All districts are accepting nominations for District Award of Merit as well as recognitions for other outstanding Scouters:

Nomination for District Awards – due April 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 April 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. This nomination form must be sent via email to:  Mayflower Awards

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

We missed posting the January slides in a timely fashion, so we are trying to be proactive and get February’s up early!

Below is a link to the slides for both months. If you have questions, please reach out to the commissioner corps.

January 2023 Roundtable Slides

February 2023 Roundtable Slides

Thanks for coming to the November Roundtable! We had a great conversation about how our unit committees work with lots of audience participation.

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

November Roundtable Slides

We look forward to seeing you in December. As always, thank you for everything you do for Scouting.

Here are the belated September Slides

September Roundtable Slides

Thanks for coming to the October Roundtable! Thanks for all the great ideas on helping our scouts and leaders be prepared for winter events.

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

October Roundtable Slides

We look forward to seeing you in November. As always, thank you for everything you do for Scouting.

Thanks for coming to the March Roundtable. We had a great conversation about recruiting new youth to your units.

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

March Roundtable Slides

We look forward to seeing you in April. As always, 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.