Re: Committee Voting

Congratulations on having such a well-organized troop that you have bylaws and
someone actually thinking about troop organization.

You bylaws may expand on and more specifically delineate your troop provided
they are not in conflict with the few basic BSA principles of troop
organization. Bear in mind the following.

The overall head of the troop is the CEO or equivalent of the chartered
organization. This person is also referred to as the "IH" (Institutional
Head) at recharter time. This person acts as the "owner" of the troop if we
were using a business analogy. While not a registered/voting member of the
troop committee, he has the power of an owner.

That person designates a representative to carry on in his stead on a
day-to-day basis which we call the chartered organization representative. The
CO rep is supposed to be affiliated with the chartered organization, a
member/employee who is designated as "in charge" of the Scouting program for
the organization. This person represents the owner and is delegated such
authority. Optionally, this person may be registered as a committee member,
thus having the power to vote, but this does not diminish his ownership authority.

The CEO/owner, most often through delegation to the CO rep selects the troop
committee chair (the committee does not select/elect a chair from among
themselves) and approves the registrations of all troop committee members.
Troop committee members are exactly that, people who register as "committee
members" (MC). These are the only people who have a vote in troop committee
matters. These people function as the chair and board of the troop much like
a chair and board of a company in the business analogy.

Similarly, the CEO/COR selects the scoutmaster (the committee does not
select/elect the scoutmaster) and approves the registrations of all assistant
scoutmasters. Again, these people are registered as scoutmaster (SM) and
assistants (SA) but are NOT committee members and have no vote in troop
committee matters. The business analogy is that the SM is an employee of the
troop committee and the SAa his staff. Like in business, the committee
(board) may well invite the SM/SAs to committee meetings to report on troop
activities and participate in discussions giving their opinion, but they are
still not voting members.

T. Nixon wrote:
>
> Our troop will soon be reevaluating our troop bylaws and insuring that
> they are up to par. In our bylaws, we include what makes up the troop
> committee and who the voting members of the troop committee are.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tim Nickson
> SM

--
Robert Caron
Troop Committee Secretary, Northborough Troop 101
Brotherhood, Chippanyonk Lodge #59, OA
Knox Trail Council #244, BSA
Massachusetts

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