Goals for 2009-2010
Area and Council Support
I will help improve the Venturing structure of the Central Region Areas and Councils.
I plan to accomplish this by:
- Helping the Area Presidents with the development of their goals.
- Conducting an orientation for Area Venturing Presidents.
- Obtaining lists of Council Venturing Key 3 in all Areas and encourage Area Presidents to contact all Council Presidents to verify youth officer information.
- Contacting Area Venturing Chairs and Area Directors to develop a relationship and ask for their thoughts on Venturing priorities for their area.
- Compiling and updating resources for Area Presidents to train their local council officers.
- Promoting and establishing active Area VOAs in all areas and encouraging the incorporation of corresponding Associate Advisors for each area.
- Supporting Area Presidents in the creation of Area VOA by-laws in all Central Region Areas.
- Encouraging the areas to hold VOA meetings and/or conference calls and personally be in attendance.
- Supporting efforts to increase the number of councils with a Venturing Key 3.
- Supporting and contributing to the effort to increase the number of Central Region councils earning the Council Standards of Venturing Excellence Award.
- Serving on a task force that will look into the revision of the Council Standards of Venturing Excellence Award.
- Encouraging Area presidents to attend at least three council Venturing events within councils other than their own.
- Requiring quarterly reports from Area Presidents.
- Conducting at least three Central Region Venturing Youth Cabinet conference calls.
Communication
I will continue to expand communication to Venturers, crews, and councils throughout Central Region.
I plan to accomplish this by:
- Continuing to support, contribute to, and expand the Central Region Facebook and Yahoo groups.
- Supporting efforts to grow the Central Region Venturing Facebook group to 3500 members.
- Working with Area Presidents to grow each Area Venturing Facebook group by 50%.
- Working with the Area Presidents and Council Presidents to grow 85% of the Council Venturing Facebook groups to at least 50 members, and for Council Venturing Facebook groups with 50 or more current members have 50% growth.
- Publishing Volume 3 of the Central Region Venturing monthly newsletter.
- Encouraging the Area Presidents to submit 2 articles to the monthly Central Region Venturing newsletter.
- Encouraging the Area Presidents to publish a semi-annual Area Venturing Newsletter.
- Promoting and contributing to the National Venturing Youth Cabinet website.
- Utilizing the Yahoo and Facebook groups to solicit input from Central Region Venturers and volunteers on at least a monthly basis.
- Increasing the number of subscribers to the Central Region Venturing Twitter account and posting a tweet on at least a monthly basis.
- Posting a status update on the Central Region Venturing ID on at least a monthly basis.
Marketing
I will market Venturing at every opportunity.
I plan to accomplish this by:
- Wearing my Field Uniform as appropriate.
- Attending National/Regional/Area events as requested.
- Creating a monthly Venturing President video blog about the opportunities that Venturing has to offer.
- Supporting the recording and posting of videos of Regional and Area Presidents on CRVenturing.org.
- Attending at least one event per area.
- Joining all council Venturing Facebook groups.
- Working with the Area Presidents to ensure a Central Region Venturing Youth Cabinet officer is in attendance at major 100th anniversary of the BSA events held within the region.
- Representing the Venturing Program by providing a positive example of the Venturing Oath and Code.
- Creating a VOA resource page on CRVenturing.org.
- Creating an Ethics In Action resource page on CRVenturing.org.
- Helping to add new locations to the Where to Go Venturing page on CRVenturing.org.
- Converting all National Venturing Division publications into pages on CRVenturing.org.
Awards, Recognition, and Training
I will promote Venturing awards, recognition, and training and I will work towards earning several of the awards so that I may promote them more effectively.
I plan to accomplish this by:
- Personally completing the requirements for the Ranger, Quest, and the Arts and Hobbies Bronze Awards.
- Learning about the TRUST Award.
- Educating myself about Sea Scouting by attending Sea Scout Leader Specific Training and working toward the rank if Apprentice.
- Educating myself and others about Kodiak/Kodiak X and Powder Horn.
- Promoting and making myself available to assist with training for Venturers and adult volunteers.
- Attending a Powder Horn CDC.
- Attending a Powder Horn pilot course that is recruiting youth participants.
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