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Last night we had our meeting with Council and the parents. The meeting was called by Council and attended by: the District Commissioner (modiator of the meeting), the District Executive, our Unit Commissioner, the Cubmaster, the Assistant Cubmaster; myself, the Pack Committee Chairperson, the Tiger Den Leader, a Boy Scout Troop Assistant Scoutmaster, and the parents. It was resolved that the boy is not eligible to be a Tiger Scout. This decision was based upon the June 2004 Rules and Regulations of the Boy Scouts of America and the position statement submitted by the Pack's Chartered Organiz

Our Pack and District did do a Spring Recruitment last May. However this family did not sign up then. The first time that this family tried signing up was this fall at Recruiting Night and they shared with the recruiter that their son was in kindergarten (for a second year) and 6 years of age. Is is a tough one! I'll keep everyone posted on the resolution.

Dear ScoutNut, No registration form or fee was accepted and this child is not a member. However the Tiger Leaders do not wish to deal with this issue directly and have told us that they will leave the decision to Pack leadership and Council to deal with. We live in a small town and the Tiger Leaders volunteered last Spring. I believe this boy may have been associated with the Tiger Leaders and/or future Tigers through his participation on a baseball team. Last Spring the Tiger leader may not have been aware of the intentions of the parent to hold him back and switch schools. The Tig

Our Chartered Organization Representative told me yesterday that they were in favor of the Pack following the rules. The parent had approached them as well. They feel that it will be better if they wait until the boy can go through scouting with his classmates and friends. They are awaiting the results of our arbitration meeting next week.

Hi everyone! I am new to this forum and I apologize for the long post. We have a problem in our pack and we need all the advice that we can get on this issue. At our Recruiting Night we turned away a parent who wanted to sign her son up as a Tiger Scout. Her son was in kindergarten and 6 years old. BSA National Policy states that a Tiger Cub is in First Grade or 7 years old. Her son was in the public school kindergarten last year and then this year she put her son in kindergarten in Catholic School. We kindly told the parent that we look forward to recruiting her and her son in the Spring