P201Cubmaster

I have come across an interesting situation that I urgently need some advice from the resident scouting professionals on. A very good friend of mine, who happens to be a cubmaster in another pack here locally, has run into some personal conflicts with the CC in their pack and tempers seem to be flaring. I was invited to come to their last committee meeting and what I witnessed was completely unbelievable: a disagreement between the CC and the CM that almost resulted in a brawl and police involvement that was initiated by the CC!! The followint tuesday, the CC informed the CM via a rather opiniated letter that it was the vote of the committee, after reviewing his performance as cubmaster in a "secret" meeting, that he was being informed that he was no longer cubmaster on the authority of the CC and that he was to turn everything he had over and no longer to represent himself as a member of the pack. Come to find out, only one of the committee members was at this meeting or even knew about it and a DL who didnt like the CM. My question is this: 1.) Who has the authority to remove the cubmaster from his position? 2.) What is the proper procedure for determining this and how should it be done. Please, he is a very good person and he has been slandered and had his character attcked by this CC and I would like to help... I just to know more information on the matter.

I thank you for your input. We are persuing the scout executive with this information as well. As far as the bylaws go, this was information that was passed on to me and I have not been able to find any information on the subject. I have however been dealing with this problem for quite some time and now the Troop CC is making a VERY big deal over this story. All the leaders sat with this leader and asked him to resign his position because of his current actions and now we have this information on his past which just solidifies our decision. So far he is making a big fuss after this and the council has so many problems currently that we have been told that we will have to wait our turn. I am trying to resolve this issue as soon as possible.

I am the CM for a cub scout pack in new york and I have a problem that I need some input on. I have a leader in my pack, a DL to be specific, that it has been brought to my attention that he has had prior convictions for child abuse involving his children. Lately, he has had outbursts involving other leaders and some of them he has had in front of the scouts. We as a group of leaders have had to talk with him on many different instances about this. This last committee meeting, after discussing with the leaders, I dismissed him from leadership responsiblities. He became upset, and then went to the CC of our BS Troop and threatened to pull his son from the troop, there by prompted the Troop CC to tell me that I do not have the authority to dismiss one of my leaders and he would not be losing a member of the troop because I couldn't handle a little rift in my pack. ANY help or suggestions on this situation would be greatly helpful. It is under my impression that under BSA Bylaws and our new pack Bylaw, that the discipline regarding my den leaders is at my discretion. Thank you all for your listening ear, Pack 201 Cubmaster