Re: Special Council Shoulder Patches
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Sun, 17 Jan 1999 13:58:32 -0600
Dave Yanke <n9ssg@POBOX.COM> wrote:
>Regarding the position, aren't you suppose to only wear the
>position patch for the highest ranking position for which you are
>trained? i.e. the patch matches the training your recieved for
>the training patch.
The position patch should be the one in which you are REGISTERED
in, or one in which you've registered as a multiple. It's not the
"highest ranking" ("rank?") position, but rather the position
you've "signed up to do" or the position in which you were "asked
to serve" as a Scouter.
If you serve in more than one position, you have several options,
all which we're talked about in the past here: you can purchase
additional shirts, and wear the additional "position"(s) on those
shirts. You can purchase Velcro{tm} or other items to temporarily
attach the emblem to your shirt while performing that role. Or you
can invest a lot in duct tape and tape the patch to your sleeve.
Not all positions in Scouting gets the "trained" strip. For
instance, the position I currently "hold" as an Advisory Board
member, has no patch nor "training" associated with it. On
occasion, some Scouters may wear a Council Committee patch but the
members of the Advisory Board of a local Council are not really
"Committee members" nor are they "Executive Board members"
necessarily unless they are registered or multipled as such.
I guess you could "train" employees, but there's not an official
BSA "course" for BSA employees, either. So they cannot wear
anything but the Employee patch. There are many employees whom are
also Boy Scouting or Cub Scouting leaders too; I met one last
Thursday night...she's the new manager of the new Scout Shop which
is going to be opening soon in our local shopping mall right up the
street from where I live. Although she's trained as a Roundtable
staff member, she wears the Employee patch because that's how she's
"registered."
Settummanque!
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