• Determine if there is enough interest among your chapter (3 or more is ideal)
• Contact a ZeteScouts committee member
• Find a local scout group
• Work with leaders to develop a program that is beneficial to them and worthwhile for your group

Before starting a group, you need to determine if there is enough interest among your fellow brothers to not only start a program, but to keep it going.  Chapter members do not have to be former scouts, but it will be helpful to have a few brothers who have been in some form of scouting in the past.  There is no set time commitment per week or month for this program, every chapter can choose exactly how to implement and execute their specific program. 

Some ways you can help out are by putting on skills clinics for a troop, this can include but certainly not limited to a swim clinic, how to tie knots and lashings, how to build a fire, how to communicate, etc.  You can also sign-up with your local district as merit badge counselors, this allows a brother the certification to teach a certain subject that they are well-versed and experienced.  If you have past Eagle Scouts in your brotherhood, you can also talk to your troop leaders about setting up an Eagle Mentorship Program.  This would give a brother the opportunity to mentor and offer advice one-on-one with a scout who is working on their Eagle rank.  For more details on these programs and other ideas, visit the Program Examples section of the website.

Once you have found some support from your brothers, the next step is to express your interest in creating a program with a ZeteScouts committee member, you can find their information on the contacts page.  Try to have a idea of what programs you are interested in developing and a rough idea of how much time you want to commit to the program.  The committee member will talk with you about your ideas, maybe offer some more suggestions and help you contact a local Scout official. 

Once you have made contact with a group you can work with, talk to the leadership of the group and determine how you can best help them.  Each troop will need different things, and if you don’t match up well with a specific troop, find a new one.  The program should be mutually rewarding to both the scouts and the chapter, do your best to be open during initial discussions to help this process.

As you get to know the members of the troop or scout leadership that you are working with you will get a better feel of how to best help and how you can improve your program.  Remember to update the ZeteScouts site with feedback both positive and negative so that other groups can use your advice.