Thank you to everyone that attended October’s Roundtable!

Below is the powerpoint from the Roundtable. If you have questions, please reach out to the commissioner corps.

10.7.2021 Roundtable Powerpoint

We look forward to seeing you in November! Thank you for everything you do for Scouting.

Thank you to everyone that attended September’s Roundtable!

Below is the powerpoint from the Roundtable. If you have questions, please reach out to the commissioner corps.

9.2.2021 Roundtable Powerpoint

We look forward to seeing you at October’s Roundtable. Thank you for everything you do for Scouting.

Here is the slide presentation from Mayflower Council’s July 28 Summer Roundtable. Slides from the main session and breakouts are included.

Slide Deck

Our council has begun transitioning to a new online event registration platform named Black Pug, which is used by almost half of all Boy Scout councils nationwide. The previous system, Doubleknot, was a major step forward when we adopted it nearly 16 years ago. After careful, thoughtful and detailed evaluation we believe the Black Pug platform will be an improvement, addressing multiple issues brought up by our members and volunteers and improving your experience when signing up for camps and other activities and accessing the council calendar.

The transition to Black Pug has already begun. Many of our recent events and summer camp sign-ups have been utilizing the new platform. Black Pug will soon become the new platform for the council calendar providing many of the most requested features including calendar subscription links and RSS feeds. We anticipate the full integration of Black Pug into the council website to be completed by June 1.

Individuals and units will have until July 31 to archive any data on the Doubleknot system they wish to retain and we will be sunsetting Doubleknot in Mayflower Council in early August. 

We are excited to be sharing this new event registration system with you and we thank you for your patience as we make this transition. We look forward to serving you better. If you have any questions or need assistance with Black Pug please contact Lisa Olson our Black Pug subject matter expert.

Headwaters District has some INCREDIBLE volunteers!

We recognize these volunteers at our Annual District Dinner.  Our district leadership relies on the generosity of our unit leaders, parents, and friends to nominate the great volunteers we have each year for these awards.  To help remind everyone of who has received these awards in the past few years, this post includes our complete list of District Award recipients.

You can find nomination forms at this webpage here: LINK

Spark Plug Award

2019 Recipients

2020 Recipients

District Award of Merit Recipients in Headwaters District

Headwaters District Roundtable was held on Thursday March 4th:

Helpful Links:

1. Link to our reminder email with the powerpoints, links to topics and forms – HERE
2. Links to our Powerpoint:
   •  Slide presentation
   • Activity flyers:
     • Virtual Freeze Out
     • District Nomination Forms
     • Philmont Information Session
   • Safety Moment:
     • Guide to Safe Scouting
     • Incident reporting
   • Advancement
     • BSA Advancement COVID-19 FAQ webpage
     • BSA Guide to Advancement
     • Scoutbook!
     • 2021 February Cub Scouts Roundtable – Advancements

The BSA also has Advancement Educational Presentations PowerPoint Presentations—for group instruction or individual review. This is great to let parents or advancement coordinators of any unit or any Scout learn about the complex advancement procedures and practices!
LINK HERE

We hope you join us for roundtables, connect with our district and other unit leaders and volunteers, and represent your unit!

Headwaters District Roundtable on Thursday Feb 4th:

Helpful Links:

1. Link to our reminder email with sign up link (preregister for which breakout room you will be in )
2. Our PowerPoint for Understanding & Engaging Millennial Parents
3. Welcoming Millennial Parents: ‘Take Action’ Ideas

We hope you join us for Roundtables, connect with our District and other Unit leaders and volunteers, and represent your Unit!

Below you will find nomination forms for recognizing Scouters at the unit and district levels.  As well as nationally recognized nomination forms.

Nomination form for District Awards – due March 15

• Cubmaster, Scoutmaster, Venturing crew advisor, committee chair (for any unit) and charter organization representative of the year awards
• Unsung Hero Award – someone who goes above and beyond in the district.
• “Sparkplug” – each pack, troop, or crew can recognize one of their adult leaders for going above and beyond.

Nomination for the District Award of Merit – due March 15

The District Award of Merit is a council award presented by districts in the same manner that the Silver Beaver is a national
award presented by councils. The award is available to Scouters who render service of an outstanding nature at the district level.

These nomination forms must be sent via email to:  Mayflower Awards

The district key 3 typically will present the awards at the annual district recognition dinner.

Thank you to everyone that joined us on January 7, 2020 Roundtable!
We hope everyone had a good holiday season, happy new year to all, welcome back to what is going to be a great year of Scouting!

Below is the powerpoint from our Roundtable, please access it to see what we discussed and the points we discussed.

1.7.2021 Roundtable Powerpoint

There are also many helpful links below:

• COVID-19 Updates to Advancement from the BSA:  Link Here
• Bryan on Scouting – Getting ready for Pinewood Derby Events/Virtually – Link Here

• Membership and Marketing Webinars: Link Here 
• Another webinar is taking place on 1/20 – discussing social media with the admins of several Scouting groups on Facebook. 
  • Register Here: https://scouting-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_M6r1Z6sLSGqkVOgapLV2Eg?utm_source=scoutingwire&utm_campaign=swemployee162021&utm_medium=email&utm_content=

Talk to you all soon! Thank you for everything you do!