The School Year Has...

Looking Ahead ---

Each Cubmaster and Scoutmaster should be

reviewing their unit’s Journey to Excellence

progress several times during the year. In

August and September, focus is on the Retention and Building Cub / Boy Scouting. Venturers have similar

criteria. Now is the time to set your Unit Recruiting Goal (if you haven’t done so already) so that this is a

strong contributor to your final 2014 JTE Score when your unit recharters. It’s harder to bring larger numbers

of new members later in the year when those youth have already committed to other activities.

Reenergize Your Program Publicize your Unit Show Yourselves Off Be Proud of What you Do

Chuck Bailey, Editor chaaaales@gmail.com

MEMBERSHIP RECRUITING BULLETIN West Central Florida Council, BSA September 3, 2014 Bulletin No. 6 Page 1

Recruiting New Members 2014

The School Year Has Begun!

The entire library of Membership Recruiting Bulletins for 2014 are archived on the

Council Website and available for your reference at: http://www.wcfcbsa.org/

With New Members joining your Unit, are you

ready to help the new parents and leaders learn

about the Scouting program so they become

comfortable soon?

When are the training dates? They’re on the

Council Website at www.wcfcbsa.org.

The Cub Training Flyer is also printed on Page

2 of this Bulletin.

Excerpt from the 2014 Pack JTE Scorecard GOLD

POINTS BRONZE LEVEL GOLD LEVEL SILVER LEVEL BRONZE

POINTS

SILVER

POINTS OBJECTIVE ITEM

NUMBER

Hint: Discuss JTE with your Unit

Commissioner Regularly

Cub Scout Leaders:

As part of our Council Rechartering, we are challenged to achieve

the following:

Each new Tiger, Cub and Webelos Scout should complete the

requirements for and receive their Bobcat Badge by October

15th.

Why? Positive involvement in the advancement program as-

sures greater retention.

Each pack should have a major outdoor event within 2 months

of their Join Scouting Night.

Why? Outdoor activities are major motivators in Scouting.

Boys and families generally interact more outdoors.

Each pack should encourage their families to participate in the

first and/or second Cub Scout Family Camps at either Sand

Hill Scout Reservation or Camp Soule.

Why? Camping - being outdoors - with family and pack is a

major desire of Scouting families and many of the activities

they participate in at a Council camp are not authorized at

Pack events.

If you have an idea that you want to include in your Pack Join Scouting Night, or help that you

need, please ask your District Membership team, or your Unit Commissioner,

or your District Executive now.

Unit Leaders:

Please plan to turn in Youth applica-tions to Council each week during Au-gust and September, even into Octo-ber.

Why?

National Council looks at our registra-tion numbers not once at the end of each month, but at least 3 times each month. We need to show National Council that we are working consis-tently to improve our Membership so that we receive a Regular Charter in 2015.

~Thank you in advance!

Think outside the old box.

Let’s have fun!

MEMBERSHIP RECRUITING BULLETIN

COUNCIL RECRUITING AND MEMBERSHIP

TEAM

Council:

Recruiting Chair Chuck Bailey (727) 215-3739 chaaaales@gmail.com

VP Membership Max Viera (727) 709-7179 mviera58@tampabay.rr.com

Program Transition: Jon Carter (727) 505-8079 joncarter@bsatroop177.com

Venture Promotions Tricia Hall (727) 599-8912 triciahall13@yahoo.com

Anclote District:

Commissioner: Rob Barbee bigdogrob@gmail.com

Membership Chair Bill Haggard (920) 217-4161 willhh3@gmail.com

District Executive Mark Sharman (727) 391-3800 Mark.Sharman@scouting.org

Miccosukee District:

Commissioner: John Smith (727) 415-9967 jsmith07@tampabay.rr.com

Membership Chair Steve Tincher (727) 804-8692 stincher@tampabay.rr.com

District Executive AJ Gonzales (727) 391-3800 Adam.Gonzales@scouting.org

Skyway District:

Commissioner: Danny Wendt (727) 397-5461 fabman3@aol.com

Membership Chair Todd Kennedy (727) 798-7983 sapper@juno.com

West Central Florida Council, BSA September 3, 2014 Bulletin No. 6 Page 2

YARD SIGNS

are available at the Coun-

cil Service Center.

No Charge, but…..

Each Pack is allotted two

signs.

Each Pack representative

picking up, or arranging for,

their signs needs to be able

to validate the:

The Name, Email Address,

and Phone Number of their

current Cubmaster, and

The Name, Email Address,

and Phone Number of their

current Pack Committee

Chairman.