Inspection

Pathfinder club inspections are conducted to help staff understand how to make their clubs more effective.  The inspectors are there to serve you.  The director can use the inspection to help Pathfinders stretch to their potential.  Secondarily, it provides a time for the County Coordinator to offer suggestions tailored specifically to your club needs.

Suggestions
  1. Contact your county coordinator to schedule your inspection date.
  2. Since there is nothing to be lost in an inspection, that is, no pay decreases, demotions, fines, or public lashings, try to avoid creating the idea that inspection is the Day of Judgement.  Teach the club to use the inspection like a mirror to see how sharp they can look. Talk positively and encourage the club with how well you think they can and will do.
  3. Have your own inspection a week or two before the inspectors come.  Give written suggestions to members as needed. If the sleeve emblems aren’t in quite the right place, for example, mark on the sleeve the proper position and ask them to have it changed by inspection night.
  4. The formal inspection should be announced to the Pathfinders at least two weeks in advance.

  5. During "Opening Exercises" introduce the inspectors and give them 30-60 seconds to say a little about what they are there for.

A copy of the evening’s program is to be posted in the club room.  It would be helpful if the secretary or director would hand a form to the inspector that would include the following information:

  • Club Information

Also, read the following information will give more details as the the inspection procedures and guidelines.

Forms and reporst are found in the document center.