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Troop 304, Cub Scouts of America
The Lovett School
Kevin Link - Scoutmaster
www.lovett304.com
Merit Badges At each Troop meeting an adult leader, the Merit Badge Committee Chairman
(MBC) will be responsible for giving out merit badge applications, receiving data
about merit badges from Scouts, and resolving perceived errors in previously
distributed data printouts (Individual History Reports). A second adult leader, the
Scoutmaster or Assistant Scoutmasters, will be responsible for receiving data about
rank requirements passed and resolving perceived errors in Individual History
Reports concerning rank requirements.
A. Merit badges
1. The Scout decides to earn a certain merit badge.
2. The Scout obtains a signed “Application for Merit Badge” (blue card) from
the merit badge chairman at a Troop meeting. The Scout fills in his portion
of the required information on the blue card, including the name of the
merit badge (3 places) and the name of the counselor, Scouts name and
address, troop number, district (North Atlanta) and area (Atlanta).
3. Please make sure you print neatly. Illegible cards will be returned to the
Scout.
4. The Scout completes the requirements for the merit badge and has the
counselor sign the blue card (2 places) and enter the date the requirements
were completed (2 places). The counselor may keep the Counselor’s
Record (far right) part of the card if he or she wishes.
5. The Scout brings the remainder of the blue card to the next Troop meeting
and gives it to the MBC.
6. The MBC gives the Scout the middle section (Applicant’s Record) of the
blue card to take home for safekeeping.
7. The MBC keeps the far left section (Troop Section) on file under the
Scout’s name and informs the Scoutmaster of the date the Scout earned the
badge.
8. The Scoutmaster transmits this information to the Troop Record Keeper for
recording in the computer database.
9. The Scoutmaster purchases the merit badge for presentation to the Scout at
the next Scout Meeting or Troop Court of Honor.
10. Sometimes a Scout will complete only part of the requirements for a given
merit badge with a given counselor. In this case it is important that the
counselor initial the center section of the blue card, showing which
requirements the Scout completed and the dates they were completed. If
the Scout completes the remaining requirements with another counselor,
that counselor should initial the center section and then sign the blue card (2
places), showing the date the final requirement was completed. The Scout
brings the completed blue card to the MBC at the next Troop meeting, as in
No. 4 above.
11. On occasion a Scout may complete the requirements for a merit badge and
not have a blue card available for the counselor to sign. In this case the best
course of action is for the Scout to obtain a blue card from the MBC at a
later date and then have the counselor complete it and sign it. If this is not
Troop Guide possible, the Scout may 30 obtain a letter or other document Be Prepared! from the
counselor, stating that the Scout completed “the following requirements on
____ (date).” The Scout may then bring this letter to the MBC at a Troop