Welcome to Resources for All Scouters The Scouting Trail Is Challenging But Reaching the Top Is Almost Impossible Without Good Scout Leaders. These Scout Leaders Deserve the Best Support We Can Give Them. Help to Deliver the Promise of Scouting by Learning How to Serve These Scout Leaders as a Commissioner. New BSA Websites Commissioners - National Council Web Site     Commissioner Forms & Resources Sea Scouts - National Council Web Site Venturing - National Council Web Site Special Article on Internet Safety: We all use a lot of resources on the Internet and so do our volunteers. But are we safe? Take the Internet User Beginner Permit Exam and see how well you score. The test is really a tutorial on basic safe computing practices that you can share with friends. Dedication: This website is dedicated to the thousands of dedicated Scouters who call themselves Commissioners and give of their time and talents to help Scout Leaders deliver the best possible Scouting Program to youth members and to the Scout leaders they serve. It's A Tough Job: Being a commissioner is not an easy job and frequently a pretty misunderstood job. We all know about the stereotypes of a chubby, coffee mug clutching, badge-bedecked commissioner who doesn't seem to do very much. But is this really so? What does a commissioner really do? How can he/she do it better? Here you will find the answers to those questions along with many resources that are designed especially for commissioners, but can also be used by all Scouters. Learn more about resources available at The NetCommish Website Looking for an example of how a Commissioner can help? Here's a great example from a Council newsletter that is now also a regular feature of the NetCommish. It is a Commissioner's column called "Ask Andy" that gives Scouters great, helpful advice. Andy writes "Got a question? Send it to me at mailto:AskAndyBSA@yahoo.com?subject=Ask Andy -be sure to let me know your Scouting position, town, state, and council!"  Want to reprint a column or part of a column in your Council newsletter?  Write to mailto:AskAndyBSA@yahoo.com?subject=Reprint. Link to this website by using the URL - http://netcommish.com/ Link to Ask Andy with a specific URL - http://netcommish.com/AskAndy.asp   Late-December 2005 Mid-December 2005 December 2005 Mid-November 2005 November 2005 Mid-October 2005 October 2005 Mid-September 2005 September 2005 Mid-August 2005 August 2005 Mid-July 2005 July 2005 Mid-June 2005 June 2005 May 2005 Mid-April 2005 April 2005 Mid-January 2005 January 2005 Mid-December 2004 December 2004 November 2004 Mid-October 2004 October 2004 Mid-September 2004 September 2004 Mid-August 2004 August 2004 Mid-July 2004 July 2004 Mid-June 2004 June 2004 Mid-May 2004 May 2004 Mid-April 2004 April 2004 Mid-March 2004 March 2004 Mid-February 2004 February 2004 Mid-January 2004 January 2004 Mid-December 2003 December 2003 Mid-November 2003 November 2003 Special- Songs October 2003 September 2003 August 2003 July 2003 June 2003 May 2003 April 2003 March 2003 February 2003 January 2003 Christmas 2002 December 2002 November 2002 October 2002 September 2002 August 2002 Winter 2001-2002 Fall 2001 We're always delighted to be honored: As the webmaster, I'm happy to see this site honored. But all of the real kudus go the the wonderful and great Scouting volunteers who have shared so much information here. Without them this site would be only a shadow of what it is now. The NetCommish was selected by Scouting Magazine as one of ten "Quality Scouting Web Sites." The article, entitled "Scoutmaster to Webmaster" appeared in the October, 1998 issue.  Scouting Magazine is an Official publication of the Boy Scouts of America. The latest issue can be found on the Scouting Magazine web site. Scouting Magazine is a must have publication and is included in the registration fee for registered leaders.  If you are a parent, contributor, educator, supporter, or just interested in Scouting, you can get your copy too.  Subscribe to Scouting Magazine. This Site Has Earned The Lord Baden-Powell Award For Scouting Excellence on the WWW