swilliams Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 If a scout is finished with all requirements and is filling out the Eagle Rank Application, but finds out that his Committee Chair is out of the country, and the scout will turn 18 within days of the CC's expected to return to the US, is there anyone else who can sign the application in the CC's absence? Does the scout need to wait for the CC? What happens if there are flight delays, or something else unforeseen happens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeptic Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Not a huge issue. Someone representing the committee signs, maybe with a notation as to why. DO not hold up the youth. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InquisitiveScouter Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 With the CC's approval, another committee member could sign on his behalf. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred8033 Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 (edited) Eagle application deadline is not when the scout turns 18. BSA Guide To Advancement; section 9.0.1.5. https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/33088.pdf The scout has up to 24 months to complete the Eagle Board of Review; BSA GTA section 8.0.3.1. Assuming three months to schedule the EBOR, the Eagle application needs to be submitted within 21 months after the scout turns 18 ... but ... just turn in the Eagle application ASAP. The Eagle rank "REQUIREMENTS" must be completed before the scout turns 18; not the application. https://www.scouting.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Eagle_Rank_Requirements_2018.pdf The key is the Eagle application is not a rank requirement. It's paperwork to get recognized as an Eagle. Edited May 28 by fred8033 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swilliams Posted May 28 Author Share Posted May 28 4 hours ago, fred8033 said: Eagle application deadline is not when the scout turns 18. BSA Guide To Advancement; section 9.0.1.5. https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/33088.pdf The scout has up to 24 months to complete the Eagle Board of Review; BSA GTA section 8.0.3.1. Assuming three months to schedule the EBOR, the Eagle application needs to be submitted within 21 months after the scout turns 18 ... but ... just turn in the Eagle application ASAP. The Eagle rank "REQUIREMENTS" must be completed before the scout turns 18; not the application. https://www.scouting.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Eagle_Rank_Requirements_2018.pdf The key is the Eagle application is not a rank requirement. It's paperwork to get recognized as an Eagle. Interesting. Filling out the application today and having it signed tomorrow anyway, but very good to know. For those who were following son's project woes in the other thread... here are a couple photos. He had some problems with drainage of the court after the beneficiary changed the location, and there was a 3-4' diameter mud puddle. (The first location would have had the drainage trenches leading directly to a ditch.) So he got to fundraise a little more and add a rain garden to the project. Behind the rain garden is the other scout project (gaga pit) that was referenced before. This has been quite the journey. Four and a half days to his 18th birthday!!! Not the position we ever thought we'd be in. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swilliams Posted May 28 Author Share Posted May 28 Better/finished picture of the rain garden and bocce court behind it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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