From: Neil Lupton (NeilLup@AOL.COM)
Date: Fri Feb 11 2000 - 12:37:01 CST
In a message dated 2/11/00 12:24:10 PM, csinghal@CAPACCESS.ORG writes:
<< Note that each MBC acted within his perogative, none were unreasonable,
none added requirements, it was simply a series of wierd circumstances
that resulted in a boy spending nearly 2 years on one badge and finally
having to finish it under a deadline. [One thing it did, it taught my
cousin to find out who was due to rotate OUT before signing up for an MB!] >>
Hello Cheryl,
This is why one has
1) A Commissioner
2) A District Advancement Committee
The troop should have involved the district support team about the time of
the second counselor switch. It should be the job of that team to provide
training, counseling or even substitution of MBCs so that even in a weird
case like this, the boy does not suffer too much.
In grad school, I knew someone who took 10 years to finish his PhD because
his first advisor died after 4 years and his second advisor quit academe
after 3 more years requiring him to satisfy a THIRD thesis advisor. But we
should avoid letting that happen in Scouting.
Best wishes,
Neil Lupton
