Crosswinds District Goals for 2007

			     BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
			      OCCONEECHEE COUNCIL
			      CROSSWINDS DISTRICT

     Robbie Spivey		 Jerry Jester		   Martin Banning
   District Chairman	     District Commissioner	 District Director


	     2007 Crosswinds District Program Planning Meeting


  The Crosswinds District Committee met for their annual Program Planning
  Conference on February 10, 2007 from 8:00am to 11:00am at the Cary First
  Baptist Church, Annex #3, in Cary, N.C.  A big thank you to the Cary First
  Baptist Church for allowing us to use their facilities for the meeting and
  to Panera Bread for their donation of breakfast bagels for the Committee.
  Thanks also to Jerry Jester and Roger Lear, who supplied coffee, pastries,
  goodies and cold drinks for the meeting.

  Attendees from the Crosswinds District were:
    Martin Banning     District Scout Director
    Robbie Spivey      District Chairman
    Jerry Jester       District Commissioner

    Bob Gamble	       District Camporee Registrar
    William Highsmith  District Training Chairman
    Roger Lear	       District Web Master & Video Librarian
    Lu Little	       District Boy Scout Training Chairperson
    Jim McGraw	       District Health & Safety
    Bill Reynolds      District Membership Chairman
    Joyce South        2007 District Cub-O-Ree Chairperson
    Ed Walsh	       Boy Scout Round Table ADC
    Ron Werley	       Assistant District Commissioner

    The committee met to critique the past year, discuss and plan what our
    District wants to do for 2007 and 2008, and to set the dates for the
    district activities for inclusion into the 2007 & 2008 district calendars.

    PLEASE read the entire report, concentrating on the area that pertains
    to your job in our district. Please e-mail Roger Lear and copy Robbie
    Spivey with any changes/comments/corrections you may have, especially if
    you were not at the planning meeting.

    Thank you all for your help in Scouting and especially for making our three
    year old Crosswinds District a Quality District in 2006.

    Respectfully Submitted by Roger Lear - District Recording Secretary

    The following goals were discussed at the annual program planning meeting
    by the attendees listed in the Program Planning Meeting Information letter.

     EXECUTIVE GOALS - Robbie Spivey, District Chairman:

     1. Be a Quality District in 2007 as we were in 2006, for the first time in
	2 years.

     GOALS FOR VICE-CHAIRMAN - Bob Gamble

     1. Canvas each unit for candidates for district or council volunteer positions
     2. Provide candidates for consideration of all vacant positions

     COMMISSIONER GOALS - Jerry Jester:

1. Hold monthly meetings of the Commissioner Staff at the District level.

2. To have each of our unit’s Centennial Quality Unit Goals set and turned in
   on time.

3. To have all of the Commissioner Staff involved with the re-charters for all
   units in the District, in order to be assured they are checked and turned in
   on time, and to encourage the units to use the on-line re-chartering program
   as much as possib

4. To encourage the Commissioner Staff to visit their assigned units once a
   month, at some type of activity if at all possible.	(Look at your Fieldbook
   for guidance.)

5. To encourage the Commissioner Staff to openly discuss problems, at the
   monthly Commissioners meeting, that they may be having with their assigned
   units.

6. Encourage the Commissioner Staff to perform Quality Unit reviews quarterly
   to insure that their units are “on track” to achieve their Centennial
   Quality Unit Award.

7. To complete the unit inventories by June 30th and December 20th, 2007.

8. To set up a "Life-Saving Team" of knowledgeable Commissioners to be
   available to work along side other Commissioners when they feel they need
   someone to help them.

9. To continue to recruit new Commissioners up to and beyond the recommended
   1:3 ratio.

10. To have a “mentor” Commissioner to work along side of new Commissioners
    in order to help them “learn the ropes,” and guide them in working towards
    completing their training awards requirements.

11. Ensure that each new Commissioner receives appropriate training at
    Commissioner Basic Training courses and continues their training at
    Commissioner College and/or at the University of Scouting in the fall.

12. Review individual Commissioner's progress toward training awards and
    submit the necessary applications in a timely manner.

13. Encourage and attend regular district Key Three meetings.

14. To ask the Commissioner Staff to encourage their unit's registered leaders
    to attend training necessary for the position they hold if they have not
    already done so.

15. To ask the Commissioner Staff to try to keep me informed of any changes in
    the Unit Key Three as quickly as possible in order to keep the District's
    Unit Key Three Roster current.

16. To try to build up a list of influential individuals, not necessarily
    Scouters, in the Crosswinds District area that might be able to help the
    District in contacting other individuals with specific areas of business,
    political, or professionalism

17. To try to build up a list of potential scouters that we need to start
    looking to for the eventual time for replacement of individuals that are
    now supporting this District at the District Committee level, Camporee
    leaders and staff, Cub-o-ree leaders and staff, District Pinewood Derby,
    etc.  Too many of us have been the “packhorse” for too many years and we
    need to start finding some replacements.

18. Encourage everyone we can to continue to help make this the very best
    District in the Occoneechee Council.

19. Have the Commissioner Staff inform unit leaders and their Committee
    Membership Chair that in the future, if they ever have to turn a youth
    away because they cannot accept anymore youth to do the following:	Do not
    give them the contact name or information about another unit but instead,
    give them information to contact the District Chair of Membership as that
    person will have all of the necessary information on all units that are
    accepting new youth.


    ROUNDTABLE GOALS FOR CUB & BOY SCOUT ROUNDTABLES - ADC Gary Thorn:

     Gary was not present at the meetings so no goals were set for his area.


    CUB SCOUT ROUNDTABLE COMMISSIONER GOALS - Anne McVeigh:

     Anne was not present at the meetings so no goals were set for her area.


    BOY SCOUT ROUNDTABLE COMMISSIONER GOALS - Ed Walsh:

    1. Improve attendance by units at BS Roundtable by 10%
    2. Improve participation by leaders SMs, CCs, ASMs, CMs
    3. Provide a useful program in the time allowed (1 Hr/Month)
    4. Involve Unit leaders in planning upcoming topics for 2007-2008

     TRAINING GOALS - William Highsmith:

     1. Promote the benefits of adult leader training and encourage
	participation in training opportunities.

     2. Establish repeatable training program to ensure long-term success.

     3. Utilize resources from other Districts and Councils to maximize
	effectiveness.


    TRAINING OBJECTIVES:

     1. Establish course descriptions for all adult courses on our website.

     2. Build clear training paths for all positions in the District.

     3. Establish District training inventory.

     4. Establish clear procedure for obtaining web-based training records
	from Council.

     5. Promote the new role of Pack Trainer for all Packs.

     6. Promote the role of Unit Committee member for Training in all other
	units.

     7. Represent the District at Council Human Resource Committee meetings.

     8. Establish relationship with all District training representatives in
	the Council.

     9. Communicate pertinent information to the District Committee and units.

    10. Recruit training committee members.

    11. Develop information on District Training awards for our website.

   CAMPING PROMOTION GOALS - Bob Gamble:

	Promote Order of the Arrow membership in all Boy Scout units and OA as a
	resource in all Cub Scout units
	Promote relevant Order of the Arrow activities in all units
	Drive toward more homogeneous unit involvement in OA chapter activities
	Promote Health and Safety training and hold annual H&S training at Roundtable
	Promote Venturing activities
	Assist in the creation of new Venturing units
	Promote Cub Day Camp unit participation
	Promote Cub Family Camp unit participation
	Promote Boy Scout Camporee unit participation
	Promote Council Summer Camp unit participation
	Promote all council outdoor events
	Unit measurements contest to include outdoor activities measurements such as
	nights camping,number of events, etc

   NESA GOALS - Keith Biegert:

     Keith was not at the meeting, so no goals were set for his area.

    RELIGIOUS AWARDS PROGRAM GOALS - OPEN POSITION:

     No goals were set for this area.

    CUB SCOUT PROGRAM GOALS - OPEN POSITION:

     No goals were set for this area.



    CUB SCOUT ADVANCEMENT GOALS - OPEN POSITION:

     No goals were set for this area.

    CUB SCOUT DAY CAMP - Wake County Day Camp:

     1. Assist as best we can with promoting attendance of Crosswinds District
	Cub Scouts and assisting the Wake County Cub Day Camp staff.
	The Cub Day Camp is now administered by Wake County area Scouters under
	the direction of our Council's Staff.

    BOY SCOUT PROGRAM GOALS - OPEN POSITION:

     No goals were set for this area.



    BOY SCOUT ADVANCEMENT GOALS - Tom Doligalski:

     Tom was not at the meeting and no goals were set for his area.

   BOY SCOUT EAGLE BOARD OF REVIEW - Tom Allen & Gantt Edmiston:

     Neither Scouter was at the meeting and no goals were set for their area.

     ORDER OF THE ARROW - CHAPTER GOALS - Monte McCaw:

      Monte was not at the meeting and no goals were set for his area.

     HIGH ADVENTURE (VENTURING) COMMISSIONER GOALS - Bill Fairhurst:

     Bill was not at the meeting but he sent these goals in via e-mail.

     1. Get an accurate list of the key three of all crews in the district!
	Easier said than done. Name, address, phone, email, days you meet,
	Adviser, Committee Chair & Charter Rep names.

     2. Get all crews involved in Teen Leadership Council

     3. Get each of the crews "Powderhorn" and other  Trained"

     4. Provide 2 or 3 plug in events for crews each year

     5. Visit each of you three times a year.

     6. See that Council efforts to assist crews and Venturing are successful.

     7. Assist each and every Charter organization in being presented with
	Venturing as an extension of their youth services.

    FINANCE GOALS - Martin Banning:

     1. Achieve our FOS Campaign goal of $141,500.00 which is made up of a
	$52,000 Major Gifts goal, a Community Gifts goal of $5,500 and a
	$84,000 Family Campaign goal.

     MEMBERSHIP/RELATIONSHIPS GOALS - Bill Reynolds:

    Year Round Friendly Recruiting Is the Main Theme for this year


1. Attain Membership Goals set by our Key-3 for the 2007 Centennial District
   Award

2. Recruit more people to help with membership duties such as fall roundup and
   new unit starts

3. Help each Pack establish a year round recruiting plan

4. Persist to have 100% participation with Fall RTCS

5. Identify other churches (including non-denominational) to approach for new
   units

6. Encourage Units to support new council recruiting initiatives

7. Develop "Early Start" Recruiting effort for March & May
   a. (may be linked to some sort of Invite-A-Friend Campaign)

8. Attend 2 – 3 Town Fairs to promote Scouting and Recruiting
   a. Apex Peak Fest, Spring Daze, Lazy Daze are examples
   b. Have Pack/Troop/Crew Support to run activities and do service projects
   c. Enhance relationships with Cary & Apex by providing some sort of service
      project

9. Develop 2007 District Membership Plan and Budget by March 15, 2007

10. Make recommendations to council on Wake Service Area Fall RTCS

     ACTIVITIES & CIVIC SERVICE GOALS - OPEN POSITION:

      No goals were set for this area.

     WEB DIRECTOR GOALS - Roger Lear:

1. Help the various committees maintain the listings on the web site.  Lists of
   Committee members, unit key three, unit location lists, etc., need to be
   updated at least once a quarter by the Commissioner's Staff, the District
   Chairman, DD and Membership areas and once the information is sent to the
   Web Site Director, the updates will be made as soon as possible.

2. Continue using password protection on lists that should not be viewed by
   just anyone on the site.  Find out what levels of protection to use and the
   levels of data to be exposed. Investigate taking the password OFF of the Key
   3 and Committee list, IF the information would be useful to our Unit and
   District Scouters.

3. Continue the District's Yahoo Groups e-mail list server.

  a: Continue setting an automatic monthly reminder to be sent to subscribers
     three days & one day before the Roundtable to remind them of Roundtables
     on third Thursdays (except July & Oct.).

  b: Use the Yahoo Groups E-mail list to promote activities of the District.

4. Contnue the District Committee's Yahoo Groups e-mail list server (new in
   2005).

  a: Continue setting an automatic monthly reminder to be sent to subscribers
     three days & one day before the Committee Meetings to remind them of the
     first Thursday's meetings (except July).

  b: Use the Yahoo Groups E-mail list to promote activities of the Committee.

5. Do a yearly review of all files on the website, eliminating old/outdated
   information and site map information.

6. Continue to work with experts to find the best way to present/use our
   website, technically and information wise.