Q/A: Number of Adult Recommendations per Unit
Q:
I have a question concerning the number of adults that
a unit may recommend for membership in the Order.
Some publications say 1 adult for every 50 youth,
while other publications say 1 adult per troop
no matter what the size of the troop.
Which is it?
A:
The information in
Operations Update 01-1,
January 2001, is correct. The change announced in that
Update, and effective February 1, 2001, was to allow larger troops
to recommend additional adults. Units are now allowed to
recommend one adult per every 50 Scouts.
As the Update says:
"
Troops or teams having more than 50 registered, active youth
members may nominate an additional adult for every 50 registered,
active youth, or fraction thereof. (As an example, a troop
having 51 to 100 registered, active youth may nominate two adults
each year if at least one youth has been elected.)
"
The rest of the adult nomination process, including the membership
requirements, review by the lodge adult selection committee, approval
of the Scout executive, etc., did not change.
Some publications may still have the old wording that limited a unit
to recommending just one adult no matter what the unit size. These
documents are being corrected as they are updated. Because of
publication schedules, some documents may have the old wording
even if their print date was after January 2001.
These will be corrected in the future.
The
Sample
Unit Election Forms on the national OA web site have
the correct wording for recommending one adult per 50 Scouts.
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