JUNE/JULY 2010 SMOKE SIGNALS Mt. Diablo Silverado Council Issue # 2010/6 Boy Scouts of America CO INSIDE G BOYS UT AC IN TIV THIS ISSUE OM IT C IE Important Dates 2 P S U Memorials 2 Training 3 Aklan 7 Fages II, 20-Miler, June 5th Black Diamond 8 Chief Solano 9 Scoutreach Golf Tournament, June 2nd Herms 10 Family Flight Day, August 7th Iron Horse 11 Lake 12 Marsh Creek 13 Cub Scout Marksmenship Day, June 5th Meridian 14 Muir 15 Boy Scout Marksmenship Shoot, SeptemberNapa 11th 16 Silver Gate 17 Venturing 18 22nd World Jamboree-Sweden, July 27th-August 7th New Eagles 19 Family Camp at Camp Lindblad,Cub October Scout 8th-10th, Marksmenship October Day, 22-24 October (Halloween 2nd Fest) Page 2 IMPORTANT Memorials & Tributes DATES In Honor of Week 2 Reginald Rowe Gussie Rowe JUNE JULY 2 Scoutreach Golf 4-10 Wolfeboro In Sympathy & Loving Memory of Tournament Week 3 David Warner 5 OA Fages II 5 Service Center Closed The Canaday Family 5-6 HAT: Paddle Sports 9-11 Webelos Awareness Weekend at In Sympathy & Loving Memory of Course Wolfeboro Harry Richard Paddock 5 Shooting Sports 10-11 OA Chiefs Elizabeth Paddock Cub Scout Council and Marksmanship Chiefs Council Day Retreat In Sympathy & Loving Memory of 9 HAT: Paddle 11-17 Wolfeboro Don de Kay Sports Week 4 Awareness Gail Bins Follow Up 11-16 July NYLT 11-13 OA Wolfeboro 12-16 Aklan Day Ordeal Camp 12-26 Kodiak 13 FOS Victory Celebration 12-19 Staff Week Wolfeboro 13-16 Chief Solano Day Camp 14 June NYLT 18-24 Wolfeboro 14-18 Marsh Creek Week 5 Day Camp 19 Council 15-18 Napa Valley Operations Day Camp Meeting 16 Food and 19-23 Iron Horse Day Beverage Camp Industry Luncheon 19-August 5 Nation 20-26 Wolfeboro Jamboree Week 1 21 Council 21-25 Black Diamond Coordinating Day Camp Meeting 21-25 Herms Day 23-25 Webelos Camp Weekend at Wolfeboro 21-25 Meridian Day Camp 25 Wolfeboro Week 6 21-25 Lake Day Camp 28 Venturing Office 27-July3 Wolfeboro Association Smoke Signals is published monthly, with the exception of the Editor: Matthew Lynch combined June/July issue, by: Phone: (925)674-6112 Mt. Diablo Silverado Council Boy Scouts of America Email: [email protected] 800 Ellinwood Way Second Class Postage paid at: Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 Concord, CA 94520-9998 Phone: (925) 674-6100 POSTMASTER - Send address changes to address at left. “E ver Page 3 y Scout Deserves a Trained Leader” Mt. Diablo Silverado Training Opportunities The “Training Continuum” offers many exciting opportunities for program and leadership skills training. If your home District does not have a convenient training session, please consider attending the course in another District. For any training questions, contact your District training representative: Council Chair Kate Banner 707-648-1794 Lake Suisei Heidebrecht 707-994-9613 Aklan Bill Phelon 925-254-8338 Marsh Creek Scott Kubik 925-787-7056 Black Diamond Kathy Nunez 925-756-7159 Meridian Ray Chan 925-548-6179 Chief Solano Leslie Cliche 530-795-1401 Muir Tom Santos 925-672-5955 Herms Gary Bracken 650-400-9989 Napa Tony Zarate 707-257-7155 Iron Horse Camilla Hester-Alvaro 925-963-0198 Silver Gate Mike Rettinhouse 707-479-6430 At least one registered leader on every outing Sat, Nov 6, LDS Church, Denkinger, Concord. DEN CHIEF TRAINING requiring a Tour Permit must have completed Contact Tom Santos, 925-672-5955, June 6. Contact Lance Elder, 707-422-7473, Youth Protection Training and Hazardous [email protected] [email protected] Weather Training. Both of these courses are available online at MyScouting.org. Additional classroom sessions will be held in The following courses are supplemental. the Fall. Please contact your District Training This is Scouting is available online at Chair if you need a class before then. HAT MyScouting.org and is required for all (High Adventure Training) positions. BALOO Basic (Core) and specialized training for high (Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation) adventure activities. POSITION-SPECIFIC TRAINING Required for Cub Leaders on Pack (PST) overnighters. CPR and Wilderness First Aid Basic training for each position Nov 5 and Nov 6-7, Council Office. CPR: $20, Oct 23, Camp Herms. enroll limit: 16. Wilderness First Aid. $125. Training Requirements for All Units Contact Ray Chan, 925-548-6170, enroll limit: 40. Contact Keith Gale Beginning with rechartering for 2012 [email protected], 925-672-3592, [email protected]. (completed in December 2011), the Top Bill Phelon, 925-254-8338, Leaders of each unit must be Trained for [email protected], Camilla Hester-Alvaro, National Youth Leader Training (NYLT) their positions or the unit will not be allowed 925-692-1104, [email protected] Leadership skills for Scouts age 13 or older to recharter. Top Leaders, as defined by the with First Class rank. national office, are Cubmaster, Scoutmasters, OUTDOOR SKILLS FOR WEBELOS Varsity Team Coaches, Venturing Crew LEADERS June NYLT, Jun 14-19. Camp Lindblad. Advisors, and Skippers. Oct 23-24, Camp Herms. Contact: Ray Chan, Contact Cindy Wells, 925-429-0855 925-548-6170, [email protected], All Positions Bill Phelon, 925-254-8338, July NYLT, Jul 11-16. Camp Herms. Contact Sat, June 6, Contact Mike Rettinhouse, [email protected], Camilla Hester-Alvaro, Steve Eriksen, 925-200-6113. 707-479-6430, [email protected]. 925-692-1104, [email protected] Cub Scout Leaders WOOD BADGE Sat, Sep 18 and Oct 2, Pleasant Hill First Outdoor Leader Skills FOR THE 21ST CENTURY Christian Church. (OLS) “Every youth deserves a well trained Contact Ray Chan, 925-735-8569, Sat-Sun, June 26-27. Contact Lance Elder, leader.”Adult leadership training for ALL [email protected], 707-422-7473, [email protected]. Scouters. Bill Phelon, 925-254-8338, [email protected], Fri-Sat, Sep 10-11, Camp Fetterman. Enroll Thurs-Sat, Apr 14-16, 2011 AND Thurs-Sat, Camilla Hester-Alvaro, 925-692-1104, limit: 32. Contact Dennis Broderick, May 19-21, 2011. Attendance at both sessions [email protected]. 925-831-8516, [email protected]. required. Sat, Nov 6, LDS Church, Denkinger, Concord. Sat-Sun, Oct 23-24, Camp Herms. Contact Contact Bob Carns, [email protected], Camilla Contact Tom Santos, 925-672-5955, Ray Chan, 925-735-8569, Hester-Alvaro, 925-963-0198, [email protected] [email protected], Bill Phelon, [email protected]. 925-254-8338, [email protected], Camilla Boy Scouts, Varsity Teams, Venture Crews Hester-Alvaro, 925-692-1104, You’re invited to a Sat, Sept 25, Palmer School, Walnut Creek. [email protected]. Scouting luau! Contact Ray Chan, 925-735-8569, Sat, Jan 22, 2011. [email protected], Bill Phelon, Save the date for LEAD 2011! 925-254-8338, [email protected], Camilla (Leader Education and Discovery, the Hester-Alvaro, 925-692-1104, combined Pow Wow and University of [email protected]. Scouting) Page 4 Page 5 Recognition "%%&R*+ %&R&& [<[+= >*%&R R+ *>?>&>&*&* *+Q&*X&* >*+ Z>&**%&R+ %&R&+ %&R[&>"[&+[ >+ Recognition Founder’s Bar, No. 610129 Recognition Council Date Chartered Organization Head/Representative New Unit Organizer Founder’s Bar Pocket Certificate, No. 34776 Founder’s Bar Certificate, No. 34775 Community Alliances Boy Scouts of America 522-011 2010 Printing Page 6 INSURANCE COVERAGE May 2010 Update Below are brief outlines of insurance coverages available to volunteers and chartered organizations. COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE This coverage provides primary general liability coverage for registered volunteer Scouters with respect to claims arising out of an of- ficial Scouting activity with the exception that the coverage is excess over any insurance that may be available to the volunteer for loss arising from the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle or watercraft. This insurance is available only while the vehicle or watercraft is in the actual use of a Scouting unit and being used for a Scouting purpose. Coverage is more than $5 million for bodily injury and property damage. The insurance provided to unregistered Scouting volunteers through the general liability insurance program is excess over any other insurance the volunteer might have to his or her benefit, usually a homeowners, personal liability, or auto liability policy. The general liability policy does not provide indemnification or defense coverage to those individuals who commit intentional and/or criminal acts. The Boy Scouts of America does not have an insurance policy which provides defense for situations involving allega- tions of intentional and/or criminal acts. AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY INSURANCE All vehicles MUST be covered by a liability insurance policy. The amount of this coverage must meet or exceed the insurance requirement of the state in which the vehicle is licensed. (It is recommended, however, that coverage limits are at least $100,000 combined single limit.) Any vehicle carrying 10 or more passengers is required to have limits of $500,000 single limit. In the case of rented vehicles, coverage limit requirements can be met by combining the limits of personal coverage carried by the driver with cov- erage carried by the owner of the rented vehicle. All vehicles used in travel outside the United States must carry a liability insurance policy that complies with or exceeds the requirements of that country. \ CHARTERED ORGANIZATIONS FOR SCOUTING UNITS The general liability policy provides primary liability insurance coverage for all chartered organizations on file with the BSA for li- ability arising out of their chartering a traditional Scouting unit. Automobile and maritime liability coverage is provided on a second- ary or excess basis. All vehicles used in Scouting activities must be covered by automobile liability insurance with limits that meet or exceed the requirements of the state in which the vehicle is licensed.