old…
Just read the key part of the NYA document.
I’d love to know the reasoning behind the date of 18th birthday being backdated to August 2020 for affect now. I can see the adult / minor legal differences surrounding 18 year old, but struggle to see why we have to treat differently in our setting, but hey ho.
Probably to align with school years?
Ah fair one, hadn’t thought of that!
For the NYA.
Or us…?
I missed all this. Life got in the way.
Can we parade 50 under 18s now?
Guess we are still stuffed by 2m spacing rules?
But in Scotland, pupils won’t have to maintain 2m physical distancing at all in schools from next week (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-56649985) - does that also apply to youth groups?