TheLuckyCricket

Hello, I am very new to scouting and my son is actually in Venturing, but we have a similar problem with the committee, and based on the research I have done so far, as it pertains to venturing, I have found the following information- 1 The charter org recruits the committee members- minimum of 3 people to have a committee 2 The committee serves during the charter year and meets at least monthly. 3 New committee members can be recruited throughout the year. 4 either the charter org or the committee members appoint the chair, which means the chair can be removed by the committee mem

Thank you all for the advise, it is really appreciated We are in the Southern Region, West Central Florida Council. I have done the Fast Start training and youth protection online, however I dont know how to get the Youth Officers Seminar set up? Is that done through the Local or District Council? The book does not specify. The kids elected officers about 2 1/2 months ago and have yet to figure out what their duties are since they have no PCI to work off and have had no training seminar? At the moment our charter rep is acting as the committee chair, however it is my understanding that the

Wow! Thank you all for the insights. My son appreciated the clarifications. As far as the campaign hat goes, I believe it is an approved activity hat for Boy Scouts which would also make it an approved hat for Venturing since they can technically be in both groups at the same time, unless they are female Venturers of course. The kids may just opt for no hats with their uniforms and optional hats for activities if they want. Thank you all again for the information, it was much appreciated! Karin

OK I have a Question re: Venturer uniforms. The Venturer Handbook says on page 6 that the "recommended" uniform is the over priced pants, shorts, shirt, socks and hat. However it goes on to say that the uniform, if any, is the choice of the crew. Question is do they mean the entire Crew or the Crew Officers? Additionally, if the Crew decides on lets say the official green shirt and grey shorts from Wal-mart, do they get in trouble at summer camp for not having the "official" uniform shorts as I have been told by our Scoutmaster? That seems a bit illogical since the kids can choose their unifor

Hello all, I am new here My 16 year old son recently joined a Venture Crew. Problem is, the crew consists of 5 kids, including my son. Additionally, they have no money saved, no bank account open for them, they are currently sharing the Boy Scout troop's account? They did elect crew officers, but there was never any training for them regarding their positions, so nobody knows what they are to do. They do everything with the boy scout troop, meetings, fundraising, camping etc, but everything is done as a "family " event- no permits, therefore no advertising and no profits. We are in a very p