jeepone

On a related question about MB counselors: Our Council recently told us that they had found out in training by National that all MB Counselors had to fill out both a MB Counselor as well as an Adult Leader Application EVERY YEAR. This does not make sense to me. The Scoumaster, etc only have to fill out an application once and as long as they are rechartered each year they remain registered. But having MB counselors fill out both pieces of paper each year and getting the required signatures, and contacting the references, and mailing it into the Council office is time consuming. I am the Troop Committee Chair and this takes up a lot of time that I could be using for other troop needs. Has anyone else out there been told this same thing? If you do things this way have you find ways to streamline the process? Does anyone out there have an idea why all the extra work for MB counselors that isn't required for leaders which work much more hands on with more boys on a weekly basis?