The Boy Scouts of America offers an online member and unit renewal process. Listed below are several resources to assist with smooth and improved renewal processes. All units and members currently registered with the BSA need to complete this process on a yearly basis.
Use these resources to help your unit’s renewal. You can also visit the Internet Recharter Responses to Forum-Related Questions/Discussions helpdesk for additional questions and timely assistance.
Orientation Video: Unit and Membership Renewal
Member and Unit Renewal process effective March 1, 2024
Unit renewal and member renewal will no longer be one and the same. Membership is now a set 12 month term from the time of registering regardless of when the unit renews. Youth and adult leader membership fees will be separated from the unit renewal.
Job Aids
Job Aids - Councils
Job Aids - Individual / Unit
Job Aids - General
Additional Resources
- Member Renewal Infographic
- Annual Member and Unit Renewal Webinar Presentation 6.18.24
- Annual Member and Unit Renewal Webinar Recording 6.18.24
- Unit and Member Renewal Processes May 2024
- Checklist for Councils
- Checklist for Units and Commissioners
- Council Membership Tools Webinar Presentation 4.25.24
- Council Membership Tools Webinar Recording 4.25.24
- 2024 NAM Partial Presentation (Deck has been revised to slides only relevant to the new processes)
- Scoutbook Plus Updates
Frequently Asked Questions
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Unit Renewal begins two months before the unit expiration date, and then we have a two month lapsed period to allow for late renewal.
The Unit Key 3 can renew the unit and renew members if needed.
Yes, they will.
Yes, reports through the Council Dashboard in My.Scouting are available showing the stages of the submittal processes of a unit.
No, the ability for a unit to pay online cannot be turned off.
No, there is an option for ACH, Credit Card or pay at the council.
Yes. The unit can designate who they are paying for.
The council can print out a screen shot of the Org manager page for the unit to sign if needed, and soon a report will be customized for this.
The COR can login to Organization Manager and sign the form and then process the renewal, or any of the Unit Key-3 can sign.
The new process is much simpler but the two things you can do before you go to renew the unit charter is to check in Roster and see if all your adult leaders are current with YPT, and then check to see if you have any “aged out” youth, Scouts BSA that are now 18 years old as an example.
Units must submit the new unit paperwork found at https://www.scouting.org/commissioners/starting-sustaining-and-growing-units/start-a-new-unit/ and the letter of release from the old chartering organization to the council and it must be approved prior to starting unit renewal.
They will move to the “Members without Unit” report and will drop off as they naturally expire. Neither the council nor the unit has the ability to “remove” them.
Yes
The Scout Executive or a Council K-3 delegate has access to Organization Manager and can make this selection.