New crew and a Small problem

[Lisabob]

Thinking about how to approach this without breaking "the rules..."

 

Could Jenn become a registered adult leader with a local boy scout troop? If she did, could she (and perhaps others from the troop too) then go along on some joint troop/crew outings? And if she did, wouldn't she be considered an adult, not a youth, thereby side stepping this whole issue? Think about who this benefits: Jenn and her fiance, obviously. But also perhaps the troop and the crew by providing opportunities for new activities to older troop members, and opportunities for on-going recruitment to this brand new crew. Of course they'd need to find a troop that would be enthusiastic about working with this new crew, rather than viewing the crew as a threat or competitor.

 

While I agree that sometimes the rules may be a little silly and playing this sort of game is a bit obnoxious, the rules are what they are. The problem with written rules and unwritten exceptions (such as those Beavah discusses in this thread) is that when it comes to enforcement, the unwritten exceptions fly out the window while the written rules remain. If anything is going to be used as a hammer - however unreasonably - it will be the explicit, written rules. So it pays to follow them in cases like this one. But it also pays to look and see whether there are officially sanctioned (in writing) ways around them.

 

So what say you, would the above proposal suffice to cover all the bases and still allow Jenn and her fiance to engage in scouting activities together?