Not every parent being on the committee

[anarchist 10]

Venividi makes heap bit o' sense...Mr. Roberts rules are wonderful for redirecting energy...

 

Active Parents are our friends- even when they are not- Train them- remember always that sugar works better than vinegar (except on salads) and when all else fails the CO can request that a recharter of any individual not be accepted...(ie you're fired)...in most cases its just a matter of using the rules to run the show...like most "A" types they like to hear themselves spout off...if you take the "fun" out of it they usually go away...

 

Most important is the CC (backed whenever possible by the COR) must constantly remind the committee quibblers (when they are out of order) what the committees job is and what it is not!

grins

anarchist

[John-in-KC 311]

Just checked with my Scout office. They collect the $10 registration fee on each and every adult leader app, except for no fee Executive Officers of Chartered Partners.

 

So, let's conduct inventory:

Training: FS+YP+NLE Common core+MB Counselor.

Application and BG check: yep

Registration: Adult leader app, position code 42.

Fees: yep.

 

Seems to me they are Scouters.

[EagleInKY 14]

John-in-KC - Our council doesn't collect for position code 42. MBCs are only given an overview of YP rules and an overview of MBC roles. I wish we had more formality to it, but that's the way it's done here.

[Vicki 11]

Our council over here on the other side of John's state doesn't collect fees for MB apps, either.

 

Vicki

[scoutldr 732]

Ditto here. App and background check required. No fee. YP online strongly encouraged, but not sure if it's enforced. MBC training offered, but not required.

[acco40 95]

Our council does not charge for MBCs either. YP advised, not required. MBC training, again, highly advised but not reqired. Background check - yes.

[flmomscoutw3 10]

How do you tell a parent they cannot be on the committee if they want to be involved in the Troop that their son is in? John had a great list, maybe someone who really wants to help can assist a CM with their task. Of course the committe should not be running the troop and that really seems to be the biggest issue here.

What makes good CMs would be people who are willing to be there for the BOYS. The SM should be reporting to the committee what the boys have decided to do.

Your curve: what to do with SM trained leaders-If they have the training and are attending meetings and camping then the boys should have a wealth of knowledge for skills. Let the boys know they can use them. Also if they have the SM training, even if it is just outdoors training) then they will also know that the troop should be boy run and the patrols are the backbone of the troop not the committee.

 

All parents are going to want to know what is going on with the troop-they are probably hearing bits and pieces from their scouts. Maybe parent meetings will help keep the committe down to the essential members.