National Council
Troop uses technology to emphasize Scout Law
Here’s an interesting article on how to marry the Scout Law with technology-use rules in your troop.
New Adult Application
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Effective March 1, 2015, BSA has issued a new Adult Application. It is now required for all Venturers age 18-21, too.
There are also need background questions.
You can download the form here and use it instead of the triplicate version.
The form you submit to the Council Registrar must have an original ink signature. No electronic transmissions or signatures are accepted.
A new application submission must be made for each new position an adult undertakes. Multiple registrations in units and district are accepted. So a scouter can be registered in a Cub Pack, a Scout Troop, and North Star District simultaneously.
Why did I receive a Self-Assessment email?
As any veteran scouter can attest, the BSA has had a program encouraging unit health and growth for years. Until 2009, the program was called the Unit Excellence Award. From 2010 to 2013, the program was called the Centennial Award. Since 2014, the award is now called the Journey to Excellence Award. All of these have used different measurements to assess the health of pack, troops, and crews, while maintaining similar goals.
For the first two years of the Journey to Excellence, the program has been completely voluntary and incentivized by discounts on various products, such as pinewood derby cars, when specific goals were met.
For 2016 rechartering, this will change. Now the Journey to Excellence Award Report will be a required part of the rechartering packet. That does not mean that units are required to pursue the award. It just means that the units must disclose their statistics at the end of this charter period.
Council’s 2015 Popcorn Sales & Marketing Plan
UPDATE (6/24/15): Post moved to top of page in preparation for June district committee meeting.
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On April 21, 2015, the Council held its semi-annual council operations meeting. This meeting is a chance for Council to outline its business plan for the next six (6) months and outline the responsibilities for the districts in carrying out those plans. The intended audience is the District’s Committee Chair, Vice-Chairs for Programming (with break outs for advancement, camping and activities), Communications, Membership, and Development, and the Commissioner.
Council has made some changes to the Popcorn Sales and Marketing plan. They highlighted a few key dates for us last night.
In August, training for popcorn sales will be held at the district level, so we will be responsible for training our units.
On September 1, 2015, Scouts will begin taking written orders for popcorn. This includes door-to-door Read the rest of this entry »
BSA acquires Scoutbook. What’s that?
On April 9, 2015, BSA announced that it has acquired Scoutbook.com. What is Scoutbook.com?
Many troops and packs use TroopMaster and PackMaster to track rank advancement. Scoutbook.com is a web-only competitor.
From a district perspective, one of the advantages of Scoutbook.com is that it makes merit badge counseling across the district easier. Easier for Scouts, Scoutmasters, Counselors, and Parents.
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