Troop Budget

[donert 10]

Can the CC make the proposed budget item descriptions and allocate how much goes into each one?

The CC made a new item called "High Adventure Fund" without even consulting anyone about it. In the past any Scout that did High Adventure: Sea Base. Northern Tier, National Jamboree earned there own way and the Troop did not put in any money toward it.

Not every Scout does High Adventure. What are your views?

 

Isn't the CC suppose to make up the yearly budget with SM? Is it time for a new CC?

[scottteng 11]

The committee's job is to provide administration for the troop so the scoutmaster can focus on program. The committee is in charge of fund raising as well. Why are you complaining? If the committee wants to fund some high adventure activities or get some extra gear or give scholarships to scouts who can't pay their own way kudos to that committee. The way it is supposed to work is the troops junior leaders(PLC) meet and come up with a plan of what they would like to do presumably the patrol leaders have talked to their patrol bout their preferences. This plan is given to the Scoutmaster who reviews it and then takes it to the committee for resourcing. Sometimes they won't be able to fund everything then scouts will have to pay, but the committee has still done a lot of work setting up the logistics of the event. Transportation, reservations, tour permits, verifying properly trained leadership, and all the other things that go on behind the scenes.

[scoutldr 726]

CC is Committee Chair. IN a perfect world, the Treasurer would take the input from the SM and PLC and draft a Unit Budget PLan, which would be submitted to the whole Troop Committee and COR for approval. The CC should not be making unilateral decisions about anything.

[donert 10]

Scoutldr,

That is exactly the answer I wanted to hear in you last post---the CC just can't make up the rules----The SM and PLC should aproach the TC on the topic with a need and the TC with the Treasurer should try to support the SM and PLC on their idea------not the CC making up all the rules for the Troop.

Just because the CC scouts are doing High Adventure he is trying to get the Troop to pay for part of it...... but the whole Troop is not doing that activity.

[FScouter 24]

Philmont and high adventure bases are not cheap. Maybe the CC is also trying to encourage other boys to attend by easing the financial hurdle?

[donert 10]

FScouter,

I have known these people long enough and they don't care about anybody or anything but their own Scouts. I think it is time to abolish the TC and CC and start fresh to make everything fair for the Scouts.

[scoutldr 726]

And that would be up to the COR...no one else in the Troop can "fire" registered leaders.

[donert 10]

Yes, the CO is involved in this matter, and so is the District Commissioner and the District Executive.