Re: Eagle Reqs. Problem
Fred Webb (fwebb@DOLPHINICS.COM)
Tue, 18 Mar 1997 10:13:34 -0500
>From Mike Montoya:
>> Hello to the group. I have a question about rank advancment. It has been my
>> understanding for the past 5+ years that any of the merit badges on the
>> required list for eagle could be used to fullfill the star and life
>> requirments. Even if they had two from a group that only one could be used
>> for the eagle rank.( ie they could have both swimming and sports and that
>> both could be used to fulfill the requirement for the lower ranks. I
>> understand that only one can be used towards the 12 required for the eagle
>> rank; however, both could be used towards the lower rank.
>From Cheryl Singhal:
>As we have been reading those requirements, each rank requires the boy to
>earn two more of the badges HE needs for Eagle. If he wishes to use one
>of the /or/ badges as one of his electives, fine, but he also needs two
>badges he can use for Eagle.
This is wrong. ANY Eagle required badge can be used for Star or Life, regardless
of whether the boy in question can use that badge for Eagle. In fact, I believe
that the Eagle application mentions this possibility, and cautions you to make
sure that any Eagle required badges that were used to satisfy the Star or Life
requirements, but could not be used to satisfy the Eagle required badge
requirements, MUST be listed on the application as "non-required" badges
received for Eagle. I don't have a copy handy, but I'm pretty sure it's
mentioned. If the "extra" required badges were left off the Eagle application,
there's no way the Council can verify that the Star and Life requirements were
in fact met. I think that's the problem here.
If these badges were listed, I think whoever turned the application down is
wrong, and an appeal to National would result in the application being approved.
(I've had a number of boys, including my own son, who've received their Eagle
with more than one required badge from the Eagle groups that had been used for
Star and/or Life.)
-- Fred
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