New Charter Agreement 2021

[GrammaScout]

 I have read about ‘new’ Charter Agreements for 2021. One that is a ‘Facilities usage only’ with the District being the ‘CO’ and ‘owner’.   The second one being more typical of prior years.  We have a Scouter on our Church Council who states he has seen the 2021 Charter And that  it is exactly like the prior one of more recent years.  Could do someone explain all this please?

[CynicalScouter]

8 minutes ago, GrammaScout said:

 I have read about ‘new’ Charter Agreements for 2021. One that is a ‘Facilities usage only’ with the District being the ‘CO’ and ‘owner’.   The second one being more typical of prior years.  We have a Scouter on our Church Council who states he has seen the 2021 Charter And that  it is exactly like the prior one of more recent years.  Could do someone explain all this please?

As of 2021 there are two Charter Agreements:

1) The first one is the traditional, classic one and is used when there is a chartered organization. https://www.scouting.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Annual-Charter-Agreement-Charter-Organizations-.pdf Notice it says "The Local Council agrees to:" and lists things and "The Chartered Organization agrees to" and lists things.

2) The second one is where the Council (not the District, the COUNCIL) is the CO/owner and some other entity provides space but that is ALL they provide. This consists of two parts.

• Part 1 is the Charter Agreement in which the COUNCIL serves as the Chartered Organization.   https://www.scouting.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Annual-Registration-Agreement-Council-Units.pdf Notice it says "The Local Council agrees to:" and lists things and "The Unit agrees to" and lists things HOWEVER that list does NOT contain the same things as in Charter Agreement involving a Chartered Organization.
• Part 2 is the Short Form Facility Use Agreement (signed by the entity leasing its space to the unit) https://www.scouting.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Short-Form-Facility-Use-Agreement-draft-10-21-2020.pdf The renting/leasing entity is NOT a Chartered Organization, is NOT functioning as a CO, and is NOT legally responsible in any way for that unit.

So, if you have a CO and are continuing with your CO, you might never, ever have seen the new/second type of Charter Agreement. But if you lose your CO, you might have to use that new/second type until you can find a new CO.

Edited July 2, 2021 by CynicalScouter