Talk:Court of Honor (Scouting)

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Granted it's been some time since I've been active in scouts but in all my time I never heard the "board of review" referred to as a Court of honor. Maybe it's changed since (I'm 30 now and was 13-14 when I received my Eagle) but the way it was set up for us was that we'd have a Scoutmaster conference with our Scoutmaster, then we'd have a board of review. After those two, if passed, we'd have the Court of Honor where the award would actually be handed out. Dismas 03:19, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

  • I agree with Dismas. This article does not match my understanding at all.
This article seems to be describing a "board of review". The regular board of review is required for rank advancement (Tenderfoot - Life, since Scout is not technically a rank). A special Eagle Board of Review is required for (what else) Eagle.
The Court of Honor is merely where the awards are passed out. That would include non-rank awards such as merit badges and 50 miler awards. Minor awards such as Skill Segments may be handed out less formally without waiting on a Court of Honor. Troops have a wide latitude to design their own courts of honor, but some elements are nearly universal, such as flag ceremonies. Generally, the Eagle Scout award is handed out at a specific Court of Honor organized for just this purpose.
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Johntex 21:28, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
My apologizes for that. When I was creating the article, I combined both the Board of Review and the Court of Honor, mainly trying to save the main Court of Honor page from being VFD'ed. However, make as many changes you want, and if you wish to have a photo or two of a court of honor, just let me know. I have some of my Eagle Scout ceremony on a CD. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 22:37, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
Hi ZScout - no problem at all. Thanks for getting the article started! Pictures are always great to spice up articles, so please upload them if you have a chance. On a different Scouting topic, I just learned the BSA doesn't seem to have the Explorer Scouts program anymore (I'm showing my age here I guess) so I have to go find the edit I made to include them and take them back out. Johntex 23:04, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

I should add that I don't think there is much chance of successful VfD. We already have interesting content here and it is just a stub. It will quickly grow, I'm sure. I've now got both this article and the new Board_of_Review_(Scouting) on my watch list just in case. Johntex 23:07, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

Not this article, but the main page: Court of Honor. That was on the VFD a week or two ago, but survived. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 23:09, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Should make it much more clear that article is only about BSA, not Boy Scouts elsewhere

I'm going to make a 2-word edit in the article. The link underlying the words "Boy Scouts" points to Boy Scouts of America, and the visible text should do the same. No reader outside the U.S. would think for a moment that "Boy Scouts" was referring only to the U.S. arm of World Scouting, but that's the case.

It's actually important, because, for example, I believe the CoH has mutated into a VERY different thing in Canada and Britain, its purpose being much more for planning than for discipline or handing out awards. In Britain it's synonymous with the more often-used PLC (Patrol Leaders Council).

That reminds me, I'm surprised that the Disambiguation Page for PLC doesn't include Patrol Leaders Council (should at least mention it even if there isn't an article written).

I'll try to remember to check back here in a few days and see if the article owner or someone has answered the call. I was just passing by, and I'm not proposing to jump in right away and add a bunch of international content to the CoH page, or create new pages for "PLC" and "Court of Honour" (notice the "u", which international searchers would typically type) and cross-reference them. The simplest thing, for the time being, is just to make the words "of America" clearly visible. - kkken 11:52, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Court of Honour in other countries

In other countries, the term 'Court of Honour' refers to a regular meeting of Patrol Leaders and adult Scout leaders to manage a Scout Troop (programme planning, maintaining discipline, etc.) Zaian 18:02, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] BSA National Court of Honor

It should also be noted that the National Court of Honor refers to the body that awards the BSA's highest awards, (Lifesaving or Meritorious Action Awards, Distinguished Service Awards and Eagle Scout & Quartermaster)Notice that the certificates for these awards are signed by the Chairman of the National Court of Honor. --Jdurbach 18:21, 27 June 2006 (UTC)