Monday Memo 

Joseph Daniszewski Scout Executive

Good day and welcome to our October 5th Monday Memo

Eagle Scout Recognition & Reunion Dinner

To celebrate and honor the accomplishments of the current Class of Eagle Scouts, the California Inland Empire Council is hosting the 2009 Eagle Scout Recognition and Reunion Dinner on Saturday, October 24, 2009, at 5:00pm at The March Field Air Museum in Riverside. This year, the event is not only reaching out to the current class of new Eagle Scouts, but to Eagle Scouts of all ages. Click Here for Flyer

Hazardous Weather Training Required For All Tour Permits

Effective January 1, the National Boy Scouts of America requires that an adult leader or parent who is attending the outdoor activity to be trained in Hazardous Weather Training.  This is a mandatory requirement for Tour Permits to be approved. 

All adults in your unit are encouraged to go to www.scouting.org to complete the on-line training.  You will need your National membership identification number to log on.  This number can be found on your BSA membership card.  If you do not have your membership number, you can still take the training. You will need to print out the certificate and submit it to the Council in order to update your training record.  The training should take no more than 45 minutes and provides an excellent curriculum to better identify potential weather hazards.

Countdown to 100

The 2010 National Scout Jamboree celebrates 100 years of Scouting, and you can play a key role in the festivities as a member of the jamboree staff.  Scheduled for July 26-Aug. 4 at Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia, the jamboree needs staff applicants born between July 27, 1984, and July 26, 1994, to serve in a variety of capacities.  The staff fee for persons 16 to 25 years old is $397.50. That?s half the price of the staff fee ($795) for applicants age 26 and older. To apply and get more information about jamboree staff qualifications, available positions, and clearance procedures, go to http://www.bsajamboree.org/.

Tour Permits Now Online

Registered unit leaders can save time and paper by submitting local and national tour permit applications online. From MyScouting at http://www.scouting.org/, go to Tour Permits and enter the necessary information for the tour. Helpful messages will guide you through the process. You?ll also see any specific rules for tour permits. The new system will save transportation and training information so it won?t have to be re-entered for future applications.

Remember, local tour permit applications (for trips of less than 500 miles) must be submitted two weeks before the tour start date. National applications (for trips of more than 500 miles) must be submitted at least one month before the tour start date.

Help wanted for sizzling summer fun

If you?re a Scout or Scouter 18 or older who loves the outdoors, learns fast, and enjoys working with people, the BSA?s three high adventure bases invite you to apply for a super summer job. Here?s how to make contact:

Florida National High Adventure Sea Base
Summer hires: 130.
Pays: $215 per week and up, more for specialty positions. Room and board are also provided.
Positions include program, retail, and food services staff. Specialized positions, such as scuba instructors and watercraft operators, must be certified prior to employment.
P.O. Drawer 1906, Islamorada, FL 33036; http://www.bsaseabase.org/.

Philmont Scout Ranch
Summer hires: 1,000.
Pays: $950 a month, plus room and board.
Positions include trek rangers, backcountry interpreters, and craft counselors.
17 Deer Run Road, Cimarron, NM 87714; 575-376-2281, philstaff@philmontscoutranch.org.

Northern Tier National High Adventure Bases
Summer hires: 175.
Positions include canoe trip leaders and outfitting staff. Pay varies by position; first-year staffers generally make $920 a month, plus room and board.
P.O. Box 509, Ely, MN 55731-0509: 218-365-4811, info@ntier.org.

European Camp Staff Program 

Through the European Camp Staff program, young leaders from the Boy Scouts of America have the opportunity to learn more about Scouting in Europe by working at a European Scout center.

Aim
The aim of the European Camp Staff program is to assist young people in developing their leadership skills and to encourage intercultural learning. This is achieved by providing the individual with a residential experience as a volunteer staff member at a Scout center in another country.

Framework of the Typical European Scout Center
Scout centers in Europe do not operate in the same way that BSA camps do. The staff members of a typical European Scout center are usually involved in many different aspects of operating the center rather than specializing in one particular area. This is different from the situation in a BSA camp, where staff members are usually assigned to a particular activity or skill with which they work for the majority of their time at camp. In addition, Scouting in Europe normally operates on a coeducational basis, with males and females having the opportunity to be equally involved at all levels.

How to Apply
All participants in the European Camp Staff program must be between 18 and 30 years of age and must be volunteers registered with the Boy Scouts of America. To ensure that the experience is a worthwhile one, participants should be prepared to commit themselves to work for a minimum of six weeks.

For information concerning the European Camp Centers, please visit http://www.onlyat.rovernet.eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=151 . Do not apply directly through the website ? you must apply through the International Department. The interested person should obtain an application from the Boy Scouts of America?s International Department, complete the application and submit to his/her local Council for the Scout Executive?s approval. The completed application should be mailed to the International Department for processing. 

Selection Procedure
Because the European Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement administers the European Camp Staff program, the Boy Scouts of America plays a support role only. The BSA's International Department will forward approved applications to the European Region for further processing.

The European Region forwards applications to the host centers for their selection. Once the host centers have selected their participants, applicants will receive all information pertaining to voluntary employment.

What to Expect From the Host Center
After an applicant has been placed, it is the responsibility of the host center and the participant to contact each other and organize all practical details. These will include the exact dates of attendance, travel arrangements, equipment required, and any other information necessary to ensure the placement is a success.

Each host center will aim to provide a worthwhile placement for young leaders from the Boy Scouts of America. A major priority will be the full integration of the participant into the Scout center's staff team. The host center also will endeavor to allocate a suitable amount of time for the participant to experience the culture of the host country through a number of social and tourist activities. As a minimum, appropriate accommodations and full board will be provided for the participant for the duration of the placement.

Travel Costs and Insurance
It is the responsibility of the participants to pay their own travel to and from the Scout center. The European Scout region will refund up to 50 percent of the individual's travel costs. The refund will be made in autumn, once the placement has been completed and the participant has returned home.

The BSA provides each participant with camper's accident and sickness insurance.

In the United States, the European Camp Staff program is administered through the International Department of the National office of the Boy Scouts of America. The address is:

Boy Scouts of America
European Camp Staff Program
International Department, S221
1325 West Walnut Hill Lane
P. O. Box 152079
Irving, Texas 75015-2079

Air it out

Experience the thrill of sharing your adventures with Scouting peers during the 52nd Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA) and 13th Jamboree-on-the-Internet (JOTI) taking place Oct. 17-18. Sponsored by the World Organization of the Scout Movement, both of these special editions feature a ?green? theme: ?Climate Change Challenge (C3).?

As usual, your kids can make contact with Scouts and Guides from more than 150 countries via shortwave radio and personal computers. But this year they?ll also help showcase Scouting?s ongoing efforts to protect the environment and battle climate change.  

Check out the Local Jamboree on the Air October 17-17, 2009  www.scouting.org/international/highlights.

Cub Scout 2010

Watch the latest video on the roll out of the new Cub Scout 2010 program:

http://www.scouting.org/cubscouts2010.    Please contact Bob Scott with questions.

Partner With the Hispanic Community for a Year-Round Recruiting Strategy

Recruiting is the lifeblood of our work in councils. And with the right approach, Hispanics can be part of a year-round plan to boost your numbers. The key is to remember the three P's: people, preparation, and planning. Then follow through with your strategy and commitment to the community.

"As a field executive, I made a point to prepare and plan my entire year of recruitment always focusing on building the relationships with important community sectors," says Marcos Nava, Hispanic Initiatives team leader.

Here are some simple tactics to execute a year-round plan.

People
It is critical to have your bilingual/bicultural staff actively developing and executing your plan. Work together on preparation and planning to reach all important facets of the community.

Leverage that Hispanic Initiatives committee you have created and the important leadership in your area to create constant visibility for Scouting. Whether you build those relationships through the committee or directly yourself, there is important messaging that can drive the relationship and commitment. For example, the Scout Oath and Scout Law and the values they express ? such as honesty, respect, courage, and reverence ? resonate strongly with Hispanics. Use every opportunity to integrate family into your descriptions and activities such as Soccer & Scouting, day camps, summer camps, and weekly pack and troop meetings.

Preparation
As you develop and cultivate those relationships with the community, make use of good marketing materials. Maria Dahl-Smith, the marketing communications lead at Hispanic Initiatives, points to a number of existing downloadable resources on MyBSA. But she is mostly focused on providing the field with a fresh set of materials.

"We are developing new marketing tools that will make the recruiting and community relationship development process better with research-based, targeted, and innovative marketing materials," she says, "including print, TV, radio, outdoor, and very engaging online interactive work that will be available this summer to councils around the country."

Planning
Always remember that you need to cultivate the relationships over time, and the organization must see the benefit to it first.
To complete your plan, you will need to identify the best places to build the community relationships. Not unlike all other Scouting efforts, Hispanic community outreach can be done through faith-based organizations, local schools, family resource centers, and the local Hispanic chamber of commerce. Don't make the mistake of not preparing your pitch.

Oscar Santoyo, Hispanic Initiatives field staffer, recommends that you set a timeline and follow it. Multitasking is part of our job every day in the BSA with program, FOS, membership, operations, and more. It's critical that you keep this issue constantly in front of you.

"Make sure you do what you promise ? and always follow through!" Oscar suggests. As always, patience and persistence are essential to having quality membership numbers from this type of investment.

Way Back When

One for the Books
The BSA doesn?t have an official author, but one candidate for the job might be G. Harvey Ralphson (1879-1940), an American Scoutmaster who wrote more than a dozen novels featuring Boy Scouts saving the day in America and around the globe. Ralphson?s titles include Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone (1911), The Boy Scouts Beyond the Arctic Circle (1913), and The Boy Scouts on the Open Plains (1914).

Ralphson hoped that his novels would help boys and girls ?grow in usefulness, self-reliance, patriotism, and unselfishness.? You can read excerpts from some of his books at http://www.online-literature.com/ralphson Click on a book title at left, and a list of chapters will appear.

Waite?s Wheels
A brand-new car for $500? Yep. That was the price tag on Henry Ford?s 1906 Model ?N,? which weighed only 800 pounds and ran the roads at a cool 40 miles per hour, an eye-popping speed in those days.

If you visit Philmont, check out a fully restored Model ?N? that was purchased by Waite Phillips back in the 1920s. Chuck Walneck, a member of the Philmont Ranch Committee, spent a year restoring the car with the help of some of the finest automotive craftsmen in the country.

Now if we could only dial gas prices back to 1906 levels.

August 31st Membership Report