Cub Scout
Committee
Training
How is the
Cub Scouts
Organized?
BSA Cub Leader Training
BASIC TRAINING
 Fast Start Training can be done online or, if
you’re a new troop, at your first committee
meeting by a district or council representative.

Scout Leader Basic can be done online at
www.myscouting.org or at the quarterly
District Trainings held in January, April, July, &
October on the 2nd Saturday of those months
from 8 to 10 AM.
BSA Cub Leader Training

Monthly Training
 District Roundtable is the first Thursday
of each month, at 7:30 PM, at Canyon
View Middle School.
 Roundtable
is for all adult leaders, your
Chartered Organizational Representative
(COR) and Troop Committee Members.
BSA Cub Leader Training

Each month’s training has a program and
training feature.

Information on upcoming events.

The group shares solutions to common
problems.
BSA Cub Leader Training
YOUTH PROTECTION TRAINING
It is required of all registered Scouters.
 New leaders are required to take Youth
Protection training before they submit an
application for registration.
 The training completion certificate must be
submitted with a BSA application before
service with youth begins.

BSA Cub Leader Training
Training must be taken every two years.
 If training is not current at rechartering,
those leaders will not be reregistered.
 This training tastefully explores the various
forms of child abuse.
 To participate in Youth Protection
training, this is available at some of the
Round Tables and on-line at
www.myscouting.org/.

BSA Cub Leader Training
Youth Protection Training is for the
protection of yourself, as a leader, as well
as your Cub Scout Boys.
 Every adult associated with the troop,
including merit badge counselors, should
take this seminar.

BSA Cub Leader Training
Cub Scout Pow Wow Training
 Skills Training for Den Leaders and
Cubmasters
 Date: October 7, 2010
 Time & Place: TBA – See Scout the
Office
BSA Cub Leader Training
Akela’s Council
 Four & a half days of intense, fun training.
 Advanced Cub Leader Skills & helps
 Check with the Scout Office for dates it is
offered.
 Cost: $100
 Register Online at: www.utahscouts.org/
How to Organize
The Cub Scout Pack
Plan
the
yearly
calendar!
Making a Yearly Calendar






Previously purchase the Cub Scout Leaders Program
Helps at the Scout Office.
Consult the Program Helps for each month’s plan for
the new year.
Have the Council’s Calendar for the new year. Also
available at the Scout Office or at Roundtable.
Obtain your organization’s/Ward and Stake’s activity
calendar.
Breakdown the Year's Events by months
To these events add Cub Scout Leader Basic for all
untrained Cub Leaders.
August
Each pack leader needs to read the ideas
for each month in the Program Helps.
 Each should roughly outline each month’s
events for the pack’s yearly calendar.
 Note possible changes that need to be
made.
 Write a brief overview of each Pack
Meeting.

September
Hold a yearly calendaring meeting with the
Pack Committee to plan the whole
year. In the planning include:
 Pack Meetings
 Fund Raisers – Scout Expo
 Service Projects – Scouting for Food –
Calendar at least 2 service projects.
 Special Events
 Set goals earn the Quality Award
 Cub Scouting runs year round.
September (cont.)
One Pack Meeting is the Parent’s Meeting
Get parents to sign up for:
 Blue and Gold dinner and decorations
committee
 Pinewood Derby Decorating Committee
 Chaperones for Cub Scout Day Camp
September
Online Rechartering




Rechartering must be done by October 1st.
The charter is a contract with the Boy Scouts of
America and your Pack to allow your Pack to
exist for the year.
Get the packet for rechartering at Roundtable
which is held the 1st Thursday of each month.
Make sure all leaders are current in their Youth
Protection Training. Must retaken every two
years or they will not be added to your charter.
September
Online Rechartering




Update the charter’s information & get ready to
Recharter.
Then go online and recharter your unit.
Your emailed participants packet for today will
have a PDA with step-by-step instructions on
how to do your unit’s rechartering.
Make sure all leaders and boys are registered.
September

Online Rechartering
The church pays for rechartering fees.
 Get a check from the Ward Clerk for
rechartering and Quality Unit Award
Badges for adults and boys.
 Pay these fees to the Scout Office & get
a receipt.
 Take the receipt back to the Ward Clerk
so he can reimbursed from the Stake for
the rechartering.
September
Online Rechartering

Parents pay for Boy's Life Magazine. The
magazine is paid for at the time of
rechartering.
 Boys Life Magazine is now age
appropriate.
 Each boy should have his own.
 Suggest to parents that the magazine
could be a good stocking stuffer for their
boy.
October
Decide Halloween theme. Ex.: Dress like one of
your ancestors and share a brief history of that
individual.
 Set up payment plans for parents to pay for Cub
Camp.
 Have all parents pay all moneys by check
preferably which aids in keeping track of
moneys.
Attend Cub Pow-Wow. It is for all leaders.
Fees are paid for by the Ward.
October
Cub Pow-Wow
 Attend
Cub Leaders should attend
Cub Pow-Wow.
 The
fees are paid for by the Ward.
 The next Cub Pow-Wow is October 7th
2010.
November
Planning for Cub Scout Day Camp
 The
Church pays the fee for Cub
Scouts to attend Cub Scout Day
Camp.
 T-Shirts
are paid for by the parents.
 Non-LDS
packs should set up
payment plans for parents to pay for
Cub Camp and T-Shirts.
 Have
all parents pay all moneys by check
preferably which aids in keeping track of
moneys.
November & December
Will Thanksgiving/Christmas or
school/community meetings interfere with
the boys coming to Pack Meeting?
 Change Pack meeting from the 4th week to
the 3rd week of the month.

December
 Purchase
Pinewood Derby Kits before
December’s Pack Meeting.
 Make arrangements to get a Pinewood
Derby Race Track.
 Reserve the gym from noon to nine.
 Arrange for 2 non-partisan judges to
call the winners of each race. (Ex: The
local missionaries)
January
Pinewood Derby
 Set up the race track 3 or 4 hours before
the Pack Meeting.
 Activate the Parent Decorating Committee
for this event.
 Get poster board to show the double
elimination racing form.
Pinewood
Derby
Double
Elimination
Racing
Form
February
Scout Sunday

February - Usually the 2nd week is Scout
Sunday. Leaders, Scouts and Cub Scouts
are to wear their uniform to church that
Sunday.
 Okay this with the Bishop in advance.
This is usually done through the 2nd
Counselor in the Bishopric.
February
Blue & Gold Banquet
 February
Pack Meeting - Blue and
Gold & Awards Night
 Figure out the Awards and Invitations
for the Blue and Gold Banquet.
 Calendar the building for the Blue and
Gold Banquet from about noon to
nine for set-up, the event, & clean-up.
February
Blue & Gold Banquet
Possible Blue and Gold Dinner & Awards
Night Formats
 All Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, and their families
could be invited. The Scouts and Cubs could do
a joint flag ceremony. The Boy Scout could have
a Court of Honor. Then, the Cub Scouts could
get their awards. These could be interspersed
with songs and skits form both groups.
 Only Cub Scouts and their families should
attend. The program would be a flag ceremony,
songs, and skits interspersed between the boys
awards and the adult awards.
 Use a combination of the two formats.
February
Blue & Gold Banquet
Who should the Cub Committee Chairman invite
to the Blue & Gold Banquet:
 The Bishopric and their families
 The Primary Presidency and their families
 Our District Commissioner and his family
 Our District Executive and his family
 Any Cub Leaders, Bishopric, District
Commissioners or Executives that served our
Pack during the last year that have been
released, plus their families.
February
Blue & Gold Banquet

Who should get: Our Pack Thanks Award?
 Any Cub Leaders,
 2nd Counselor in the Bishopric,
 2nd counselor in the Primary
 District Commissioners or Executives that
served our pack during the last year that have
been released.
 Also any member that has served on a special
committee or was a chaperone for Cub Day
Camp.
February
Blue & Gold Banquet
 Activate
the Cub Scout Parent
Decorating and Food Committee.
 Cub Scouts can also help make
decorations for the dinner tables.
March
 Scouting
for Food - (Service Project)
April
Day Camp Packets are dispersed.
 Get Day Camp Medical forms for boys
and for chaperones.
 Sign up chaperones and the days they want
to go to camp. Must have 5:1 ratio.
 Collect all Heath Forms for Day Camp by
Pack Meeting

May
Get the T-shirts sizes of adults and boys
for Camp.
 To Get the right size of T-shirts for each
boy, always order adult sizes.
 The T-shirts run two sizes too small.
 When you get the T-shirts, mark them with
the boys or adults names & give them to
the Cub Leaders.
 Turn in the t-shirt order on time.

May





Prepare a Cub Camp Handout for the
chaperones & boys. It should include the bus
schedule and items needed for camp.
Distribute copies of the Cub Camp Handout to
chaperones & the boy’s parents.
Finalize the day each chaperone will be used.
Collect all Heath Forms.
Take extra blanks.
June
Cub Scout Day Camp
 1st week is for Wolf and Bear
Cub Scouts.
The last week is for Webelos
June
Turn
in all medical forms for Day
Camp to the Scout Office.
A
Class one medical form is needed
for the boys and chaperones.
Class two medical forms for
chaperons and new leaders that are
40 or older.
Is there a doctor in your ward that
can do these?
July & August




Do a Pack Meetings or Outings to get the
Summertime Pack Award.
Den and Webelos meetings held at the Leaders
discretion.
Get a print out from the Primary Secretary as to
the boys who are 7 year old and will be turning 8
from now until next August. Get their names,
birth dates, phone numbers and addresses.
Wood's Wisdom is needed for all Webelos
Leaders.
Online
Advancement
Doing Advancement on
Online



The Scout Office now expects advancement
forms to be done online.
Go to:
http://www.utahscouts.org/openrosters/ViewO
rgPageLink.asp?LinkKey=21775&orgkey=220
6
It has online training and the steps you must do
to complete the advancement form. It even
contains a way to sign the form electronically.
Who
Should
Attend the
Pack Planning Meeting?
Who attends Pack Planning Mtg.?








2nd Counselor in the
Bishopric
2nd Counselor in the
Primary
Cub Committee
Chairman
Cub Scout Master
Assistant Cub Scout
Master
Webelos Leader
Assistant Webelos
Leader
Assistant Webelos
Leaders







Den Leader Coach
Den Leaders
Assistant Den Leaders
Den Chiefs
Members at Large
Special Committees of
Special Events
Any Parent that would
like to attend
Pack
Planning
Meetings
Pack Committee Meeting Agenda




Meeting called to order by the Cub Committee
Chairman
Welcome and introduction of new members and guests
done by the Cub Committee Chairman
Reading and approval of previous meeting’s minutes
done by the Secretary
Reports








Chartered Organizational Representative
Cubmaster
Training Specialist
Advancement Coordinator
Webelos Leaders
Den Leaders
Secretary
Treasurer
Pack Committee Meeting
Agenda (cont.)


Old Business
New Business
This section of the agenda always has to do with
planning of upcoming pack meetings. It also may be
about upcoming events such as Day Camp.
 To maximize your time use for planning Pack
Meetings, use the Three Month Meeting Plan.



Announcements
Adjournment
Pack Planning Meetings
Plan for success by using:
The
Three Month
Pack Meeting
Plan
Pack Planning Meetings
Format of the Meeting Plans
At Pack Planning Meeting,
plan 3 months at a time.
Example:
January, February, & March
Pack Planning Meetings
Start with the events calendared for the
furthermost month away - March
 See what program and activities are called for in
that month.
 What resources are needed?
 Who can help?
 Make individual assignments to check on needed
items.
Pack Planning Meetings
Then look at the events for the second month
away – February.
 Gather information. Check on the previous
individual assignments.
 What is still needed yet to bring this program all
together?
 Make additional assignments as needed.
Pack Planning Meetings
Finally, look at the upcoming events for the next
month - January.
 Check on the previous assignments for needed
items.
 Adjust plan and resources as needed.
 Polish the plan. Finalize:
 individual assignments
 each needed item
 resources
 times
 places
Monthly
Meetings
Schedule
Monthly Meetings Schedule



1st week of the month: District Roundtable
 Our Roundtable is the first Thursday of
each month, at 7:30 PM, at Canyon View
Middle School.
3rd week of the month: Cub Committee
Meeting. . .Use the three month discussion plan.
4th week of the month: Your Pack Meeting
Important Information
A Cub Scout year runs from September
thru August.
 Calendar all service projects (at least 2).
 Calendar all fund raisers (Scout Expo).

Registration
Get a list of all 7-year-old boys and their
birthdays from the Primary Secretary.
 Register each 8-year-old and Cub Scout
Leader as they come into the program.
 Registration forms are found at the Scout
Office.
 Make sure all 11-year-olds get registered
with the Boy Scouts.

The Outdoor Program & BSA Policy
TOUR PERMITS
 Are use to establish high standards of health and
safety for your pack and assure parents and the
council that your tour will be wisely planned,
safe, and fun.
 The Local Tour Permit Application must be
filed with the council service center two weeks
in advance of a scheduled trip of less than 500
miles. List all possible drivers in case the original
ones cannot drive.
ONLINE TOUR PERMITS



Go to:
http://www.utahscouts.org/openrosters/Vi
ewOrgPageLink.asp?LinkKey=25014&orgke
y=290
It has online training and the steps you must
take to complete the Tour Permit. It even
contains a way to sign the form electronically.
The Outdoor Program & BSA Policy
Weather Hazard Training Required
 Adult leaders must complete the new Weather
Hazard Training course before taking their units
into the outdoors. See below for more
information.
 To take this course, simply login to
www.myscouting.org and take the online
training course.
The Outdoor Program & BSA Policy
TRANSPORTATION
 Trucks may not be used for transporting boys
except inside the cab. Private cars or licensed
buses should be used.
 General guidelines are:
 Parental permission granted to the leader, from
a parent of each boy.
 Seat belts are required for all occupants.
The Outdoor Program & BSA Policy



All drivers must have a valid driver's license that
has not been suspended or revoked for any
reason.
If the vehicle to be used is designed to carry
more than 15 persons, including the driver
(more than 10 persons, including the driver, in
California), the driver must have a commercial
driver's license (CDL).
An adult leader (at least 21 years of age) must be
in charge and accompany the group.
The Outdoor Program & BSA Policy

The driver must be currently licensed and at
least 18 years of age. Youth member exception:
When traveling to an area under the leadership
of an adult (at least 21 years of age) tour leader,
a youth member at least 16 years of age may be a
driver, subject to the following conditions:
Six months' driving experience as a licensed driver
(time on a learner's permit or equivalent is not to be
counted).
 No record of accidents or moving violations.
 Parental permission granted to the leader, driver, and
riders.

The Outdoor Program & BSA Policy
Passenger cars, station wagons, or sport
utility vehicles may be used for
transporting passengers, but passengers
should not ride on the rear deck of moving
vehicles.
 Trucks may not be used for transporting
passengers except in the cab.

The Outdoor Program & BSA Policy



All driving, except short trips, should be done in
daylight.
All vehicles must be covered by automobile
liability insurance with limits that meet or exceed
requirements of the state in which the vehicle is
licensed. It is recommended that coverage limits
are at least $50,000/$100,000/$50,000. Any
vehicle designed to carry 10 or more passengers
is required to have limits of $100, 000/$ 500,
000/ $100, 000.
Do not exceed the speed limit.
The Outdoor Program & BSA Policy



Do not travel in convoy
Driving time is limited to a maximum of 10
hours and must be interrupted by frequent rest,
food, and recreation stops. If there is only one
driver, the driving time should be reduced and
stops should be made more frequently.
If you use a pack resource survey to identify
willing drivers and ask for their help well in
advance, you should be able to secure the
needed cars.
Additional Awards
for Cub Scouts
to Shoot For . . .
Heart of Scouting Award
For Cub Scouting
The activities below help Cub Scouts learn more about
their duty to God. These activities also help them
increase their desire to do their duty to God.
The Heart of Scouting patch for Cub Scouts patch has a
blue border and is worn on the right shirt pocket of the
uniform. It represents a Cub’s commitment to put “my
duty to God” first in his life.
Heart of Scouting Award
Requirements
 Complete five of the following activities:
 1. Identify someone who is honest and trustworthy.
Tell Akela why being trustworthy and honest are a big
part of doing one’s duty to God.
 2. Visit a place that your family believes is a sacred
place (such as a church, synagogue, cemetery, or a
mountaintop). After your visit, talk with your parents
how showing reverence in a sacred place demonstrates
your duty to God.
 3. After saying prayers for one week tell Akela how
prayer has helped you feel closer to God.
Heart of Scouting Award




4. Participate in a discussion about how choosing good
media (movies, music TV etc.) can help us live our duty
to God. Tell why too much, poor quality or
inappropriate media interferes with our ability to be
close to God. Write three personal rules your family can
use to help when choosing media.
5. Tell Akela something kind you did recently for
someone else. Explain how you did this cheerfully,
showing Scout spirit. Tell how it made you feel about
yourself and how you think God feels when you help
others.
6. Describe to Akela what bad language is and why the
use of profanity shows disrespect for God. Explain
how others can be offended by the use of profanity.
* Requirements may be signed off by a parent, Scout
leader, or religious leader.
Pack Awards
to Shoot For . . .
CUB SCOUT WORLD
CONSERVATION AWARD


The World Conservation Award is worn on
the uniform shirt,
centered on the right pocket as a TEMPORARY patch.
Only ONE Temporary patch may be worn at a time,
but Cub or Webelos Scouts may wear the Progress
Through Ranks (Immediate Recognition) or Webelos
Compass Points Emblem suspended from the right
pocket button in addition to any temporary patch sewn
on the pocket.
National Summertime Pack Award
National Summertime Pack Award
A pack can qualify for the National
Summertime Pack Award certificate and
streamer by planning and conducting three
pack activities — one each in June, July,
and August.
 This award can be an incentive for greater
attendance at your summer pack activities.

National Summertime Pack Award



Qualifying packs receive a colorful streamer for
their pack flag.
Dens with an average attendance of at least half
their members at the three summer pack events
will be eligible for a colorful den participation
ribbon.
Boys who participate in all three pack events
are eligible to receive the National Summertime
Pack Award pin, which they can wear on the
right pocket flap of their uniform.
National Summertime Pack Award
The purpose of the National Summertime
Pack Award is to encourage packs to
provide a year-round program by
continuing to meet during the time periods
when school is out of session for several
weeks or months. If a pack is in a "yearround school" (or is part of a home-school
association), the pack could earn the
Summertime Pack Award by having a
special pack activity during those breaks.
National Summertime Pack Award
An application for the National
Summertime Pack Award
may be downloaded
from the
Cub Scout Forms
page.
National
Den
Award
National Den Award
Requirements

Have at least 50 percent of the den's Tiger
Cubs, Cub Scouts, or Webelos Scouts
attend two den meetings and one pack
meeting or activity each month of the year.
National Den Award

Complete six of the following during the
year:
 1. Use the denner system within the den.
 2. In a Tiger Cub den, use shared
leadership and rotate the boy/adult host
team.
 3. Have 50 percent of the den go on
three field trips per year. A field trip may
be used in place of a den meeting.
National Den Award
a den, attend a Cub Scout day
camp, Cub Scout or Webelos Scout
resident camp, or a council family
camping event with at least 50 percent of
the den membership.
 5. Explore at least three Character
Connection activities.
 6. As a den, participate in at least one of
the Cub Scout Sports programs.

4. As
National Den Award
 7.
As a den, participate in at least one of
the Cub Scout Academics programs.
 8. Have 50 percent of the den participate
in a den conservation/resource project.
 9. Have 50 percent of the den participate
in at least one den service project.
Quality
Unit
Award
National Quality Unit Award
The Quality Unit Award recognizes
outstanding packs, troops, teams, crews,
and ships that conduct quality programs
for their youth.
 All members, both youth and adults, of a
pack that earns this award may wear the
Quality Unit emblem (pictured to the right)
on their uniforms, and a streamer may be
displayed on the pack flag.

National Quality Unit Award
To qualify as a Quality Unit, a pack must
meet all of the following conditions:
 The Cubmaster and at least half of all den
leaders must be fully trained—i.e., they
have completed both Fast Start and Basic
Leader Training.

National Quality Unit Award



The pack must have two-deep leadership,
including an active, registered, and trained
assistant Cubmaster as well as a registered adult
who is responsible for promoting Youth
Protection training.
The pack must provide at least one approved
outdoor experience for its Scouts.
The pack must renew its charter on time—
before the previous year's charter expires.
National Quality Unit Award
Additionally, the pack must meet two of the
following conditions:
 The pack must provide at least nine pack
meetings per year and qualify for the National
Summertime Pack Award (above).
 The pack must have at least one active Tiger
Cub den.
National Quality Unit Award




The pack must complete at least one community
service project.
At least 75 percent of the Scouts must advance
in rank.
All Scouts subscribe to Boys' Life magazine.
The pack must demonstrate positive
membership growth.
National Quality Unit Award



Though it is possible to qualify as a Quality Unit
for meeting only six of the ten conditions above,
Cub Scout leaders are encouraged to aim for all
ten.
These qualities have been shown to be critical
indicators of successful pack operations.
Applications for the Quality Unit Award may be
downloaded from the Cub Scout forms page.
Publications
& Programs
that help
the Pack
Go
Cub Scout Program Helps
Cub Scout Leaders
Program Helps
is an entire year's
worth of program
planning assistance.
Utah National Parks Council
Home Page
You will need this resource to:
•
Keep up on Scouting Events
•
Do Adult Leader On-line Trainings
•
File Tour Permits
•
File Advancement Reports
This resource is at: http://www.utahscouts.org/
How-To Book
Filled with
games, tricks,
puzzles, crafts,
stunts, skits,
puppets, and
out door fun.
The Activity Book
Filled with activities and
games for all types of
groups like ...
•Cub Scouts
•Family Home Evening
•Family Reunions
Cub Scout Song Book
Packed with
fun songs
Cubbies love to
sing for…
Den Meetings
Pack Meetings
Computer Programs
to Track Advancement
PackMaster
 http://www.troopmaster.com/products/cubsco
uts/cub_scouts.php
Pack Planner
 http://www.scoutingplanner.com/pub_home.as
p?campaign=google&gclid=CMTU8ZPnhJgCF
QJNagodBUzFDg