[philmont] Does anyone else consider Philmont to be a Scouting activity ?

> From: Dr. Bob Klein
> More likely this falls under the advancement requirement to
> "Be Active".
>
> As background, the BSA's quasi-official line on this is: "Is
> registered in the Unit". There is NO formal or higher definition of "Be
> Active".

This is not correct. As discussed recently on Scouts-L, the BSA
has now come out with a better definition and is adding it to the
newest Advancement Committee Policies & Procedures.

> HOWEVER - and this is a very big "however" - the BSA offers wide
> latitude to Troops in defining what they consider to qualify as
> "Active".

This is also not correct. I have yet to hear of a single appeal
on a troop trying to impose its own standards of "active" on a
scout that did not get decided in favor of the scout. Anyway,
one of the things national has now clarified is that a unit
may not use any sort of quantitative measure for "active", i.e.
a certain percentage of outings or meetings, which also may
not be used for "scout spirit".

Regards
Don Roberts
Fullerton, CA
Los Amigos Districat Advancement Chairman
Orange County Council

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Received on Tue Oct 10 10:33:51 2006