Changes to Fees for LDS Non-Unit Registrants

February 28, 2014

In the past, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who serve in stake positions and have registered as non-unit registrants, like unit commissioners, district committee members, district or council members at large, or council executive board members, may have had their annual BSA registration fee submitted directly to the local stake for payment to the council.

With the new arrangement between the LDS Church and the BSA, there is an annual fixed fee paid directly from the LDS Church headquarters to the BSA National Council that covers unit registrations. The fee does not cover the non-unit registrant fee for members of the LDS Church.

Those individuals who are registered only as non-unit registrants need to either pay the annual $24 registration fee or be encouraged to register in their home ward Scouting unit as a Committee Member (Code MC) or Unit Scouter Reserve (Code 91U), and then multiple register in their non-unit registrant position. Many of these individuals are already registered in this manner. This practice should be encouraged to continue.

Non-unit registrants who are multiple registered will continue to have access to volunteer tools like MyScouting Tools and the JTE Dashboard. In addition, commissioners continue to have access to the Unit Visit Tracking System and to be counted as commissioners in the JTE metrics and on the Objectives Progress Report.

For more information, please contact Membership Resources at 800-888-4705.