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From the Guide To Advancement: "Completed reference responses of any kind are the property of the council and are confidential, and only review-board members and those officials with a specific need may see them. The responses are not to be viewed by or returned to the Scout. Doing so could discourage the submission of negative information. For the same reason, those providing references do not have the option of giving the reference directly to the Scout and shall not be given the option of waiving confidentiality. Once a review has been held, or an appeal process conducted, responses sh

We have a new CSE. Not only that but he's been a volunteer for a long time and has worked outside of the BSA. This is different in a very hopeful way. Maybe we have an opportunity to be a part of the discussion, to have our ideas heard. I'm not sure what the odds are but I'll take it. We'd have a much better chance of making things better if we were part of the discussion. Unfortunately, our collective view of national is, mildly saying, not so good and consequently we probably aren't looked upon very favorably and thus, are not part of the discussion. So, what would it take to change tha

The advancement chair is correct. Someone writing a letter of recommendation will be more open about a scout if they know the scout will not read it. For the purpose of the requirement we want to have both the positive and negative. Otherwise it becomes a mere box checking.

I attempted to think of various ways this forum can change, but it is difficult to see a way unless Mr. Mosby changes how National listens to volunteers. I was/am 100% behind the various changes with respect to gays, transgender and girls; however, it was not handled well by National. I think what we need, to be effective in providing feedback, is more transparency. There is a ton of unit and district experience on this forum. When decisions are being made/debated without transparency, we are left guessing and providing opinions on partial info. So, if Mr. Mosby brings forth more tra

Can he start a fire with flint and steel?

The letters were addressed to the Eagle BOR, presumably. As such, they are part of that record. My Eagle recommendation letters (cuneiform on clay tablets) were copied to me by the original writers. But , alas, I somehow did not save them. Perhaps your nascent Eagle could ask the original writers for copies, if they will, good. If not, there may be a reason, and don't push it !

@TMSM, Sounds like you are really concerned about showing favoritism and/or interfering with your son. I was in that situation a few months ago. After my son presented his project to the Eagle board, and got it tentatively approved, I had a chance to speak with one of the board members who is a long time friend about my concern of interfering. He reminded me how I helped his son with his Eagle project back in the day, and simply said do the same things I would do for any other Scout. So if one of your Scouts came to you saying he was having challenges with the Eagle coordinator, how

I wish him luck. He ought to be given some "credit" against future problems. Turning a dying organization around is not something that is often accomplished quickly. Expectations should be reasonable. A challenge will be making decisions for BSA that the current crop of BSA bureaucrats do not support.

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Convince volunteers they are appreciated and their (real) feedback is valued, would be a close second. At age 72?, maybe title of "Old Scout" . I have dibs on Old Fogey Scout, though Fart is often substituted for Fogey. My $0.02,

1. I think Mr. Turley, the current National Chair, meant Chief Scout Executive (CSE) not CEO. There is no CEO position in BSA. 2. There is also no President position, which would have been Mr. Turley's title had the position not been renamed to National Chair. The last President of the BSA was Randall Stephenson. Michael Surbaugh was never President of BSA, he was the unlucky 13th CSE of the BSA. https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2018/05/31/meet-your-bsa-national-key-3/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_presidents_of_the_Boy_Scouts_of_America I hope CSE Mo

I'd encourage you to think as big as you can. There's really no set rule for things like scout involvement in the budget process. If you can define a way for the Scouts to be involved in that process, then go for it. Define the kind of involvement you wants the Scouts to have in running the troop, get the adults on board with that vision, and then have at it. I would encourage you though to define terms like "budget". I was a Troop Committee Chair for a number of years. To me, a budget is set at the level of "$1,000 for new equipment purchases, $3,000 for national dues, we want to m

Maybe I'm sentimental, but my experience is that it worked best in my troop growing up where the youth was the treasurer. He collected dues at every meeting. (I used my Christmas and Birthday money to "pay ahead" in dues.) He also checked and collected funds for all fundraisers. Sometimes an adult would help by manning the ticket booth at our pancake breakfast. And the scoutmaster would deposit those funds in the troop bank account. He would then report to the PLC and the troop committee on how those funds were spent. Sometimes he would let the troop as a whole know about specific expenses (su