Starting a Pack

[GKlose 24]

I wasn't a CM or ACM (I started as a Tiger Cub DL), but if I were to start all over again, now that I understand the program and goals, I would seek out training (and I have as my older has transitioned into a troop).

 

Rather than just guess what the program was all about (and I thought I knew, because I had been a Cub), I would immediately take fast start and youth protection training. I doubt they took me over 20 minutes each. The committee challenge was fun and easy too.

 

I think the single most useful thing one can do is to get buy-in from those involved to run a pack the way it is supposed to be run. That is, pick a strong committee, CC and CM. If everyone helps, the program isn't monstrously difficult to implement. Pick DLs, but train them in the program.

 

There are also tons of online resources, which others have pointed out. A couple hours spent reading those can give one a great idea about what the program is all about.