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Originally posted by naraht
Actually, what I've *never* gotten an answer to was whether Cub Scouting experience qualified a brother. One of the reasons that the Scouting requirement was dropped by Con-Con was that some chapters were willing to fulfill the scouting requirement for any man who wanted to pledge by registering them as part of the "College Scouting Reserve" or simply as a Merit Badge Representative (for an easy badge like Basketry or Leatherwork). This only cost an additional $5 and was simply added on to the fees that the pledge paid at initiation. (or at pledging if the chapter was particularly organized. )
Bill Clinton had *zero* experience at a Boy Scout. He was however a Cub Scout.
Randy
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My impression from my one copy of pre-1967 bylaws was the requirement was open to interpretation. It mearly said the candidate must have had current/prior scouting involvement, with ANY recognized scout association, which would allow for foreign students who had been involved in Scouting in their home country to join APO.
Uncertain if the National Board put down any thing about how it should be intepreted, beyond some things I've seen in old T&T that chapters shouldn't restrict membership to just Eagle Scouts.
Since Cub Scouts are part of the scouting movement, its reasonable to expect a chapter to accept a former cub scout.