[philmont] Troop Merge - How does it affect a Trek

This is opinion, and bad advice:

What Philmont expects:
The holder of the reservation has to come up with his own crew members, at
least 7 but no more than 12, and to do so in time to complete your payments,
training, medical paperwork, Philmont paperwork, trek selection, etc. Also,
if the holder of the reservation cannot meet the payment requirements of
Philmont because of too few crew members, he cannot "give away" his
reservation to another troop. He is expected to return the reservation to
Philmont so that they can pass on the reservation to the next troop on the
waiting list.

>>> True and correct

What you can do:
1. Recruit crew members from other troops in your area to get a full crew.
Your local scout office can often help you. You can even add crew members
from people outside your area if they become known to you. Occasionally,
you will see on this list a request/invitation for additional crew members
to join a crew in another state.

>>> Not true. This is outside the scope of a unit reservation. Generally
speaking units are expected to fill their crews with members of their unit.
Unit crews are just that, unit crews. Provisional crews are sent by
councils, not units. If your HA chair or the ranch catches wind of units
recruiting from outside their unit, your reservation is at risk and can be
revoked. In general, as with most things in scouting, your are expected to
do the right thing.

It may be that your council contingent can support your reduced group size
and your reservation can be given to a waitlisted unit.

There have been cases where multiple units have each participatedin the
lottery, bidding for multiple crews. One unit was successful and then
filled the crews with the group members. This was discovered and the
reservation was revoked.

Your best course of action is to do as I originally suggested as yours is a
special case. Speak with your Scout Exec and HA Chair. If necessary speak
with the ranch in advance and a solution will be worked out. Its all about
advnace communication with your council and the ranch.

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Received on Sun Apr 6 12:29:42 2008