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JTE Service Hours
You can now enter your service hours at www.scouting.org/awards/journeytoexcellence . Look for the “Service Project” area of the screen. There you can find the link to log your hours, information for first time users, ideas and tips for a successful service project, and sample reports that can be pulled by your council administrator. To enter your service hours click on “service hours website.” Choose “New User Click Here” or enter in your existing username and password. Users can still use www.goodturnforamerica and they will be redirected to the new data collection site. If you have any questions, please contact the national service desk at 972-580-2330 for BSA employees, and 1-972-580-2267 for volunteers. Please remember to update your districts, troops, packs and crews about the new site.
Volunteers with a MyScouting account can also reach the Journey to Excellence service hour website by clicking on the Journey to Excellence Information link on the left side of the screen in the “Council Tools” section. Once they click the link they will be directed to www.scouting.org/awards/journeytoexcellence and can follow the same procedures as listed above. |
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Unit Annual Membership Renewal: On Your Mark, Get Set . . .
It’s Recharter time! The BSA Internet Recharter system should be open and ready for your Renewal Processor to start the online portion of the process by Tuesday, January 10.
Recharter Packets should be in your unit’s Renewal Processor’s hands by now. If not, please contact your Unit Commissioner, District Commissioner, or District Professional to obtain yours.
Instructions for completing the Recharter process are in the packet, but can also be accessed from the links below. The most current version of your unit’s roster can (and should!) be downloaded from the Internet Recharter system once you log in. Use this as a worksheet to update information to be entered online during the recharter.
Help your Renewal Processor get this done as soon as possible, so that you can concentrate on Scouting!
Remember to complete the 2011 Journey to Excellence Scorecard for your Unit. You can use the paper version or download the recommended Excel version here
Recharter Turn-in: February 9 (at Roundtables) OR SOONER!
Here is the suggested timeline for completion of your Recharter:
January 10, 2012 (estimated day that BSA Internet Recharter system opens)
? Log into the BSA Internet Recharter system, confirm unit information, and print out a hardcopy of your unit roster to use as a
worksheet.
January 10-February 9
? Confirm and correct information on the working roster. Contact every family to verify information,
get payment (where applicable).
? Complete Internet Recharter process (through "Submit") and print the Charter Application.
? Gather applications and any monies needed. Ensure ScoutShop account has sufficient funds if you are paying from it.
? Get signatures for member applications and Unit Leader and Chartered Organization Head signatures
for the Charter Application.
? Use the Recharter Payment Sheet to calculate total fees due (Recharter fee, memberships and Boy's Life from
Internet system, plus insurance) Attach payment if not using ScoutShop account.
Additional documents in Packet: Annual Charter Agreement and Journey to Excellence Scoresheet
Please complete these forms and obtain signatures along with the Recharter application.
February 9
? Turn in all Recharter documents and payment by this date OR SOONER!
? Charter Renewals require the signature of a District Representative, which can be a Unit Commissioner, Assistant District
Commissioner, District Commissioner or District Professional. Districts may have different 'channels' of submission,
so please follow your District's process.
? Charter Renewal materials can also be sub
If you are the renewal processor for your unit and have the 2012 access code for your unit, start the process by the link below:
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Commissioners and Rechartering
