Re: Signing off for Boy Scouts
Alan Houser (troop24@EMF.NET)
Mon, 24 Mar 1997 23:41:04 -0800
Kim Moye <kmoye@SPDMAIL.SPD.DSCCC.COM> wrote:
>He came back with 5 Tenderfoot requirements signed off and told me that I
>had misunderstood the Advancement Chairman. I can sign off on all his
>rank requirements until he gets to Star. (I had understood that I could
>sign off on 1/3 of rank requiremnts--troop policy). I told CJ that he was
>doing fine *without* me signing off on anything and I wanted to keep it
>that way. I went over, again, how this will help him get to know the
>other Scouts and Scouters if he has to proof up to them.
While there is certainly no official prohibition against parents signing
off advancement for their Boy Scout sons, many troops will have their own
policies, some as you mention for the purpose of encouraging them to
interact with others.
In our troop, I prefer that much of the Tenderfoot to First Class require-
ments be signed off by the youth leaders -- Troop Guide, Patrol Leader,
Senior Patrol. This gives the leaders a responsibility to make sure they
are teaching the skills properly and to show the new Scout that they are
in fact his leaders. It may take a few times of redirecting the new Scouts
to their leaders, but they catch on quickly.
I also encourage Eagle Scout candidates to sign for service hours for Star
& Life when the Scout has worked on their Eagle projects.
YiS,
Alan R. Houser ** Scoutmaster, Berkeley Troop 24 ** troop24@emf.net
** WWW page ** http://www.emf.net/~troop24/t24.html **
Scoutmaster, Mt. Diablo Silverado Council Jamboree Troop #637
** http://www.emf.net/~troop24/council/nj-troop.html **
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