Re: Supply Service and Current MB Books
Peter Farnham (pfarnham@CAPACCESS.ORG)
Mon, 30 Dec 1996 08:06:44 -0500
Hi, Berk and All,
The issue of out-of-date merit badge books being sold at local scout
shops could be a problem, but to inoculate myself and my scouts against
this possibility, I buy a BSA Requirements book every time a new one is
issued, every two years or so. The current one covers 1995-97, and lists
the up-to-date requirements for every merit badge, every rank, and a lot
of other awards.
So, when you counsel a scout working on an MB, make sure he has the
current list of requirements, which you can give him simply by
photocopying the appropriate page from the requirements book. Also, as
an MB counselor, you should have a copy of the most current MB book
available. You can also, no doubt, order them from the catalog (the 1997
one just arrived).
If worse comes to worse and you can't find a MB book that covers one of
the current requirements, use your resources, as they say in Wood Badge,
and find a source of info that will cover the necessary material. After
all, you shouldn't be teaching a merit badge unless you know something
about the subject, and that would include knowing where to find
additional information beyond what's in the MB book, it seems to me.
Just a few thoughts early on a Monday morning over my second cuppa coffee...
YiS (I used to be a Beaver...)
Pete Farnham
SM, Troop 113
GW District, NCAC
Alexandria, VA
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