RECHARTERING YOUR SCOUTING UNIT

A Workshop For Unit Recharter Leaders

September 2015

WELCOMEThank you for being here!

Agenda

• What is “Charter Renewal” (AKA Recharter”)?• Key points for 2016• Unit Recharter Plan• Using the Internet Rechartering application • Wrap-up

Key Resources and Dates!• www.bsacac.org/resources/bsa_online/recharter

• Internet Rechartering is a web-based application

• October 1: Internet Rechartering open for use by Units• Oct 8: District Help Sessions at Roundtable • November 12, 19, 24,30: Check/Help/Turn-In at Covenant

Presbyterian Church; 6:30-8:00.• November 30: Deadline for all renewal packages to be

turned in• December: Council process packets and readies them for

posting in system (January 1).

WHAT IS RECHARTER?Key words and terms

Recharter is …

Annual commitment of a Chartered Organization to continue owning and operating a specific Scouting unit

Annual renewal of individual memberships of a unit’s youth and adult members

Annual authorization from BSA for a Chartered Organization to use a BSA program to serve youth

KEY POINTS FOR 2016

Important things everyone needs to know

Process very similar to 2015• Units were asked to designate Recharter Leaders (not Unit Leader)

• Report package requires review and approval for turn-in by a Unit Commissioner.

• Key dates almost the same• Guide and Calendar have been rewritten• Pro-rated membership for 2015 separate

Recharter Fees: The Basics• BSA membership fee is $24/year per registered member

(youth or adult).• Units with “multiples” need to coordinate on which unit is paying

membership for the adult in order to avoid paying it twice.• Boy’s Life is $12/year per youth (not household).• Unit Recharter Fee is $40.• Insurance is $1 per year per registered member (adult or

youth).

NOTE: Internet Recharter will not calculate these fees correctly so Unit Commissioners will review and sign off on your “Charter Renewal Worksheet”!

Ideal Unit Recharter Timeline• Schedule

• Sept 12-30: Units receive recharter guide and calendar via email • Sept 22: deadline to get all new membership apps to Council for data

entry by October 1• Sept 30: units print roster and YPT Report to check for completeness

and accuracy (start notifying families for updates and/or corrections).• Oct 1: Internet Recharter available online• Oct 10: Unit completes Stages 1 and 2 in Internet Recharter.• Oct 24: Unit completes Stages 3 and 4• October 31: Unit completes Stage 5 (submission)• Nov 1-13: Unit meet with Charter Executive and Unit Leader to obtain

signatures.• Nov 12: Unit brings package to First Review; turns in if complete

What does complete look like?• Youth or adult applications include signatures.

• Youth: Parent/guardian and Unit Leader• Adult: Adult, Committee Chair, and Charter Organization Rep

• Adult applications include pertinent data and release.• Adult’s signature on the Disclosure/Authorization page.• Questions answered and references (right column of app page).• Social Security and Driver License Number

• Youth Protection Training certificates for Adults. • Entire Internet Summary Report printout!

• Charter Executive and Unit Leader signatures• Check made out to “BSA” with amount left blank (unless verified by

Unit Commissioner)• Unit Charter Renewal Worksheet

UNIT RECHARTER PLANHow recharter is accomplished

Start early! Build a checklist! Collaborate!

Develop a Unit Recharter Plan using the tasks in the Unit Recharter Timeline

Assign responsibility and due dates for the Plan’s tasks Publicize dates pertaining to unit members in the Unit

Annual Plan (calendar) Monitor progress to assure that tasks are completed on

time Send regular reminders for YPTs and to get

updated/corrected information from your unit membership.

Be thorough and accurate before you go online!

Get Organized Sept 1: Unit Committee approves recharter plan and

designates Unit Recharter Leader (URL) Sept 10 +/- : URL receives recharter guide from

District Commissioner via email Sept 10: Unit Recharter Leader attends workshop Sept 25 +/- : Access codes sent to URL Oct 1: Unit completes membership inventory◦Contact every member about renewing◦If not renewing, note the reason (needed later)◦Collect recharter fees from those renewing◦Obtain applications from members not included on current BSA unit roster (received after Sept 22)

Internet Rechartering Web-based application running on servers at the

National Council Used to update unit roster for recharter

◦ Correct wrong or out-of-date information◦ Move adults leaders to new positions◦ Remove members who have left the unit◦ Add new members not found on current roster◦ Work can be completed in multiple sessions

Verify required adult leadership in place Calculate BSA National fees

◦ This is not the total fee to be paid

Print updated roster for signature and turn-in

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INTERNET RECHARTERINGWeb-based application

You Are A First Time User Every Year… For Every Unit…

Register• Enter unit type, unit number, and access code

Registration, cont’d• Agree to Confidentiality Statement

Registration, cont’d• Provide your contact information• Create password for access code (write it down!)

Log Back In…• Use this year’s access code and password to log in after

the registering as a “first time” user.

Internet Recharter: 5 “Stages”

Stage 1 – Load Roster• From current BSA data OR UMS such as Troopmaster ,

Packmaster, or ScoutSoft

Using UMS Data Data can be uploaded from a UMS, such as

Troopmaster, Packmaster, or TroopSoft Uploaded data is matched with current BSA registration

data To assure the best match, be very careful to use only the

FULL LEGAL NAME and CORRECT BIRTHDATE in your UMS data

Failure to match between UMS and BSA upwards of 50% is not uncommon the first time you upload UMS data

For this reason, we do not encourage upload of UMS data

You Now Have A “Working Copy” Of Your Unit Data

• Internet Recharter keeps a “working copy” of your unit’s registration data

• That means:• Changes you make will not be visible to anyone else until recharter

is processed (Stage 5)• Changes made by BSA after this point in time will not appear in

your Internet Recharter work area unless you click the “Update Unit Roster” button

• For this reason, we strongly suggest you carefully review the current roster through Internet Advancement before starting Stage 1.

“Update Roster” Button• When you return to Internet Rechartering after having

started Stage 2, click the “Update Roster” button to get updates from Scoutnet

Stage 2 – Update Roster• Update Charter

Organization contact info

• Cannot change Chartered Organization name (contact D.E. if this is needed)

Select Members For Renewal• Uncheck the box to remove a member• Check the box again to restore the member

Members Selected For Renewal

Promote Members• Add new members to your unit by copying registration

data from other units• Units chartered by the same chartered organization will be listed

(note: C.O. name must match exactly)• Other units may be accessed by using their access codes and unit

number

• A completed application is still required because the member is joining a new unit!

Promote Members 2• Click “Next Step” to skip “Promote Members”

Promote Members 3• Your unit will always be listed along with others chartered

to the same organization

Promote Members 4• Check box to copy member to your unit

Promote Members 5• To promote from other units, get their access code from

your Commissioner or District Executive• Enter it in area below the list of units for your chartered

organization along with unit type and number (e.g., Pack 9999)

Add New Members• Click “New Adult” button to add a new adult

Add New Adult• Three screens to add an adult

Add New Adult 2• Note that Social Security Number must be entered by

Council staff to protect privacy

Add New Adult 3• You must make a selection in “Ethnic Background”; use

“Not provided” if the new member did not provide this information

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Add New Adult 5• Click “OK” on the “Save” dialog box

• You will be returned to “Add New Members”• Click “New Adult” to add another adult• Click “Next” when there are no adults to add

Add New Members 2• Click “New Youth” button to add youth

Add New Youth• Two screens to provide data about the youth

Add New Youth 2

Add New Youth 3• Next we must enter the parent or guardian • If the parent is on the roster – including new adults just

added – we will select the parent• Otherwise, we will collect the parent’s information through

screens similar to those for “Add New Adult”

Add New Youth 4• Click “Yes” or “No”

Add New Youth 5• Choose the adult’s relationship to the youth• Then select the adult with the “radio button”

Add New Youth 6• Selected adult turns red. Click “Save”.

Update Member Data• Click “Update” to make changes to member• Click “Remove” to delete member• Note adult YPT status information

Update Member Data 2• If you click “Remove”, confirmation is requested

• Click “yes” to remove the member• Click “no” to keep the member

Update Member Position• Adult leader positions are checked against BSA

requirements – problems flagged in red

Update Member Position 2 Click the “Update” link to change a member’s positions –

dialog box appears

Change the position(s) and click “Save”

Update Member Position• When all requirements are met, click “Next Stage”

Complete Update Roster• Click “Update Roster” to complete Stage 2

Stage 3 – Check Roster• Click “Check Roster” to start a detailed check

Check Roster• Finds two classes of problems

• Errors, such as missing required data• Warnings, such as a youth that appears to be in the wrong grade

for his/her age

• Errors MUST be fixed before you continue• Warnings should be fixed if there really is an error, but can

be ignored if “false alarms”• Links are provided that will take you to the place to make

different possible corrections

Check Roster 2• Errors MUST be corrected before continuing

Check Roster 3• A warning should be corrected if it really is an error

YPT Warnings

Check Roster 4• Leaders with YPT warnings will be listed in a new section

of the Recharter Report

Check Roster 5• We can move on…

Stage 4 - Summary• Click “Summary” to review final roster and fees

Update Fees Final roster

with fees is displayed

“Update” link for fee changes

Click “Boys’ Life” to check 100% Boys’ Life

Update Fees 2• Add missing Boys’ Life for youth member

Update Fees 3• If your unit has members that pay their BSA registration

fees in another unit, you do not need to pay BSA fees for them again.

• Click “Update” by the member.• On the dialog, click the “radio button” by “Member paid in

another unit” and enter the other unit in the space which will appear.

• Then click “Save”.

Update Fees 4• Click “Next” when finished making changes

Membership Inventory• Click a reason for NON-renewal for each youth member

being dropped

Stage 5 – Submit Roster This is the final stage Once you click “Submit to Council”, you cannot make

any further changes We strongly recommend that you click the “Review/print

roster” to print a draft copy of the recharter roster Review the draft with the unit leader and members of

your recharter team before proceeding and make any corrections

Note that the draft copy is watermarked “Draft” and contains no signature lines – it CANNOT be turned in, even with signatures

Submit Roster• If roster is correct, click “Submit to Council”

Roster Submitted• Don’t forget to print roster for signature

Print Roster After “Submit to Council” is clicked, a PDF file can be

created on your computer containing the updated roster by clicking “Print Recharter Renewal Application”.

This final copy will not be watermarked “Draft” and WILL contain signature lines for the Chartered Organization head and Unit Leader.

Print the entire PDF. Save a copy of the pdf file or make a photocopy. Do not

discard any pages! Log off Internet Rechartering

Now What? Now you need to get signatures of the unit leader and

the Chartered Organization head (the person who signed the Charter Agreement with BSA).

Remember that the Chartered Organization Representative must sign all adult applications and that the Unit Leader must sign all youth applications.

Save yourself and them some time by checking all your new applications to be sure that they are properly signed and take along any that haven’t been signed.

And Then? Bring Complete Charter Renewal Package to a

Check/Help/Turn-in Session for review and approval. Commissioner staff will review and make final fee

calculation. Ask your unit Treasurer for a check payable to BSACAC

or verify sufficient funds in your unit account. Do NOT fill in the amount until your packet has reviewed

and approved and the total fees due from the worksheet verified.

Use a binder clip (not a paper clip) to keep it all together.

WRAP-UPThanks again for taking the time to make administration of Scouting more efficient!