Team Leaders Expected to 'Face The Music' On Overuse of Organization Techniques

Teamwork or excessive organization? (see photos above) Camp organizers will decide. The Plaidiators (below, right) are among those being watched closely.

Tensions are expected to run high at the annual mid-season Team Leader meetings, scheduled for next week, as camp organizers try to bring "excessive organization" under control.

"We kind of have ourselves to blame," said Blaine Lam, who conducts the Team Leader reviews. "In our push to help get 500 people organized, we may have under-communicated the culture's values -- uh, that would be fun and flexibility."

Although Lam doesn't reveal what goes on behind doors with Team Leaders, word has spread that the Plaidiators will be coming under close scrutiny and, potentially, harsh rebuke.

"From what I can see," said a member of the team Farfromstopen, "they're a para-military organization, and the pressure to receive promotions is severe. They have three levels of sergeant -- staff sergeant, drill sergeant and sergeant-at-arms, and I've heard that they use 'Braveheart' as a training film."

Lam is downplaying the sanctions that may be issued to individual teams and Team Leaders, stressing instead the need for all campers to "stay loose."

"I don't want to come in some Saturday morning and find members of PF Flyers taking a pop quiz on anaerobic training techniques," he said.

Annual reviews are typically limited to issues like overuse of color in Team Leader emails, premature showing of spring fashions and car pooling.