A reason for having Commissioners is to help units succeed. Unless Scouting units are strong and efficient, the program won't reach the boys. The concept for the Commissioner Service focuses on the units. The commissioner's specific mission is to keep units operating at maximum efficiency so that they can deliver the program. Today's unit commissioners are results-oriented. They are successful in their mission when the units regularly accept new boys, and units effectively deliver the ideals of Scouting to their members. A unit commissioner plays several roles, including friend, representative, unit "doctor", teacher, and counselor. These roles are necessary to help units through the various phases they experience as the adult leadership changes in the units. Therefore, it could be said that the unit commissioner can help maintain continuity during these cycles of leadership changes in the units. The unit commissioner make regular contacts with unit leaders throughout the year. Their telephone calls and personal visits provide unit leaders with an additional source for information and ideas to continue unit operation and the program. The unit commission and the unit leader will conduct an annual process called rechartering to ensure that all members are properly registered in the Boy Scouts of America organization and to verify completion of the Quality Unit and Indianhead Honor Awards. An additional responsibility of the Commissioner Service is to provide a regular schedule of monthly Roundtables. Roundtables are developmental training and information sharing opportunities for the units. They provide schedules and information for district and council activities along with unit program ideas and unit committee operations help. The commissioner staff has Scouters that focus on units in specific geographical areas of the Northern Lights District as well as for the monthly roundtables. For more information or comments, contact John Olson, Northern Lights District Commissioner, at 763-557-1978 Related content . . . See "Contacts - Commissioner Roster". See "Roundtable".