VOLUME 6, ISSUE 2 MAY 2009 CENTRAL NEWSLETTER

THE NEW BSA FOCUS AND DIRECTION: • Buy things from outside REGIONAL DIRECTOR’S COMMENTS (outsource) • Improve by benchmarking other organizations By now I hope you have come to learn what is meant by “The New- • Collaborate with others BSA”. The redesign of our National and Regional organization is much • Use multidisciplinary more than new titles, structures and processes. At its core, the New BSA teams is about adjusting culture and the way we serve our customers. It is about • Think globally and locally developing and moving the forward at an • Focus on markets and accelerated pace with greater results. customers • Adapt to customers and In his book “Kotler on Marketing”, Philip Kotler shares insight into “Then” Thinking and the marketplace “Now” Thinking. When I came across this particular section of the book, it truly defined • Focus on the value chain what the Boy Scouts of America is out to accomplish, develop and create in the evolution • Be a target marketer of our national corporate culture. As you review these, I hope you are able to place • Continue to invent new yourself, the volunteer leaders who lead your council and your top staff leaders into the advantages “Now” category in the majority of cases. If you are able to do that, then your council is • Speed up development sure to enhance the brand of Scouting as well as provide premier service to families.

• Use only a few suppliers • Manage up, down and “Then Thinking”------“Now Thinking” across Make everything inside the organization------Buy things from outside (outsource) Improve independently------Improve by benchmarking other organizations Go it alone------Collaborate with others Have functional departments------Use multidisciplinary teams Maintain domestic focus------Think globally and locally Focus on products------Focus on markets and customers INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Create a standard product/service------Adapt to customers and the marketplace Be product-focused------Focus on the value chain Leadership / Legacies 2 Be a mass marketer------Be a target marketer

Venturing Award 3 Determine a sustainable market advantage------Continue to invent new advantages Develop new offerings slowly and carefully------Speed up development and delivery Program 4 Use many suppliers------Use only a few suppliers Awards 5 Practice top-down management------Manage up, down and across

Human Resources 6, 7

2009 National Major Gifts 8

Central Region Calendar 9, 10 LEADERSHIP / LEGACIES Page 2

After three very successful years, Steve Weekes will step down as the Central Region President at the May Regional Board Meeting in Orlando, Florida. Mr. Weekes serves as Chairman and CEO of Weekes Forest Products in St. Paul, Minnesota.

During his tenure, Mr. Weekes accomplished a lengthy listing of accomplishments and success. Some of these highlights include:

The Central Region was a Quality Centennial Region in 2007 and 2008. The Region turned around a six year negative membership trend and achieved total growth in 2007. The number of Quality Centennial Councils increased from 21 in 2006 to 56 in 2008. The Central Region developed a dynamic, council service focused strategic plan that is producing a number of contemporary support tactics for local councils. membership led the country in 2007 and 2008. The number of councils with deficits shrank from 26 in 2006 to 14 in 2008. The regional board, advisory board and area committees were redesigned with an emphasis on leveraging member support for councils. Support Tactics and Tools delivered include: Operational Planning; Budget Development; President Orientation; Commissioner Orientation; Treasurer Orientation; National Park Service Partnership; New Unit Blitz Events in every council for two consecutive years among several items.

From the entire core of volunteer leaders and professional staff, our thanks and deepest appreciation goes to Steve and Monica Weekes.

The Central Region Nominating Committee will present for consideration at our Regional Luncheon, Mr. Stephen King for Regional President. Mr. King is the founder of King Investments and would bring a tremendous amount of business, Scouting and leadership experience to this role.

PROGRAM Page 3 COUNCIL STANDARDS OF VENTURING EXCELLENCE AWARD

2007Award Recipients 2008 Award Recipients Council Headquarter City Council Headquarter City Northern Star St. Paul, MN Northern Star St. Paul, MN Lake Huron Area Auburn, MI Bay-Lakes Appleton, WI Hawkeye Area Cedar Rapids, IA Great Sauk Trail Ann Arbor, MI Greater St. Louis Area St. Louis, MO Gerald R. Ford Grand Rapids, MI Greater Cleveland Cleveland, OH Greater Cleveland Cleveland, OH Simon Kenton Columbus, OH Ozark Trails Springfield, MO Heart of America Kansas City, MO Mid-America Omaha, NE Hoosier Trails Bloomington, IN Lake Huron Area Auburn, MI Hawkeye Area Cedar Rapids, IA Greater St. Louis Area St. Louis, MO

2008 2008 National Service E. Urner Goodman Award Recipients Camping Award Recipients

The recognitions subcommittee of the National The recognitions subcommittee of the National Committee of the is pleased Committee of the Order of the Arrow is pleased to announce the selection of the lodges for the to announce the selection of the lodges for the E. National Service Award. The Award was Urner Goodman Camping Award. The award was established in 1999 to recognize lodges in each established as a tribute and testimonial to the region that have performed outstanding service, Order’s founder, E. Urner Goodman. Its purpose both in a qualitative and quantitative sense, to is to encourage and challenge Order of the their council. Arrow members and lodges to increase their effectiveness in promoting and increasing The lodges being recognized for their 2008 camping in each region. Awards are presented to accomplishments are: two outstanding lodges in each region annually.

The lodges being recognized for their 2008 Cho-Gun-Mun-A-Nock Lodge accomplishments are: Hawkeye Area Council #172

Cedar Rapids, IA Nischa Chuppecat Lodge

Hoosier Trails Council #145 Gabe-Shi-Win-Gi-Ji-Kens Lodge Bloomington, IN Chief Okemos Council # 271 Lansing, MI Timmcu Lodge #178 Dubuque, IA PROGRAM Page 4

National Order of the Arrow Conference, more commonly known as NOAC, excites Arrowmen across the country. Why you ask? Just ask anyone in the Order of the Arrow who has been to one, and they will probably say it is among the greatest Scouting experiences they have ever had.

Imagine for a moment, you and eight thousand of your closest friends, descending on a major college campus for six days of brotherhood and fellowship, training and recreation, competition and friendship making. That is what a NOAC is all about.

From August 1st through 6th 2009, you will experience training, sports competitions, arena shows, gatherings, ceremony competitions, dance competitions, college dorming with your best friend, great food, the Founders Day Fair and Parade, patch trading, tons of lodge spirit, among many other great and amazing things.

Stay tuned to www.event.oa-bsa.org for updates! Remember, the theme is “I’m There”. The question is, “Will you be there?”

WOOD BADGE AND NYLT COURSE DIRECTOR’S CONFERENCES

2009 and NYLT Course Directors, their staff advisors and the back up course directors will have four opportunities this fall to attend a conference:

October 2-4, 2009 – Geneva Center, Rochester, Indiana

October 2-4, 2009 – Kiwanis Camp, Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota

October 9-11, 2009 – Heartland Conference Center, Parkville, Missouri

October 9-11, 2009 – Lancaster Campgrounds, Lancaster, Ohio

Note: Fees have not been established at this time. Page 5

2008 Scoutreach Award Recipients

Council Headquarter City Council Headquarter City Bay-Lakes Appleton, WI Dan Beard Cincinnati, OH Northern Star St. Paul, MN Miami Valley Dayton, OH Lake Huron Area Auburn, MI Anthony Wayne Area Ft. Wayne, IN Milwaukee County Milwaukee, WI Crossroads of America Indianapolis, IN W.D. Boyce Peoria, IL LaSalle South Bend, IN Great Trail Akron, OH Chicago Area Chicago, IL Greater Western Reserve Warren, OH Northeast Illinois Highland Park, IL Great Rivers Columbia, MO Northwest Suburban Mt. Prospect, IL Heart of America Kansas City, MO Calumet Munster, IN Cornhusker Lincoln, NE Blackhawk Area Rockford, IL Mid-America Omaha, NE Prairielands Champaign, IL

One year Five years Council Headquarter City Council Headquarter City Clinton Valley Pontiac, MI Detroit Area Detroit, MI Potawatomi Area Waukesha, WI Okaw Valley Belleville, IL Heart of Ohio Ashland, OH Milwaukee County Milwaukee, WI Allohak Parkersburg, WV Heart of America Kansas City, MO Great Rivers Columbia, MO Dan Beard Cincinnati, OH Des Plaines Valley LaGrange, IL Northeast Illinois Highland Park, IL

Two years Six years Council Headquarter City Council Headquarter City Glacier’s Edge Madison, WI Mississippi Valley Quincy, IL Ozark Trails Springfield, MO Greater Western Reserve Warren, OH Miami Valley Dayton, OH Quivira Wichita, KS Lincoln Trails Decatur, IL Prairielands Champaign, IL Anthony Wayne Area Ft. Wayne, IN Buffalo Trace Evansville, IN Tecumseh Springfield, OH LaSalle South Bend, IN Blackhawk Area Rockford, IL Northwest Suburban Mt. Prospect, IL

Three Years Seven years Council Headquarter City Council Headquarter City Bay-Lakes Appleton, WI Northern Star St. Paul, MN Sioux Sioux Falls, SD W.D. Boyce Peoria, IL Gerald R. Ford Grand Rapids, MI Mid-America Omaha, NE Blue Water Port Huron, MI Chicago Area Chicago, IL Erie Shores Toledo, OH Calumet Munster, IN Great Trail Akron, OH Eight years Greater Cleveland Cleveland, OH Council Headquarter City Coronado Area Salina, KS Jayhawk Area Topeka, KS Lake Huron Area Auburn, MI Cornhusker Lincoln, NE Crossroads of America Indianapolis, IN

Four Years Council Headquarter City Winnebago Waterloo, IA Greater St. Louis Area St. Louis, MO Simon Kenton Columbus, OH Three Fires St. Charles, IL Southwest Michigan Kalamazoo, MI Trails West Wood River, IL HUMAN RESOURCES Page 6

SCOUT EXECUTIVES German, Les, FiD, Madison, WI , Formerly DE, Newport News, VA Waukesha, selected Patrick Scherer as their new Hofmeister, Shayna, PD, Chicago, IL Scout executive effective March Formerly DE, Chicago, IL 9, 2009. Shoemaker, Gary, PD, Salina, KS Prior to this assignment, Patrick served as Formerly DiD, Salina, KS director of field service in San Leandro, California. Dealy, Grant, DiD, Kansas City, MO Formerly SDE, Kansas City, MO Patrick began his Scouting career in 1991 as a district executive in Menasha (Appleton), Speiser-Koma, Jennifer, Public Relations Wisconsin. Director, Columbus, OH Formerly DE, Columbus, OH

Buffalo Trace Council, Evansville, Collins, Christopher, SDE, Walton, NE Indiana, selected John Harding Formerly DE, Walton, NE as their new Scout executive effective March 16, 2009. Lepard, Alan, SDE, Wichita, KS Prior to this assignment, John Formerly DE, Wichita, KS served as Scout executive in Zanesville, Ohio. Neu, Scot, SDE, Appleton, WI John began his Scouting career in 1987 as a Formerly DE, Appleton, WI district executive in Warren, Ohio.

Harsh, James, SDE, Springfield, MO Gettys, Matthew, DFS, Kansas City, MO Formerly DE, Springfield, MO Formerly DiD, Kansas City, MO Downs, Leslie, SDE, Appleton, WI McPherson, Kevin, DSS, Indianapolis, IN Formerly DE, Appleton, WI Formerly ASE, Indianapolis, IN Haverstick, Bryon, SDE, St. Louis, MO Klick, Ted, DOC, Indianapolis, IN Formerly DE, St. Louis, MO Formerly PD, Indianapolis, IN Milluzzi, Frank, SDE, Ashland, OH Brown, Douglas, DLFL, Indianapolis, IN Formerly DE, Ashland, OH Formerly LFLE, Indianapolis, IN Stoner, Steven, SDE, Canton, OH Propst, Benjamin, FD, Parkersburg, WV Formerly DE, Canton, OH

Formerly SDE, Parkersburg, WV

Parks, Alan, FD, Columbus, OH Formerly FD, Detroit, MI

HUMAN RESOURCES Page 7

CENTRAL REGION RECIPIENT

Created in 1925, the Silver Buffalo Award for distinguished service to youth is awarded to those persons who give noteworthy and extraordinary service to youth. This award is Scouting’s highest commendation of the invaluable contributions that outstanding Americans make to youth. The service must be national in scope and can be independent of, or directly through, the Boy Scouts of America.

The recipient will be awarded the Silver Buffalo at the National Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida on May 22, 2009. The recipient CHARLES T. WALNECK for 2009 from the Central Region is Mr. Charles T. Walneck. Algonquin, Illinois

CENTRAL REGION RECIPIENTS

The Boy Scouts of America, acting through the National Court of Honor, awards the Silver Antelope to registered Scouters of exceptional character in our region for distinguished service to youth. Nominations are made annually by the Regional Executive Committee based upon recommendations by the Volunteer Recognitions Committee. The recipients will be awarded the Silver Antelope as part of the Central Region Luncheon, held on May 21, 2009, at the National Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. The recipients for 2009 are as follows:

DAVID R. EVERY RICHARD W. FLOWERS West Bloomfield, Michigan Findlay, Ohio Clinton Valley Council Black Swamp Area Council

KEITH A. GEHLHAUSEN DR. JOHN P. GELSOMINO Evansville, Indiana Riverside, Illinois Buffalo Trace Council Des Plaines Valley Council

GARY C. GOLE JAMES M. GROSSMAN Peninsula, Ohio Chesterfield, Missouri Greater Cleveland Council Greater St. Louis Area Council

ROBERT L. NICHOLS JOHN L. WINTER Webb City, Missouri Shell Rock, Iowa Ozark Trails Council 2009 NATIONAL MAJOR GIFTS AWARD Page 8

You still have time to position your council to earn the prestigious National Major Gifts Award. Requirements are as follows:

1. Through strategic planning with the council Major Gifts Committee, create a vision and case statement for the delivery of greater Scouting programs through strong council operations and effective program facilities. 2. Major Gifts/Endowment Committee meets at least quarterly. 3. Have board and area-approved, annual growth goals for new James E. West, 1910 Society, and Founders Circle gifts to Endowment and Capital (if council is in a capital campaign mode), and have successfully met those goals. Note: Goals may be expressed in number of gifts, or value of gifts. 4. Conduct at least two out of these four; a) Donor Seminar; b) Professional Seminar; c) Wills Seminar; d) “Home and Hearth” event. 5. Hold at least one council Heritage Society/donor recognition event. 6. Have each of these in writing; current and approved by the council Board, and on file at the Regional office: a) Investment policy; b) Spending policy; c) Gift acceptance procedures; d) Gift crediting guidelines; e) Major Gifts case for support. 7. Be up to date inputting all council endowment gifts and capital gifts with related donor information in to the ScoutNet system by December 31, 2009. 8. Have at least one current staff professional and/or active finance volunteer who has, within the last five years, attended a national, regional, or area Major Gifts Seminar conducted or approved by the BSA Foundation or BSA Finance Impact Department. 9. If conducting capital campaign, show evidence of capital project management, including construction plans, progress reports, and fiscal management.

2008 ENDOWMENT GROWTH AWARDS

AREA HEADQUARTERS COUNCIL NAME AWARD LEVEL AWARD LEVEL AMOUNT 4 Cleveland Greater Cleveland Bronze $500,000 6 Indianapolis Crossroads of America Bronze $500,000 1 St. Paul Northern Star Gold $1,000,000 1 Weston Samoset Gold $1,000,000 1 Appleton Bay-Lakes Gold $1,000,000 3 Springfield Abraham Lincoln Gold $1,000,000 3 St. Louis Greater St. Louis Area Gold $1,000,000 5 Springfield Ozark Trails Gold $1,000,000 5 Kansas City Heart of America Gold $1,000,000 7 Chicago Chicago Area Gold $1,000,000

2008 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

AREA HEADQUARTERS COUNCIL NAME SE NAME COUNCIL PRESIDENT ENDOWMENT VP/CHAIR 1 Fargo Northern Lights Mark G. Holtz Doug Restemayer Kirk Dean 1 St. Paul Northern Star John R. Andrews Jon A. Theobald George Baldwin, Jr. 1 Appleton Bay-Lakes Mark A. Logemann Tony Gahn, Jr. Robert Prehn 1 Weston Samoset Michael R. McCarthy Frederick Prehn Dan Dambert 2 Ann Arbor Great Sauk Trail Bradley C. Bowersox Renee E. Merchant vacant 2 Traverse City Scenic Trails Thomas C. Stoeber Patrick J. Parker Pat McLaughlin 3 Cedar Rapids Hawkeye Area T. Edmund Brandon George Brunscheen Aaron Randoplh, Jr. 3 St. Louis Greater St. Louis Area John M. Primrose Michael Neidorff Robert P. Stupp 3 Springfield Abraham Lincoln Daniel O'Brien Dr. Morris Cooper William Simpson 3 Waukesha Potawatomi Area Patrick Scherer Don Reinicker J. Bernard Fiedler 4 Warren Greater Western Reserve Gary A. Erlinger Gary Swanson Robert Dunne, Jr. 4 Zanesville Muskingum Valley Ed Mulholland Steven E. Buck Arvel Palmer 4 Akron Great Trail J. Michael Jones Jim Nilsen Mike Lewis 4 Canton Buckeye David P. Truax William T. Schauer Rick Arnold 5 Springfield Ozark Trails Dean R. Ertel John Pratt Paul Kirk 5 Kansas City Heart of America Timothy C. Bugg Bill Esry Michael Merriman 5 Wichita Quivira Michael J. Johnson Samuel M. Williams Lee Phillips III 7 Mt. Prospect Northwest Suburban Stephen J. Taylor James Tierney Rudy Smolka Page 9

May May 2009 1-3 Area 2 OA Section C-2A Conclave S M T W T F S 4-8 PM I, II, III-Columbus, OH 1 2 10 Mother’s Day 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 15-17 Area 4 OA Section C-4A & C-4B Conclaves 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 16-22 BS Camp School- Camp Friedlander, Cincinnati, OH 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 20-22 National Annual Meeting, JW Marriott & Ritz Carlton, Orlando, FL 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 23-29 BS Camp School- S-Bar-F Scout Ranch, Knob Lick, MO 31 25 Memorial Day – office closed 26 BSA National Holiday– office closed 30-6/5 BS Camp School- Tomahawk SR, Birchwood WI

June 1-5 PDL II- Lisle, IL 5-7 Area 4 OA Section C-4B Conclave 6-12 BS Camp School- D-Bar-A Scout Ranch, Metamora, MI June 2009 14 Flag Day S M T W T F S 21 Father’s Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 22-26 Senior Leadership Essentials- Lisle, IL 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 23-25 Fiscals Applications, Columbus, OH 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 26-28 Venturing Retreat 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27-7/4 2009 National Law Enforcement Exploring Leadership Academies—FBI—Washington, DC 28 29 30

July 2 BSA National Holiday– office closed 3 Independence Day (Observed) – office closed 4 Independence Day – office closed 4-11 2009 National Law Enforcement Exploring Leadership Academies—DEA—Washington, DC July 2009 11-18 2009 National Law Enforcement Exploring Leadership S M T W T F S Academies—US Marshals—Washington, DC 1 2 3 4 11-18 2009 National Law Enforcement Exploring Leadership 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Academies—US Army Military Police—Fort Leonard Wood, MO 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 14-16 Coaching Skills- Lisle, IL 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 21-22 SellWise Training, St. Paul, MN 26 27 28 29 30 31 22 MyBSA Training, St. Paul, MN 22-24 2009 Marketing Summit—St. Louis, MO 29-31 Area Director Meeting– Naperville, IL

August 1-6 OA-NOAC—Indiana University, Bloomington, IN August 2009 4-6 LAN 3, location TBD S M T W T F S 11-13 Fiscals Applications, St. Paul, MN 18-20 Registrar/Events Training, Omaha, NE 1 26-29 Top Hands Meeting—Detroit, MI 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Page 10

September 4 BSA National Holiday– office closed September 2009 7 Labor Day – office closed 11-13 Area 1 OA Section C-1A Conclave S M T W T F S 11-13 Area 1 OA Section C-1B Conclave 1 2 3 4 5 11-13 Area 5 OA Section C-5A Conclave 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 18-20 Area 1 OA Section C-1C Conclave 19-20 Rosh Hashanah 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 25-27 Area 3 OA Section C-3B Conclave 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 25-27 Area 3 OA Section C-3C Conclave 27 28 29 30 25-27 Area 5 OA Section C-5C Conclave 28 Yom Kippur 30 Regional Staff Meeting

October 1-2 Regional Meetings 2-4 WB/NYLT Course Director’s Conference, October 2009 Geneva Center Rochester, IN S M T W T F S 2-4 WB/NYLT Course Director’s Conference, Kiwanis Scout Camp—Marine on St. Croix, MN 1 2 3 7-9 Top 20 Meeting 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9-10 Area 5 Key 3 Conference 9-11 WB/NYLT Course Director’s Conference, 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Lancaster Camp Ground—Lancaster, OH 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 9-11 WB/NYLT Course Director’s Conference, 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Heartland Conference Center—Parkville, MO 12-16 PD-L II– Lisle, IL 14-18 National Outdoor Adventure Summit– 17 Area 1 Commissioner Summit 23-25 OA-NLS—Schiewetz Training Center, Creek Holler 24 Area 4 Program & Key 3 Conference—Zanesville, OH November 2009 November 1 Daylight Savings Time – set back 1 hour S M T W T F S 6-8 OA-NLS/NLATS Heartland Conference Center 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Parkville, MO 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 10 Year End Close Training 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 11 Veteran’s Day 12 Year End Close Training 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 17 Year End Close Training 29 30 19 Year End Close Training 20-22 Powder Horn & Kodiak CDC, Schiewetz Training Center, Dayton, OH 20-22 OA-SOS, Florida Sea Base, Islamorada, FL 26 Thanksgiving – office closed 27 Day After Thanksgiving - office closed December 2009 December S M T W T F S 1 Area 4 Scout Executive’s Update Meeting 12-19 Chanukah 1 2 3 4 5 16 Area Director Meeting– Naperville, IL 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 17 Central Region Staff Meeting– Naperville, IL 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 24 Day before Christmas – office closed 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 25 Christmas – office closed 27 28 29 30 31 27-30 National OA Planning Conference

CENTRAL SCOUTING NEWSLETTER

Published by the CENTRAL REGION Boy Scouts of America 230 W. Diehl Road P.O. Box 3085 Naperville, Illinois 60566-7085

Steven E. Weekes, Regional President Bradley D. Farmer, Regional Director Anthony Gibbs, Editor Aaron Stallworth, Senior Associate Editor

The Central Region serves 80 councils with area headquarters in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Central Scouting is distributed to members of the Regional Board and the Regional Advisory Board, Area Committee Members, Council Presidents, Council Commissioners, and all Professional Scouters.