Timeline
To develop and execute a comprehensive plan leading to a vote at the National Annual Meeting by the national voting members while minimizing any disruption in the delivery of the Scouting mission, the following are the phases the BSA will undertake, including a brief description and the timeline for their completion.
Phase Description Timeline
Planning The BSA defines the desired process and intended Feb. 6–28 outcomes.
Listening
The BSA’s standing committees engage key stakeholders March 1–April 5 for input and develop a summary impact report.
Evaluating The BSA’s officers review the summary impact report April 5–17 and prepare a resolution for the consideration of the
National Council voting members.
Educating The report and resolution are shared with the voting April 18–May 24 members of the National Council.
Deciding The BSA conducts on-site information sessions for May 22–24 registered participants at its National Annual Meeting.
Implementing Based on the resolution and vote, the BSA will May 24–Ongoing determine and implement next steps for the
organization
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143 new Eagle Scouts from January 2014 to March 1, 2015
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BSA Membership Standards Review Process
1. Process Summary
Boy Scouts of America Values and Membership Standards Review
Background
For 103 years, the Boy Scouts of America’s focus has been on working together to deliver the
nation’s foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership
training. Today, Scouting represents nearly 2.7 million youth and 1 million adult members
across the nation, with diverse beliefs about a number of important issues.
Scouting’s role has been to equip children with life skills so they can make their own decisions
about important issues, while teaching members to treat everyone with courtesy and respect at
all times, regardless of any perceived difference.
Recently within the Scouting family, there has been significant discussion about the BSA’s
membership policy regarding sexual orientation, including requests to engage in dialogue about
the current BSA policy.
Scouting’s membership requirements are:
The applicant must possess the moral, educational, and emotional qualities that the Boy Scouts
of America deems necessary to afford positive leadership to youth. The applicant must also be
the correct age, subscribe to the precepts of the Declaration of Religious Principle, and abide by
the Scout Oath or Promise, and the Scout Law.
While the BSA does not proactively inquire about the sexual orientation of employees,
volunteers, or members, we do not grant membership to individuals who are open or avowed
homosexuals or who engage in behavior that would become a distraction to the mission of the
BSA.
Scouting believes the Boy Scouts of America is not the place to resolve divergent viewpoints in
society and believes that if same-sex attraction is going to be introduced or discussed, it should
be with parents, caregivers, or spiritual advisers, at the appropriate time and in the right
setting—but outside of the Scouting program.
In 2010, the organization’s leaders—the Chief Scout Executive and the president—convened a
committee of professional and volunteer leaders to determine whether the continuation of
that policy was in the best interest of the Boy Scouts of America. The committee determined
that, at that time, it was in the best interest of the organization to maintain the policy.
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2. An Internal Dialogue
The decision to maintain the policy began an even deeper dialogue within Scouting. Out of
respect for the diverse beliefs of Scouting’s chartered organizations, the National Executive
Board spearheaded discussions about the issue, including potentially amending the policy to
allow chartered organizations that oversee and deliver Scouting to accept membership and
select leaders consistent with their organization’s mission, principles, or religious beliefs.
This created an outpouring of feedback from the American public, from both those who agree
with the current policy and those who support a change. This feedback reinforced how deeply
people care about Scouting and how passionate they are about the organization.
After careful consideration and extensive dialogue within the Scouting family, along with
comments from those outside the organization, the volunteer officers of the Boy Scouts of
America’s National Executive Board concluded that due to the complexity of this issue, the
organization needs time for a more deliberate review of its membership policy.
Moving Forward
The Boy Scouts is committed to dialogue on this topic within the Scouting family at the local
and national levels. To continue and expand this important discussion, the officers authorized
its committees, representative of Scouting’s members, to further engage representatives of
Scouting’s membership and listen to their perspectives and concerns.
The committees will review a number of issues and how they will impact the BSA, including
youth, chartered organizations, parents, and financial, fundraising, and legal concerns. The
goals of the committee’s work will be to:
• Provide a channel where every voice can be heard
• Receive feedback from the field
• Educate Scouting’s members
• Define core values
• Identify members’ concerns
The committee’s recommendations will inform the officers’ work on a resolution regarding
membership standards. The voting members of the National Council will take action on the
resolution at the National Annual Meeting in May 2013.
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3. Timeline
To develop and execute a comprehensive plan leading to a vote at the National Annual Meeting
by the national voting members while minimizing any disruption in the delivery of the Scouting
mission, the following are the phases the BSA will undertake, including a brief description and
the timeline for their completion.
Phase Description Timeline
Planning The BSA defines the desired process and intended Feb. 6–28
outcomes.
Listening The BSA’s standing committees engage key stakeholders March 1–April 5
for input and develop a summary impact report.
Evaluating The BSA’s officers review the summary impact report April 5–17
and prepare a resolution for the consideration of the
National Council voting members.
Educating The report and resolution are shared with the voting April 18–May 24
members of the National Council.
Deciding The BSA conducts on-site information sessions for May 22–24
registered participants at its National Annual Meeting.
Implementing Based on the resolution and vote, the BSA will May 24–Ongoing
determine and implement next steps for the
organization.
Conclusion
America needs Scouting, and our policies must be based on what is in the best interest of our
nation’s children. The BSA realizes this topic and process will generate a great deal of interest,
both internally and externally.
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4. While Scouting engages its audiences in this important discussion, it will work to create an
environment where people who may disagree on a variety of topics can still work together to
achieve life-changing benefits to youth through its program.
Going forward, everyone within the Scouting family must work to stay focused on that which
unites us, reaching and serving young people to help them grow into good, strong citizens as
we prepare young people for lives of adventure, leadership, learning, and service. With your
help, we can accomplish incredible things for young people and the communities we serve.
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