Question from John<\/strong>: “Advancement requires serving in a position of responsibility or a leadership project. (‘While a First Class Scout, serve actively in your unit for four months in one or more of the following positions of responsibility, or carry out a Scoutmaster-assigned leadership project to help the unit<\/strong>.’) What are some examples of these types of projects?<\/strong>“<\/p>\n

Answer from Chris Hunt, BSA Advancement Team: “<\/strong>We don\u2019t normally provide examples for this sort of thing because we don\u2019t want to establish a ‘standard.’ It\u2019s better if both youth leaders and adult leaders brainstorm prospective projects that will help the individual unit. That said, it\u2019s hard to resist coming up with an example. But remember, it\u2019s just an example from one Scouter to another that maybe could generate that brainstorming. If I were a Scoutmaster I would probably have a mental list of things I would like to see improved. Maybe there are behavioral issues, for example, that might be resolved if Scouts who are not involved in troop leadership were to give input and take ownership of the solutions. A leadership project might then be to assemble a Scout focus group and give leadership to the creation of a troop code of conduct that all the Scouts could accept. Such a code would have to be drafted and edited, perhaps reviewed by all the Scouts in the troop for input, and be reviewed by the PLC for further adjustments. The Scout could then present the code to the troop committee for its review, and finally have it printed and signed by all the Scouts.<\/p>\n