ScouterAdam

They can be a JASM, Troop Guides or ask them what they want to do.

Here is the org chart for a Cubscout Pack on what's what. http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/CubScouts/AboutCubScouts/ThePack.aspx end of line

It's the BSA Training Teams Facebook Page. Apparently some of it was announced at the Annual Meeting. Info is trickling out... Atlest it's getting out. Now you know. Once I found the Training Page, I watch it to see what they say. Plus, it's a great avenue to ask questions directly to the BSA and get a response.

We held a COR Training this winter. Four or Five COR's showed up. Last I have ever seen them. I saw a COR with the patch at Woodbadge. I congratulated him for being there. I was a Troop Guide at the time. He's a Beaver as am I. I wish that more COR's would be involved. Yes, the can be at the District and Council Committee Meetings. It more thank likely shock the hell out of the regulars.

Why would you count Summer Camp? That is a Den based activity. The Summertime PACK Activity is generally a one day based event. Water bottle rockets, bike ride, hike, Disc Golf....etc The Scouts should go to Camp and have it count for that. It cover the Cubscout Outdoor Activity Award, which you can include the Summertime Pack Events. Which, if you did it the way you are wanting to count is kind of double-dipping. If you have 2-3 events a month, don't count camp.

All great responses. Yes, as Cubmaster for the Pack, it's the same. All the Den Leaders press the parents via their emails and at Den Meetings. I send out a Pack Wide email too. I announce it at Pack Meetings. We post it on our Google Calendar (which can be imported to their Smartphone that they all seem to be on). It's also listed on a countdown feature on the website. We have printed newsletters & emailed those too. There is not much else you can do. They are a horse, the water is before them, it's their choice to drink or not. Nice part is when they complain that

I actually saw a Den Leader Knot on a Bear Cubscout last Summer at Camp. I asked him how he got it. He replied that he was the top Popcorn seller in his Pack & Den. So the CM (his mom) got it for him! I congratulated him for a job well done. Then went away shaking my head. I will never tell a boy that he cannot wear that award. He took it as a reward for doing a good job. It's the Adult (his mom the CM) who was completely wrong in giving it to him. I watched the Mom over the week we were at Camp and realized she was after knots/awards for herself. Very glad that I am not

I would say that if the Cubscout Leader/Committee person has gone to a Jamboree they are entitled to wear it.

Beltloops and Pins are great. They can be used within the Webelos program to get their Webelos Activity Pin. Our Council just had a STEM event for the Science Beltloop/Pin. It was put on at Intel by the Mad Scientist Company. It rocked! I tell the boys (I'm the Cubmaster) that working on these are just like working on the Merit Badges as Boy Scouts. I would so look into promoting this as much as you can. I recently started up/announced a Cubmaster Hike program. It includes: Geology, Wildlife Conservation, Map & Compass, Photography and Family Travel. Hope that help

aahhh... yes. Late night posting error.

In 5th Grade, without earning the Webelos Badge, that Scout must earn the Webelos Badge and then the Arrow of Light. "Be active in your Webelos den for at least six months since completing the fourth grade (or for at least six months since becoming 10 years old), and earn the Webelos badge." So, if he has earned the Webelos Badge, been active for at least six months and will earn the Arrow of Light as a 5th Grader and is 11, time for the Crossover and get to a Troop. In Cubscouts you start Tigers in 1st, Wolves in 2nd and so on. There are requirements to be had. He is in the Webe

Cubmaster here, but we have ISA's too. 50% of what the Scout earns from any fundraiser (Popcorn/Wreaths) goes to the ISA. The other half goes to the Pack. Dues for us is: $145. $95 if your Webelos II since your leaving in Q2 generally. $45 is due upon Join Night each year. It pays for: Fees:$15 for Registration, $12 for Boyslife (We don't give the option, they just get it. School Gym Rental $18 December $100 is due for rest of year. If raised by fundraising, it's applied to ISA/Dues. Each Den gets $$ for the year. Den's use it as they wish. Pack pays for PWD &

Thanks for that info. It's a lot. What I am really after is general documentation that shows how a CO "owns" the equipment/money of a BSA Unit. I know that Is there a site within scouting.org that has all this information.

Krier: Thanks for that info. Along with this thread and the numerous searches using this: "Individual Scout accounts" site: scouting.org and just google searches, I am finding that how you are doing it is about 90% of the time. I really have not found instances of ISA (Pack or Troop level) rolling $$ into a general fund at the end of the year. There is a difference of the % of $$ being taken from the Scout's fundrasing and put into the ISA. Which to me, is fine. YIS

Krier: Your on the right track. Let's say that within this ISA the popcorn money raised for the year gets generally used but there is some left over at the end of the Cubscout year. Would you roll that $$$ over for the next year into the general pack fund or leave it for the cubscout for next year. Where he would be able to apply it for dues/fees/ect? FYI: This is part of me, the Cubmaster helping to hammer this all out.

That is my theory too. However, let's skip the CO's involvement as ours really just signs the form so we can get a Den Leader/CM/CC/MC on the charter. While the CO owns the unit, it's NOT really their money and it's owned by the Scout, themselves. Getting clearer? (That's my question...)

Guess I should be "clearer". The CO is not wanting to do anything with them. Terminology is being used within the Committee is "It's the CO's Money, not the Scouts". Also funds are primarily raised by Popcorn, so most is being raised by the boys. Yes, some parents are just paying the dues/fees via check.

Seeking info: Working off this old forum post:http://www.scouter.com/forums/viewThread.asp?threadID=169278 Does the CO "own" the funds within a Pack. Meaning, are funds raised by Cubscout are really the CO. Looking for BSA policy/documentation.

I love the Journey to Excellence form.... Thanks for the idea for my course that starts on April 29th. YIS

I am on Staff for the Spring Course that starts at the end of April as a Troopguide. This will be my first time as TG. That being said: 1)It seems that every Course has similar but a tad different ideas about a Ticket. 2)A Ticket has 5 seperate things to accomplish. 3)Requirements of a ticket: Mine had to incorporate a religious one. I picked a Native American one. It ended up being a NA Flute, which then turned into performing an AOL/Crossover Ceremony. (The OA couldn't come, so my TG who was doing the NA Flute Demo whipped one up) 4)It was highly suggested this year by the VP

Hello: Great energy here. I was the Tiger Den Leader and went into being the Cubmaster. I am almost at the end of my 2nd year. A couple of questions: What is your role going to be next year if you are not Cubmaster? Since you are trained in all the online courses, have you thought of going to Woodbadge? Woodbadge would really help you and your vision for the Pack. Camping: You really do not have to go camping. Get a Camping Chair and they can go. Just make sure that those who are camping are BALOO/OWLS trained. Unless the WHOLE Pack goes camping the only ones that real

Like to see someone enforce that. Wear them. The boys earned the awards/patches. It's showing respect.

Since your using the Trail's End Popcorn model, it was split three ways between Unit, Council and Trail's End. If you went to a Kickoff meeting your unit got 35%. So, model the sharing that way. However, give yourself the larger % than the council since they did nothing to help. It's a donation to them. 70 to the Unit and 30 to Council. I believe that the Council needs support since none of the registration fees/Boys Life money goes to the local council. It all goes to National. If you coordinate it with your FOS donation, that would great.

What By-laws? Scout Oath and Law are the Bylaws along with what National states. Yes, the CO can put on additional requirements on the Unit. LDS & Catholic Churches do it. However what Moosetracker says: All I can think of that could be construed as unwritten bylaws are the following: We have known yearly things the troop pays for such as we pay for the admission price of all camporees.. Of the money in the scouts accounts they must use it for scout related events or items. (not to buy soda at the local store.) Adults need to be fully trained per National in order to t

It's only $15 for re-charter fees for the boy. $12 for Boys Life. It goes to National, not Council. The rest is up to the Pack to charge what they want to charge. As said by others, every Pack is different. This year we started Indivigual Scout Accounts (ISA). Boys get what they sell from Popcorn in there. Upfront dues upon joining is $45. That covers registration, Boys Life, Gym Rental and Den Leader Registration fees. $100 is charged on Dec 31st for the rest of the year. $50 for Webelos. This basically covers rank badges and the like. Boys buy their books, slides, scarves & uni