If You Were the New Scoutmaster What Would You ask?

[dewASM]

I have read this thread and the one from which it was spun and something about them 'bothered' me. I have finally come to the conclusion that I am bothered by the boy's mother contacting the old troop for records. Why? If the boy has his book and council had records, what could you need from the old troop? For merit badge partials, the boy should have a blue card. And even if you didn't, why open a can of worms just do it again.

 

It seems to me if the boy has been counseled and truly wants to start over, just do it. The mother's only purpose in going to the old troop would be to kind of thumb her nose as if to say "see you did not succeed in getting rid of us."

 

And that, in my very humble opinion, does not bode well for the new troop.

[Oak Tree]

As a practical matter, it's much easier to get a TroopMaster transfer file than it is to re-type all of the advancement data. For anyone who transfers in, if their old troop used TroopMaster, we always ask for the file.