Due to circumstances that arose from previous overnight camping trips:

	Our Troop Committee has adopted the following policy concerning 
eligibility for boys to participate in our outdoor program.  Our program 
is open to all boys, but we strive to assure our parents that behavioral 
problems will not affect the quality of the program for other boys.

Scouts must be approved for weekend campouts based on behavior at 
the troop meetings.  Those with marginal behavior will require a parent 
to attend the campout, until a better determination can be made as the 
scout matures and becomes accustomed to our program and the 
responsibilities.

Scouts must have successfully attended two weekend overnight 
campouts before being allowed to attend the summer Camp Horseshoe full 
week of camping.  If the registered adult leadership determines that 
your son may not be ready for a week of summer camp, our scout master 
and committee chair will meet with you and discuss your options.  We 
will make every attempt to include every boy in our extended camp 
program, but as young men mature at different speeds, some are just not 
ready for a long stay away from home and parents.  For these scouts, 
more time in our monthly weekend outing’s help them mature and prepare 
for the next year at summer camp.  Most scouts attend four to five 
summer camps in their scouting career, so they will have ample 
opportunity to reap the benefits summer camp has to offer, even if it is 
at a later date.  If a scout is at summer camp, and is not behaving 
properly, we will ask the parent to pick up their child at the earliest 
available time.