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the district advancement Chair nullified the Eagle board of reveiw because members were voting no. The candidates are 18 and he knew the enformation during the discussions that an appeal would fail. Documentation in the troop records show no leadership positions during Life rank and meeting minutes detail the committee decisions and the scoutmaster not abiding by them. I even contacted the council president, he is sorry and will talk to those involved but once an Eagle is awarded there is no taking it back and that is why nullifing meeting ejecting members for voting no and reconeving was the option taken.

I was on one of those Eagle board of reveiws, I did vote no, The Eagle board of reveiw was nullified and all but 3 members were then allowed to remain for the vote. The Chairman chose the remaining members. I was at this past weeks committee meeting and we voted not to allow the paper work to be submitted. the Chairman nullified that meeting brought in the absentee committee members and out numbered us. As for starting a new troop. Why would you want your son to be a part of a troop that only has a percentage making Eagle when the one next door has 100%? The scoutmaster has only been there 3 years. He has 2 more sons so he needs to stay to make them Eagles as well.

The committee Chairman has the next son who has lost interest and is being blackmailed into staying in scouts. He will not be getting his drivers licence signed until he completes his service project. As for the charter org. they are in name only. they know nothing and only pay the charter fee every few years if pressed for it. Beleive me I tried everything to bring the high honor back to this troop. Our scoutmaster will not work with anyone. He advances the scouts no matter what the committee has to say. We vote one way and he does his own thing anyway. We have unactive committee members who come when he wants them to vote for him. They out number the members who know what is going on.

Everyone seems to agree that this is not a good practice, What I did find out is that there is nothing anyone will do about it if the Scout Master signs it. we had another Eagle this week. No active leadership role, and that fact had been pointed out to him 6 months ago and he still was not active. The Scout Master continued to advance him and the paper work was processed. I talked to National and if the paperwork is in order they will not do anything about the cheating.

Several of us have actually talked about starting a second troop. But if you think about it, Those who care so little about the high honor that goes with earning the rank of Eagle Scout win. They would continue to turn out 100 % Eagle Scouts and the new troops boys would be discriminated aginst by being forced to follow the standards already in place. Some of them would not be Eagle scouts when they turn 18. As for what I have done about it. I have tried to stop our scoutmaster from back dating a leadership position for a second scout in this troop who has not held one. Guess what? I lost that battle also. The committee voted no, The unit chairman voided that meeting and no vote and held a new one. So at least in our troop Eagle Scouts only need leadership positions on paper. The scout master and chairman will grant it. The council will not get involved. They say one thing and do not back it up when it is not followed.

The committee was not responsable for this scouts slipping through the cracks, his Dad showed up with his Eagle project 8 weeks before his 18th birthday, The questions were raised at that time what he needed to complete and also his role as a active leader during his term as a Life scout. We were told he needed to complete his Communication, He could not have done a 90 day chart in 8 weeks, The nextthingthe committee knows we show up for a meeting and are told he was having a Eagle Court of Review, all the paper work was properly filled out, it showed he had been an instructor. That was on paper only!

Well lots of opinions, I really don't dislike this boy. I just feel that he has put no effort into making Eagle. He has 2 brothers in our troop that are doing a very good job. They are active and I am helping them without any ill feelings. As a matter of fact I was asked to sit on a Board of review making the youngest a Star after leaving the Eagle Board of review. I gladly approved him. I hope that neither one of them decides to follow in their older brother's foot steps.

My role is troop treasurer and merit badge cousilor. My son earned his eagle the honest way last year but had to stand up next to 2 others who had not been active in our troop for more then 2 years prior to making their Eagle. It is hard to explain to some scouts and their parents why this keeps happening. The last one not only did not come to any meetings in 3 years but also had his paperwork altered to show he was an instructor during that time. He is a bully and has never helped any other scout. I really do beleive that he is going to end up in jail. His Dad has enough money to buy everything none of the other scouts parents can afford. If our committee tells him that the troop does not have enough money to do something he just writes a check and then makes a big deal about donating to the troop.

Cheating to receive Eagle award, We had a Eagle board of review this week, the Scouts Father is the Scout Master and had done the proper paper work, to bad his son didn't actually do much of the work. Merit badges were signed off on but never completed and this scout never held a leadership position, as a matter of fact he is a bully. After 5 votes failed, (2 review members voted no) The distric Eagle chair nullified the board of review and ejected the 2 apposing members called a new board of review and awarded this scout eagle. I contacted the council and they are not responding.