Public Troop Committee - Boy Scout Troop 459 (Wernersville, Pennsylvania)

Board of Review Process:

Once all requirements for the rank are completed, you must contact the Scoutmaster for a Scoutmaster’s conference. Once the Scoutmaster has signed your book, you then must contact the Troops Advancement Coordinator to set up your Board of Review. Do not ask the Advancement Coordinator to set up a board of review if you haven’t completed your Scoutmaster conference. Board of Reviews are conducted every 3rd Thursday of each month during the Troop meeting. A Scout must come to their Board of Review with the following items:

*Full Scout uniform: this includes pants/shorts, shirt, neckerchief & slide, merit badge sash, Scout socks, and hiking boots. Hiking boots are the shoe for the Scout uniform, not sneakers.

*Boy Scout handbook: we cannot sign off on your board of review if we don’t have your book.

*Scout attitude: You must be respectful of the adults conducting your board of review. We like to joke with you to put you at ease, but everything must be done with respect. Please don’t slouch in your chair.

*Be Prepared: Remember to go over your Scout handbook before your Board of Review. When we ask questions, we expect answers. When you can’t answer a simple question like “On what camping trip did you cook for your patrol?”, we have to wonder if you actually did it!!

Important Note:

We have the right at your Board of Review to not pass you for that rank. If you are not dressed in full uniform with your book, do not expect to have a Board of Review. If you cannot answer questions, you will be asked to look over your book and try again next month. We want to see you succeed, so please keep these things in mind before your Board of Review.

Troop Reimbursement Procedures

Food Reimbursement

Whenever the Scouts take a weekend trip a Scout is responsible for purchasing the food for each patrol. This is also part of a requirement for the rank of First Class. Refer to your Scout handbook for all of the details for this rank requirement. Prior to the trip, the patrols will get together and plan their menus and who will have what specific responsibilities for the meal such as buying the food for the patrol, cooking, clean up etc.

The Scout responsible for purchasing the food for the patrol usually will go grocery shopping a day or two before the trip. The Scout should bring all of the food with him when the Troop is to leave for the trip. You will also need to know the cost that each Scout is to pay to reimburse you for the food purchased for the patrol. You will need to let each Scout know the cost for the food that Friday night or Saturday morning before leaving the Scout room for the Trip. It is every Scout’s responsibility to make sure that they pay for their food when they are dropped off for the trip or before they are picked up to go home at the end of each trip. Since the Scouts are being dropped off by a parent/guardian, they will now know that this payment needs to be made before they pick up their Scout to go home from the trip.

There may be instance when a patrol has food left over after a trip. If this happens, all of the Scouts in the patrol are told to split the food between the boys and take it home with them. If there is still food left over, the Scout who purchased the food can take it home with them or if they like drop it off at a food pantry in the area.

Mileage Reimbursement

A: Trip must be at least fifty (50) miles or more.

B: The most reimbursement allowed is half of the current IRS mileage reimbursement rate times the miles traveled at the time of the trip.

C: The driver is requesting less reimbursement (i.e. if gas costs are less than miles traveled x 1/2 of current IRS mileage) then the calculation in “B” above, the driver’s request will be honored.

D: Requests for reimbursement must be made known by drivers through a notation on the permission slip BEFORE departure for the trip. It is acceptable for some drivers to take the reimbursement and others to refuse it on any given trip.

E. People responsible for the reimbursement fee are:

1. Any Scout on the trip whose parent/guardian is not drivin

2. Any adult on the trip who is not driving.

3. Each trip’s reimbursement fees will be equally divided among those listed in 1 & 2 above.

F. Permission slips are to have a notation on them making Scouts and parents/guardians aware that they may be charged a fee for mileage reimbursement.

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