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These are the same policy documents as I published last time.
I'm just putting them here again so everyone really has a chance to
see them. If you have comments or suggestions,
please send them directly to me at
r.warms@txstate.edu.
Policy for Distribution of Money
Generated at Fund Raising Events
The treasurer shall determine the net profit
generated by any fund raising event. The treasurer shall then divide
this money into two categories: general troop funds and "shares."
The money designated for general troop funds shall be held in the general
treasury account for the troop. The percentage of the total money so
designated shall be determined by the treasurer according to the projected
needs of the troop. The money designated for "shares" will be
distributed to personal accounts according to the following rules:
1) Shares remain “troop funds” held in the
troop treasury but they are are allocated to individual's personal
accounts for their use
subject to the conditions below.
2) Shares may be earned by active scouts and
adults only. A scout is active if he has attended 35% of troop
meetings or 15 meetings, whichever is less, over the 365 days prior to the first day of the fund raising
event. If a scout has been a member of the troop less than 365
days, he must have attended 35% of meetings since joining the troop.
An adult member is active if their scout is active or if they have
attended 35% of meetings
over the 365 days prior to the first day of the fund raising event or
since joining the troop if this is less than 365 days.
3) Shares are earned by working a designated
shift at an official troop fund raising event.
4) Work schedules for fund raising events shall
be divided into shifts. Eligible individuals earn one share for
each shift they work, provided the following conditions are met:
a) The event supervisor
must establish a maximum number of individuals need for each shift.
b) Members must sign up for
shifts before the event.
c) Members must sign in when they arrive at the event.
d) Members must work for their entire shift.
e) Members must sign out when they leave the event.
Please note that it is the responsibility of
scouts and adults to follow these rules. People who work
shifts for which they have not signed up, who are in excess of the
maximum number of individuals scheduled for a shift, who fail to sign in and
out, or who do not work during their assigned shift will not receive
shares for those shifts.
5) Shares accumulate throughout membership with
Troop 1954.
6) Shares are to be used primarily for Troop 1954
activities, including they payment of annual dues. Scouts and adults
can apply to the Troop Committee to be allowed to use their shares for
District, Council, and National BSA activities. Use of shares to
buy personal equipment or participate in non-scouting activities is
specifically excluded.
7) Any Troop 1954 member may allow another
Troop 1954 member to use any part of their allocation.
8) Money in personal accounts may not be used
to pay annual dues unless the member (or their scout) is active (has
been present for at least 35% of Troop meetings over the previous year
or since joining if this is less than a year).
9) Each year before re-charter, the troop will
publish a list of inactive member via its electronic mailing list. If an inactive member wishes to remain on
the troop roll, they must pay annual dues using non-troop
funds. If they do not do-so, they will be removed from the Troop
Roll.
10) When an individual is removed from the Troop
Roll, any money in their share account will revert to the general fund of the troop.
11) The rules above apply to all current and
former members of Troop 1954. Individuals who joined Troop
1954 prior to August 1, 2004 are subject to the following rule as
well: An individual who has been dropped from the Troop Roll and who
rejoins the troop may apply, in writing, to the Troop Committee for
the restoration of any personal account funds lost due to their
having been dropped form the Troop Roll. The Troop Committee
may, at its discretion, restore none, any part, or all of the funds
lost.
Membership in Troop 1954
1) Membership in Troop 1954 is open to all boys,
age 11-18 and all adults over 18. Youth and adult members join by
completing the proper BSA application forms and paying the membership
fee. Adults should be aware that completion of the application
authorizes a criminal background check and that acceptance of the
application is determined by BSA, not Troop 1954.
2) For fund raising, youth members are designated
"active" if they have attended 35% of regular Tuesday night meetings in
the 365 days prior to the fund raising event or since they have joined
the troop, whichever is less. Adult members are designated
"active" if they or their scout has attended 35% of regular Tuesday
night meetings in the 365 days prior to the fund raising event or since
they have joined the troop, whichever is less.
3) For re-chartering, youth members are considered active
if they have attended 35% of regular Tuesday night meetings for the
previous calendar year, or since joining the troop, whichever is less.
Adult members are designated "active" if they or their scout has
attended 35% of regular Tuesday night meetings in previous calendar year
or since they have joined the troop, whichever is less.
4) Scouts and adult member who do not meet the
criteria in points 2 and 3 are designated "inactive."
5) Annual dues for active members equal the scout
basic membership fee (currently $10), plus Boy's Life or Scouting
subscription (currently $10.80), plus accident insurance fee (currently
1.58,) rounded to the nearest whole dollar amount.
6) Annual dues for active members will be paid
automatically from the scout accounts of those individuals.
7) If an active member has no money in their scout
account, they must pay their annual dues to the Troop Treasurer by
January 15 of each year.
8) In December each year, Troop 1954 will publish a
list of inactive members by email distribution list.
9) Annual dues for inactive members equal scout
basic membership fee (currently $10), plus Boy's Life or Scouting
subscription (currently $10.80), plus accident insurance fee (currently
1.58), plus an activity fee to be determined each year by the Troop
Committee.
10) If an inactive member wishes to remain a member
of the troop, they must pay their annual dues to the Troop Treasurer by
January 15th of each year. If they fail to do so, they will be
dropped from the Troop Roll.
11) It is the job of each member to be aware of
their status. Other than the publication of lists of inactive
members by email distribution list, the troop is under no obligation to
provide members with notification of their status. |
