Senior Patrol Leader
Positions needed: 1
The senior patrol leader is the top leader of the troop. He is responsible for the troop’s overall operation. With guidance from the Scoutmaster, he takes charge of troop meetings and of all troop activities, and he does everything he can to help each patrol be successful. He assists the Scoutmaster in conducting troop leadership training. He attends Patrol Leader Council meetings. The senior patrol leader presides over the patrol leaders and works closely with each patrol leader and may assist in planning and holding patrol meetings. During a Scout’s time as senior patrol leader, he is not a member of any patrol.
Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
Positions needed: 1
The assistant senior patrol leader works closely with the senior patrol leader to help the troop move forward and serves as acting senior patrol leader when the senior patrol leader is absent. He attends Patrol Leader Council meetings. During his tenure as assistant senior patrol leader he is not a member of a patrol.
Patrol Leader
Positions needed: 3
The patrol leader is the top leader of a patrol. He attends Patrol Leader Council meetings. He plays a key role in planning, leading, and evaluating patrol meetings and activities and prepares the patrol to participate in all troop activities. The patrol leader learns about the abilities of other patrol members and involves them in patrol and troop activities by assigning them specific tasks and responsibilities. He encourages patrol members to complete advancement requirements and sets a good example by continuing to pursue his own advancement.
Assistant Patrol Leader
Positions needed: 3
Must be at least a Star rank. This qualifies for the Leadership project for Star and Life Scouts (an alternative to serving in one of the official Positions of Responsibility). The assistant patrol leader works closely with the patrol leader and serves as acting patrol leader when the patrol leader is absent. He attends Patrol Council meetings.
Troop Guide
Positions needed: 1
The Troop Guide is an older Scout who holds at least the First Class rank. He works with and mentors the younger Scouts, especially first-year Scouts. He encourages and helps them advance to First Class in their first year.
Quartermaster
Positions needed: 1
The quartermaster is the troop’s supply boss. He keeps an inventory of troop equipment in the Garage and sees that the gear is in good condition. He checks out equipment for camping trips and ensures it gets returned. He also reports to the Scoutmaster on the status of equipment in need of replacement or repair. The Quartermaster is also responsible for coordinating an annual clean-up of the Garage.
General Scribe
Positions needed: 1
The General Scribe is the troop’s secretary. He records and tracks troop schedules and activities and keeps scouts and their families informed.
Newsletter Scribe
Positions needed: 0
The Newsletter Scribe uses information from the General Scribe and the Troop Website to summarize and create a newsletter (from a template) that can be emailed and attached to the Public Homepage of the website.
Garage Historian
Positions needed: 0
The Garage Historian collects, displays and preserves troop memorabilia. This includes photographs, news stories, trophies, flags, scrapbooks, awards, and other items that are displayed in the Garage.
Website Historian
Positions needed: 0
The Website Historian writes short summaries about completed Troop activities (Camp Phillips, camporees, outings, merit badge clinics, service projects, Eagle projects, etc) which will get published on the Troop website. For ideas about what to write, use Who, What, When, Where, Why and How.
Historian
Positions needed 1
The Historian has the flexibility to serve the duties of the Garage Historian and/or the Website Historian.
Librarian
Positions needed: 0
The troop librarian oversees the care and use of the Boy Scout Requirements handbook and other Troop materials. He checks them out to Patrols (for use at Patrol meetings), or an individual Scout (at Troop meetings) and ensures they are returned. He makes copies when needed.
Instructor
Positions needed: 0-2
Each instructor is a Scout in at least the First Class rank with the ability to teach others. He helps younger Scouts complete requirements for rank advancement for Tenderfoot, Second Class and First Class - such as first aid, camping, and cooking.
Chaplain Aide
Positions needed: 1
The chaplain aide assists in serving the religious needs of the troop. A short prayer can be given before Troop meals during camping or other events. He is the troop representative who helps the Chartered Rep (Mr. Beauregard) work with the Charter Organization (French River Lutheran Church). He plays a leadership role at Scout Sunday.
Bugler
Positions needed: 0
The bugler plays the bugle (or a similar interest) to mark key moments during the day on troop outings, such as reveille and lights out. He must know the required bugle calls and should have earned the Bugling merit badge.
Webelos Chief
Positions needed: 0
A Webelos Chief helps plan and assist in activities between the Webelos and the Troop. There should be the annual flag ceremony plus at least one joint activity. He is a role model and encourages Webelos Scouts to progress into the Boy Scout troop.
Junior Webmaster
Positions needed: 0-1
The Junior Webmaster is responsible for assisting with the troop’s website. The position can be customized for a specific scout, depending on how involved he wants to be. The scout can be responsible for designing and maintaining his own page, posting the Website Historian updates, suggesting new ideas for the website, etc.
Junior Assistant Scoutmaster
Positions needed: 1
A Scout at least 16 years of age with proven leadership skills may be appointed by the senior patrol leader, with the consent of the Scoutmaster. The Junior Assistant Scoutmaster takes initiative and provides support and supervision to other boys in the troop on public outings. He helps create a positive image for the Troop.