GLDCommish

Wow..I just spent about half an hour reading all the previous response to the original thread! I can write on this topic with some authority. I spent 3 years as our district's advancement chair and I can tell you that I have seen both sides of this story. My guess is that the reason they developed their "Our counselors only" policy is because they had a bad experience at camp some where along the line. I can tell you that trying to ensure that the counselors at summer camp are following the proper BSA merit badge policies can be a daunting task even for the Council Advancement Comm

Hello Cubmaster Randy I assume that there is no loss or gain in the other ranks (Bobcat, Wolf, Bear, Web I). If your net this year is up 5 boys than your retention rate is over 100%. I don't know exactly how many boys you have so I can't tell you exactly what percentage. Take this year's number and divide by last year's number and multiy by 100. That's the retention rate. National averge is about 67 percent (I.E. one out of every three boys drop out of the program every year)! If you can end up each year with a gain in boys you must be doing something right!

Time for me to put it my two cents. As a DC it's my job to make sure that my UCs get out there and get commitments. We did that with commitments from nearly 100 percent of our units (some are so stubborn). So up until now all is well and I never gave much thought to how we would determine who's eligible and who isn't. So the other night I sat down and re-read EVERYTHING I could find from last year on the New Centennial Quality award including the web site and listening to Don Belcher's podcast MULTIPLE times (I burned a CD so I could listen to it in my car). I totally agee with the co

Gold Winger, thanks for the reply but it doesn't answer my original question: Can someone point out to me some official BSA documentation that describes where to wear the NYLT patch or what you can do with it. As I mentioned in my first posting, I am seeing nearly everyone that attends NYLT wearing the patch where the Jamboree patch goes. I don't think this is correct but I can't prove that it isn't. Someone at NYLT training must be telling them where to wear it. Is there an answer to this question........

Don't be so cheap, buy the SM handbook and read it!

I am the uniform police......just kidding. I have the 2006 printing of the Insignia Guide. The NYLT patch is mentioned on page 31 in name only. No mention of where it is worn. The Jamboree patch is mentioned on pages 4, 18, 42 and 50. Nowhere does it say that this is the ONLY patch that can be worn in that location.

Can someone direct me to the proper official scouting literature that explains in plain english where to wear the new NYLT patch? I see most boys who have taken the course wearing it above the right pocket where the National Jamboree patch is worn. I believe that the National Jamboree patch is the only patch that is worn in that location.