[philmont] [slightly off-topic] "Active"

Don, could you post what came up on Scouts-L for those of us who no longer try to drink from that firehose?

Thanks.

Rick Tyler
Assistant Scoutmaster, Troop 575
Chief Seattle Council

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From: "Donald S. Roberts" <donald@hummellawfirm.com>

> > 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 11:34:39 2006