AOL Requirement (was Arrow of Light)

At 08:19 AM 2/18/97 -0500, Deirdre LaRock wrote:
>OK, how can
>they earn the Arrow of Light if they aren't joining boy scouts?? (Checking
>my book here)
>
>Requirement #6
>
>After you have completed all five of the above requirements, and after a
>talk with your Webelos leader, arrange to visit, with your parent of
>guardian, a meeting of a Boy Scout troop you think you might like to join.
>Talk to the Scoutmaster. Then get an "Application to Become a Boy Scout,"
>fill it out, and have your parent or guardian sign it. Show it to your
>Webelos leader and talk about your interest in becoming a Boy Scout.
>
Obviously, the ideal is to have the boy move on to Scouting. And I think
an enthusiastic WL with an active program will cause this to happen.
However, I think it important not to read more than the BSA intended into the
requirement. The requirement should simply be taken at face value - nothing
more and nothing less. In this case, there is no requirement that the boy
must continue in Scouts. He simply needs to make a good faith effort to
find out
about a Scout troop and make sure the parent has that same opportunity. And
to
me this makes sense. A boy's AOL award should not be contingent on what he
intends to do when he is no longer a Cub Scout.

K-

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