I would like to know how this turned out for acco40.
It's worked okay for us. Three of about six of our Eagles who applied through the troop this year had their POR with our crew. That fraction is going to drop now that youth who were never in the troop (i.e., the young women) are crew officers.
We did have a bump when turning in the last application to council HQ. They were certain the boy had to have his POR through the unit he was filing his application. They said they never approved that sort of thing (even though they did twice already). I waited patiently while they called National to hear what I was told by my district advancement chair three years ago.
Bottom line:
Folks may try to do you the favor of making rules for you.
Repectfully decline. Stand by your boys. They'll do you good.
