Forms needed for your annual registration: Registration Form -- Everything you need to re-register your scout for the year. Health and Medical Record -- Each scout must have this form on file before he can participate in an outing. The form remains valid for 12 months, so it must be re-filed every year.

Here are some forms that you may need:

Service Hours Credit Form -- For reporting non-eagle community service that you have performed. (You must have the Scout Master sign this before you perform your service.)
Reimbursement Form -- Use this form to request payment or reimbursement from the treasurer. You must request reimbursement within 90 days of the expense.

For the parents of first-year scouts:

When you are new to Boy Scouts, it's hard to know how to help your son have a postive experience. Here is some good news: we have prepared Tips for a Successful FirstYear, which explains some of the scouting terms you are starting to hear, and describes some of the things you can do to help make your son's (and your own) scouting experience positive, fun, and memorable.

Outing permission slips and reporting:

Tour Permit Form -- For organizing trips and campouts. See also some guidance on how to fill this out.
Registered leaders can submit tour permits on line: sign in to myscouting.org, then go to Unit Tools, and then Tour Permits.

Scouts must have written permission from a parent or guardian prior to attending any Troop 948 outing or activity. Outing planners may choose to have each parent fill out and sign the individual permission slip or may have all parents sign the group permission slip.

Individual Permission Slip -- Each parent or guardian will complete one of these forms (here's an example of one that that is ready to pass out to the parents)
Group Permission Slip -- One form to hold the signatures of all parents and guardians

Medication Information Form -- Required when a scout or adult brings any kind of medication to camp.

Activity reporting template -- This is an Excel form for listing who participated in an outing and the costs for the outing. ASMs should fill this in and send it to the Advancement Chair and the Treasurer (updated May 2009).

Outing planning:

This equipment guide lists what to bring on outings and where you can get equipment.
This document gives advice for planning menus and has a form to help with the planning.

Here is information about Troop 948:

Troop handbook

Here are some good Scout links:

Merit badge info
Opportunities for adult leader training
The BSA's Guide to Safe Scouting for adult leaders. There's a click-able version for on-line reading and the whole thing for printing or reading offline. We also have a list of training our adult leaders have taken. (You could generate this list yourself using out TroopMaster software.)

The Twin Valley District provides a schedule of training for leaders. Everyone involved with the troop’s activities, either as an ASM or on the committee should go through New Leader Essentials training. NLE provides a basic background for all scout leaders. Youth Protection is required for anyone who has contact with the boys, and Boy Scout Leader Basic Training is highly recommended for anyone involved in the troop’s activities. Training is available both on-line and in person.

The council calendar and training calendar are provided by the SF Bay Area Council. The first shows the dates for meetings, camps, and other scout events. The second lists training available for adults.