1. MCS 301 No-Lapse/No-Drop Commitment 1998 Suffolk County Council Commissioners College November 14, 1998 Bob Koch, DC, Trailblazer District

2. Agenda l Introductions l Definitions l Questions/Brainstorming l Problem Solving l Summary - Meeting the Objective

3. Getting To Know You………… l Name l District l Commissioner Tenure l Tenure in Scouting l Brief Scouting Background

4. How Do We Define: Lapsed, Dropped and S/R? l Lapsed Charter – From 1-60 days past charter renewal date (if charter is due 10/31, from 11/1-12/31) l Dropped Charter – From 61 days to a year past charter renewal date (if charter is due 10/31/98, from 11/1/98-10/31/99) l S/R (Separated/Re-chartered) –Within drop period, the unit is then reinstated

5. Refresh of Basic Training: Rechartering l District Exec. Meets with IH l Membership Inventory l Charter Renewal Meeting l Submit Charter l 90 Days l 60 Days l 30 Days l 15 Days EventDays Before

6. Define: Commitment l Official Consignment By Court Order of a a Person to Prison or Mental Hospital 4 A Pledge or Promise to Do Something

7. Why Make a No-Lapse/No- Drop Commitment? l Allow the Scouts to Continue Advancement l Allows Scouts to Meet l Allows the Continuance of Outdoor Activities l Allows Unit to Maintain Its Historical Continuity of Tenure l Keeps Scouts Insured l Allow The Unit to Earn Quality Unit

8. Why Is a Continuity of Unit Tenure Important? l Keep Present Membership Level l History Is Important to the Unit l The Charter Organization Will Continue to Have Confidence in the Scouting Program l Reduces Paperwork of Getting the Unit “Back on it's Feet” l If You Lose the Scouts to Another Unit, You May Never Get Them Back

9. Why Units Lapse and How to Prevent It l Separate Into Three Groups l For Each Situation, List Three Ways to Prevent This Case From Happening l Report Back to the Group View the notes pages within PowerPoint for groups responses for prevention

10. Why Units Lapse and How to Prevent It l The Charter Renewal Process Was Started Too Late (Less Than 90 Days Before Charter Expiration) l The Commissioner Left All the Steps of Charter Renewal up to the Unit l The Unit Held up the Renewal Papers for a Missing Signature l The Commissioner Failed to Get Involved to Help Solve a Major Unit Problem Until It Was Charter Renewal Time

11. Why Units Lapse and How to Prevent It (con’t) l The Commissioner Assumed Unit People Would Turn in the Renewal Forms l The District/Council Tried to Use Charter Renewal Time to Get the Unit to Do a Lot of Other Things Than Simply Getting Re-registered l Someone in the Unit “Sat on” the Forms l The Unit Hadn’t Collected All the Registration Fees

12. Summary l Can You Define a Lapsed or Dropped Unit ? l What Causes a Lapsed/Dropped Unit? l What is a No-Lapse/No-Drop Commitment l Know the Action to Take in Order to Avoid Your Units Being Lapsed or Dropped? l How to Establish a Plan for a Successful No- Lapse/No-Drop Commitment

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