Karen_216

Do you mean Recruiter and Registration chair?? I'd say help set up recruiting events,make sure the paperwork and fees are collected (and correctly filled out)then submitted to council. At re-registration keep track of fees being submitted. Depending on the pack they may have you do the online registration for the pack. More important-- What does our pack WANT you to do or need you to do??

If you are leading or attending a summer scout camp some councils also make training available there. Leaders at our council made this suggeston and I've noticed that at each resident camp session this summer training is avainlable. Also consider BALOO training. All packs need someone BALOO trained if they want to do any camping. You can never have too many BALOO trained adults. Also to consider if your council offers it: Cold weather training, leader college and Pack trainer seminars. If there are any Pow-wows in the area look into that as well.

I would suggest you telling the CM and CC your den is now "closed" and that you also want to reduce the size of it. If you want to help out you can suggest parents that may make good leaders but it is not your responsibility to set that den up. If you want to continue with the 12 you have then parents need to step up and take control of their sons. They need to take a bigger role in helping with activities and all around. Just ask them and tell them you need them to help. Put 6 at each table and a parent in charge of leading that table. The good news is that I have noticed a consiserable maturing of the boys this year from last year (of course you will always have an instigater that takes up most of your time). I have found doing some den "yells"' and active items at the start can let them blow off steam. The Wolf year lends well to this as there are all sorts of requirement that can be met at the same time. I told them anytime I said "wolves" they could howl but had to stop as soon I put up the cub scout sign. Ths worked very well.As soon as they started to get out of hand I did it and then got them to refocus. How to decide who goes where? If not doen by meeting nights put all names in a hat and take turns with new leader drawing names. Good luck.

Yes to uniform, I always err on that side, bring a t-shirt in case... BTY the food provided you cook yourself!!

Yep. Same here. To make it worse we just had Webelos 2 den cross over. So there I was new CM up there with only 15 of a pack of 40!! We had a FOS presentation and then only 10 mins left to present our collections and make announcements, etc. (Maybe FOS drove them away too?? I hate to say that , it's a very worthwhile cause but I've put over 300 of my own in this year!! ) We have a great meeting planned for May with the boy scouts being involved but my own son has a bball game and several other leaders children do as well. I try to have my son do some sports them come out but try to make them leavem in the middle of a game. Oh well......

This may be a little late for you but conservation is an ongoing thing and there are many awards the boys can earn by doing various projects besides rank requirements. I did the LNT Awareness with my den because it works so well in combination with the Living World Achievement. We brought bins for recycling cans and bottle at our Pinewood Derby and made sure items were put in the correct bins.(we also have a concession stand to fundraise so there was lots of trash). An extra side was the cardboard products helped the Church with their recycling campaign. We also have a garden we maintain at the elementary school.( a HUGE prject in itself as it had been quite neglected in the past-- still trying to ge the rest of the pack involved in that one). We are planning a "trash" hike in May at a local State Park. My husband wants the pack to do the "adopt a Highway" program but we're involved in so much anyway and I'm a little worried about safety so close to traffic on that one! There are many options out there. Contact your Council, they may have requests or info for you. Good for you!!!

I think you've answered yourself. I'd let her know that unless you are a registered leader you can no longer participate as a family in Cub Scout functions. There are also liability issues. Cub socuts and registered leaders are covered by the council, the pack pays for their insurance. I'd let them know that unless she plays an actual leader role and can do the job thouroughly AND be registered, liability simply does not allow her to continue. Sorry Boy Scouts costs so much but Cub Scouts are not a discount travel club.

I'd double check with Council and the DAy Camp that boys that will be Tigers next year are allowed to go to the Day Camps.(unless you mean they will be wolves). I'd still plan summer pack activities regardless to get them involved with your pack over the summer. Do a swim day aor Fishing Derby or Raingitter Regatts or Mini-golf, etc. About the Roundup-- Make sure you have a firm date set. Advertise your "welcome night". Serve some snacks or pizza and get the Boy Scout Troops to come along and keep the boys entertained. If you have free local papers have picture of scouts dressed up and leaders to tell about it, put up posters and flyers in local businesses that will allow you to do so. We participate at our school Fair (we're not allowed in the schools). You can also print up mini "business" cards to give to the boys in school to tell about your night . Contact National about these. Our local council had a template last fall and it came from them - Put stickers on the boys with info about your scout night. Put up the Join cub Scouts Banners.. Of course you may also get other ranks too-- a happy by-product? Go to Baseball and other sports (in Uniform other-wise it's just creepy) and hand out info to parents there. Also make sure you get a primer from your Council about doing the school days in case you haven't done it before. Bring some awards and a pinewood car. Maybe do a hokey magic trick to get attention. Good Luck.

As for the original question-- do you make them bring the poster-- I made my son do it for a Belt loop requirement-- not sure which one now. But he brought it to a den meeting and my shy son exlained it and told all about it. I also monitor what is accomplished for itmes we do as a den... When doing LEave No Trace Award all the boys signed the pledge I brought in and made illustrations about each point. I put them all on a poster and brought them all in front of the pack to recite the pledge and show off the poster. Some people work differently and you may want to let them know next year that they submit the BL but you need to give the final OK- but for now.... I know it's too late at this point to question but if that is the only awards that boy ever gets then let him (and his parents) enjoy the spotlight for the 2minutes he is up there. Let every other boy enjoy their 1 minute. In the end they are the only one's who will remember all the details. (and you if you hold on to it). Don't make it into a battle and question of if he really did it. Take them at their word and move on. Really you would have to go back and examine every scout that ever received an award and make sure every item was completed to the letter. If this family crammed everything into the last month then they've lost out on the big picture. I wouldn't concern myself so much with details about this one scout. You have better things to do. You can't read intentions into other peoples actions- not only may you be mistaken you're just aggrevating yourself.

It's great to be able to have someone in all those postions you mentioned but be realistic. Start with your Major MUst Have-- Must have CC- CM- families can sare den leader duties- secretary postion items can be split up. Maybe once you have a few more people in positions then you can work on the other smaller positions. The committee memebrs can divide up parts of the bue and gold and assign dens repsonsibilites. Send out feelers for outings. Then pick someone attending to take the payments and do the registrations, etc. Sometimes you need to work people into positions slowly. Sometimes I find it easier to do myself and have to force myself to let go and ask someone else to do it. Maybe they just dont' know what is to be done? A list may give them an idea about what is out there but then say we'd like each family to help out at a meeting. Pass out signup sheets for events. Soon you'll find that parents are taking part more-- they just wenre'nt asked personally or now what's involved. Good Luck

I think it's great that you have an experienced leader that wants to stay on. I'd take advantage and get a really good position out of them. Need a Committe Chair or Secretary? I believe to stay on they should be some sort of registered leader or committee position. As far as fees are concerned if your pack charges the adults then do that but your pack still pays National for them. I would not keep them on w/o be a registered postion of some sort.... Pack Trainer... Outdoor activiti chair....... There are all sorts of positions you could just call Committee member. But make sure they have a JOB to do , not just hanging along for the activities. You may want to approach them and let them know the Council may also want them if they are willing... how about a Unit Advisor or other council post? If your Committee decides to cahrge them just require wahtever registration fees it costs an adult in your council. If your pack has the funds don't charge them.

I've found there are so many things the children do at school that if parents took the time to talk to the teachers and their child they would come up with many Beltloops and electives as being met. Of course I only count what is done that current year if it is a rank item. Maybe it is not a matter that these parents are "fudging" but that the other parents didn't count items they could have. I make it a point when partial items from rank or beltloops are completed to the the parent know-- your son only has this one item (list)left to complete this beltloop or award. I have had the issue of scouts that are barely there having parents say they completed the requirements. As stated before it's only required that they "do their best". And if Akela says it was completed then you put in for it. Encourage the rest of the families as well. This boy may have more extra curricular and parental involvement than you know. As for giving a list and making it easy, the parents need to be informed as to what is involved. I think there was nothing wrong with that. Ultimately its' the parent that makes sure the values of scouting are being instilled correctly. We've discussed in Committee similar issues and come up with -- if that's those are the values you want instilled in your child then that's what you are teaching them either-- do the job and do your best or say you did it but don't actually. The child knows what they did and didn't do.