Re: Advancement w/ no SM?
Joseph Alessi (JosephAlessi@COMPUSERVE.COM)
Fri, 30 Jul 1999 12:46:40 -0400
Auntie Beans asked:
> Now we're all home and the questions are crowding my brain:
> 1) Are these advancements "legal," since I am not the SM for real?
> 2) Is my co-SA right when he says, "No problem, SM conferences can be
> done & signed for by any SA"? I can't find anything that says anything
other
> than "Scoutmaster."
> 3) Does this mean that no advancement happens until the TC gets us
> another SM?
> 4) What about all the MB completions that need SM signatures now? Them
> too?
The answers, in general, depends on what your troop committee will accept.
Once the BOR is held and the advancement report submitted, no one will (or
should) ever go back to look at who signed what in the scout's book or on
the blue card.
Scoutmaster conferences should be done by the Scoutmaster, unless he
delegates this authority. While most troops I've seen let ASM's sign off
(in my son's troop the boys go to the SM, who often asks an ASM to handle
it), it is probably something that the SM should do themselves.
So my overall answer is don't worry about it!
(P.S. - Why don't you offer yourself as a candidate? <g>)
YIS
Joseph Alessi
Vice-Chair, Program Lafayette District
ASM Troop 313, Cradle of Liberty Council
Adviser to the Treasurer, Unami Lodge One
I used to be an Owl!
