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[Fwd: Re: "Serve actively"]

Calvin H. Gray (405geezer@IGG-TX.NET)
Wed, 23 Jul 1997 22:25:55 -0400


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Friends, I don't believe there is any reason for me to contact National.
Jim Sheckels has provided the reference we need to determine what "serve
actively" means in the BSA. I'm going to recommend to our troop
committee that we include this as a reference in our troop handbook.
Three big "Texas Hows" to Jim!
YiS,

--
Calvin H. Gray
Scoutmaster, Troop 405
Georgetown, Texas
http://www.troop405.org

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From: Calvin H. Gray <405geezer@IGG-TX.NET>

Date: Wednesday, July 23, 1997 16:00 Subject: "Serve actively"

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To get this settled once and for all, I'm volunteering to contact the National BSA office in Irving and get an official definition. But before I do this, I want to make sure that the term "active" is not already defined somewhere in existing BSA literature.

I've searched and I can't find an official BSA definition of "active" or "serve actively" in any of the literature I have. So, please let me know if you have an official BSA source which defines these terms. Otherwise, I'll begin my quest and "do my best" to get an answer. -------------

>From the Rules and Regulations of the BSA (#57-492,1995 Printing):

Page 6, Article VII (Youth Members) Section 1 (General Classifications) Clause 1 (Active):

"An active youth member is one who, with the approval of a parent or guardian if necessary, becomes a member of a unit; obligates himself or herself to attend the meetings regularly; fulfills a member's obligation to the unit; subscribes to the Scout Oath or the code of his or her respective program; and participates in an appropriate program based on a member's age, as promulgated from time to time by the BSA."

Clause 2 (Associate):

"Any youth member who, in the judgement of the unit leader and the unit committee, is unable to meet the requirements of active membership may be carried on the unit records as an associate, provided the individual attends at least one meeting of the unit within the year and in all other respects is guided by the obligations of an active member."

>From the Charter and ByLaws of the BSA (#57-491, 1995 Printing):

Page 16, Article VII (Youth Membership) Section 2 (Membership, Advancement, and Achievement):

"Both membership in Scouting and advancement and achievement of leadership in Scouting units are open to all boys without regard to race or ethnic background, and advancement and achievement of leadership in Scouting is based upon individual merit."

I don't believe you will get a much different definition of "active" from National other than what is in the two documents quoted here. The unit committee and unit leader have some leeway in defining this term, as I interpret these documents.

As Scouters, we may actually be expected to use our brain on this one! ;-)

YIS, Jim Sheckels - I used to be a Bobwhite SE 308-7; 1SG,US Army(Retired) sheckej@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~sheckej/ Cubmaster Pack 742, Hope Mills, NC Nat'l Assn of United Methodist Scouters 3501 Farm Circle Road Fayetteville, NC 28306-8303 (910) 426-2766/2753 District Advancement Committee, Assistant Council Commissioner Kia Kima District, Occoneechee Council #421/Lodge #104/WWW-Brotherhood Scouting IS NOT an exact science, so use your brain - no one else is! <]:{> Information Systems Manager/PC Technician -- Dupont - Fayetteville Works

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