Q/A: Number of Adult Recommendations per Unit
Q: I have a question concerning the number of adults that a unit may recommend for membership in the Order. Some publications say 1 adult for every 50 youth, while other publications say 1 adult per troop no matter what the size of the troop. Which is it?
A: The information in Operations Update 01-1, January 2001, is correct. The change announced in that Update, and effective February 1, 2001, was to allow larger troops to recommend additional adults. Units are now allowed to recommend one adult per every 50 Scouts. As the Update says:
" Troops or teams having more than 50 registered, active youth members may nominate an additional adult for every 50 registered, active youth, or fraction thereof. (As an example, a troop having 51 to 100 registered, active youth may nominate two adults each year if at least one youth has been elected.) "
The rest of the adult nomination process, including the membership requirements, review by the lodge adult selection committee, approval of the Scout executive, etc., did not change.
Some publications may still have the old wording that limited a unit to recommending just one adult no matter what the unit size. These documents are being corrected as they are updated. Because of publication schedules, some documents may have the old wording even if their print date was after January 2001. These will be corrected in the future.
The Sample Unit Election Forms on the national OA web site have the correct wording for recommending one adult per 50 Scouts.
Revised 1/27/04
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