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Does anyone have a link to "Procedures for Maintaining Standards of Membership and Leadership" which is supposed to outline all the appropriate steps to remove someone's membership? I found a copy today and it's on my computer at work, but it seems to be a restricted item! Shouldn't we all have access to the documents that govern our organization?

@Sentinel947, Late nights and dyslexia causes me many texting issues. 😝

@69RoadRunner and @Sentinel947, they have already shown themselves to fail to follow the first point of the Scout Law. 

Can any of you tell me how to report a YPT incident "around" a council that likes to cherry pick what it will address and not address? I have the Member Care number but can't find it. A personal friend that is a professional Scout NOT to use Member Care. Suggestions?

@qwazse, this was a staff issue. When the second incident happened the next week, the staff didn’t even bother to report to head staff. 

@RememberSchiff, that fell on deaf ears (and eyes). However, one couple was talked to and the female was sent home! It’s my understanding she was the younger of the two. The young man stayed. They were in his tent! He had a family member (true adult) as the Program Director. 

On 6/13/2018 at 12:57 PM, walk in the woods said:

The good news is anybody who disagrees with your interpretation of the rules can report it (anonymously?) to the new 1800 number and get an independent third interpretation!

I’ve called that number before. I was told 14-17-year-olds could have sex away from Scouting and it wasn’t any of the BSA’s interest. I was told by Council this age group having sex at Camp was not a YPT concern. 

My entire family was active in OA for three generations. I’m seeing participation drop in our Lodge because if you aren’t a politician or a competitor, there’s nothing there for you. I’m afraid BSA is headed down the drain. 

My concern is the statement that what we used to refer to as "tweeners" (18-20-year-olds) are now registered as adults and were originally told they were doing it for the background check. This mostly impacted Venturing and Sea Scouting. A line has been added that now states that this age group of "adult participants" must follow all YPT rules. This brings about two big issues: a Crew president or Ship boatswain that is 18+ cannot directly contact any unit member that is under 18 using the media in which the "youth" (usually texting or some other app) AND they will be required to break off contact with friends that are under 18 that are registered in Scouting until those friends reach 18. I know of a youth that has had his membership revoked and placed on the permanently ineligible list for one-on-one contact with a youth. This could really impact our "older programs" as I don't know many young people that will give up their friends for Scouting. This entire situation seems a little heavy-handed since we treat these young people as a collective unit and expect them to run themselves.