Troop 803 will be returning to Philmont Scout Ranch in July 2025 for another 12-day Rocky Mountain Wilderness backpacking trip.  Eligible scouts must be at least 14 years old or be 13 years old and done with 8th Grade by our day of arrival on July 14, 2025.

What is the advancement process for rank advancement?

In order to advance to the next rank in Scouts you need to complete all the requirements in the scout book and have a scoutmaster conference and a board of review. When you have completed all of these your advancement will be presented to you at the next court of honor.

Changes have been made to the process of requesting and participating in Project Proposal and Rank Advancement review boards. Attached are two documents. The Signature Options doc is unchanged from the original but the Virtual Eagle Review Board Instructions have been updated.

During this lockdown and social distancing it is not possible to hold in-person troop meetings. In the absence of these meetings Scouts are unable to get Merit badges signed off, rank advancement requirements signed off, or attend in-person scoutmaster conferences and BOR’s in order to advance. The Advancement Committee and Mr G have come up with a new process that will use a combination of Zoom meetings, Google docs, email and TroopMaster to conduct conferences and Boards of Review and track Requirements and Advancements. All conference and Board of Review sessions will be scheduled during our normal troop meeting times on Tuesdays between 7 PM to 8:30 PM. As a note this can only really work at scale if we are all very punctual with the schedule as we have no way to correct issues during the meeting.