How do you create a Welcoming and Hospitable Environment for your families?

Streamed live on Oct 3, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Our October Cub Roundtable focuses on relationships. When a family joins your Pack, do you welcome them in? 

We'll also have membership moments, a safety moment, a Hot Topic presentation on the Cub Scout Advancement Program and "Instant" Recognition, and a live in-studio panel. leading a discussion of best practices for making a welcoming environment in your meetings.

Useful links:

• Unit and Membership Renewal steps - https://gtcbsa.org/renew

• Recruiting Guidance – https://gtcbsa.org/recruit

• Joining Site – https://AllAboutScouts.org  

• Online Registration and updating your unit pin: https://www.gtcbsa.org/resources/onli...  

• Cub Chat Live - https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/cub...

• Roundtables – https://gtcbsa.org/roundtable

• Calendar – https://www.gtcbsa.org/calendar-events 

• Scouting Safety - https://www.gtcbsa.org/Safety 

• Cub Scout Hayride and Harvest Festival, 5 nights in October https://scoutingevent.com/433-hayride

• Cub Scout Camping https://manatoc.org/cub-scout-camping

• Cub Scout Summer Planner - https://manatoc.org/cub-summer 

CHAPTERS

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0:00 Roundtable Live Fly-In Enjoy this aerial appreciation of Camp Manatoc.

9:59 Three-minute countdown

Welcome and Opening

11:59 Welcome, pledge, Oath, and Law

Safety Moment

14:37 Safety Moment - Weather Safety

Message from Patrick Scherer, Scout Executive

16:32 Patrick Scherer, Scout Executive Moment. Why Roundtable?

Year Round Recruitment

20:19 Membership Moment - The importance of year-round recruitment. Recruiting guidance https://gtcbsa.org/recruit

Advancement and Immediate Recognition

22:10 Hot Topic #1 - Cub Scout Advancement and Recognition. VIDEO by Anthony Berger, National Director of Cub Scouts. 

26:40 The shorter the time between the behavior and reward, the higher the likelihood of success

27:11 instant recognition. Reward Cub Scouts with their loop or pin as soon as it is earned at the end of the meeting.

28:00 Buy the loops and pins ahead of time (no Advancement report is needed)

30:20 Make a great awards ceremony. 

Our Panel for the discussion

35:09 Welcome our Panel (1) TJ Withers, New Member Coordinator, Pack 3001; (2) Jericho Johnson, Council Training Committee; (3) David Weyrick, VP of Relationships; and (4) Josh Weyrick, Assistant Cubmaster, Pack 3048. 

36:17 Question about getting late joining scouts caught up on advancement.

39:25 Panel discussion of Cub Scout Recognition 

WIRED training and discussion

42:09 Hot Topic #2 WIRED Training. Dr. Weyrick introduces and presents the 5-minute training video.

49:42 The panel reacts to the WIRED Training - creating a welcoming environment. 

Upcoming Trainings, The Hayride, Renewal, Cub Scout Camping, and Plan for Summer now.

1:02:19 Upcoming Cub Leader Training - Baloo (October and April), Keynote on the New Program and Cub Training Nov 2; if you miss that, Cub Training is only repeated on Nov 9.

1:08:26 Cub Leaders (Committee Chairs), make sure you go into the organizational manager and approve membership renewals. 

1:09:06 Cub Scout Hayride and Harvest Festival, 5 nights in October https://scoutingevent.com/433-hayride

1:10:27 Think about Summer and Cub Scout Camping. The Cub Scout Camping web pages are newly updated. Go to https://manatoc.org/cub-scout-camping. 

1:11:29 IMPORTANT - Check to see if your scouts earned the Summer Time Fun Adventure. Check out https://manatoc.org/cub-summer.

A Closing Video you can use in your recruitment

11:19:25 Closing Video - Cub Scouting is for Everyone, Everyone is welcome