Scoutmaster Podcast 250

Opening joke: 17 Scouts playing a game — round them up and you get 20 (17 rounded up is 20).

Listener mail from Fred Hammack (El Cajon, CA) praising the site and looking forward to older Scouts; live chat participants named; call for backers with new book 'So Far, So Good' mentioned; new backers thanked by name.

What is an Eagle Scout? Clarke argues that any Scout who completes the requirements deserves Eagle, and that earning the rank begins a lifelong process of becoming an Eagle Scout — not a moment of final judgment.

Two anonymous questions: (1) a new Scoutmaster unsure whether to sign off on an Eagle candidate whose work was done under a previous Scoutmaster; (2) whether a Scoutmaster should write a letter to the Eagle board of review noting a Scout did only minimum requirements — Clarke says no, citing 60 prior sign-off opportunities.