I ran Cub Scouts as Cubmaster before my son crossed over into Scouts BSA, so I figured I already understood how a troop worked. I didn't. Everything from my first Board of Review to my first campout as the adult in charge taught me that watching a program from the outside and running it are two different jobs.
RankReviewReady started as the checklists, question lists, and planning docs I built for my own troop after getting enough of those first attempts wrong. Sharing them with other Scoutmasters and committee members turned into this site — practical, plain-English guides for the parts of running a troop that nobody hands you a manual for.
I'm not on staff anywhere in Scouting — I'm a parent and volunteer who ended up in this role the way most of us do, and I'm building this site solo, in the time I have between troop meetings and everything else. It's not affiliated with or endorsed by Scouting America; it's just what I wish someone had handed me on day one.
[Editor's note: add your name, troop number and council, and how many years you've served as Scoutmaster before this goes live — those specifics belong to you, not me.]