cubmasterp944

Well we had our first official pack meeting and most things went very well. The boys were well behaved and excited. Two drawback though. First is the one I feel bad about. One of our Tigers came up after we had awarded his den their totems and said he didn't get one. I asked his name and started to grab a totem. Turns out he's the only one who wasn't ready. I didn't know what to do but apologize. His mom came up and I explained it to her. She seemed ok but I guess I'm not. So how do you experienced people handle that kind of thing? Here's the next prob. Oh is this mom a doozy. There's no summarizing her so here's just her current weirdo. We have been having a prob with dues not being paid. Mostly because we're new and it's been being overlooked. None of the others have a prob paying the dues but his one mom. She has two boys, bear and webelo, and had told our CC she can't pay. We don't know what to do. The kids show up in brand new uniforms and books etc but if yuou try to talk to her she walks away. We can't function without the dues. Now what should we do?

I have a big question and a vent. First thank you for all you experience and generosity for us confused folks. Here goes. I am the AC to my husbands "CM". We are a new pack with 47 boys on our roster, only about 35 actually active and when I say active I mean pulling teeth. Not the boys, the parents. Originally we were 10 boys(8 wolves 2 tigers) until roundup. Our wolves are running great and are now 16. Our other dens are limping badly. As CM and AC and since there was no one else to do so, my hisband and I have done much more that what is expected from a cubmaster. Den schedules, fundraising plans, advancement keeping, you name it. Our CC is great and is also taking too much. It's burning us out and I hate feeling this way. A bake sale was done to raise money for books for the boys and only 5 moms contributed the whole time. It makes me resentful and frustrated. Our problems range from Tiger parents taking off to new leaders not showing up again. In a nutshell, how are we to get these parents a little more enthused and what exactly are a cubmasters duties? .