Unit Commissioners

Unit Commissioners are the best resource each unit has available to offer a rewarding Scouting program for its youth. As experienced scout leaders, they are there to help you with your unit's committees, any special needs your unit may have, and with your mission to recruit and retain boys in the Scouting program. They will work with you to determine ways to help your unit succeed.

We are constantly trying to find experienced leaders to serve our other scouting units.  There are 31 commissioner positions in the Monticello District and only 20 are filled.  We have a critical shortage.  As a result, those Units desperately needing commissioner assistance are unable to get it.  Being a Unit Commissioner, helping Units operate at maximum efficiency and making regular contact with Unit leaders giving them direct access to the Stonewall Jackson Area Council and all its resources is a very rewarding experience.  The training is great, the meetings are few, and the rewards are tremendous.

Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Boy Scouts, created the position of Scoutmaster to run Scouting Units and immediately created the position of Commissioner to help him out.  Commissioners have been with Scouting from the very beginning.

Commissioner positions are available working directly with Units as Unit Commissioners or as an Assistant District Commissioner working on training commissioners, being part of an assistance team, helping units get started or re-energized.  There are also positions on the Roundtable staffs helping the Cub Scout and Boy Scout Roundtable Commissioners.

Contact the District Commissioner Dennis Hogberg for more information.  For a copy of the job description ask Thom to email an electronic version to you today.  You’ll be glad you did.

This is an ideal job for your underused ASM or Committee Member.  The benefit is that they will come back to your Unit far better able to assist you.  It's also a good thing to have at least one adult who is well-versed in Council and District Administration, or who can bring good ideas from other Units into your program.  Think about it!]

Contact	Units	Contact	Units
District Commissioner Dennis H. Hogberg  Ph:  434-996-0874 (C) txstatebobcats@embarqmail.com	P 35 P 12 T 12 C 15	Council Commissioner Mike Sexton
Assistant District Commissioner Norman E. Bednarcyk Ph:  434-975-4259 nbednarcyk@aol.com	LDS units P127,227 T27,127,    227 C27, 127	Assistant District Commissioner T.C. Dickerson Ph: 434-580-1517 tcd_retired@adelphia.net	T 54
Assistant District Commissioner (Venturing) Thom Guthrie Cell:  540-717-3297 va2001grad@hotmail.com
Cub Roundtable Peggy Ives Ph: 434-984-6783 monticelloroundtable@yahoo.com		Scout Roundtable Frankie Brewster Ph: (434) 589-5860 (jeepone@ceva.net) Bill Faust (Sr.) Ph (h): 434-244-5744
Update in progress	(2/11/08)