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It's been rough before. "Ma', Ma', where's my pa? Gone to the White House; ha, ha, ah." http://freakonomics.com/2007/11/06/the-complete-history-of-dirty-politics-a-qa-on-anything-for-a-vote/

I can find no reference in BSA documents describing the functions of a Council to Council authority to revoke membership of a Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. However, many have asserted over the years that a Council Scout Executive can revoke BSA membership. Rules and Regulations (2017) "A Scouter who has not been designated as ineligible by the National Council who is removed from a position or whose registration is not renewed by a local council are eligible for service in other positions subject to the required approval for the position."

Not at all unique, the U.S. did it's best to fan the flames of hate.

"Are you suggesting that the scout has not earned the badge because he did not follow the normal blue card procedure? if he did not get SM approval, does the MB have to be awarded? "

http://scouter.com/index.php/topic/19970-revocation-of-membership/ http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/100-023_WB.pdf

Scouts, you are about to vote for Senior Patrol Leader. In case you have not noticed, I want you to understand the job of Senior Patrol Leader, The SPL is responsible for running all Troop activities, including troop meetings, campouts, and Patrol Leaders' Council meetings. He is responsible for keeping those activities running properly. He must help resolve any conflicts at those activities. That takes maturity, understanding, organization, and a certain level of intelligence. The SPL represents the Troop at district events such as the Camporee and Klondike Derby. So your SPL needs to be someone the other SPLs respect and will listen to. Your APL runs the [annual/semi-annual] planning meetings where the troop's program is planned. Once that plan is decided on, the SPL must convince the adults of the Troop Committee to go along with the program. So you better elect someone whom the adults will take seriously. The SPL appoints his assistant(s) and the other Troop officers, such as the Quartermaster and Scribe. This means he needs to be good at deciding who can do a job and good at supervising their work. Above all, the SPL has to be present to do his jobs. Someone who is not present almost all the time simply cannot be a success as SPL. So think about who is almost always at the meetings and other activities. That is the kind of Scout you want as your SPL. Make a good choice. You will have to live with how well - or how poorly - your chosen SPL performs.

No way to tell. When National required all councils to switch to the software National used in 2005, all prior records were lost. My record says I completed SM training in 1912. Where do I get my 110 Year Service Pin?

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Chill, bro. It's really no big deal.

"It kinda negates the Charter, and as far as I can tell the political trend for gals is to get the BOY Scout Eagle, not the Scout Eagle, not the same brand, not the same thing in the minds of those getting it." Try to keep up.

BSA has always said that the unique method is the Patrol Method. The rank is "Eagle Scout."

The Deputy Council Commissioner, Boy Scouting Program Support, has an Assistant Council Commissioner, Advancement. Districts always acted by delegated authority from Councils. Districts are optional in the Bylaws ("may") There is also an ACC "Boy Scout Packs." Probably just a mistake. No Wood Badge Coordinator listed.

From a draft Table of organization I have seen change is coming to my older council in a BIG way. No districts. Organization is by program: cubs, Scouts, and "Teen Scouting." The council now stretches over 100 miles end to end. No roundtables. The decision-meister has decided all could be learned at a RT can be learned on line. Good thing given that centrally-located meetings would be a two-hour round trip away - in decent weather - now that districts are going away. Also titles unknown to the Guide for Insignia - "Deputy Commissioners" No FOS. Massive emphasis on selling popcorn. All to be announced shortly after district kickoffs. Effective when ?

Welcome. Oh to be young again.

As long as there are adult advancement addicts, there will be advancement pushers.

A good many state on their home page: "Camp ___ is not a merit badge mill." I have attended camps in six states in the last twenty year. including in four of the last six weeks. All gave away at least some merit badges without individual testing as supposedly required. But none were the camps with the disclaimers, so I have hopes - perhaps dreams.

1. The Scoutmaster decides who is allowed to pass a Scout on T-F requirements, not a Council employee - not ANY Council employee. 2. Since 2015, if Scoutmaster decides a merit badge could not have been earned (E.g. Personal Management from zero to "completed" in five days), the Merit badge has not been earned. Guide to Advancement at p. 52 (2017). If your camp is an advancement mill, stop going there.

"Eagle Scout Rank," 8.0.3.0. 8.0.0.1 Purpose and Timeliness of Boards of Review After a Scout has completed the requirements for any rank or Eagle Palm, he appears before a board of review. Its purpose is to determine the quality of his experience and decide whether he has fulfilled the requirements for the rank. . . . Because the board of review date becomes the effective advancement date, boards should be scheduled promptly. . . ." B.S.A., Guide to Advancement (2017) "Boy Scouting provides a series of surmountable obstacles and steps in overcoming them through the advancement method. The Boy Scout plans his advancement and progresses at his own pace as he meets each challenge. The Boy Scout is rewarded for each achievement, which helps him gain self-confidence. The steps in the advancement system help a Boy Scout grow in self-reliance and in the ability to help others." B.S.A. at http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/BoyScouts/AdvancementandAwards.aspx(2017)

"Now. Who taught you?" Richard Smith, Bill Stearns, and Carl Shavers. Being closer, they were MUCH more important. Didn't see Bill until I was twenty-one and did't meet him until 1985.

"The board of review is how the troop committee (or the Eagle Scout board of review) tracks the progress of a Scout to determine his understanding of the ideals of Scouting and how he applies them in daily life in the troop. If the board of review is for rank advancement, the board will satisfy itself that the Scout has done what he was supposed to do for that rank and will review with the Scout the requirements for the next rank. The board of review is also a way of reviewing the troop’s progress." Boy Scouts of America, Board of Review Training (2017). http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/18-625.pdf

"Since its inception, Boy Scouting has relied heavily on an outdoor program to achieve its objectives. This program meets more of the purposes of Scouting than any other single feature." BSA 2017. Overnight camping is just one example of the outdoor program, but what is replacing overnight camping to represent the use of outdoor programming? Advancement is supposed to come naturally out of an outdoor-centered program, not be a program driver in and of itself. Much less should advancement be a rationalization for reducing outdoor program. Unless BSA is, sub silencio, making [more] fundamental changes in Boy Scouting.

That was decades - generations - ago.

They can also hit their heads as they fall. Agatha Christie told me that. And a "punter" can be something else entirely in the UK.

That's an overhand isn't it? Turn it over. Use silver thread on a blue background. District Award of Merit. You can get a not for Life Scout.

BP called them "officers," and today the title is "Group Scout Leader" - who still appoints the patrol leaders as in BP's day. Thus, at least, the "Patrol System" differs from the "Patrol Method."