Executive Board Meeting

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Executive Board Meeting November 14, 2006
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Strategic Plan 2006-2010Blue Ridge Mountains
Council

• Bottom up effort of Council operating committees
  provided input to identify priorities and
  establish focus
• Matched with the National BSA Strategic Plan
• Executive Committee and Board involvement

Executive Committee Members

• Alex Nelson
• Dan Grubb

• Gary Armbrister
• John Jones
• Kelly Zuber

• Charles Robbins
• Richard Moore

• Tim Timmons
• Dan Brown

• John Young
• Barry Hensley

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Growing Membership
1 Annual Growth
Achieve Balanced Traditional Growth as a
Quality Council
Major Strategies

• Build our membership expertise and resources
• Improve school accessibility through closer
  relationships
• Strengthen community relationships and create
  focus on new units
• Reach further with Soccer in Scouting and
  Scoutreach programs
• Utilize marketing to make Scouting a Youth
  Magnet
• Make RECRUITMENT a year-round theme

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Program

• Training
• Increase trained Direct Contact Leaders
• Provide supplemental and advanced training
• Community Service
• Educate units about Good Turn for America

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Program

• Camping
• Assist Boy Scout Troops to attend Summer Camp
• Increase Cub Scout Packs Long Term/Family Camping

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Program

• Advancement
• Promote online advancement
• Develop council-wide Eagle advancement plan
• Activities
• Provide models for District Activities

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District Operations

• Manpower- Build Effective District Committee
• -Train to be effective in their role
• District Operation Annual District Assessment
• - Planning Goal Setting for Quality
  District
• District chairman- Key support by VP of District
  Operations
• Key support- Growth and Retention Plan
• - Direct Contact Leader Training

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Meeting The Needs Of The Council Through Growth
In Funding
Represents 6 annual Growth
Achieve the Councils Financial goal annually

• Major Strategies
• Increase efforts to recruit campaign leadership
  that has influence and affluence
• Develop an increased pool of funding
  sources/investors
• Increase use of volunteers in identifying and
  securing gifts
• Increase Fund 3 (Endowment) balance through new
  investments and prudent portfolio management. 
• Increase use of volunteers to secure sufficient
  capital gifts to provide for needed Aquatics Base
  facilities (to open by Summer 2007)
• Develop opportunities to maintain/ strengthen
  United Way relations to minimize decrease in
  funding
• Strengthen marketing efforts to increase support
  through product sales

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Commissioner and Unit Service

• Unit Service - increase unit support.
• Membership Validation - qualify health of
  Scouting units.
• Centennial Quality Award
• - Achieve Centennial Quality Council award.
  - Achieve Centennial Quality District
  award
• - Retain/improve the number of Centennial
  Quality Unit awards.

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Unit Service

• Recruit complete Commissioner staff.
• Monthly contact of units.
• Assist in T-24 training.
• Promote Ideal Year of Scouting.

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Membership Validation

• Review unit status and self-evaluation..
• Council and District Key 3 sign off on unit
  validation.

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Centennial Quality AwardCouncil

• Educate volunteers through Ridge Runner and
  roundtables.
• Promote through Council Marketing Committee.
• Work to achieve Quality District in 8 districts.

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Centennial Quality AwardDistrict

• Recruit and train complete district committees.
• Recruit sufficient volunteers to achieve FOS
  goals.
• Support membership committee to achieve
  membership goals.
• Achieve a unit commissioner ratio of 3 - 1.

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Centennial Quality AwardUnit

• Provide training opportunities to train all
  direct contact unit leaders.
• Commissioner staff assist with goal setting..
• Promote camping opportunities
• Support units to engage in Ideal Year of
  Scouting.

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Administration

• Create strong and influential Executive Board
• Customer Service, Communications- Council Service
  Center
• Continuous Improvement of Blue Ridge Scout
  Reservation
• Proactive Risk Management
• Develop a Reservation Master Plan and a Board
  approved Capital Budget
• Develop, motivate, and empower Professional Staff

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Marketing

• Support key council projects and quickly
  respond to unexpected marketing opportunities
• Develop marketing plans for 100th Anniversary of
  Scouting
• Improve the look and readability of the Ridge
  Runner
• Bring website maintenance in house and create a
  more dynamic portal to local Scouting

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Marketing

• Develop relationships with area media
  representatives focusing on Scouting outcomes and
  successes
• Create a Hometown Correspondent program with
  local Scouts
• Provide marketing committee members with
  resources and training
• Diligently pursue new media opportunities to
  reach potential Scouts in their information arena

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