Old_OX_Eagle83

Old Office Patch on Cent Uniform

Heres the question. Ive recently been made ASM of my sons troop, a position Ive held in other units before. Can I simply use my old position patch? The reason I ask is the shirt Id be putting it on is a centennial shirt, the patch is an old school green one. Typically Id be quick to say once uniform, always uniform, but I dont want to start off on the wrong foot here.

If boys dont camp, they cant advance. Take a look at your rank requirements. The question is why are you not camping, has an explanation been given? Heres what Id do:

I would not wait for the parents meeting. In this case Id contact the Scoutmaster directly, to offer assistance on the next outing (this would work better if you have the names of other leaders/parents willing to help out). Once you offer your help, ask what the issue has been. If this method does not work, its time to reach out to the Committee Chair.

Id approach the Committee Chair directly stating your concern, followed by the details of your Scoutmaster contact and offer to help renew that offer to help. Unless the CC flat refuses to talk to you, the ball is now out of your court, allow the CC time to look into this.

This issue is likely nothing sinister, or underhanded. Likely there is a lack of trained leadership available for the camping trips, or there are work/health concerns coming into play. Find out the facts, offer to help, organize others to help. Likely the Scoutmaster isnt the bad guy, just in need of help, or a break. The committee may not be aware of the issue, they are equipped to handle just this type of issue, but must be given time to resolve it.

If, any only if, the SM will not/cannot fix the issue, and the committee cannot/will not fix the issue, and both have been given adequate time, you have some hard choices to make. Again, you must offer your help, and give people time to work on the issue, before taking further steps. At this point you can either move on, or speak with the Charter Organization they own the program. The Charter Org can make any changes needed, but make decide the program is broke and drop it. As with the other steps, be fair, provide the facts, and offer to help.

I hope this helps, the key remains why are they not camping?

1963 VW Super V ... yea I'm telling my age

Welcome - Glad to see you two are having fun scouting together. ACM, way to step up!