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District Calendar
October
1 Charter Renewal Opens Online
16 District Commissioner Meeting,
7:00 PM
16 District Committee Meeting,
7:00 PM
16 Roundtable, 7:00 PM
31 Charter Turn-in
November
7 Boy Scout Basic Outdoor
Leader Training
11 District Commissioner Meeting,
6:15 PM
11 District Committee Meeting,
7:00 PM
15 Pow Wow, CS Leader Training
20 Roundtable, 7:00 PM
Membership
Fall is traditionally when packs try to
recruit new families to Cub Scouting. New
data provided by National BSA shows that
generation X and Y parents like to be introduced
to leaders. Having a short biography
of your den and pack leaders would make
them feel like they can relate to you , making
them feel comfortable and more likely
to join. Packs might include these short bios
on the back of your annual program calendar
or on a separate sheet of paper at your
join events. There are many activities competing
for the extra-curricular hours, making
sharing the message that there is no “deadline”
to join Scouting even more important.
It’s important to have a year round recruitment
plan for your pack. The packs that
recruit during the Spring and before camp
have an easier time recruiting new leaders,
getting them trained sooner and providing
a stronger pack for even MORE families to
join in the Fall.
Charter Renewal begins.
Do not wait to turn in applications for
your new youth, youth you find on rosters
and new adult leaders. When uploading
the charter renewal program, if you have
turned in your applications, the roster will
be as complete as possible and your data
entry will be drastically reduced! Please
begin now checking your rosters for address,
birthday, and phone number accuracy by using
your rosters available on the Online Advancement
web site. If you need your unit
District Contacts
District Chairman
Steve Jensen
H/503.842.8428
100% Quality Districts in 2010
t i l l a m o o k di s t r i c t
ID #, please ask Sharon Larson at Roundtable.
Popping for the Popcorn Sale
Teri Fladstol (tlfladstol@embarqmail.
com) and held a fun and exciting Popcorn
Kernel training for unit leaders. There are
so many prizes available for your Scouts to
earn during the sale. It’s not too late to sell
popcorn. Since all units have annual planning
accomplished, you should share the
cost per boy with your families and let them
know what they need to sell to pay their
way through the entire Scout year. Each
boy should have a goal to pay for Scouting
and maybe even a goal of what prize
they would like to earn. Families should
know that their boys can and should earn
their fare share (THRIFTY) and to help get
themselves to summer camp. The popcorn
sale runs the duration of the month of October.
Please support the Scouts by buying
popcorn.
Training Opportunity
Leaders should visit the Cascade Pacific
Council website at www.cpcbsa.org and
click on training. From here, you can access
the Fast Start training which will give you
a brief, succinct video about your new role
in Scouting and how your meetings should
be run. You will also need to plan time to
attend the New Leader Essentials (approximately
1.5 hours) and Leader Specific Training
(varies depending on your leadership
role) required for your position. Since they
will be held back to back, you should plan
for at least 4 hours. We realize this makes
for a long evening, however, it will be only
one evening instead of two.
November 15th is Cub Scout Pow
Wow.
This is a day long, premier training for
all Cub Scout leaders. You will have a wonderful
time at this year’s Western Themed
training. The cost is $20 but if you register
early, you will receive a $5 discount. This
price includes the rental of the location, your
lunch, and a cd-rom that includes all of the
resources for EVERY class offered that day,
even the ones you couldn’t make because
you were taking other classes. What a bargain!
The Outdoors
Summer Camp
It’s time to think about registering your
District Commissioner
Vacant
http://www.cpcbsa.org/districts/districts/tillamook
Compass Points
troop for summer camp 2009. It may seem
like you just finished the summer program,
however, our boy scout camps often fill up
in specific weeks. You can check weekly on
the status of availability online at www.cpcbsa.org
and click on Camp Availability. For
Cub Scout packs, camp reservations open up
at POW WOW, November 15th. This includes
cub resident, Webelos Resident and
Day Camp. The following Monday, Boy
Scouts camps open up for 2010.
Independent Camp Reports
Please complete your independent
camping experience by submitting your final
camp report, online at www.cpcbsa.org/
register. All troops, teams and crews should
completed this report if you camped anywhere
but a Cascade Pacific Council summer
camp.. Thanks for your attention to this
detail.
District Events
Roundtable Guest for Packs in November
Dan the Bug Man will be presenting at
Roundtable in November. He has been invited
to present on how his business works,
what service he provides to homeowners
and to show how local people (resources)
can help provide fun and creative program
for your boys at Pack Meetings. Please invite
all of your leaders to attend November
20th, 7:00 PM at the Tillamook LDS Church
Bldg.
Nominating Committee
The purpose of the Nominating Committee
is to identify community leaders and
friends of Scouting to help fill vacancies on
the district committee and district leadership.
Nominations are now open from district
volunteers.
Sr. District Executive
Sharon Larson
B/503.472.3868
slarson@cpcbsa.org