What is a COR? (Part 1 of my Charter Renewal Series)

What is a Chartered Org Representative? How many CORs took the job to get involved in Scouting and because “signing a couple forms a year” sounded like an easy way to dip a toe in the volunteer pool?  How many CORs are trained for their position? According to my source, less than 25% (for Pioneer Trails, we are about 6 out of 48)!  The COR’s roles and responsibilities can be summarized as follows: Represent the Chartering Organization (CO) to the Scouting Unit(s) and vice versa. Work directly with the Institutional Head (IH) from the Chartering Organization (CO). Encourage the Unit (maybe even coordinate) a quarterly service project to benefit the CO VOTE for District leadership - CORs are invited to the District Annual Meeting. For 2017, this will be on January 12th at 6:30 at 7160 Bayou Gulch Rd, Parker, CO 80134 Get involved with roundtable and encourage others from the unit to attend. The Chartered Organization Representative (COR) is the direct contact between the unit and the Chartered Organization. This individual is also the organization's contact with the District Committee and the Local Council. The chartered organization representative may become a member of the district committee and is a voting member of the council. If the chartered organization has more than one unit, one representative serves them all. The Chartered Organization Representative appoints the Unit Committee Chair.   Would you like to know more? I post most of the old messages to this group here. Check out my super-helpful Scouting blog here. I share some of my thoughts on training here. -- In Scouting, Paul Bicknell Assistant District Commissioner Pioneer Trails District