11 Oct. 2021 – Paperwork Matters

How many of you have applied for a job? What was the first thing you had to do – paperwork right?

If you haven’t applied for a job, maybe you’ve watched your parents go to a doctor for the first time, lot’s of paperwork right?

So paperwork is a part of life, maybe not one fo the most exciting parts but important none the less right?

Story of tuition reimbursement (by being better at paperwork, I saved thousands on tuition.)

In Scouting, paperwork matters too. When a Scout applies for Eagle Project, much of their effort is evaluated based on the paperwork. When a Scout applies for Eagle Rank, it goes all the way to National Headquarters for review; that is only based on paperwork.

Unfortunately, paperwork for advancement has not been a strength for this troop. We have a lot of incomplete paperwork. Alex, Hannah, and I will be spending a lot of time trying to fix that and get us caught back up.

You can help too. You can practice getting good at paperwork, it’s a necessary part of life. Bringing your Scout book to meetings is practice. Showing your book to a leader to get it entered in Troopmaster is practice. Hunting down the right scout or leader to sign it off is practice. Because all of this practice matters, for you and for the Troop.