OCTOBER 2010

CURRENT ISSUE

OCTOBER 2010

SCOUTING VISION
Scouting $$$ Pays Liability Claims
By Scout Executive, Rick Reeve

The BSA general liability program is not just insurance. In fact, insurance plays a very small part. Our greatest efforts are spent on safety and injury prevention.

BSA self-funds the first million dollars of each liability claim. This means that almost all money spent on a liability claim is Scouting money, not insurance money.

Accident and sickness insurance pays regardless of fault as long as the accident occurred during an official Scouting activity and the unit or council has purchased the coverage.

The Concho Valley Council has coverage for accident and sickness insurance for all registered youth and adult members for all official Scouting Activities. Besides council and district activities being official Scouting activities, a unit may have official activities as well when they travel to a non-meeting place. Including field trips, day camps, camporees, scout shows to name a few.

The only way that the local council knows if a unit is having an activity is by a tour permit being filed with the council, form #34426. As described on page 51 of the 2007 printing of the Guide to Safe Scouting a tour permit is to be turned in. When a unit plans a trip within 500 miles of the home base, it is important that the unit obtain a local tour permit. A National tour permit #4419c is required for trips in excess of 500 from home or outside the continental United States.

Tour permits have become recognized by national parks, military institutions, and other organizations as proof that a unit activity has been well planned and organized an is under capable and qualified leadership. These organizations may require the tour permit for entry.

Most short, in-town den trips of a few hours do not require a tour permit; however, it is recommended that dens obtain permission slips from parents.

Beginning on October 1, 2010, the Concho Valley Council started using the National Standard above for approving your unit’s activity(s) as official Scouting activity(s). As a unit when you plan your activity please include the filling out and filing the tour permit with the local council. Units may obtain an electronic tour permit from myscouting.org, a paper format from the Concho Valley Council Office, your district executive, or on the Concho Valley Council website at www.cvcbsa.org. Tour permits may be emailed, mailed, or faxed to the Concho Valley Council in care of Lisa Mahler.

Tour permits are reviewed weekly so please plan accordingly to allow ample time. Concho Valley Council requests that tour permits are submitted two weeks in advance of your planned activity.

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.

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

Youth Protection Training

UPCOMING EVENTS

Information is available for the following events. (click on the event for more information.)

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 , or .

COUNCIL OFFICE HOURS FOR OCTOBER

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

SILVER BEAVER AWARD NOMINATIONS

The Concho Valley Council is now accepting nominations for the Silver Beaver Award.  Nominations will be accepted until the October 31, 2010 deadline.  Each year the Concho Valley Council has the opportunity to recognize a limited number of Scouters in the Council by awarding them the Silver Beaver. This award is conferred by the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America on the recommendation of the local Council to those who have given "Distinguished Service to Boyhood". The number of awards that can be conferred each year is based on the number of units registered to the Council the preceding year.

Silver Beaver Award Nomination Form (pdf)

DIRECT TV
Are you ordering Direct TV? Would you like to save money and help the Concho Valley Council? See flyer here.

Direct TV flyer (pdf)

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.

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 , (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

NEW OUTDOOR AWARDS ANNOUNCED

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.

PHILMONT EXPEDITION REGISTRATION FOR 2012

http://www.philmontscoutranch.org/filestore/philmont/pdf/2012PhilmontRegistrationPkt.pdf

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