Boy Scout Troop 236 - Committee Member

Committee

Job Description:

The Committee is responsible for conducting the business of the troop, setting policy, and helping the Scoutmaster and Scouts with the outdoor program and other planned activities. The Committee also has the responsibility to provide adults for boards of review. This is an important responsibility and is one area were help is always needed and appreciated. The Committee consists of parent volunteers who fulfill various roles on the Committee.

A chartered Boy Scout troop requires a Chartered Organization Representative, a Committee Chairman, at least two Committee members, and a Scoutmaster.

A strong Committee will have individual members assigned to such areas as record keeping and correspondence, finances, advancement, training, public relations, and membership and reregistration. The Committee Chair decides how the responsibilities should be divided and gives Committee members assignments.

Responsibilities:

Ensures that quality adult leadership is recruited and trained. In case the Scoutmaster is absent, a qualified Assistant Scoutmaster is assigned. If the Scoutmaster is unable to serve, a replacement is recruited.
Provides adequate meeting facilities.
Advises the Scoutmaster on policies relating to Boy Scouting and the Chartered Organization.
Supports leaders in carrying out the program.
Is responsible for finances, adequate funds, and disbursements in line with the approved budget plan.
Obtains, maintains, and properly cares for troop property.
Ensures the troop has an outdoor program (minimum 10 days and nights per year).
Serves on boards of review and courts of honor.
Supports the Scoutmaster in working with individual boys and problems that may affect the overall troop program.
Provides for the special needs and assistance some boys may require.
Helps with the Friends of Scouting campaign.
Assists the Scoutmaster with handling boy behavioral problems.

Qualifications:

Be a registered adult leader at least 21 years old.
Subscribe to the precepts of the Declaration of Religious Principle.
Abide by the Scout Oath or Promise and the Scout Law.
Possess the moral, educational, and emotional qualities that the Boy Scouts of America deems necessary to afford positive leadership to youth.
All volunteers are expected to complete Youth Protection training. It is available online on the Web site http://olc.scouting.org. As a volunteer, you are expected to complete the training within 90 days of assuming a leadership position.