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There is a difference between being "dropped" by a troop (failure to recharter, non-attendence, etc) and "removed" on the basis of allegations, behaviour or safety issues, etc. I have been in discussions with parents whose son only turns up (or they do) to recharter for another year and yet do nothing, do not attend activities, or anything for the remainder. That is a troop issue in regards to dropping a scout. There may be issues that prevent a scout from participating (school work, doesn't fit with the troop, meeting nights don't work, or he just doesn't care). This doesn't prevent hi

In an ideal world, the parents would be informed as to problems with their son in the troop, meetings could/should be held and if the membership were revoked it would be through due process. This however doesn't happen as often as it should (see my postings under revocation of membership). If the troop revoked the boy's membership in that troop, it causes a chain reaction up and down the scout hierarchy. It generally prevents the boy from ever registering with another troop (particularly if his previous troop initiates a revocation of membership at the district/council level) anywhe

The canned letter from the scout executive read in part "we have received information that has compelled us to revoke the registration of your son (name) with the Boy Scouts of America." "We reserve the right to refuse registration whenever there is a concern that an individual may not meet the high standards of membership that the BSA seeks". "If you wish to have this decision reviewed by a BSA regional review committtee, please write the regional director (region) within sixty days of the date of this letter, explaining your version of the facts supporting your claim that his registrat

No, i don't believe any of the adults involved were mandatory reporters. No one was in any of those professions.

After spending many evenings in Youth Protection Training at Round Table, it was my understanding that the SM is not a mandated reporter. I believe that is why the Scouts have the YPG. If an allegation is made, the Scout Executive provides the information to the appropriate agencies to investigate. This removes the scouter, troop or committee from any liability regarding malicious reporting. That's how it was explained to me. The alleged victim was not in any danger from the other boy, as his family had also moved from the area two months before the accusations were filed. (it wa

As far as can be determined, the route of the allegations were from the one scout to the SM and CC, who then phoned the alleged victims parents (and then to their son i suppose). It was reported in person the next day to the Scout Executive by the SM, the CC and the parent. There is still no information as to how the first scout came to have the information he passed on to the scoutmaster. As far as it is known to date, the alleged victim did not report it to the scout (so it may have been hearsay or rumor from that point forward). There is no indication of what transpired in th

At this point I would say the process. The parents actually had to go through two levels of appeal without actually knowing what had happened at all. All they had to go on was that their son had had his membership revoked as he did not meet the "standards of membership". Calls to the Council executive were unfruitful at best and many calls were unreturned. The Council Executive stated that he could not comment on anything. I don't think the parents wanted comments, they wanted to know what had happened and what the accusations were. The parents were extremely upset to say a

Here's one for the discussion heap. The new scoutmaster and the chairman of a troop are on a camping trip (non-scouting) with their sons and some other boys from the troop). During a campfire session, one of the boys (not one of the sons) who was the SPL said that another boy (not on this trip) from the troop had allegedly been molested by another scout on at least three separate occasions. The leaders immediately phoned the parents of the alleged victim and tell them what had been told them and identified the boy who had allegedly done this deed. The parents needless to say were e

I was advancement chair. ASL's son was up before the BOR for his Life Scout. Something was up before the meeting when the ASL asked who the board was going to consist of (aside from me, there were 3 others - 2 with many BORs and a new member). The ASL clearly told me his disappointment in the makeup of the BOR. At that point alarm bells should have rung. I also must point out I had been Advancement chair for nearly three years and had chaired over 15 BORs without incident. When the BOR started with the ASL's son, the boy looked ill (ill at ease and actually looked like he had the flu

Does the Freedom of Information Act apply to the Boy Scouts of America? I know it isn't a department of the Federal Government, but it is chartered by them. If it does apply, how does one go about filing an application to obtain information?

After reading all these posts on this topic, I have yet to see what was actually done to have the ASM1 and his wife and sons removed from their troop. As a Unit Commissioner and many times a committee member the ONLY person/organization that can remove a leader is the Charter Rep/Chartered Organization. They are the ones that "hire" you and they are the ones that can "fire" you. Take a look at a leader application and see what signatures are on it. There is no signature space on it for the scoutmaster. A scoutmaster cannot "fire" anyone from the troop. He can meet with the committee