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@swilliams, you’re in for a wild ride. Since you mentioned cross-country, look up your local orienteering club and see if your troop can find time to attend their events. Lots of American youth have the discipline for running or for navigation, but few have both. You might be the person to change that. -
Tonight's the night... Also my first meeting as SM instead of Advancement Chair or Committee member. Deep breath, and ready for the plunge. -
By InquisitiveScouter · Posted
If you have any old membership cards, that would help. Or, just fill out the application from memory. For those at the 25 year mark or over, they'll get sent to national for checking their records (hence the history questions on the form) If you do have any old records, you could scan and attach with the form, but I do not know if they'll be used. Also, call your registrar to ask for advice. When I finally got around to this task, our registrar told me this: File for the 20-year award first. (This one will have your first joining date as a youth, through the next 20 years, so ending about 5 to 10 years ago, depending on your longevity...) Since this one is only done at the local level, the registrar is the validator. Once the 20-year award is established in your record, then file for your current level, as they will go to national. This gives the folks at national less checking to do (on your first 20 years of status), and, perhaps, makes it more likely they'll process them quickly due to the reduced effort. Do not file multiples.... a 25-year and then a 30-year, etc. Just file for the highest one (over the 20 you did with council) that you qualify for. Again, check with your registrar for best advice. Then, set a reminder on your calendar for filing for your next one. (I'm hitting 40-year veteran status in Jan 2027. 😱) Happy Hunting! -
I've looked online at how to get someone set up as a Lone Scout, and will call our Council for further info, but had a couple questions for anyone who may have had a scout in a similar situation as what we have. This scout was part of our Troop last year, but moved back to Ecuador. He will be returning/visiting from time to time and wants to be involved with the Troop as much as possible. He's one of our older scouts and has always been a great help. He easily has one of the best attitudes and most positive outlooks I've seen in a young man. Looking for suggestions as to what we can have him do, and whether he can have any type of POR with the Troop. He's currently in the States, and will be here until Feb. 18th, if that matters. The scouts are reorganizing their Patrols tonight. My thought is that it can't hurt to let him join a Patrol, even though he isn't formally a member of our Troop anymore. There's not a lot of information I've found so far about what goes for this kind of situation.
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