1. Be Prepared To Recruit: How Families Choose To Join Scouting

2. UNIT SUBMITS APPLICATION TO CAC
4/8/2019
INTERESTED FAMILY
ALREADY INVOLVED
NO INVOLVEMENT
SUBMIT APPLICATION
TO UNIT
UNIT SUBMITS APPLICATION TO CAC
Those of you in this room all joined Scouting the same general way.
You found a brick and mortar building that had Scouts
Submit your application to the adults leaders
Who Provided the application to the CAC
And presto, new Scouts and Scouters
Because this is what we know and are familiar with, we (The people in this room) are still very comfortable inviting families to join this way
As we invite current families to enroll other children (be that boys or girls) the system will continue to work the same way
NEW SCOUT

3. FIND YOUR UNIT THROUGH BEASCOUT.ORG?
4/8/2019
INTERESTED FAMILY
ALREADY INVOLVED
NO INVOLVEMENT
WHERE/WHEN CAN
WE SIGN UP?
ONLINE SEARCH
BEASCOUT.ORG
But there families that have not been a part of Scouting yet, there are families that do not already know where we meet and how to join.
And these families are growing in number, and we need to find a way to invite them to join also.
So when you don’t know something these days, what do you find out? [pause for response]
It was online searches that showed me how to tie a bowtie, tells me the movie times, it told me how to find this building today.
If you try to find Scouts in your area, this is the website you will quickly find yourself on.
How many of you have experience with BeAScout.org?
FIND YOUR UNIT THROUGH BEASCOUT.ORG?

4. FIND YOU THROUGH BEASCOUT.ORG
4/8/2019
INTERESTED FAMILY
FIND YOU THROUGH BEASCOUT.ORG
WHAT INFORMATION DO YOU WANT TO GIVE THEM
UPDATE YOUR BEASCOUT PIN
DO YOU WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO JOIN ONLINE
YOU RECEIVE AN
YOU REPLY WITHIN 48 HRS
The only thig this Scouts application is missing is your signature as the adult leader.
And the moment they signed up, it sent an to you at the you have in My.Scouting (Mr. or Mrs. Unit Leader)
There is a link that says “approve this Scouts registration” right there in the
Open your , click the link, and do it as soon as you can
If you were this new family, wouldn’t you want confirmation from your new Pack that they have welcomed you?
The system can be set up to send a generic from the Pack welcoming them and telling them when next to come to a meeting, you can go a step farther and have the Den Leader call and welcome them personally.
Because at the end of the day, we are going to help people by inviting and welcoming new Scouts.
NEW SCOUT

5. Timeline
Oct. 11, 2017 – BSA Board of Directors approved plan to welcome girls into Cub Scouts in 2018
Dec. 14, 2017 – BSA published “Early Adopter” guidelines
CAC leadership studied Early Adopter guidelines; decided to not participate in the formal Early Adopter program

6. The Capitol Area Council’s Plan
Goal: Effective roll out that welcomes girls and provides them with the same quality of program that the Council has provided boys
Units that meet certain requirements may recruit girls at Spring JSNs
Girls will be able to participate in summer activities and day camps
Timeline for recruiting girls is similar to recruiting new boy Tiger Cubs

7. How will it work?
Chartering organizations decide, in consultation with units, whether to offer girl dens
Dens will be single sex, same rank (Tiger, Wolf, Bear, Oh My)
Options for packs:
Only all boy dens
All boy dens and all girl dens
Only all girl dens

8. Changes to the program
In general, no changes to program content, advancement, or uniforms

9. What does my pack need to do?
Meet with your chartering organization and decide how to proceed.
Share your annual program plan (including program for summertime Pack Award) with your district membership team
Follow the Council Recruitment Plan
Including updating your Pin
And starting new Dens with at least 6 youth

10. Questions?