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"West" knot
Terry Slade (tmslade@ACTX.EDU)
Thu, 17 Dec 1998 15:08:10 -0600
I have to say that I was surprised about the replys I got on my statement
about the James West Knot. For those that don't know. It is a knot you
wear above your left pocket after giving $1000 to your Council endowment
fund (above and beyond your FOS/SME).
Several said that they had scraped and saved to give the money to earn
the knot. A whole bunch said that a group of scouters (wood badge, pow
wow, round table, etc.) took up donations and presented the knot to some
deserving scouter. Some said that they got some corporate type to give
the money and gave the knot to a scouter. A couple said that they just
wrote out a check, bought the knot, and were sure going to wear it since
they were helping the cause.
I guess what I got was the feeling that a goofy piece of cloth with a knot
on it means something different to different people. I don't know what was
on the minds of the folks at National when they thought up the knot.
Probably just a way to get extra money into the system. It all goes to help
the scouts in general in the long run and the person wearing the knot is the
only one that knows how they "earned" that little piece of cloth.
YiS Terry
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