Boardsofreview

Uniform: The Scout is to have his

• Class A shirt, tucked in, all insignia properly placed and affixed (sewn, at least tacked - not with safety pins)
• neckerchief (with a slide),
• jeans (blue or black), or short pants (tan, green, khaki, gray, or black), but no basketball shorts or sweats, and
• shoes (no open-toed shoes or flipflops).
• Star, Life, and Eagle-Palm reviews also require the sash with the merit badges (for the rank being reviewed) properly attached (not stapled or safety-pinned on).

Time: The Board will be done during the Troop meeting, be it outdoor or indoor. The above uniform requirement does not change. This will begin right after bulletins.

The Scout is to be prepared for the Board. He should be able to discuss everything he has done for this rank and the previous ones.

One-word, or worse, one-syllable answers are not acceptable.

The Board's decision must be unanimous.

The time will vary. For example, a Tenderfoot board will last about 15 minutes, whereas a Life board will last 30. When a Board is scheduled, this estimated time will be posted in the meeting agenda (page).

A question that will again surface is that about ASMs being on Boards. The idea is, those on the Board are not to have been greatly involved iwth the Scout's advancement. Troop 792 prefers that most (officially all but two) of the registered adult leaders be ASMs, doing the outdoor activities and getting training like OLS.

coming: standard list of questions

Notes from 3/1/16 meeting with Commissioner

Boards of Review- ways we do them are guidelines

Questions about what we can ask on a BOR:

• We can ask them what they did when completing the requirements.
• When you did that, what did you learn? Or how come you chose that one?
• Inquire the why's, when’s, etc. What did you understand about completing this?

Who should be on them and when should we hold them:

• Committee members run it
• ASM can sit in but not if you have done sign off’s with the Scout’s
• Higher Rank Scouts can sit in but listen only for learning
• It’s recommended that BOR are ... scheduled by the Advancement Chairman.
• We talked about maybe once a month. Not at an outdoor meeting?
• It was recommended that BOR’s be held separately from troop meetings - for example, to be held on the Tuesdays each month we don’t have a regular meeting.

Scoutmasters Conference:

• Should be a catch point to address whether a Scout is ready to have their BOR.
• Address: Character, un-scout like conduct, unpreparedness, etc…
• 2 Adult Leaders for accountability and to train adults on the how-to’s
• Conferences are meant to be more formal than how we currently do them
• Go through Scout Handbook and ask questions, but not retesting
• We’ve had several Scouts that have come in with a requirement not signed off previous. This shouldn’t be found in the BOR.

Reason to not Pass someone in their BOR:

• Not in full uniform
• Un-Scout-like attitude

Roles of a Scoutmaster and ASM:

• Mentor/ friend/ coach
• Runs the program

Roles of the Committee:

• Award (Awards chairman works with SPL for COH also)
• BOR and helps support and run troop