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

Although I felt moved to correct the statements of the venerable Dr. Bob, I
am reluctant to republish Scouts-L material to this list due to the fact
that a lot of pholks on this list have (for their own reasons) abandoned
scouts-L. I would encourage those interested to look this stuff up on the
scouts-l archives (accessable via the web to non-subscribers, I think)
rather than risking turning this list into another Scouts-L (which, in my
view is not a bad thing, but obviously opinions differ).
Don
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  From: philmont@troop47.com [mailto:philmont@troop47.com]On Behalf Of
rhtyler@comcast.net
  Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 9:18 AM
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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

    -------------- Original message --------------
    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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