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Re: Advancement (blue cards)
Dave Loomis (dloomis@NH.ULTRANET.COM)
Mon, 22 Mar 1999 23:15:41 -0500
Steve Hoar wrote:
> I guess the real question is as to where your council maintains the list of
> merit badge counselors. The policies and procedures calls for the district and
> counsel to maintain a list. Now, as all adult registrations go to council for
> posting, they would have the most complete list. Otherwise, why have them
> complete the form? Then it becomes a very simple routine to sort by code 42
> registration and district. Very simple. A project that could be handled by a
> scout working on the computer MB.
>
> I have yet to understand why the districts should duplicate a data list that
> the council is already maintaining. All they should have to do is send you a
> copy.
>
> If you turn in the blue cards, what do they do with them?
>
> When merit badge counselors register, the indicate they are a counselor with
> code 42. Does council provide your district with a list of code 42 registered
> counselors? If not, how do you know who is registered and approved as a merit
> badge counselor?
>
> At the most, the district should only have to check the MB counselors against
> the list that council has to post.
It is more complicated than that ... as I work on keeping my district's
list up to date. Councils can track who is registered as a code 42, but not
what they are approved to counsel. This is the vital element to counselor
registration. Just because Dr. Spock was a great baby doctor, it didn't make
him an expert on Viet Nam or Nuclear Disarmament...no matter how much he may
have said on these two subjects.
A counselor is registered as a counselor, to counsel specific badges, or
our merit badge system has no validity. Additionally, counselors must
re-register each year.
Dave
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