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

I have been involved with an appeal to Standards and Practices where one of the issues was whether the scout fulfilled the "active" requirement, the "scout spirit" requirement as well as other issues. The issue addressed in ours was not the limits of activity but rather when the 6 month period ran from. The scout had been minimally active beyond registration during the 6 months past Life was earned but had not remained active beyond registration during any 6 month period (or combination of months to reach the 6 months) for the next 2 years until he applied for Eagle. The committee determined that he met the requrements of active.

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Subject: [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 hav e 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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