From: Robert \ (Rcwscouts@AOL.COM)
Date: Sun Apr 16 2000 - 17:36:41 CDT
dibble@ZK3.DEC.COM (Ben Dibble USG PSG) wrote in part:
<I've heard a rumor recently which went as follows.
<If you are a Merit Badge Counselor for a badge, you may not sign off
<your own son for this merit badge. IE - your son must get another MB
counselor,
<or have another MB counselor verify his work, and sign the blue card.
This is one of those rumors about the MB Program given out by a few with
great authority, but completely untrue:
The BSA guide #33088 in various revisions state specifically that a MB
Counselor may be the counselor for a relative. In revision A, it is on page
10, 3rd paragraph
"An approved merit badge counselor may counsel any Scout, including his or
her son, ward, or relative."
That, of course, presumes that the counselor has been approved for the MB by
the District and Counsel Advancement Committees.
YiS,
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Bob Warner
Piedmont District MB Counselor Chairman
Unit Commissioner (Doctor of Commissioner Science, Triad Cluster)
Trained Trainer and District Viking (Training) Patrol
And Freedom Owl, NE-VI-8-32 (1985)
