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QUALIFICATIONS
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The Pack Treasurer must meet BSA membership requirements,
be at least 21 years of age, and register with the Boy
Scouts of America as an adult leader.
The Pack Treasurer is selected by the pack committee,
with the approval of the charter organization.
Complete pack committee Fast Start Training and Basic
Leader Training for the position.
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RESPONSIBILITIES
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- Help the pack committee and Cubmaster establish a
sound financial program for the pack with a pack budget
plan.
- Open or maintain a bank account in the pack's name
and arrange for all transactions to be signed by any two
of the Cubmaster, pack committee chair, secretary, or
treasurer.
- Approve all budget expenditures. Check all
disbursements against budget allowances, and pay bills by
check. The pack committee chair should approve bills
before payment.
- Collect dues from den leaders at the pack leaders'
meeting, preferably 'in sealed den dues envelopes. Open
envelopes in the presence of den leaders. Give receipts
for these funds, and deposit the money in the bank
account.
- Keep up-to-date financial records. Enter all income
and expenditures under the proper budget item in the
finance section of the Pack Record Book. Credit each Cub
Scout with payment of dues. From time to time, compare
the records with those of the den leaders to make sure
they agree. Give leadership in developing a coordinated
record-keeping system in the pack.
- Be responsible for thrift training within the pack.
Encourage each den leader to explain the pack financial
plan to each boy and his family so that boys will accept
responsibility for paying dues and family members will be
alert to opportunities for boys to earn dues money and
develop habits of thrift.
- On the request of den leaders, sympathetically
counsel with a boy who does not pay dues, determine the
reason, and encourage regular payment. If the boy is
unable to pay, work out a plan with the Cubmaster and
pack committee so that the boy can earn dues.
- Periodically report on the pack's financial condition
at the monthly pack leaders' meeting. Make regular
monthly reports to the pack committee at the pack
leaders' meeting, and report to the chartered
organization as often as desirable on the financial
condition of the pack.
- Provide petty cash needed by leaders. Keep a record
of expenditures.
- Guide the pack in conducting council-approved pack
money-earning projects.
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