Please note that the National
Council does not include insurance when calculating the fee due when submitting
the charter to the Service Center.
Units MUST add $1 / youth or adult being registered, except multiples.
Again this year the Pioneer Valley Council will use Internet Rechartering,
a service provided by the National Council. Not every unit has
to participate, but all units are encouraged to participate in this ground
breaking way of rechartering. Internet Rechartering improves accuracy
of registration information while simplifying the process for both the
Council and the Unit.
For those of you who already use Troopmaster, Packmaster,
or competetive software you will find that this will further streamline
the way you submit your data. Instead of submitting a diskette or
CD, you will upload your information directly to the National computer
system (Scoutnet). You just have to make sure you have done any
necessary updating prior to the upload.
If you don’t use Troopmaster or Packmaster, you can still take advantage
of the technology. Your unit's records on Scoutnet will be available
for updating on a secure web site.
Still needed are signatures and payment by check. Rechartering
is completed by printing the charter, having it signed, and submitting
it with a remittance
check either at a district-scheduled
time and place, or to the Service Center.
Want to try this out for yourself? It’s just a sample with little flexibility but it will
give you the idea of how it works -- Tutorial site
For security, each individual unit will be assigned a unique login
code and password. .
Your commissioner and professional staff members will train
you and be available to assist you as needed. Since this is the
first time we have tried this there are bound to be some things that may
not go exactly as planned, but please bear with us. In the end, this
will be a positive experience for all of us. As always, we expect
and need your feedback on the process so that we can improve it for next
year.
Unit Rechartering