National Annual Meeting NAM May 5-9, 2024 Orlanda

[skeptic 997]

4 hours ago, scoutldr said:

We are in a high military concentration area.  While the Scouts were gathering on the parking lot for our weekly meeting one summer evening, a young man stopped in, saying he was a Eagle Scout in the Navy and wanted to get back to Scouting.  Seemed nice enough.  I tried contacting his home Council (Caddo) SE and never got a response to verify his creds.  I had given him an app and explained that he couldn't participate until the background checks were done and he had council approval.  Never saw him after that.  I will always wonder if we dodged a bullet, or did we miss an opportunity.

Yes might be the answer to both or either.  We had a similar incident or two where once it was made clear to someone they were not allowed to work until cleared, other than with other adults they disappeared.  Follow the rules and it works most of the time.