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  1. #52 - Scouting Service Award The new knot recognizes Scouters who have earned one of these five awards: Asian American Spirit of Scouting Service Award* ¡Scouting…Vale la Pena! Service Award* Whitney M. Young Jr. Service Award* American Indian Scouting Association Grey Wolf Award Special Needs Scouting Service Award Each of the awards marked with a * above currently has its own square knot. But once supplies of those knots run out, the new Scouting Service Award knot will be used to recognize recipients.
  2. No, they are not the exclusive domain of boys, but the stated purpose in the congressional charter is for the training of boys. You are right that the program has never been dependent of gender, thought it has been geared towards boys since the beginning. For me it is simple, the Boy Scouts is a place for boys to be boys with other boys, and to introduce girls, even those who live their lives as boys, will throw off the whole dynamic.
  3. From the congressional charter of the BSA "The purposes of the corporation are to promote, through organization, and cooperation with other agencies, the ability of boys to do things for themselves and others, to train them in scoutcraft, and to teach them patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and kindred virtues, using the methods that were in common use by boy scouts on June 15, 1916." This is the same text that is still found in the Bylaws of the BSA, chapter 1 section 2. The BSAs purpose is clearly to focus on boys.
  4. This only appears to apply to Boy Scout and Cub Scout youth, but not adult leaders and Venturing youth. This does not take much of an imagination to see where this will be a big can of worms, just a few examples. Sally wants to be Bob, but has to register as a girl in her crew. Now she registers as a boy in a local troop. One weekend she sleeps in a tent with girls, and the next with boys?? Say Sally earns First Class in a troop then decides Boy Scouts is not for her, and drops out. Now can she earn Eagle in a crew even though registered as a girl? Sally is inducted into the OA as a Fi
  5. I really wish the Program Features for Troops, Teams, and Crews was online
  6. While planning for the topic of scout resources for our districts roundtable I ran across this website, www.programresources.org, it appears to be a BSA national website. There are tons of information for troops, broken down int several categories, Scout skill challenges, team building activities for both troops and patrols, general campraft, pioneering skills, ceremonies, and leaders minutes. Most of the topics have videos to go along with the instructions.
  7. Interesting related news article. http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/scouts-ban-advocacy-hurt-groups-bid-troop-35735843 With a very interesting quote "The Boy Scouts' doors are open, but new troop applications must now be approved by a national body, not locally, Great Salt Lake Council Scout Executive Rick Barnes said."
  8. This wording has never been on the charter agreement.
  9. I posted this here in I&P as it would be destine for here. I just came across an updated version of the Annual Charter Agreement, with two new additions. Looks like they are trying to weed out any "activist" organizations becoming COs. The Chartered Organization agrees to: ... Chartered organizations must utilize the Scouting program to accomplish specific objectives related to one or more of the following: Youth character development Career skill development Community service Patriotism and military and veteran recognition Faith-based youth ministry ... Chartered org
  10. I suspect this is in response to the new text in the The Process of Counseling section in the 2015 Guide to Advancement: ...The sort of hands-on interactive experience described here, with personal coaching and guidance, is hardly ever achieved in any setting except when one counselor works directly with one Scout and his buddy, or with a very small group. Thus, this small-scale approach is the recommended best practice for merit badge instruction and requirement fulfillment. Units, districts, and councils should focus on providing the most direct merit badge experiences possible. Large
  11. In this months Advancement News, http://files.ctctcdn.com/137c2ed6201/7b35c577-45ad-4c91-a0be-be041f63c9be.pdf, it shows what appears to be a new Scout rank patch. I suspect this will roll out with the new requirements as it will be a rank, not just signifying membership. Edo
  12. I have no experience with this type of issue, but if you give us some more info we can tell you what the right outcome should be. Did they not let him start/complete the project? What was the reason? How old is he?
  13. You've just describe a lot of the functions of a District Activities and Civic Service Committee.
  14. Here is the BSA social media guidelines, http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Marketing/Resources/SocialMedia.aspx That being said, my district has both a page and group. The page is for pushing announcements and such, the group is for discussion. The group is closed, only open to leaders and parent, no scouts, and yes we know that this is against the rules, but some time I think the BSA has a few too many.
  15. Reading over the new Guide to Awards and Insignia, in the sentence proceeding the new rule about nonuniform wear of the neckerchief, I came across this: "Local councils may prescribe that the specific official neckerchief be worn by Boy Scouts and Scouters on a council or district basis. I do not remember anything similar in previous revisions, but I could be wrong. Has anyone ever heard of a council doing this?
  16. The Guide to Advancement states: Council advancement committee members—or others designated—have the responsibility to secure recommendations from the references appearing under requirement 2 on the Eagle Scout Rank Application. This may be done by letter, form, or phone call. For reasons of privacy and confidentiality, electronic submissions are discouraged. It is acceptable to send or deliver to the references an addressed envelope with instructions, and perhaps a form to complete. The Scout may assist with this, but that is the limit of his participation. He is not to be responsible
  17. Yesterday there was an update to my.scouting.org under My Dashboard, then My Training. There are now YPT, Training Center, Requirements, and Completions tabs. YPT - This shows your YPT status for Youth Protection Training, Venturing Youth Protection Training and Exploring Youth Protection Training, and allow you to take all three. Training Center - this is essentially what was on E-Leaning tab of myscouting.org. You can view your training status for all online available courses. Requirement - This shows all of your registered positions and all related training for those positions
  18. Using numbers from December 31st, 2013, and assuming 5 paying adults from each unit, the total loss would be over $16 million. Unit liability fee used to be called the charter fee.
  19. The number of scouts we would lose if the LDS were to pull out is roughly the numbers of scouts we have lost in the last 6-7 years
  20. Your thoughts on this quote from Gates' 2014 NAM address...
  21. Was he elected the troop or appointed by an adult?
  22. The article that Rick linked to does not accurately describe Trail Life's membership policy, which states In terms of sexual identification and behavior, we affirm that any sexual activity outside the context of the covenant of marriage between one man and one woman is sinful before God and therefore inconsistent with the values and principles of the program. Within these limits, we grant membership to adults and youth who do not engage in or promote sexual immorality of any kind, or engage in behavior that would become a distraction to the mission of the program. http://www.traillif
  23. It is in this document, https://www.scoutsforequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Adult-Leadership-Standards-Update-and-Resources-for-Key-3.pdf (I am only assuming this is the actual resolution, it is what was passed by the Executive Committee)
  24. Today, the Boy Scouts of America’s National Executive Board ratified a resolution that removes the national restriction on openly gay adult leaders and employees. The change is effective immediately. http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2015/07/27/bsa-amends-adult-leadership-standards-heres-change-means-scout-unit/
  25. This if from the Key 3 letter. After the youth membership standard change, there was a net loss, I suspect that this will result in the same.
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