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I wear my Eagle Scout medal to Eagle Scout courts of honor. I wear the Silver Beaver medal to the council dinner when the Silver Beaver is awarded. The Scouts and Scouters who have religious awards wear the medals on Scout Sunday. Otherwise, medals stay on my "love me" wall.
Ed
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And not a note on the Young American Award. The BSA site shows a gold medal, but every photo of awardees shows a gold medal on a ribbon.
Ed
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Color guard or honor guard training is perfectly fine. It is when you have them marching with a rifle (even a dummy) on their shoulder that you cross the line of "technical military drill and training."
Troops can't wear a custom emblem (crews can), but there is a flag ceremony patch you could wear as temporary insignia:
Ed
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When you can buy Ceremony for the Ordeal and books on eBay, it is hard to keep secrets.
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The BSA trademarked the ax-in-log logo? I though that was the logo of Gilwell Park.
http://www.scouts.org.uk/nationalcentres/gilwellactivity.html
Ed
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Personally, I like the Schrade Cliphanger with 2 partially serrated blade. The thumb stud and the linerlock make it very easy to open and close with one hand. I've lost a few over the years, but at under $10, the price is right. I have a Schrade leather sheath that fits on my belt horizontally.
The Code of Virginia prohibits the carry of dirks, switchblades and ballistic knives. Machetes are unlawful when carried on a person and concealed. Knives, except for "a pocket knife having a folding metal blade of less than three inches" are prohibited in school.
If the local schools have different policies, they aren't publicizing them.
Cam Shenandoah here in the Stonewall Jackson Area Council prohibits sheath knives.
Our troop guidelines are that personal knives must be folding and have a blade of three inches or less. Fixed blade knives used for cooking must have a sheath and may not be carried on the person.
Ed
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> Your patches should be covered by your home owners insurance.
You need to check with your insurer. I read the fine print when I bought this house. With my insurer, collections are insured only if they are itemized, valued and registered with the insurance company.
Ed
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Exploring is under the Learning for Life program, which does not subscribe to the Declaration of Religious, Scout Promise or Scout Law. There are no restrictions as to gender or sexuality. Thus, there are no issues with chartering a unit to a government entity.
Ed
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Some years ago, I was taught the Philmont fold. This is a method of wrapping the foil dinner so that the package stands upright. You can get a larger number of packages on a bed of coals and they cook perfectly.
I can't find this online anywhere...
Ed
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Let me address the technical aspects of the PDF version of the application:
Eagle Scout Rank Application 58-728 is available as a hardcopy form and as a PDF from NESA:
http://nesa.org/trail/index.html
You need Adobe Reader to open it:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Note that the item number of 58-728 has a dash; this is a bin item there is no charge for the hardcopy and it can be reproduced for BSA use.
To use the PDF:
* Save it to your computer.
* Open it in Adobe Reader.
* Fill it in the latest version is has interactive fields
* Save it, it will keep all of entered data
* Print it
* Have it reviewed
* Edit it as needed
* Print it again
* Get it signed
* Turn it in
Ed
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The BSA apparently contracts some services such as Kintera. Another is Bork Communications who run BSALegal.org.
Ed
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There is more on this in the November 2006 issue of Scouting:
http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0511/d-news.html
And, you can use the e-card at ScoutZone to help fulfill the requirement:
http://www.thescoutzone.org/ecard.jsp
Ed
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Doe anyone know what the emblem was for the American Boy Scouts? This is the group started by Hearst in 1910 that lasted about ten years. It was later known as the United States Boy Scouts.
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From the 1911 Handbook for Boys:
To obtain a merit badge for Stalking a scout must:
1. Take a series of twenty photographs of wild animals or birds from life, and develop and print them.
2. Make a group of sixty species of wild flowers, ferns, or grasses, dried and mounted in a book and correctly named.
3. Make colored drawings of twenty flowers, ferns, or grasses, or twelve sketches from life of animals or birds, original sketches as well as the finished pictures to be submitted.
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One of my fellow Wikipedia Scouting editors has rounded up a number of documents and sites related to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jergen/WOSM_crisis
Ed
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Cairo, Egypt, 12 November 2007
DECISION ADOPTED BY CONSENSUS
The World Scout Committee
acknowledging that the letters received from a group of National Scout Organizations (NSOs), the Chairman of the World Scout Foundation (WSF), Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and Swedish Scouts, as well as those from other NSOs expressing a contrary view, all contain legitimate concerns that demand the attention of the WSC and, more globally, the World Scout Conference
at the same time, deploring in the strongest terms the unilateral actions and demands that have been made by BSA and the Swedish Scouts requesting the resignation of the Secretary General (SG) which have placed the future of the World Organization in jeopardy
recognising that Eduardo Missoni is a devoted Scout who has committed himself fully to the World Organization in his role as Secretary General and has enjoyed the solid support of the WSC during his tenure
After considering all avenues possible to resolve this crisis with the various actors, the WSC, faced with the critical economic situation and its legal and penal consequences for the operational structure of WOSM, has considered it had no alternative but to undertake the following process:
1. recognises, with deep regret and taking into account the decision of the SG not to resign, decides to negotiate with him his departure as Secretary General. This includes transfer of executive power effective today and external representative functions from the 30 November 2007.
2. commits to engage in a process of in-depth dialogue with the Chairman and Board of the WSF to seek solutions to the issues that currently divide the WSF and WOSM, notably in the areas of governance and transparency on both sides; and seeks an equal commitment from the WSF to play their part in that dialogue and search for solutions within both bodies that will be the basis for a renewed commitment to the partnership between WSF and WOSM into the second century of Scouting
3. commits to engage in the same kind of problem-solving process with the BSA and other NSOs to resolve issues that divide them, to enter into a renewed 'covenant' that will ensure that when problems arise in the future they are addressed quickly, in full transparency, and exclusively through the proper democratic and constitutional channels of WOSM
4. As a consequence, invites the WSF, BSA and the Swedish Scouts together to fund the costs associated with the departure of the Secretary General and the recruitment process of another, and requests them to do so without interfering in any way in that process so as to ensure the independence of the WSC and WOSM in managing this fundamental aspect of their constitutional authority
5. commits to deal with all the issues raised by the current constitutional crisis in time for the World Scout Conference in Korea, in collaboration with the Governance Review Task Force and in full transparency with all NSOs, so as to be able to bring proposals to the World Scout Conference to remedy the structural and other deficiencies that have been identified, in such a way that a satisfactory response is brought to the questions raised by all the NSOs which have expressed themselves, especially those who have asked for a meeting in preparation for the Korea Conference
6. calls on all actors in this process to exercise maximum effort to preserve the image and integrity of World Scouting in the wider world.
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There are 114 merit badges that have been discontinued, replaced or renamed. One more will be renamed next year.
Ed
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The first section is by Ben Stein, but the second part (written in a different tone) is not. The second part also contains material that is not true.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/benstein2.asp
Ed
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These have been around for years. I have never been in a unit or district where they are used, but I expect some have a tradition. You can use this medal for any contest- camporees, Klondike derby and the like.
Ed
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From the New Adult Application:
"All leaders must be 21 years of age or older, except assistant Scoutmasters, assistant den leaders, assistant Cubmasters, assistant Webelos den leaders, and assistant Varsity Scout coaches, who must be 18 or older."
http://www.scouting.org/forms/28-501.pdf
From the Youth Application:
"I am at least 14 years of age and have completed the eighth
grade or am 15 years of age and not yet 21. Must have parent/guardian approval if under 18 years of age. Venturers and Sea Scouts registered in a crew or ship prior to their 21st birthday may continue as members after their 21st birthday until the crew or ship recharters or until they reach their 22nd birthday, whichever comes first."
http://www.scouting.org/forms/28-406.pdf
From the application for the Silver Award:
"I completed all work on this award before my 21st birthday."
http://www.scouting.org/venturing/awards/art/app-silver.pdf
Bronze and Silver have similar requirements.
Ed
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Here is the relevant page from the online version of the Insignia Guide:
http://www.scouting.org/pubs/33066/10K.html
It does not specify whether partial rows should be centered or can be offset. In my opinion, it should be up to the wearer.
Ed
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Stump The Chump, Scouting Magazine, Jan-Feb 08
in Uniforms
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Let's remember that the uniform is a method of Scouting, not a goal.
For what it's worth:
*The patch above Mr. Coronado's right pocket is the emblem of the American Indian Scouting Association.
http://www.americanindianscouting.org/
*I can't tell if he has three or four beads on his thong, but Wood Badge staff now wear the training neckerchief until the end of the course.
*The Wood Badge neckerchief uses a twill weave with a face (the top weave) of deep peach and a back of red. (I use color charts in my work)
*The flap patches the Scouts are wearing are the Totin' Chip and Firem'n Chit emblems. These are supposed to be for equipment wear only, but they are designed in a pocket flap shape; I see these worn in this manner quite frequently. There is also a Cub Scout Whittling Chip emblem.
http://www.scoutstuff.org/BSASupply/ItemDetail.aspx?item=08597
http://www.scoutstuff.org/BSASupply/ItemDetail.aspx?item=08598
http://www.scoutstuff.org/BSASupply/ItemDetail.aspx?item=08599
Ed