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Beginning January 1, 2006, an additional requirement will be added for the First Class rank in Boy Scouting.  

The new requirement reads: 

Tell someone who is eligible to join Boy Scouts, or an inactive Boy Scout, about your troop’s activities. Invite him to a troop outing, activity, service project, or meeting. Tell him how to join, or encourage the inactive Boy Scout to become active."

The new requirement tests the candidate’s persuasive communications skills and carrying it out can help bring more boys into Scouting. Scouts beginning work on requirements for First Class after Jan. 1, 2006, must complete the new requirement. Scouts already working on First Class requirements prior to that date will have until June 30, 2006, to complete First Class rank without completing the new requirement.

Every Scoutmaster has been sent a DVD, "In the Scout Zone" (BSA #18-443), containing tools in video format for young Scouts to use in completing the new requirement. One is an instruction session on how to speak to a friend about joining Scouting; another is a music video of Scout activity images to share with someone interested in joining.

Scouts can find additional support for the completion of this requirement on the Boy Scout membership Web site, www.thescoutzone.org, which is scheduled to be continually updated with helpful tools and information.