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Ask the Expert: Do you need to travel in uniform to be covered by BSA insurance?

July 16, 2015 90

Does your unit need to travel in uniform for BSA insurance coverage? We asked the expert to settle this rumor once and for all.

How to keep OA elections from being a popularity contest

June 30, 2015 88

Follow these steps, brilliantly devised by National OA Committee Chairman Ray Capp, to keep OA elections from becoming a popularity contest.

Ask the Expert: What is (and what isn’t) a camping night for the Camping MB?

June 24, 2015 319

Tent, hammock, cabin, retired battleship — all offer great experiences for Scouts, but only some count as camping nights for the Camping merit badge.

Ask the Expert: Should units carry a balance in their unit accounts?

June 10, 2015 81

Should your unit bank account have a large balance you carry over from year to year? That question about unit accounts is answered in this Ask the Expert.

Ask the Expert: Are OA life memberships a thing?

May 18, 2015 24

When inducted into the OA (Scouting’s honor society) you get a sense of brotherhood that stays with you for life. But can you be a life member of the OA?

BSA discourages unit-owned credit cards, debit cards

April 23, 2015 154

The BSA discourages the use of unit-owned credit cards and debit cards. Event registration should be paid by a volunteer and properly reimbursed.

Let’s stop the practice of having Scouts sing for a lost item

April 21, 2015 344

Forcing a Scout into singing for a lost item is bullying, and bullying is prohibited in Scouting. Read this important Youth Protection reminder.

‘No one-on-one contact’ applies to digital contact, too

April 6, 2015 161

The Boy Scouts of America’s “no one-on-one contact” rule applies to electronic communications like texting, email, Facebook and Twitter. Here’s how.

Here’s how Cub Scouts will earn Nova Awards under the new program

April 3, 2015 48

How will Cub Scouts earn Nova Awards once the Academics and Sports belt loops go away? Here’s the answer from Richard Stone of the STEM/Nova Committee.

The truth about LDS Scouting

March 23, 2015 243

Mark Francis, director of LDS-BSA relationships, shares how LDS Scouting works and the ways in which the church and the BSA support each other.