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New Annual Membership Fee Process Announced

Beginning August 1, 2023, all new youth and adult members who join Scouting will be enrolled in a 12-month membership cycle and BSA will cease prorating fees. Both youth and adults will pay the full annual membership fee and will renew their membership on the anniversary date of joining Scouting. All proration of membership fees will be eliminated. Each registered member of the BSA will receive an email notice with a registration renewal link beginning 60 days before the anniversary date they joined Scouting. Unit leaders will receive a copy of the email and should stay engaged in the membership renewal process just like rechartering.

It is important to note, existing members will renew their membership during their normal registration/recharter cycle through March 2024. Moving forward all members will renew on their anniversary date.

This new process will help streamline the rechartering and membership renewal process for units and councils. Additional information on this membership renewal process will be forthcoming in the very near future.

NOTE:  In an effort to provide more security and efficiency, Greater New York Councils has moved to an all-online application process. If you wish to submit a paper application, a new $3.00 fee per application will be charged to cover the administrative cost of processing paper applications.

The link to apply online is unique for each unit, please reach out to your unit leaders to receive the online application link. If this is a multiple application, make sure to enter your current Member ID.

For unit leaders, you can find the application link by logging into my.scouting and navigating to the Invitation Manager section.

More information about online registration can be found here: https://www.scouting.org/resources/online-registration/