Re: Assigning a Merit Badge Counselor
Bruce E. Cobern (bec@PIPELINE.COM)
Wed, 30 Jun 1999 10:37:22 -0400
From: Omykidsmom@AOL.COM <Omykidsmom@AOL.COM>
Date: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 9:10 AM
>In a message dated 6/29/99 5:27:01 PM !!!First Boot!!!,
trinoaks@FLASH.NET
>writes:
>
><< he Scoutmaster assigns a Merit
> Badge Counselor to the Scout from the list prepared by the Advancement
> Chairman and maintained by the troop Librarian. May the SM delegate
to
> another person (ASM, Adv. Chairman, etc.) the job of assigning the
MBC,
> or must the SM do the assigning? >>
> The SM should NOT be assigning the MBC, but should be supplying a
name, or
>list of names, for the Scout HIMSELF to contact. The Scout is to
undertake
>the responsibility of finding himself the counselor after being given a
list
>of eligible MBC's.
Nothing was said in the original post about the SM CONTACTING the
counselor, only ASSIGNING the counselor, a responsibility specifically
assigned to HIM and NOT to the Scout to select from a list. The SM have
every right to give the Scout the name of ONE and ONLY ONE counselor to
contact. He is not required to provide the Scout with a list of names
from which to choose, although he is certainly permitted to do so.
"Your Scoutmaster will give you the name of a person from a list of
counselors."
--
Bruce E. Cobern
mailto:bec@pipeline.com
