Scouter Reserve
My understanding being a member of the “Scouter Reserve” is a special position requiring council approval.
- Council position: District position code 91
- 21 years of age and over
- Unit position 91U
- 21 years of age and over
Scouter Reserve. Individuals 21 years of age and over may, upon approval of the local council, register in the Scouter Reserve of the Boy
Scouts of America by paying the registration fee required of a Scouter.Individuals so registered may serve in the following ways: as faculty members of Cub Scout training courses; assisting in organizing and training in connection with Cub or Scout units, Venturing crews, and Sea Scout ships; as hosts and hostesses; and by helping in finance and public relations campaigns.
They may serve as members of fathers’ and mothers’ clubs, parents’ clubs, and auxiliaries of units.
Members of the Scouter Reserve may wear the universal badge of Scouting to signify their affiliation.
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College Scouter Reserve
“College students who will commit themselves to an informed interest and active participation in the program, whenever possible, may be registered in the College Scouter Reserve”
per Rules and Regulations of the Boy Scouts of America®, September 2020, ©2020 Boy Scouts of America, page 13.
College Reserve, Council
- district position 92
- also assignable to non-unit-registrants, e.g. Lone Scouts
- no age limit found in BSA® national rules and regulations
College Reserve, Unit
- unit position 92U (Scouting BSA)
- Adult Leadership Requirements, “Minimum age - 21, except SA, 92U, who may be 18”, per 2019 registration guidebook, page 10, is incorrect and misleading.
- unit position 92V (Venturing BSA, Sea Scouts BSA)
- 2017 article: Unit College Scouter Reserve helps former Scouts stay connected, By Bryan Wendell, January 19, 2017
- 2017 statement “When a young man turns 18 and heads off to college out of town or out of state” appears to imply incorrectly that a college student who was a prior Scout cannot be attending college as a regular student prior to age 18.
References
For more references see:
- Boy Scouts of America. Rules and Regulations of the Boy Scouts of America. September 2020 ed. Irving, Tex.: Boy Scouts of America Inc., ©2020, page 13. https://www.scouting.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Rules_Regulations_Sept20.pdf
- Boy Scouts of America. Registration Guidebook of the Boy Scouts of America. July 2019 ed. Irving, Tex.: Boy Scouts of America Inc., ©2019. PDF, pages 10 and 26. https://www.scouting.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Registration-Guidebook.pdf.
Glossary
“scouter reserve” not listed in:
- Language of Scouting https://www.scouting.org/resources/los/, accessed 2022-10-23.
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