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Unit commissioners, roundtables and district service. Commissioners shared how they helped units thrive, from the first unit visit to charter renewal time.
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Boys' Life Growth Award The Boys' Life Growth Award is given twice annually (June and December) to recognize and thank BSA professionals who achieve a 3 percent or greater Boys' Life subscription growth, and/or who serve a 68 percent or greater market share of the total of Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, Webelos Scouts, Boy Scouts…
March 16th was the Cascade Pacific Council's Commissioner's College. I love training and for $10 I got a patch and lunch to boot! I am not a Commissioner, but I went anyway. I went to this training for several reasons. First, I love learning new things. Second, I am thinking about my next career
A volunteer Roundtable Task Force was started in 2011. The mission of the roundtable group was to: Undertake a comprehensive study of how effectively we are delivering and supporting roundtables in the various types of councils around the country, with a separate focus on the needs of each of our traditional programs: Cub Scouts, Boy…
Baloo's Bugle for March Roundtables and April Activities Is on-line Core Value - Faith Supplemental Theme - Cub Scouts Give Thanks *Baloo's Bugle for March Roundtables with * **Go to:* *www.usscouts.org/bbugle.asp * * * Take a few minutes to read it and prep for your Scouting meetings (RTs, Den Meetings, Pack Meetings, and more) Have a great month!!
Please join us on Wednesday, Feb. 6, for the JTE Leadership Club (formerly the Council Operations Breakfast Club) on "Improving the quality Scouting experience through effective unit service." We encourage both employees and volunteers to join in each month as we continue to discuss current topics that focus on optimizing the delivery of the Scouting…
It is time to complete the 2013 Local Council Charter Renewal Application . The signed application must be submitted to the Mission Impact Team at the national office (SUM 210) by Feb. 1 . Make sure you fill in all the information requested on the back of the application and supply all of your insurance coverage carriers…
For new Cub Scouters, the terms "monthly core values" and "roundtable" might as well be in a foreign language. We've all been there, and Cubcast knows it. For newbies or anyone needing a refresher in those two essential Cub Scouting subjects, listen to the January 2013 edition of the monthly podcast.
We are all in the membership business, but let's talk about how you can use the Commissioner Corps to support your membership efforts. The role of the commissioner in membership will be an evolving one. The commissioners "own" unit retention, and the commissioners will continue to deliver unit service while we all work together to…
Welcome to the new Cubcast! It that's time of year to renew your unit charter so join your new hosts, Regional Operations Manager (and past Cub Scout Division Leader), Sam Thompson and Cub Scout Volunteer extraordinaire, Janet Griffin as they discuss with Terrie Wilder, assistant council commissioner for charter renewal for the Mount Baker Area…
Welcome to the new Cubcast! It that's time of year to renew your unit charter so join your new hosts, Regional Operations Manager (and past Cub Scout Division Leader), Sam Thompson and Cub Scout Volunteer extraordinaire, Janet Griffin as they discuss with Terrie Wilder, assistant council commissioner for charter renewal for the Mount Baker Area…
The National Commissioner Task Force has updated the BSA Commissioner Training website with all-new training materials. Commissioners now have more resources for training than ever before. A Council Commissioner Basic Training course is in process and the manual update for the Commissioner College is just about done.
To those of you that have read my blog, I wish to thank you for the support and I do apologize for not posting more information on the site but it now is time for reflection on my scouting career...
Matt Mills has been appointed to lead Scouting in the East of England. The appointment as Regional Commissioner will take effect from 1 October 2012.
This week, Wayne discusses presentations, projects and Scouting's online presence. He also talks about being quizzed by County Commissioners and getting muddy in the Cotswolds.
Baloo's Bugle for July Roundtables & August Activities is on-line Come check out Baloo's Bugle for Honesty Core Value and "Kids Against Crime" Supplemental Pack Meeting Theme. These are for July Roundtables and August Activities Be sure to read the article on Den Chiefs by Jay.
Click to open Spring 2012 issue The Spring 2012 issue of The Commissioner newsletter has been published and is available online. In this issue, you can read about the importance of new unit organization and retention, as well as the following stories: Simple, unified unit service efforts Recruitment and retention Training for commissioner service Entering…
Please encourage all commissioners to use the UVTS hotline if they experience any computer access issues, problems, or difficulties using UVTS. This useful support service can resolve problems much faster if they talk directly to the user/source with the UVTS issues.
Click to open the Winter 2012 PDF After receiving numerous requests from the field, the winter 2012 issue of The Commissioner newsletter is now also available in a printable PDF version in addition to the new online format. Previous issues of the newsletter are available by following the links under the BSA Newsletters header at…
The new Commissioner Service Award of Excellence in Unit Service was developed as a nationwide effort to engage Scouting volunteers and professional Scouters to work together in focusing on unit retention. Any registered commissioner who is providing direct unit service is eligible.
Click to open Winter issue The Winter 2012 issue of The Commissioner newsletter has been published and is available online. In this issue, you can read about how the national Key 3 provides an integrated, engaged leadership model that can inspire Key 3's at regional, area, council, district, and unit levels.
The monthly roundtable is a meeting for Scout leaders to learn new skills, receive information, and have fun with friends. Sometimes special presentations are made. During this month's Scenic district roundtable the district executive took a moment to recognize a Boy Scout leader.
Click to open fall issue The fall issue of The Commissioner newsletter , featuring an article on feedback from the field and Journey to Excellence best practices that were gathered at the National Annual Meeting in May, is now available. Other articles include: National Commissioner Minute by Tico Perez The role of Boys' Life in retaining…
I have changed roles within Voyageur District here in the Bay-Lakes Council. Having stepped down from the role as an Assistant District Commissioner and will probably continue my Scouting path as an alumni member. I will still be doing the Scouting Radio show and will be writing articles on Scouting for The Examiner and in…
Commissioner Keith Comments: Scouting's Best Kept Secrets : "There's an old saying that is still repeated by scouts and scouters throughout the world and that saying is, 'What happens at camp, stays at..."
Commissioner Keith Comments: The Falling Eagles : "I know four scouts, all of which have earned the rank of Life Scout, and have the potential to become Eagle Scouts. One scout has completed ..."
2 Vote On Idea There are some listing mistakes online for Commissioner service. The Commissioner Manuals listing on scouting.org/commissioners has incorrect item numbers for the following manuals: Commissioner Fieldbook for Unit Service and Commissioner Helps for Packs, Troops, and Crews.
Recently, I stepped down as an Assistant Commissioner and while being away from that part of the scouting program, I have found that several scouting friends and acquaintences do still approach me for counsel and advice on issues that they have within their respective units.
About mid February, I registered a URL for my district UC service and a toy for me. I wanted to see how google apps and sites tied together and how best to use it. You can get an awesome front end view from the Scouting units that have come to use Google apps.
2 Vote On Idea receiving several comments about issues logging on and reporting, below is a cut and paste from a e-mail from one of my ADC's. seems to be a consistent issue: I want to report more Unit Commissioner Report MyScouting web site problems.
-1 Vote On Idea I put this idea together from "Merit Badges and Scoutmasters" as well as from the comments posted in that idea then inserted some information from my past experiences and slammed them all together and am putting out two ideas; this one and one on Merit Badge Policy – Education & Actions / Possible Template.
2 Vote On Idea At our staff planning conference we discussed how to encourage better performance of commissioners. When reviewing the award criteria for Commissioners we noticed that they were not really supporting the requirements for Quality District and Council.
The Daily Journal has the perfect story for promoting your District's Roundtable training: Kregor, a leader of Boy Scout Troop 300 in Kankakee, and fellow leader Ryan Barrie, stopped at the McDonald's on Oct. 8 before a monthly Scout leaders' roundtable meeting at Wilmington.
3 Vote On Idea The commissioner tracking system is a good idea, but it really only goes half-way as to how effective it could be. Can we turn it into a one stop unit status reporting system that the commissioners can use in making their monthly reports?
1 Vote On Idea All council or district commissioners to add a focus to the unit commissioners focus. To be viewed by all Unit Commissioners. Comments (0) District and Council Operations , commissioners
1 Vote On Idea There is a problem when there are two or more unit commissioners in a Council with the same first and last name. When the district executive goes in to assign the unit commissioner and the above situation exists, the drop down box which comes up for the district executivce shows only…
According to one of our comment posters, the 2009-2010 Roundtable Planning Guide has this announcement about the end of monthly themes : "New for 2010-2011: Begining in September 2010 and the 2010-2011 program year , the method of presenting Cub Scout den and pack meetings will undergo exciting enhancements with big benefits for boys, den leaders, and…
Bill Smith Roundtable Site Before Being Hacked Bill Smith is a lifelong Cub Scouter who has put together a great online resource – "Bill Smith's Unofficial Cub Scout Roundtable." Recently, Bill posted on Cub Scout Talk that his site ran into serious problems when it was hacked and then got erroneously labeled by search engines as…
0 Vote On Idea Unit Commissioners should have the ability to print out a unit roster in order to do an Inventory Check when they visit their units. Roster should only include registered individuals name and position within the unit. Comments (0) Retention
2 Vote On Idea There needs to be a more efficient way of updating Commissioner assignments for Unit Visit Tracking. It should be done through the person profile instead of the unit maintenance. Pulling up each unit is very time consuming.
1 Vote On Idea Allow Council Commissioner, District Commissioners and Round Table Commissioners make updates to the status of a unit on the Unit Visit Website. Comments (0) District and Council Operations (11)
I was in a chat room and the topic of training came up, it wasn't the normal every boy deserves a trained leader vs untrained leader vs how to get people trained. The discussion was how can we afford to get trained?
5 Vote On Idea The Scoutnet-populated Unit Roster should be changed to include the Unit Commissioner. If there is not a Unit Commissioner, a field saying "No Commissioner" or something similar should be in place. --- Every year local councils are required to prepare a unit roster that includes members and adult leaders after rechartering or…
0 Vote On Idea Needs to allow District Commissioners, ADSC's and District Executives to enter "visit" info for all units in their Districts. Comments (1) Category/Tags : District and Council Operations (4) Mark as duplicate
1 Vote On Idea Professionals, ADCs and District Commissioners need to have access to the unit visit comments without having to export to an excel document. It is very cumbersome. It would be best if there was a link to a pop-up window at the end of the visit line.
Well, I did it...now I have 2 shows, but it will actually be 3, as this show is a two-part show. The topic for the show is Webelos to Scout Transition, but I had some help, with my good friends Commissioner Keith and Scoutmaster Jerry....we went so long that I made it into 2 shows…
3 Vote On Idea This suggestion is both technological and cultural. For decades, Charter Renewal has been the time for units to fill gaps in their leadership and register new adult leaders. But many years have now passed since background checks of volunteers has become part of Scouting.
As you may see, I have a new blog logo...not that my hand was forced, but I had to do what is right. The District Commissioner called a meeting and decided that he no longer wanted me on staff, a move that was unfounded and a personal attack on yours truly.
Here is show number 3... I talk about the history of the Unit Commissioner and have a recorded interview with my friend, Keith, who is an Assistant District Commissioner. You can listen by clicking here Sorry about the sound quality, still working out the bugs
According to the Fall / Winter 2008 edition of the The Commissioner , based on the new Boy Scout Centennial Uniform design, it has been approved for the Commissioner Arrowhead Honor emblem to be worn on the left sleeve of the Commissioner's uniform immediately below the Council Strip.
Hello fellow Scouters, Should you bother with leader recognition knots? Do they add any value to your Scouting program? Isn't it really about the boys, not us leaders? I hear these questions a lot when I discuss leader recognition. I say it does matter!
