daveinWA

Thanks to all for your great guidance! It's greatly appreciated and I'll put it to good use.

Greeings, All;

I'm CC for both our Troop and Crew and a serious question has arisen about the definition of "active in the Troop" Eagle rank requirement relative to a Scout's activity in the Crew.

What has happened is that the Crew members (who are all Star and Life) have essentially stopped attending any Troop meetings or outings. My position is that the Scout Handbook requires "...active in the Troop..."; nothing is mentioned about the Crew and that is where the requirement must be met. The Crew is supposed to provide a higher program level to keep our guys active, not replace the guidance to the Troop the older Scouts could provide as the youth leaders.

Our Troop manual clearly defines what 'active' is for us so I have an reference but now, one of the Eagle candidates who has been absent from the Troop but kind of active in the Crew, is ready for his BOR. (In this instance, because we haven't clearly communicated a policy, I'm inclined to let him move forward; I want to set the policy as soon as possible, though.)

I welcome your opinions on this.