As a former Cub Master, I agree. The leaders we had problems with were always the ones who skipped the training session. Training online is OK, but when you get to see and know other leaders in person, you adopt their attitude and behavior. Yes, this is a hobby or a past time, but it is also a job. Would you skip orientation for a new position at work? Would you skip college and expect to be competant as a lab chemist or dentist or something? Round tables and Pow Wows are important, too. When I directed Cub Scout Day Camp, the pack we had the biggest problem with was the one whose Cub Master didn't come to the Round Tables. Parents complained that they didn't know there were going to be guns at camp. All I could say was that I gave the information out at the Round Table, and one of their leaders should have been there to pick it up.