What own positions have your troop made?

[Fat Old Guy 11]

"I agree with you, but technically the troop and pack sites are supposed to be run by an adult."

 

Where do you get this?

[hops_scout 9]

FOG, I dont remember where I read that. It might have been here. I think I read it in our council's policies for web sites.

[NJCubScouter 1389]

It doesn't mean that you can't help out in teaching these to your younger Scouts (with the approval of the merit badge counselor), but the counseling and signing off part needs to be done by an actual merit badge counselor with the appropriate 2-deep leadership.

 

Just a little note here, "two-deep leadership" is NOT a requirement for merit badge counseling. (Obviously if the counseling is taking place at a camping trip, meeting or other activity where two-deep leadership is required, then two-deep leadership is still required, the merit badge counseling is irrelevant.)

 

The materials provided to merit badge counseling do require that the "buddy system" be used -- though we have had some disagreements on this forum about whether this is a requirement or just a recommendation. I think it is a requirement. I also believe that the "buddy system" in merit badge counseling is another way of stating the "no one on one rule" that is one of the main elements of youth protection, but that isn't completely clear either. "No one on one" differs from "two deep leadership" in that one leader plus two scouts satisfies "no one on one," while obviously two adult leaders are required for "twp deep leadership."

 

[KA6BSA 10]

BSA National has a new YPG online course that answers all those basic questions... seems like people keep getting mixed up by replacing everything they should have learned about YPG by the phrase "two deep leadership." Just follow the Youth Protection Guidelines for everything you do in BSA, and when you have activities in your outdoor program use the G2SS (Guide to Safe Scouting). When you sign a tour permit with your council that's what you are promising to do.