Issue Details

Issue Number

ZS11

Description

Virtual Recruiter

Year Issued

2023 

Quantity

250 

Material

Cloth

Backing Type

Plastic Back 

Issue Shape

Flap - Generic 

Border Type

R  

Border Color

BLK  

Background Color

M/C  

Lettering Color

WHT  

FDL/BSA Color

BLK  

Manufacturer

A-B Emblem

PatchScan URL

Unknown

Color Count (PS)

9

Coverage (PS)

100

Size in mm

Unknown

Annotations

WWW
FDL

Designed by

No designer listed

History

Details surrounding this issue are not completely clear. During 2020 there was an attempt by the council to start a virtual recruiter program. A flyer was put out to promote the program and on the flyer there was an image of a council strip and flap with this design. None of the patch showed up from 2020 through most of 2022. It was assumed that the program was a flop and the patches were not actually ordered. As far as I am aware the flap was not approved by the LEC so it would have been a Q issue if the council distributed them. This would have been consistent with how we have categorized council issued OA items in the past. There was a large turn over in leadership from 2020 through 2022, so we are not completely sure on if the item was approved by the LEC or not. However, when this item first appeared on eBay questions were asked to many long time advisors of the lodge, some of whom were active in 2020, and none of them remembered the patch. The only thing people remembered was the flyer put out by the council mentioning the program, and even that was only vaguely remembered by a few individuals. It was discovered that the patches appearing on eBay at the end of 2022 and start of 2023 were actually coming from the staff advisor who was employed by the council in 2020. It is assumed that she was the one who ordered the patches prior to her leaving scouting employment in 2021?. It is believed that she has the entire loom run of 250 patches and none were earned by lodge members. The only examples that have been seen were bought from this ex-staff advisor through her eBay account: served_cold. Since the vast majority if not all of these patches have been obtained from a private individual who at the time of distribution had no ties to the council or lodge they have been deemed a private issue.

Revision History

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