Ticket Item Ideas

[Lou.Marino]

I have seen ticket items for Cubmasters and Scoutmasters; but what about Unit Commissioners, like me??? Any 5 ideas you have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[Eamonn]

The ticket is your ticket.

It needs to be all about your vision and your mission.

You know the units that you serve.

You know the "Pride and the soft spots".

You know yourself.

You know your strong points and your weaknesses.

 

It would be all too easy for me or another forum member to pass on a list of five generic ticket items. But these might be all about our vision, not yours.

 

I strongly urge you to take a long hard look at yourself and the units that you serve.

Think about what you can do to help improve these units.

Think about ways that maybe you can improve yourself.

It might help to re-read the Commissioner Handbook?

It might help to have a chat with the people you serve and the District Commissioner.

Don't sweat the ticket.

Please take my word for it once you have your vision and mission in place coming up with the goals is easy.

I know that if I were writing a ticket as a U/C, I'd be looking beyond the unit leaders and looking for ways to improve my relationships with the CO's -But that's just me.

 

If you get stuck? Give your T/G a call and talk it over with him.

Welcome to the forum.

Eamonn.

[SSScout]

If you don't mind I will remind you that YOUR tickets should be YOURS. But it never hurts to be inspired by other ideas.

When I tried for WB, I was an ASM, officially. But I worked the CSDC to good effect and presented my WB PG some Cub Scout ideas. I was politely told NO. Since I was a BS Leader "officially", I had to do BS stuff, I would not be permited to do CS tickets. Bummer. My PG and I scratched heads and realized that if I wanted to do CS stuff, I would either have to become a CS Leader, or develope BS tickets. Then he said, "on the other hand...", and said that perhaps there was another way (Tao). If I was a Unit Commissioner, I could concievably work both sides of the street. What's a Unit Commissioner? I asked.

I was soon scheduled for a Commissioner's Class and signed a new Volunteer form.

So, some ideas I have seen worked.

Develope activity that allows Scouts to learn about other faiths than his own.

Develope Cub Scout Belt Loop Bash, wherein Cubs can earn BL not ordinarily available.

Encourage inter unit activities.

Develope guide for Unit Media use.

Help develope improved outdoor activities for "hot house" Troop.

Public Library use by Scouts.

More Den Chiefs.

From a mono faith Unit: 50% will earn the Religious Award.

Develope knot teaching game.

Cub and BS units in Hispano Community.

BS and GS relations.

Nature Trail Grande.

MB Counselor Grand Council List.

Scout history presentation, traveling show.

 

Just a few...