MBU Has A Requirment That Is Not In The MB book!!!

[wackydog1221]

Okay so I am going to do the Computers course and this is what it says the pre-req.

Complete Requirement 2. Bring your report to class.
Complete Requirement 5c. Bring your notes to class.
Complete Requirement 6. (8 options) Bring your results to class.
Complete Requirement 10. Bring your notes to class.

When I bought the book though there is no requirement 10. It is also not on the website.http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Computers
So did the MBU mess up or my book?

[smtroop168]

Okay so I am going to do the Computers course and this is what it says the pre-req.

Complete Requirement 2. Bring your report to class.
Complete Requirement 5c. Bring your notes to class.
Complete Requirement 6. (8 options) Bring your results to class.
Complete Requirement 10. Bring your notes to class.

When I bought the book though there is no requirement 10. It is also not on the website.http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Computers
So did the MBU mess up or my book?

The MBU. Computers MB was revised Jan 1 2010. Take a look at this link

http://usscouts.org/mb/changes/mb036-10.asp

[wackydog1221]

Okay. Thank you so much!!!! When I go to MBU I will tell the counselor that they need to update the pre-req.

[RWSmith]

There is no longer a Req. 10 for this MB. (The requirements were updated, effective 1 Jan 2010.) While the requirements that your MBC (for the MBU) gave you are "technically" wrong, considering your taking this MB at a MBU, you should still bring your notes to class.

The following sites have the current requirements:

• Scouting.Org (Official) - Computers MB
• MeritBadge.Org - Computers MB, and
• USScouts.Org - Computers MB

USScouts.Org (PaulSWolf) also does a great job showing you a comparison view of the current vs. previous requirements, if you are not color blind. See here:

• USScouts.Org - Computers MB (Update view)

[wackydog1221]

Thanks!!!

[Quailman]

I see this regularly in my district and council. The MBCs know that the requirements have changed, but they don't look at the prereqs from last year before reusing them. Some of us get lazy or careless on occasion and welcome the attention to detail on the part of people like wackydog1221.

[wackydog1221]

Okay so I got the Computers merit badge today, but my MBC didn't even know there are pre-requisites . So we went over all the pre-requisites in class even though I had them. Fortunately I was able to skip some things because I had them.