Two thoughts on training.

First, specifically with regard to Youth Protection Training, forget about the training reports. It's 30-45 minutes out of two years. Tell all your leaders to get online and take the training now so you won't have to worry about it come rechartering time.

Second, it's called Basic Training. Once you've earned the Trained strip, you know all the basics of how to perform in your position. It does not mean you know EVERYTHING there is to know about that position. Supplemental training, roundtables, unit commissioners and good old fashioned experience will add to that.

Just like the boys, we need to give our volunteer leaders positive and successful experiences early and often. By providing the right amount of training so their first Pack/Den/Troop meetings are successful for both the scouts and them will keep them positive, excited and returning for more training, and passing what they've learned to those that follow.

Overwhelm them with everything all at once, and they'll walk, leaving you scratching your head wondering why we can't get good volunteers.

I take back what I said about updating BeAScout.org. I just went to myscouting.org to update some information and it wouldn't let me. I'll update you when I figure out where to go.

That's probably it, I'm a committee member. It had let me in about two months ago, but I didn't want to update anything until I know more about, and talked to the pack leaders.

FWIW, It's cool that you have DEs who know about this. We had a big discussion at our last district committee meeting. Our council is totally mismanaging this program, opting to invite everyone to a training class about it instead of just setting them loose. At least those of us who understand it have tried to do it.

It doesn't help that most of our DEs and DDs don't even know how to use it. Not blaming them, but then my DE calls me to fix our web page on the council site when he forgets to close a tag and the whole page disappears. :)

What's even better is when the people with access are the least computer literate among the leaders ;) I feel sorry for our Cubmaster, her computer never seems to work wrong.