Re: Benefits of Fede...

On the thread of the group who want to start their own scouting association.
I think that using any title using the word "scout" will get that organization
into court, judging by past issues regarding the failed attempt to name a small
youth organization "wilderness scouts."
There are loop holes to this, one example that I know of is the St. George's
Pathfinders of America. They claim their foundation, with some justification in
1909 in Tsarskoe Selo, Russia. They came to the US much later, where they tried
to continue as the Russian Scout Movement in Exile (or something similar)
however, the BSA thought that these Russian Scouts living with their families or
friends in America should join the BSA and the BSA also disagreed with the use
of "Scout" in the name. Thus under legal pressure (many years ago btw) the
Russian Scout Movement in Exile (or some similar name) was forced to change to
the name St. George's Pathfinders. All that to simply say there are alternitive
names. As my memory recalls, as I don't have the exact documents in front of
me, this is only from memory.
My $.02, Andy McElhannon (Andrew_McElhannon@baylor.edu

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