Scouting, Volume 76, Number 3, May-June 1988 Page: 14
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Front
Line
Stuff
C.H., the committee
secretary of a
rapidly-expanding
new pack, asked in
our January-February
issue for advice
on how to run a
pack committee
successfully. 'Do other
packs have by-laws
and job descriptions,
and what do
committee members
ask from each other?'
C. H. queried.
Readers offered
several suggestions.
would recommend first that c. H.
look to the district for Cub Scout leader Fast
Start and basic training, attend monthly
roundtables and the next pow wow, and en-
courage all other leaders to take this training
as quickly as possible. It is important for
committee members to receive this training
along with the Cubmaster and den leaders.
Until this training has been acquired,
look to the Cub Scout Leader Book, which
lists the qualifications and responsibilities of
committee members and others who are re-
sponsible for pack administration. As the
'pack grows, new committee members may be
added. When all the positions mentioned in the
leader book are filled, if the pack continues to
grow, add members "at large" or for such special
projects as the blue and gold banquet and pine-
wood derby.
As committee members are recruited, they
should be allowed to do the jobs described in the
leader book. Too often I have seen leaders re-
cruited to do a job and then not given authority
commensurate with their responsibility.
Assistant Cubmaster J. D.
Atoka, Tenn.
The best resources for C.H.'s pack lie within its
local Scout service center. The Cub Scout Fast
Start videotape that I used when I was a district
executive recently is a Class-A production.
Other sources on how a pack committee should
function can be found at Cub Scout leader basic
training, Cub Scout leader roundtables, and from
your district executive.
A pack in our territory recently formed, and
the "parent" pack of this new pack provided
some key members on loan to the new pack until
they got on their feet. This is a fine example of
adults working together to achieve a common
goal—turning boys into better, productive citi-
zens.
Scout Roundtable Commissioner J. A.
Kennewick, Wash.
Our relatively new pack went through this two-
and-a-half years ago and was lucky enough to
have one of our council's executives sit down with
the parents and actually organize our committee.
The first thing C.H. should do is talk to the unit
commissioner, a member of your district Cub
Scout committee, or a Scout executive.
Don't wait for help, though. There is plenty of
literature available to guide you. I would suggest
you secure a copy of Cub Scouting's library to
see what publications will fill your needs. Expect
some degree of commitment from your adults.
After all, we ask the boys to "do your best," and
the parents should do as much. When reluctant
parents see that many others are helping, they
may want to get in on the fun.
Getting organized, and staying that way, has
allowed our pack to have a solid program. Eighty
percent of the boys who joined are still with the
pack or have graduated into a Boy Scout troop.
Webelos Den Leader S.J. G.
Shaker Heights, Ohio
CALLING ALL SCOUTING COORDINATORS!
The lack of active participation by most Scouting
coordinators with district committees and at an-
nual local council meetings is an old, universal
problem in most of the BSA's 430-odd councils.
How do successful councils and districts get co-
ordinators to "do their duty" to Scouting?
District Chairman A.K.
Bradenton, Fla.
t>ESCRipr
^ecrATioNsi
IS
C. H/s first Step should be to contact his unit
commissioner, who is fully trained in Cub
Scouting. The commissioner will know where
and when monthly roundtables are held, and
these are good training sessions.
C.H. can find out who the unit commissioner
is by calling the local Scout council, which
should be listed in the white pages of the phone
book under "Boy Scouts of America."
Pack Committee Chairman M.G.
Millersville, Pa.
I would recommend that the pack have regular
meetings of all adult leaders and that all of these
adults do their best to attend. As for knowing
what to do, the council service center has job
cards that describe what all adult leaders are
supposed to do. What's more, these cards are
easy to understand.
Den Leader D. S.
Beaumont, Tex.
Send your solution to A. K. 's problem to: Front
Line Stuff, Scouting magazine, 1325 Walnut Hill
Ln., P. O. Box 152079, Irving, Tex. 75015-2079.
Selected responses will be printed in the October
issue of Scouting.
Scouting magazine also solicits new questions
of a provocative nature and pays $20 for each
question used in Front Line Stuff. ■
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