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 SCOUTING VISION
Looking to the Future
By Scout Executive, Rick Reeve
For all of the hundreds of new members receiving their first Scouter after our massive recruitment, “Welcome to the Concho Valley Council and welcome to Scouting”!
In addition to welcoming you into our council, I want to share with you some tips to make your first few weeks and months as pleasant and productive as possible.
First of all, the council staff stands ready to serve you as you begin your new journey. We can answer, or find the answer to, any of your Scouting questions, if you will call 655-7107 or 1-800-321-7107, or choose an email address from our website.
Secondly, I would encourage you to get training for your new position as quickly as your schedule will allow by logging into myscouting.org and taking the online training. You will need your new membership ID number on your registration card or call Barbara here at the office at ext. 21.
Third, plan to attend your district’s roundtable. This is an adult leader meeting in your area scheduled every month just for you and other adult leaders. Here you will be able to learn and share with peers in Scouting.
Fourth, set a good example by wearing the proper uniform. Our Scout Shop is open Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm to serve all your Scouting needs.
Although this may seem like a lot right off the bat, it will pay great dividends for you as you begin your new adventure in Scouting in service to the youth in your community.
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CONCHO VALLEY COUNCIL ANNUAL MEETING
The Concho Valley is required, by virtue of its by-laws, to conduct an annual meeting every year. The purpose of the annual meeting is to receive annual reports from the executive board, officers and various committees. Elections are held at this time for members at large, associate and honorary members of the local council, national council members, regular board members of the executive board and
officers of the corporation. We also receive and approve financial statements showing the financial position of the corporation as of the close of its most recently completed fiscal year. Results of operations during the year will also be discussed.
It is very important that all Charter Organization Representatives (CORs) and council executive board members be in attendance. The meeting is scheduled to be included in the council’s annual recognition dinner, where we will honor four outstanding Scouters as our new Silver Beaver recipients, on Saturday, January 8, 2011, at the San Angelo River Terrace from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
Nominations and resolutions should be sent to the Council Service Center in care of the respective committee chair by December 15, 2010.
Council
Annual Business Meeting and Dinner Registration
Form (pdf)
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COUNCIL COORDINATED COMMITTEE MEETING
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Thank you for your leadership in the Scouting Program of the Concho Valley Council. I am excited to announce this new 2010 Scouting Program called the Council Coordinated Committee (CCC). The intent of the CCC is to gather volunteers from across the council who want to help make decisions about the council program. Each District and the Council will send a representative (or District Committee Member) for five committees: Activities, Advancement,
Camping, Training, and Membership. I ask that each of you consider attending this important meeting. These meetings will be held quarterly, but each time there will be important decisions made or topics discussed that lead this council forward.
The meeting will begin with Breakout Sessions in the five (5) areas and then a gathering of everyone. We will hold this meeting in at the Council Camporall since everyone will be there anyways. We need at least five representatives to take part and represent each District at these meetings. The CCC will be held on Saturday, November 13th from 2:00 pm until 3:00 pm at Camp Sol Mayer Dining Hall. Please RSVP your spot to your District Executive or bsa741@bsamail.org
and what breakout session you would like to participate
in and please help spread the word to other Scouters you know.
Here is the schedule:
2:00 pm - 2:05 am - Check in/Registration
2:05 am - 2:50 am - Breakout Sessions: Activities, Advancement, Camping, Training, Membership
2:50 am - 3:00 am - All committees Report
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COUNCIL SCOUT SHOP
The Scout Shop is fully stocked with Cub Scout and Boy Scout uniform items and books. Don’t forget that you can order over the phone, give your credit card number and everything will be mailed to you
If you live in the San Angelo area or are coming by the office and are pressed for time during the day, call in your order and it will be ready for you to pick up. Or email Lisa at lmahler@bsamail.org and place your order.
And if you have Pack or Troop awards to order you can email Lisa ahead of time. Just remember to bring your advancement form with you. (or fax it in)
800-321-7107 ext 23
325-655-7107 ext 23
Fax: 325-657-0139
New store hours effective November 1st: Monday through Friday
8 am to 5 pm
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Information is available for the following events. (click on the event for more information.)
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COUNCIL CAMPER-ALL
The Concho Valley Council will host a council-wide Camper-All for all Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Venturing Scouts to celebrate 100 years of Scouting on November 12 -14th at
Camp Sol Mayer.
Activities will include historic Merit Badges for Boy Scouts available only during 2010.
There will also be activities for Cub Scouts and Venturing Scouts.
If your unit is interested in attending, please contact the Camper-All Chairman, William Scott at
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BEEKEEPING MERIT BADGE
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The Boy Scouts of America is addressing requests for reinstating the Beekeeping merit badge. They have carefully considered how the beekeeping hobby and industry can have a more integral presence in the BSA's merit badge program.
Background
The Beekeeping merit badge was offered from 1915 until 1995. From 1980 to 1994, the number of youth earning this merit badge ranged from 700 to 1,000 per year. That decline in interest eventually led to its demise in 1995.
Future
After receiving input from youth members and review by merit badge volunteers and professionals, we have formulated a way to bring greater exposure of beekeeping to youth. The plan includes the following:
- Emphasis of the importance of bees and their symbiotic relationship with humankind may be added to or enhanced in as many as eight existing merit badges.
Merit Badge - Estimated Revision Date
Environmental Science - 2011-2012
Pulp and Paper - 2011-2012
Bird Study - 2012-2013
Insect Study - 2012-2013
Forestry - 2013-2014
Plant Science - 2013-2014
Gardening - 2014-2015
Nature - 2014-2015
- The first merit badge to receive the addition will be Environmental Science, which is requried for all Eagle Scouts. Annually, nearly 73,000 youth earn this merit badge.
- When fully integrated into the targeted merit badges, more than 100,000 Scouts each year will discover the importance of bees and beekeeping as part of a larger environmental picture.
- Beekeeping projects, such as working with a colony or harvesting honey, will be considered for addition to one or more existing merit badges so that highly motivated youth members can use their beekeeping activities to help fulfill merit badge requirements.
We believe this plan will increase the awareness of honeybees and their critical impact on our environment, and prepare America's young people to help care for this important natural resource.
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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES
There has been a call from the field for the Venturing program to provide some structure and directives for the organization of Venturing Officer Associations at all levels. The National Venturing Youth Cabinet is now supported by the Program Impact department and the Youth Development team. In concert with providing leadership to this youth group across all 4 regions we led a process through the
National Venturing Youth cabinet to create a minimum set of standards for operating as a Venture Officers Association (VOA), resulting in the Venturing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s).
A link is provided below for the NEWLY created Venturing Operating Procedures which include the following:
- Mission of the National Venturing Cabinet, region, area, council and district Venturing Officer Association’s (VOA’s)
- Selection process for youth President at the national, region, area, council and district tiers
- Appointment process for youth Vice Presidents at the national, region, area, council and district tiers
- Organizational diagrams of the structure of positions and functions for regions/areas and councils/districts
- Job Profiles for each position both youth officers and adult advisors
- Glossary of terms describing the process, positions and key terms
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Venturing Standard Operating Procedures (pdf)
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TRAINING UPDATE
It is important for councils to note that these are minimum standards of recommendation and councils may add to these making them functional for your service demographics and directives as determined by the council approved leadership charged with this task both from a volunteer and professional perspective. We do request that adjustments to these SOP’s by local councils be submitted through the Youth Development team so we can establish a library
of practices being used in local council operation.
Venturing Leadership Skills Course (VLSC) is being replaced by a new course entitled Introduction to Leadership Skills for Crews or ILSC. Originally the title was to be Crew Leadership Training (CLT) and during the review of the syllabus, the writers agreed the title Introduction to Leadership Skills for Crews was a more fitting title and described the course more accurately.
The purpose of ILSC is to teach crew members with leadership positions what their new job is and how to most effectively reach success in that role.
ILSC is intended to help Venturers in leadership positions within their crew understand their responsibilities and equip them with organizational and leadership skills to fulfill those responsibilities. ILSC is the first course in the series of leadership training offered to Venturers and is a replacement for VLSC. Completion of this course is a prerequisite for Venturers to participate in the more advanced leadership courses National Youth Leadership
Training (NYLT) and the National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience (NAYLE). It is also required for Kodiak.
You may ask, "Why the change...?" The goal is to have a uniform, aligned training platform for all programs so that those Scouters may transition smoothly from one course to the next regardless of what type of unit they belong to. All but the intro is now "program neutral" and each course needs the same basic info as prerequisite.
The Volunteer Development Team expects this course to be released to the Scouting community within 30 days. Watch the training page on scouting.org for updates.
Training page: www.scouting.org/volunteer/training
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DIRECT TV
Are you ordering Direct TV? Would you like to save money and help the Concho Valley Council? See flyer here.
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Direct TV flyer (pdf)
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INTERNET RECHARTERING
To be environmentally and economically friendly, the Executive Board of the Concho Valley Council approved requiring that all unit recharters must be completed online. This will ensure that your list of registered youth and adults are accurate and up-to-date. It is a simple process. Attached is the training powerpoint that will be used at your October Roundtables to train all leaders in the steps
for rechartering online. At that Roundtable the recharter packets and access codes will be available. Units will have access to the system to complete their units recharter from November 1st and all recharters must be completed by December 20th before the holidays.
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DEFENSIVE DRIVING
Be prepared for your next road trip - take defensive driving and benefit the BSA!
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The Boy Scouts of America and the National Safety Council have joined together to offer two great benefits for employees, volunteers, AND the organization: online defensive driving at the discounted rate of $19.95--that's less than half the original price - with an added bonus of a $4 donation to the BSA!
Take advantage of this great deal on MyScouting and on MyBSA by clicking Resources.* Please pass this opportunity to all your friends and family - it's a chance to save money and give back to the Boy Scouts of America.
For more information, go to www.scouting.org/nsc.
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YOUTH PROTECTION TRAINING
Recently, the Boy Scouts of America announced important changes to its Youth Protection policies. The purpose of these changes is to increase awareness of this societal problem and to create even greater barriers to abuse than already exist today in Scouting.
To become officially registered with the Boy Scouts of America you must complete our Youth Protection training course. Please complete this training before you attend your first leaders meeting, and bring a copy of your completion certificate with you.
Click on the link below for instructions on how to take the Youth Protection Training
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Youth Protection Training (pdf)
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COLLEGE OF COMMISSIONER SCIENCE
 As school has started back in session, we are reminded of all the training which is available to scout leaders. Regardless of your position, all training benefits you at every level.
The first weekend in February we will be conducting our 3rd annual Concho Valley Council College of Commissioner Science at beautiful Camp Fawcett. I know there are several who have been to the first two colleges and will be going through the doctorate program. If you are on record at the council office as having completed your doctorate, and you would be interested in serving on staff for the college, please drop me a note or call.I can be reached at
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(office),
(home) or
(cell). Those who enroll in the master's will be required to teach (not as staff) at the master's level. Any overflow will help with the bachelor's. If you have a doctorate and would like to teach a doctorate course, we will do all we can to accommodate you. You are classified as whatever you are on record at the council office.
We hope you will come and enjoy the food, fun and fellowship. Oh, and the training too! We need to have all of our instructors lined up as soon as possible. If everyone who serves staff knows what they will be doing by December 1st, we will have a very successful session.
Thank you for your service,
Frank Berthold
Assistant Council Commissioner
Concho Valley Council, BSA
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NEW OUTDOOR AWARDS ANNOUNCED
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A pair of new awards have been developed to promote "outdoorism" for Boy Scouts and Varsity Scouts: The National Outdoor Challenge www.scouting.org/scoutsource/boyscouts/adults/awards.aspx unit award and the National Outdoor Achievement Award www.scouting.org/scoutsource/boyscouts/youth/awards.aspx
for individual Boy Scouts and Varsity Scouts.
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2011 TRAINING CENTER CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Below is a link to a printer friendly listing of 2011 PTC Conferences available at the Philmont Training Center (PTC) - The National Training Center of the Boy Scouts of America.
Registration for Conferences is available to all registered volunteer and professional Scouters, and family programs are also offered for spouses and children of all ages.
In 2011, over 80 courses are being offered during eleven week-long sessions. Full course descriptions are available online at www.PhilmontTrainingCenter.org. This is a preview of course offerings; registration will open online in a few weeks and we will inform you of the exact date registration opens for volunteers and professionals for the 2011 conferences, or check our website www.cvcbsa.org
or details
2011 Training Center Conference Schedule (pdf)
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EXPEDITION REGISTRATION FOR 2012
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Philmont 2012 Unit Registration Packet (pdf)
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NESA EAGLE SCOUT SCHOLARSHIPS
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The applications for the 2011 NESA Eagle Scout scholarships are now available at www.nesa.org. The homepage features a blue, clickable banner that leads directly to the forms.
These are the only scholarship applications acceptable in 2011. These applications must be printed and mailed to the national office, postmarked no later than midnight on January 31, 2011.
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DISTRICT NEWS
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AMANGI TRAIL DISTRICT
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The Amangi Trail District serves Scouting in the following counties:
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| • Runnells |
| • Tom Green |
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CALLING ALL SCOUT UNITS
CUBS, SCOUTS, VARSITY AND VENTURING)
VETERANS DAY PARADE
SATURDAY, NOV 6th, 2010 at 10:00 AM
MEET AT THE SCOUT OFFICE (104 W. River Dr.)
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Last year's BSA entry in the Veterans Day Parade was a fantastic success with four Cub units on trailers and over 150 members walking the route. This was a great showing of BSA's support to our Veterans as well as demonstrating to the San Angelo and surrounding area the vitality and strength of our program.
This year we would like to repeat our participation and ask that all units join us in the parade. Once again we will be doing both trailers (provided by their respective units for the younger cubs) and a mass formation of scout units led by a grouping of all unit flags.
If your unit is going to enter a trailer, bring it to the Scout Council office parking lot either the night before or early that day (recommend by 8:00 am as River Dr. will be closed). All units need to be here by 10:00 am (Parade will start at 11:00 am and should be complete by 1:00 pm)
Contact Carl Frentz (
or e-mail
) by October 25th to participate
Bring your unit flags, water, and a trailer for your Scouts (if desired)
You do not need to fill out a parade entry form.
This has already been submitted for the group.
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WELCOME to all our newest Scouts this fall, and a big Thank You to all our Cub Scout leaders that have helped in the fall Sign up for Scouting recruiting drive. So far, we’ve recruited over 160 new scouts in three weeks! There are still more families calling every day for
information about scouts. If you Pack would like to host another sign-up night, please give Geoffrey Parker a call
. to coordinate fliers, rally help, and make sure you have all the information for new parents.
Popcorn Sale has officially begun!! Encourage your scouts to sell, sell, sell! Remember: any scout that fills a sheet will be entered in our weekly prize drawings.
Please let me know if you have any questions about any of these events, or anything else going on in Scouting.
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Geoffrey Parker
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Amangi Trail District Executive
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Office: (325) 655-7107 ext. 30
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AMISTAD DISTRICT
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The Amistad District serves Scouting in the following counties:
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| • Edwards |
| • Kinney |
| • Maverick |
| • Real |
| • Uvalde |
| • Val Verde |
| • Zavala |
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District Nominating Committee
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Amistad District nominating Committee members George Pride Jr., Bill Dillard and Frederico Flores are working putting together a slate of officers for the year of 2011.
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Training
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TRAINING CUB Boy Scout Outdoor leader and BALOO Training 11-2-10 will be at Uvalde Fish Hatchery.
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Scouting for Food
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Scouting for Food; Keith Southerland and Mario Morales to coordinate for Uvalde, Brent Greene will coordinate for Del Rio. All units are urged to participate.
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Popcorn
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Remember to send a copy of filled popcorn order sheets to council office to be entered in Friday’s drawing for prizes. Popcorn sales end Nov. 6, 2010. Popcorn orders and prizes orders are due Nov. 8, 2010.
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Unit Rechartering |
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Call Gerardo Martinez
to get your re charter kits if you did not make the round tables in October.
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PERMIAN BASIN DISTRICT
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The Permian Basin District serves Scouting in the following counties:
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• Reagan |
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• Schleicher
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• Sutton |
| • Menard |
• Terrell |
| • Pecos |
• Upton |
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Hello Permian Basin District, it is an honor to serve you, already I have had the pleasure of meeting a number of you in person and some over the phone. I am learning that there is a lot of traveling involved in our District. Know this I am but a phone call way.
I look forward to making it to Eagle Courts of Honor, Pack Meetings and Arrow of Light Ceremonies. It is best to give me some advance notice so that I can calendar your meeting/event.
Every town that I have visited in our District, I have found to be a wonderful community, and I know it is because of the investments you all put into our youth. Bar none Scouting has the best volunteers and it is my pleasure to work for you.
We have made some great strides towards leading the Concho Valley Council towards being a Centennial Quality Council. We still have lots of work to do and we need your continued help in achieving that goal. Currently we are looking for District Level Scouters (Scouters with experience to point us in the right direction for providing the best scouting bar none.) like a District Chair, District Commissioner, Program Chair, and Membership Chair;
just for starters. Now let’s welcome Carla S. Mogford our District Camping Chair and John Michael Mogford (who’s working his “ticket”) committee member of the District Membership Committee. Both Carla and John are from the City of Junction, TX.
If your son or daughter is completing their scouting experience and you’d like to stay in Scouting let’s get together and discuss your aspirations; I’d love to submit your name to our Nominating Committee.
NEED SCOUTS (?) CALL TENO! My Cell:
We have achieved our year end membership goal however as I mentioned up above I’ve been doing a lot of driving around our District and I see a lot of potential for growth. Some of you may know my background and that is why I am committed to taking our movement to every community in our District and to provide our kids with the opportunity to experience Scouting. NEED SCOUTS (?) CALL TENO!
Welcome with me: Pack 157 (28 new Cubs) and Troop 57 (17 new Boy Scouts) of Crane As I told them they will always be the first Pack and Troop I helped start in Texas. Thanks to Ted Hogen and all the parents that stepped up to serve!
What’s great about Round Table? We get to learn from one another! What’s working in your unit? What’s this month’s Scouting theme?
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ROUNDTABLES:
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Ft. Stockton; Round Table Commissioner Valreie Waters, 2nd Thursday of each month.
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Sonora; Round Table Commissioner Larry Harrison, Date and Time to be announcied.
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SEE YOU ALL THERE! (I think I’m learning Texas talk.)
Yours in Scouting,
Teno Navarro S.D.E
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