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Pack 5 How-To
Conduct Pack 5 Round-Ups (Recruitments)
Ideally, Pack 5 Round-Up
responsibilities should be shared by the Cubmaster and the
Committee Chair: The former as "face of the Pack" and
energetic motivator for all boys in attendance to join; the
latter through a more subtle, direct approach to parents who
can make valuable additions to Leadership.
Mechanics should be handled
by the Membership and Re-Registration Chair, and the
individual Den Leaders (and boys from each) should be in
attendance on actual Round-Up events.
Timeline
Young boys (and their
parents) join a Cub Scout Pack for the fun events that it
has to offer, and they expect a well-organized,
well-communicated plan. So the first step in either the Fall
or Spring Round-Up is to have the Annual Plan (12 to 24
months out) in place.
[link] Everyone on the team for this activity
should attend District Round-Up Training.
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Fall Round-Up.
Preparations for the Fall Round-Up begin with the Annual
Plan in August. This is followed by preparing and
distributing flyers and posters to Bach and Eberwhite in
early September for separate Round-Ups held later in the
month; ideally, Round-Up dates should fall about a week
before the next Pack Meeting. The largest concentration
of boys will be for Tiger Dens, but treat this as an
effort for all Den levels.
- Spring Round-Up.
Any tweaks to the Summertime schedule should be made by
early April, so that flyers and posters can go up in the
schools in early May. Actual Round-Up dates should be
closer to the end of the school year, because the major
target is boys who are just completing Kindergarten;
they are eligible to join Pack 5 on June 1, and can
participate in all activities that first summer except
for Resident Camp.
Resources
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"How you can help your son as a
Registered Leader in Cub Scout Pack 5"
[link]
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"How to Run a Pack Roundup"
[link]
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Round-Up Training
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Overall Agenda (2008)
[link]
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New Leader Recruitment
[link]
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Role of the Unit Commissioner
[link]
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PowerPoint: Cub Scout Round-Up (2007)
[link]
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Video: "Fun at Every Turn"
[link]
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Materials and handouts
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"Join Cub Scouts" maze
[link]
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"Parent Guide"
[link]
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Publicity Guidelines
[link]
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Poster detail sticker
(Bach and Eberwhite) 2007
[link]
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Table sign: Registration
[link]
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Table sign: Tiger Cub Den
[link]
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Table sign: Wolf Den
[link]
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Table sign: Bear Den
[link]
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Table sign: Webelos I Den
[link]
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Table sign: Webelos II
Den
[link]
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Clipart
[link]
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"Rounding
Them Up," 2008 University of Scouting presentation
summary and LINKs, Course CS-014 (Dell Deaton)
[link]
Advice
Resist the temptation to combine this with other things.
It
should be a stand-alone effort with its own agenda.
You want to avoid distractions, competing agendas, and a
diluted focus on the goal of registration. "Curriculum
Nights" have not worked well for us, nor has combining
Round-Up with a Pack Meeting.
In
its Round-Up Training, District strongly recommends setting
the goal among Pack Leaders that at least one parent for
every boy registered is also him- or herself also registered
as an Adult Leader. |
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