Court of Honor

[DanaT]

Does a scout have to attend a court of honor to be awarded merit badgets he has earned? I was sick for the last COH and when I asked for the awards, he told me I had to wait until the next COH.

[wagionvigil]

Not is many troops. I would always present them as soon as earned.You advance the day of a BOR so getting the award is anytime after that.

[diamondbackAPL]

in our troop, when a scout is absent at a COH, they recognize the person anyway and give the awards to the parent if he or she is there.

also, when some scouts pass the next rank, they go ahead and buy the badge for themselves instead of waiting for a COH.

[OldGreyBear]

also, when some scouts pass the next rank, they go ahead and buy the badge for themselves instead of waiting for a COH

YIKES YIKES and double YIKES

In the troop I serve it is routine practice to give the scout the rank patch as soon as possible after the confirmation of the Board of Review, the norm is the next meeting. The rank card and mothers pin is subsequently awarded at the next Court of Honor.

scouts who miss courts are given their ranks and merit badges at the follwoing meetings. I always thought immediate recognition was one of the facets in the advancement process

[t305spl]

Anyone that misses a COH in our troop will be recognized there and will be delivered the awards in the mail.

[Billiken]

We have formal COHs every quarter.

MBs and Ranks are awarded at troop meetings (monthly) in the 9 non-COH or "off" months.

All boys who earned MBs or advanced in rank are recognized at the quarterly COH.

You must be present at a meeting or COH. We won't mail them.

[Chief J]

In our Troop, when a Scout passes a Board of Review for Rank, an announcement is made at that evening's closing ceremony. The very next time he is at a meeting, he will be called in front of the Troop and be presented with his badge. At the formal Court of Honor, he will be called up in front of the Troop and guests and presented his wallet card.

With respect to merit badges, when a Scout turns in a completed card, at the next meeting he will be called up in front of the Troop and presented the badge. At the formal Court of Honor, he is again called to the front of the Troop and presented his wallet card.

We currently hold Courts of Honor on a quarterly basis.

If the Scout is not at a Court of Honor, we will hold the wallet card and present it to him at the next Court of Honor in front of the Troop and invited guests. We do not mail them. I would make an exception to this if the Scout or his parent asked for the card beforehand for some reason, though that has not happened yet.

Best Regards,
Chief J

[Lynda J]

When a scout complets his BOR for rank we announce it to the troop that night. Then at the next meeting he is presented his new rank patch and at the next COH he is presented with the card. This way he gets recognised three times. There have been times that a boy has advanced two ranks between COH. If you wait until COH to present rank they don't get the honor of wearing all their . We do the same think with merit badges.

[t305spl]

We dont give out awards until the COH they are recognized by troop members as achieving the rank or award. We dont want to make our troop Advancement Chairman run out everytime an awards turned in we just buy them all at once for the COH. We do hold about 5 a year. And they certainly can receive a card from us to go out and buy it on their own. We do not recognize them formally until the COH.

[ASM-142]

It is not fair to a scout who has earned a rank or MB not to have the badge at the next meeting. He has earned the badge and has every right to wear it and therefore it should be provided to him right away (within a week) and not have him wait until a COH.

[t305spl]

And they certainly can receive a card from us to go out and buy it on their own. We do not recognize them formally until the COH.

If they want it before the COH we will give them a signed card to go on their own to get it, we do not provide them until the COH. Not one person has complained or been disappointed yet so we are not inclined to change our ways right now.

[ASM-142]

And they certainly can receive a card from us to go out and buy it on their own. We do not recognize them formally until the COH.

If they want it before the COH we will give them a signed card to go on their own to get it, we do not provide them until the COH. Not one person has complained or been disappointed yet so we are not inclined to change our ways right now.

The scout has earned the badge and should not have to wait until a COH or have to buy it on his own. Maybe the scouts do not realize that they are entitled to have it right away.

[t305spl]

No it is made clear at all BOR's that they may wait until the COH to receive it from the troop or you can take this signed card and get it whenever you want. I am sorry you dont care for it this way but thats the way we do it. Until a parent or scout complains a leader about it, it probabily wont be brought up at a meeting anytime soon. You never know it might change tomorrow. The only thing I can tell you is the way we do it now.

[ASM-142]

No it is made clear at all BOR's that they may wait until the COH to receive it from the troop or you can take this signed card and get it whenever you want. I am sorry you dont care for it this way but thats the way we do it. Until a parent or scout complains a leader about it, it probabily wont be brought up at a meeting anytime soon. You never know it might change tomorrow. The only thing I can tell you is the way we do it now.

There should never be an option to take the signed card and get it on their own. It should be provided to him when he earns it.

[t305spl]

And it will be, the troop provides them all at the time of recognition the COH. If he wants the patch desperately he cant wait 2.5 months (and most of the times they dont earn the award the day after the last COH so they even have less time than that) he can go out on his own and buy one. The troop will still buy one for him even if that means he now has 2 for the COH.

[ASM-142]

Instant recognition, which is stessed in scouting, does not include a 2 month (or even 2 week) wait to receive a badge that has been earned.

The only time that a scout should have to buy his own badge is if he lost it. A troop should not buy a second badge for a scout who already has a badge.

[t305spl]

What do you do in the summer when camp is in the beggining of July and you dont have a meeing until mid September. Thats a wait how do you recognize them then. This is the way we do it. I feel its a fine way. Remember I am also a scout that has to wait too and I dont complain and no one else has yet. You do it your way and we will do it ours. But I assure you that if anyone decides they don like the way its done anymore the PLC and committee will discuss the topic.

[ASM-142]

What do you do in the summer when camp is in the beggining of July and you dont have a meeing until mid September. Thats a wait how do you recognize them then. This is the way we do it. I feel its a fine way. Remember I am also a scout that has to wait too and I dont complain and no one else has yet. You do it your way and we will do it ours. But I assure you that if anyone decides they don like the way its done anymore the PLC and committee will discuss the topic.

As far as summercamp badges go my troop holds a COH within 2 weeks after returning from summercamp.

As I stated earlier, the scouts in your troop are probable not aware that they should not have to wait until a COH to get a badge as stated in your troop rules and therefore do not know that they should be complaining.

[t305spl]

No it is made clear at all BOR's that they may wait until the COH to receive it from the troop or you can take this signed card and get it whenever you want.

[ASM-142]

Are the scouts ever made aware that the badge that they have earned should be awarded at the next meeting for instant recognition without having to get it on their own?