Advancement

The responsibility of the district advancement and recognition committee is to motivate and train unit leaders and unit committee members in the advancement program. This should be done under the direction of the council advancement committee and with the cooperation of the commissioner staff and district training committee. The district advancement committee also should work closely with the district executive.

Other responsibilities of the district advancement and recognition committee are as follows:

• Set district advancement goals.
• Helps units establish an active advancement program.
• Recruit and train merit badge counselors.
• Maintain a current list of merit badge counselors.
• Provides assistance in Eagle Scout advancement, including Eagle Scout boards of review.
• Provide recognition to district Scouters.
• Provide program resources for the unit.

Internet Advancement

Units should review their roster and submit advancements online. This process is usually handled by the unit's Advancement coordinator. Click here for details about internet advancement. Click here to go directly to the Internet Advancement site. Click here for a printable Acrobat PDF copy of the BSA standard advancement report.

The Cub Scout Advancement Process

The Sam Houston Area Council has provided the following information on the Cub Scout Advancement Process.

The Boy Scout "Life-to-Eagle" Process

Click here for details on the Council website regarding this procedure. Within the Arrowmoon District, a member of the Arrowmoon District Eagle Advancement committee must be contacted and be involved in the approving and signing off on every Eagle project and must serve as one of the members of every Eagle Board of Review. The Arrowmoon District Eagle Advancement committee consists of the following members:

• Steve Hatch, (w) 979-845-4328 or (h) 979-696-0981 (s-hatch@tamu.edu)
• Bill Brunson, (w) 979-846-8411 or (c) 979-575-0108 (willieo49@aol.com)
• Steve Aldrich, (w) 979-846-0446 or (c) 979-229-4246 or (h) 979-764-9279 (aldrich@suddenlink.net)

Eagle Scout application (2009 version)
Eagle Project Workbook (2009 version)
National Eagle Scout Association Membership Application (2009 version)
National Eagle Scout Association Scholarship Applications

NOTE: Effective August 1, 2009, the national office will no longer accept Eagle applications prior to the 2009 printing. Make sure your Eagle application contains the words "2009 Printing" at the bottom right corner of the second page. The new Eagle Scout application (512-728) can be found on scouting.org (see Eagle Scout application link above).