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Re: Can only the SM initial requirements in the new handbook?
Bruce E. Cobern (bec@PIPELINE.COM)
Tue, 1 Dec 1998 16:03:12 -0500
> From: Bruce McCrea <Bruce_Mccrea@LANSING.CC.MI.US>
> Date: Tuesday, December 01, 1998 11:47 AM
> If BSA is now requiring Scoutmaster approval for every Scout for
every
> requirement, this seems to me to be a major change in policy. In
large
> troops, the Scoutmaster would be completely inundated and the New
Scout ASM
> and Troop Guides would lose much of their responsibilities.
>
> As several people mentioned in email messages to this list a few
weeks
> ago, on page 13 of the 1997 revision of the "National BSA Advancement
> Policies and Procedures" booklet, it states: "A Scout may be tested
on
> rank requirements by his patrol leader, Scoutmaster, assistant
Scoutmaster,
> a troop committee member, or a member of his troop. The Scoutmaster
> maintains a list of those qualified to give tests and to pass
candidates."
> The statements in the new handbook seem to be a significant change
from
> this policy.
>
While I haven't seen the new book, and from your description I would
probably have chosen different language, I do not believe there is any
change intended. What the handbook is doing is keeping the focus on
who APPROVES the people that can sign the HB right where it belongs,
with the SM, for the statement from the Policies book quoted above
makes that clear. While the list includes the TYPES of people who
MIGHT be authorized to sign, the ultimate list of who can ACTUALLY sign
is determined by and maintained by the SM.
Therefore, absent specific instructions from the SM to do otherwise (a
delegation of his authority by him to the others who can sign), the
logical place for a Scout to go to get the signature is to the SM, for
it is the SM who maintains the list and can then direct the Scout to
someone authorized to test and sign off, if he is not going to do it
himself.
Again, the language might not be clear, but I can't see any problem
with Johnny going to the SM to get the book signed off and the SM
sending him to the Troop Guide or a SA. This way there is no ambiguity
- the first place to ask is the SM and HE/SHE will tell the Scout if it
okay to go elsewhere.
--
Bruce E. Cobern
mailto:bec@pipeline.com
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