BSA Organizational Chart

[Eamonn]

Very often, when people start asking for copies of rules, by-laws and charts it is because they are unhappy with the organization that holds the charter.

I of course don't know if that is the case here?

Most of the times having all this information doesn't help and isn't of much use.

As a new Committee Chair, you will have a very loud voice in trying to change things and make them better.

Start by getting a copy of the charter.

The name and contact information of the COR is listed.

Give him a call and invite him to the next committee meeting. While you have him on the phone you can find out how interested he really is in being the COR.

Let him know that you as the CC really want to improve the relationship that the pack has with the CO.

How you feel that the pack needs to play a more visible and active role and how you are depending on him to be the link-man to make this happen.

If he tells you that he is too busy or isn't really interested. You should find a way of telling him that this just isn't acceptable, that the Pack needs a working COR.

After the call if he isn't interested, would be the time to call the Unit Commissioner (call him anyway!!) Explain what is going on.

All the time explaining that your goal is to improve the relationship with the CO.

If he is a good commissioner, he will make an appointment to see the Executive Officer or he will inform the District Commissioner and the DE and one of these fine people will visit the Executive Officer. If the COR has to be replaced they can bring it up at that meeting, they might invite you?

All the time your goal has to be trying to make things better. If you go armed and ready with a list of what the CO isn't doing for you, things are not going to go well. If you go with a list of good turns that the Pack would like to do for the CO things will go better and you can kinda slip in a couple of things that the Pack needs.

Get organized!! Hold the Pack Management Committee meetings the same time each month, invite the COR to each and every meeting. Provide him with a list to give to the Executive Officer or the Church Council. List how many boys are in the pack, how many went to camp, outing that the pack went on, how many boys advanced, if you can find out how many ex-cub scouts have gone on to earn Eagle or reached some other goal.

You want the CO to feel that their pack is something which they can be proud of.

To make this happen you will need the help and support of the Cubmaster and the Den Leaders. You might have to work at overcoming any negative feelings they might hold.

If none of this works and it might not work!! You can then explore finding a new CO.

In most cases the people who serve at the District and Council level will want to do everything that they can to keep a unit where it is. Even at the expense of losing a few volunteers.

Eamonn.