Re: Explorer/Venturer Award Knots
William H. Sills (whs@idcnet.com)
Sat Feb 28 18:58:47 1998
Betamax carries SILVER, ACE and RANGER knots as well as our special Sea
Scout versions of everything.
I would be pretty upset if BSA di not use the RANGER and SILVER knots.
Also, I would like to see a new knot for G.O.L.D. Now, note that GOLD was
2nd to SILVER and Bronze was 2rd until 1965 when BSA dropped the
advancement. I hope that a BSA award in not used for the non-BSA LFL
program. I'd loke to see a new name for G.O.L.D. Also, winc many of us
also dream of having ACE return in the future, let'sa not use our knot
for anything else!
YISS;
Bill Sills
Alex Chacko John Neroth wrote:
> Hello All!
>
> I don't know if the "knots" for the new Venturer awards have been
> designed yet, but if not, I've got a few ideas. (For those non-BSA
> Explorers/Venturers and Leaders, knots are small badges used to
> represent medals or ribbon awards during less formal occasions. To
> see a pretty good display of all the BSA knots, go to
> <http://www.emf.net/~troop24/reqs/knots.html>.)
>
> The background for all the knots (except for Quartermaster) should be
> dark green to match the color of the Venturer/Explorer uniform shirt.
>
> Silver Award: Dark Green background with Silver square knot (like
> the mylar (?) used in the silver and purple youth religious award
> knot)
>
> Ranger Award: Dark Green background with Red square knot
>
> Quartermaster Award: White background with Dark Blue square knot for
> a White shirt or vise versa for a Blue shirt (just as it is now)
>
> GOLD Award: Dark Green background with Gold right loop of square
> knot (again, like the mylar used in the youth religious award knot,
> but gold instead of silver) and White left loop of square knot (to
> match to color of the GOLD medallion and ribbon, and to match the
> name)
>
> Explorer Leadership Award (Council): Dark Green background with
> Blue right loop of square knot and White left loop of square knot (to
> match the ELA Council-level ribbon)
>
> Explorer Leadership Award (Area/Region): Dark Green background with
> Green right loop of square knot and White left loop of square knot
> (to match the ELA Area/Region-level ribbon)
>
> Explorer Leadership Award (National): Dark Green background with
> Red right loop of square knot and White left loop of square knot (to
> match the ELA National-level medallion)
>
> The current knot used for the GOLD Award (Red, White, and Blue
> background with Silver knot) has been used for far too many knots, in
> my opinion. (Currently, holders of the old Silver, Ranger, Ace, or
> Explorer Achievement Awards, or of the current GOLD Award are allowed
> to wear that knot.) That's why I think that a new knot should be
> used for the GOLD Award (i.e., Dark Green with Gold right loop and
> White left loop) to reduce confusion.
>
> Reactions? Suggestions? Ideas?
>
> Yours in Scouting,
>
> Alex C. J. Neroth
> E-mail: aneroth@stanford.edu
> URL: http://www.stanford.edu/~aneroth
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