Re: Tour Permit Forms
Richard C. Ickler (icklerr@SOCA.COM)
Thu, 31 Dec 1998 11:32:25 -0800
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Bowman <mfbowman@USSCOUTS.ORG>=20
Sent: Saturday, December 26, 1998 1:21 PM
To: SCOUTS-L@LISTSERV.TCU.EDU
Subject: Re: Tour Permit Forms
Let me done my lawyer's robe for a minute and see whether I can shed =
some
"legal" light on the questions you've raised (please bear in mind that =
the
opinions expressed in this posting are my own and other reasonable minds =
may
differ - hopefully not with too much violence):
[Richard C. Ickler] <snip>
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and that it is used on the trip. As a result I wouldn't get in a lather
worrying over much about being in a lawsuit. Instead I would urge you to
continue to do your best to assure that your activities are conducted in =
a
safe manner consistent with BSA standards and policies and that you take =
the
extra bit of time to fill out the paperwork.
Mike
Mike Bowman a/k/a Professor Beaver (mfbowman@usscouts.org)
Webmastering in the Scouting Spirit from Alexandria, VA
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[Richard C. Ickler] Thank you for the thorough reply. Your analysis =
basically conforms to the understanding I have received. I am a firm =
believer in filing Tour Permits unless the Council specifically tells =
you not too. My biggest beef on Tour Permits is that I have seen =
several examples of what I think are using "legal" arguments to make it =
more difficult to file Tour Permits. Fax is important for a lot of =
people who just can't easily go to the Scout Office in person and for =
whatever reason don't get the permit in the mail at least two weeks in =
advance. If you insist on the legalisms of turn-around time, original =
signatures, etc. then the most common results are units which just =
simply don't file Tour Permits.
Thanks,
Richard Ickler
Scoutmaster, Troop 14
Long Beach Area Council
