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8.0.1.5. A follow-up letter, promptly

Required May not apply Often forgotten

This may not apply to you. You have not answered "Has the board been held, and how did it go?" yet. Answer it and this step will either settle or drop off.

Required for a turned-down Scout of any rank. It must set out the actions advised that may lead to advancement and explain the appeal procedure. Copies go to the council's designated appeals coordinator, the council advancement chair and the staff advisor, and the council keeps one.

Warning. For Eagle the letter must be sent within two weeks, with a copy to the council's designated appeals coordinator, along with the reference letters, the project workbook if the project is at issue, the names of the board members and their notes. If the Scout does not appeal, that documentation is destroyed or the workbook returned.

Where this step comes from

  1. Guide to Advancement (2025), Section 8.0.1.5 · The follow-up letter, its contents and its copies.
  2. Guide to Advancement (2025), Section 8.0.3.0 · For Eagle, within two weeks, and what goes with it.

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