mason11031

I believe that as a matter of setting the example for the other youth, the Lodge Chief and Chapter Chiefs should wear their unit numerals and patch according to their position of responsibility within their troops. As a matter for identification, if you need a position patch and shoulder loops to identify yourself as a lodge leader then you are not taking full advantage of the concept of servant leadership. Identification as a lodge leader should be based upon one's character and the example they set for their fellow Arrowmen. The content and quality of our character is the only identification we need as Arrowmen.

I feel as if this topic has gotten away from the idea that this is a program for the youth. Keep in mind that everything we do should be weighed with this question, "does this positively or negatively affect the youth I serve?" That having been said, I think that worrying about ADULT recognition (which I feel has proliferated beyond necessity as of late) does not ultimately serve our purpose of fulfilling the promise to boys. We should, instead, focus more of our time and effort into providing the highest quality program for the youth, this argument is only a distraction from that goal. We should be thinking about how to recognize our youth more rather than coming up with more ways to honor adults or arguing about how or which adults to recognize. Just my two-cents... But then again, I was a youth just a couple years ago, perhaps I am biased.