FYI
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From: Christopher Mahanna <mahanna.scouting(a)gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2023 3:30 PM
To: Christopher Mahanna <mahanna.scouting(a)gmail.com>; Scot Fuller <Scot.Fuller(a)scouting.org>; Angela Smith <ajc.smith85(a)icloud.com>; Tracy Ferguson <tracy.ferguson(a)scouting.org>
Subject: Calling all Commissioners !!!
Good afternoon Commissioners!
I am the Assist. Council Commissioner for Training and am looking for your assistance.
We have a very large number of our Commissioner Corp not trained for their Commissioner position(s).
To get our Commissioner Corp updated on what is going on in Council, updates on Recharter and to complete Commissioner position specific training we are putting on a Commissioner Conference on Aug 19, 2023.
Please take a moment to register at https://scoutingevent.com/662-71201
There will be a special "Trained" patch available to all that complete the position specific training OR if you are already fully trained and stay for the remainder of the Conference.
Yours In Scouting,
Christopher Mahanna
817-304-7955
Skipper - Sea Scout Ship 1910
Wood Badge Vice Chair
NYLT Course Director - Winter 2023
Assist. Council Commissioner for Training & Technology
Wood Badge Course Director - S2-662-22-4
Register for Wood Badge<https://www.longhorncouncil.org/event/wood-badge/#wood-badge-courses>
Register for NYLT<https://scoutingevent.com/662-NYLT_2023>
A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances. - Robert Baden-Powell
June 1st 2023 8PM
Attending, DC, DE, ADCs, UCs, RTCs:
Tom Kisner, Jose Valadez, Fred Fleury, Ed Townes, Lee Sperry, Brian Skates, Ted Eadie
Summer Schedule:
June Roundtable will be canceled to free up time for Cub Camp preparations and multiple units are out for Summer Camp.
July Roundtable 13th will be held but be 100% virtual.
August 10th Roundtable will be Ice Cream Social. Anthony Berger from National will speak about Cub Scout program changes (pending).
July Commissioner Cabinet will be at the District Planning Conference at Sid Richardson Scout Ranch July 22. Agenda for the District Planning Conference will be driven my the District Chair, but I will have a Commissioner Cabinet Breakout session.
Unit issues:
There are a couple units with personality conflicts between adult leadership, but no actions that rise to the level of any kind BSA rule infraction. Plans for follow up were made. Keep entering contacts in my.scouting.org as time permits.
Training Opportunity:
my.scouting.org Commissioner Tools has a new "Unit Dashboard" feature.
Click on "View Units" in Commissioner tools, select a Unit, then click "View Dashboard".
At a glance you will see key indicators for the unit and unit information (some information is contingent on it been entered in Scoutbook). For example, this is what Pack 147 looks like:
[cid:c40b941a-daf9-4bcf-b13f-11c0e2c18df5]
[cid:d450ad95-a83e-4a3e-8bc7-9ab43c917530]
[cid:153c79d2-f473-47e6-8921-a452e199f75d]
YIS,
Tom Kisner
Lone Star District Commissioner