by Lynda J » Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:34 am
This is directly out of our Councils Eagle BOR policy.
EBOR should be set up through the District Advancement Chair. And if the boy didn't get his project approved by the DACommittee he will have a big problem.
Eagle boards of review (BOR) will be conducted in accordance with the National BSA policy as stated in Reference 4. The Longhorn Council Advancement Committee supplements those guidelines with this document.
The Longhorn Council has placed the responsibility for conducting the Eagle Scout board of review with the District Advancement Committee. The District Advancement Chairman will designate the board chairman and may serve on the board anytime, at his/her discretion. The board will be made up of from three to six members. The board chairman has final authority on who serves on an Eagle BOR, which may include one or more representatives from the candidate's unit. The Scoutmaster, Assistant Scoutmaster, or any relative of the Scout may not serve as members of the board. The Scoutmaster may sit in as a non-participating visitor, but under no circumstances will a relative be present (Ref. 4). All members of the board do not have to be registered Scouters, but "must have an understanding of the importance and purpose of the Eagle board of review."
The Eagle BOR should be planned to take approximately 30 minutes. The BOR is not a retest of the Scout's knowledge or skills, but rather an opportunity to get to know the candidate, assess his personality and character, review his Scouting career, and conduct the final review of his project report.
One important duty of the District Advancement Committee is to secure definite, concrete, satisfactory evidence that the Eagle candidate has lived up to the ideals of Scouting. This evidence should come from those who know the candidate personally, as well as from the candidate himself. The Scout provides references on his Eagle application and the BOR chairman should obtain input from them. The District Advancement Committees may determine the best procedure for obtaining input from the candidate's references. They may request letters, make personal contact, or telephone the individuals. If the district chooses to request letters of recommendation, it is the district's responsibility, and not the Scouts, to request them from the references. While the reference's letters should never be given to the candidate, what they say about the Scout may be discussed with him during the BOR. The information provided by the references must be considered along with the opinion of the board members in assessing the Scout's final selection for the Eagle rank. At the discretion of the BOR chairman, it is not necessary to receive input from all references before conducing the Eagle BOR. A negative reference is not, in itself, a disqualifier.
The Eagle BOR may be conducted after the Scout's 18th birthday. It may be conducted within three months of the birthday without any explanation. A letter from an adult knowledgeable of the circumstances (troop or district) will be attached to the Eagle application explaining the delay for BORs held between three and six months. A letter from the Council Advancement Committee is required for boards held after six months.
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your community is a tree. You are either a leaf that feeds it or mistletoe that suckes it dry. Be sure you are always a leaf.
I plan on sharing it with the SM to see where we go next. 
