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Just received a neckerchief for our latest Eagle. We get the nice embroidered one as a gift to the Scout. They used to be made in USA, but this one is made in China. Same price, though.

Here are the charges... http://files.kfvs.com/news/Tomlison_sex_charges.PDF

>>Either way, unless you know different, he has met the requirements. If he passes the EBOR he gets the diploma. I always wish them luck.

Hey, Kenk, congrats to your son. What would you do if you had a Life Scout that did not attend a meeting or camping trip for 2 years show up with 21 merit badges signed off and a completed Eagle project? The Scout in question doesn't know the names of any Scout that joined withing the last two years. None of those Scouts know who the "Eagle candidate" is. The Life PoR was a patch wearing deal but not worn any where near other Scouts even though he was nominally PL. He's been credited with the PoR time. Has he met the minimum? BTW, so this doesn't go off on a different tangent, the SM has been replaced. The Life Scout has two years before he ages out. Mom, pop and Scout are pushing for the EBoR so Scout can stop the pretense of being interested in Scouting at all. Once he's done we'll never see him again.

I think it's great, but it should be called the "I'm Not George W Bush Award." Too funny.

MBC is a parent whose only role in the Troop is as MBC. He does not attend trips at all as he is not an outdoors person (in his words.) There definitely is no script and there was no campfire program during the trip in question.

8) Plan a troop court of honor or campfire program. Have the patrol leaders' council approve it, then write the script and prepare the program. Serve as master of ceremonies. Hal_Crawford: that's what I'm leaning toward.

Lisabob: I'm the one that is 100% certain that the requirement wasn't met. My son is not involved at all except I happen to know the requirements for that MB because my son was working on it too. I'm not 95% sure or 99.9% sure the requirement wasn't met but 100% sure. And yes, your question about standing next to the kid when he discussed the MB is pretty close to how I know he didn't do it. If I have a quiet word with the SM he's going to slap his forehead for not noticing himself it's that blatant. So do I talk to the SM or not? I agree with your views on the MB-fest but I'm a voice in the wilderness on that one. I sometimes think I'm involved with a MB/advancement program instead of an outdoors program.

Thanks for the replies so far. There is no suggestion that the MBC is at fault in this case. The MBC expects the Scouts to be Trustworthy when they say they have completed a particular requirement. I'm on the Troop's committee and noticed the discrepancy when the MB was given to the Scout since my son was doing the same MB. I need to know who I should express my concerns to; which you're telling me is the SM. Since I'm on the committee I would like to have some idea of how it should be handled. I'm not saying I want to decide how it should be handled, but I do want to be able to say that revoking the MB isn't an option for the SM or committee. It's a case of who and how do we handle this particular boy going forward. Incidentally, I would not be the first adult leader to express concern that this particular young man has received a MB without doing the work. Since our Scouts do MBs at camp, with individual councelors and at MB-fests a couple of times a year how on earth can we police a young man that may be pulling the wool over his MBC's eyes?

What is the best way to proceed if you know that a Scout has been awarded a MB but that Scout did not complete all the requirements? There is no doubt about a particular requirement being done or not, it definitely was not completed. There are two possible explanations (1) the young man has a learning disability and did not understand that he had a requirement to complete or (2) he lied to his MBC. Either way, the Scout told the MBC that it was completed when it wasn't. It was one of the Eagle required MBs if that makes a difference. The MBC did not attend a particular trip and the Scout told the MBC that he did the requirement on that trip. (I'm not a mind reader but I'm leaning toward (2) above as the reason the MB was awarded.)