Council Commissioner

Responsibilities:

• Report to the council president and serve as an officer of the local council, a member of its executive board and executive committee, and as a National Council member representing the local council.
  
  
• Be responsible for the unit service function of the council.
  
  
• Chair the regular meetings of the district commissioners.
  
  
• Be sure that districts provide opportunities for immediate commissioner orientation, frequent basic training course, and training topics at all monthly commissioner meetings.
  
  
• Plan and conduct an annual commissioner conference for training, recognition, and morale.
  
  
• Appoint assistant council commissioners.
  
  
• Assist district nominating committees in selecting district commissioners as needed.
  
  
• Guide district commissioners to recruit full staffs.
  
  
• Verify that proper techniques are used to select and recruit unit leaders.
  
  
• Maintain procedures to ensure maximum on-time unit charter renewal by district commissioner staffs.
  
  
• Be sure each district has a commitment and strategy to provide prompt, intensive and persistent care when major problems occur that could threaten the life of a unit.
  
  
• Maintain a Boy Scouts of America standards of uniforming, wearing of insignia, use of the program, and other policies and procedures.
  
  
• Promote the Quality Unit as a standard of performance and ensure, through the district commissioners, recognition of unit leaders and units achieving this standard.
  
  
• Be responsible, through the district commissioners for the effective use of the annual service plan to ensure the health and tenure of units.
  
  
• Keep the president and executive board apprised of the condition of units.
  
  
• Cooperate with the membership/ relatioships chairman to successfully conduct the annual membership recruiting effort.
  
  
• Serve as a memebr of the council Key 3, working in close cooperation with the council president and Scout executive.