Venturing Ranks

Topics

• Advancement in Venturing

  Four ranks built on the ALPS model, one of which has no board of review. Then the three questions a crew actually asks: what a Venturer may count twice, how a Venturer who earned First Class carries on with Scouts BSA advancement, and whether a crew consultant may counsel a merit badge.

  Venturing Ranks Merit Badges Process Rank Registration Venturing

• Venturing Boards of Review

  The board of review for Discovery, Pathfinder and Summit: who sits on it, who chairs it, what is discussed, and what happens after, including the parts that are nothing like Scouts BSA.

  Venturing Ranks Appeals Boards of Review Process Rank Venturing

• The Summit Service Project and Rank Application

  Four focus areas rather than five tests, an approval that stops at the crew Advisor and one crew member, and a council that reviews the application but never the project. Then the time extension, and the route the Summit Rank Application takes from the crew to the National Service Center.

  Venturing Ranks Council Deadlines Rank Service Project Venturing