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District ChairmanThe District Chairman is the leader of the district. The duties include:
- Identify and recruit operating committee chairs
- Initiate plans and help committee chairs recruit their committee members
- Plan, with the District Executive, and preside over district committee meetings
- Work with the District Commissioner and District Executive to coordinate the work of the district
- With the District Executive, ensure the completion of district goals
- Represent the district on the council executive board, once elected
- Recognize individuals, committees, and chartered organizations for their accomplishments
- Support local and national Scouting policies, procedures, and practices
- Help secure support for Scouting from top community leaders through-out the district
- Get public support for Scouting
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District Finance Chair
- Responsible to the district chairman
- Ensure implementation of council finance policies
- Serve as council finance committee member if so
stated in the council bylaws
- Recruit and train finance committee on tasks provided
- Ensure the acquisition of funds for the council budget
- Maintain a cooperative relationship with the United
Way
- Implement the Friends of Scouting campaign
- Develop prospects and retain the interest of
contributors
- Support the council "project selling" program:
Popcorn
- Support the council endowment development
- Inform units of unit financing policy
- Review units' funding project applications
- Achieve district's share of council finance campaigns
- Support district activities that involve income and
expenses, assuring proper policy and control
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District Membership Chair
- Responsible to the district chairman
- Interface with the council relationships chairman
- Establish plan and objectives for membership growth
- Track and attain membership growth objectives
- Recruit and train organizers for units
- Work with district commissioner and district training
team to provide new units with training
- Plan and conduct youth and chartered organization
surveys
- Cultivate interest of potential chartered
organizations and community groups
- Organize new packs, troops, crews, teams, and posts
- Analyze district level membership
- Implement year round membership plan
- Identify and conduct recruiting methods for chartered
organizations and units
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District Program Chair
- Responsible to the district chairman
- Recruit the camping, training, advancement, and activities committee chairs
- Ensure operating committee chairs are training for their assignments
- Help operating committee chairs recruit members of their committees
- Plan the district annual program
- Set goals for program committees, track their progress, and ensure completion
- Recognize individuals for their accomplishments
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Camping and Outdoor Chair
- Reports to the program chair
- Develop annual schedule of meetings and projects
- Recruit district camping committee
- Understand each units camping and outdoor record
- Implement the council outdoor promotion plan
- Assist unit committees in understanding and implementing their outdoor program
- Promote summer camp, high adventure, cub scout camping, and the Order of the Arrow
- Assist the council camping and outdoor committee with facilities, particularly off-council sites
- Promote the National Summertime Pack Camping Award and National Camping Award
- Give guidance on health and safety concerns
- Assist troops to achieve 10 days and nights of camping and attendance at a summer camp
- Track and Attain camping and outdoor objectives
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Training Chair
- Reports to the program chair
- Establish district training objectives to train leaders
- Participate in and support council training committee objectives
- Recruit and orient training committee members
- Prepare an inventory of all district training
- Plan, schedule, and coordinate an annual district training program
- Maintain unit and district training records
- Promote attendance at all training courses
- Give special assistance to untrained unit leaders
- Provide training to new units
- Approve applications for district training recognitions
- Support wood badge training
- Support specialized training such as PowWow and Den Chief training
- Track and attain training objectives
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Advancement and Recognition Chair
- Reports to the program chair
- Stimulate advancement and recognition of cub scouts, boy scouts, crews, teams, and posts
- Ensure advancement and recognition remain in accordance with National requirements
- Recruit and orient advancement committee members
- Establish advancement goals for district packs and troops
- Develop a plan to achieve district advancement goals
- Assist packs and troops to evaluate advancement progress
- Provide the council with recommendations of youth and adults qualifying for special recognition
- Assist in understanding advancement procedures
- Couch troop leaders in conducting boards of review and courts of honor
- Give special assistance to units with poor advancement progress
- Recruit and train merit badge councilors
- Produce a merit badge councilor directory
- Recommend unit and district Scouters for special district and council recognition
- Track and attain advancement objectives
- Implement council advancement and recognition objectives
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Activities and Civic Service Chair
- Reports to the program chair
- Develop and implement a plan for activities and civic service projects in the district
- Ensure activities remain in accordance with national policy
- Recruit and orient the activities committee
- Support and strengthen units by insuring the visibility and balance of district activities
- Ensure Good Turn ideas through unit participation in civic and community activities
- Coordinate activities at the district annual meeting and recognition dinner
- Promote proper uniforming at special events
- Implement council activities and civic service programs
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District Commissioner Team |
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District Commissioner/Assistant District Commissioner
- Heads up the commissioners
- Recruits and staffs unit commissioners and roundtable
staff
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Unit Commissioners
- Reports to the district commissioner
- Supports the units of the district
- Assists units
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Cub Scout Roundtable commissioner and staff
- Reports to the district commissioner
- Provides program and materials for cub scout leaders
at the district roundtable
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Boy Scout Roundtable commissioner and staff
- Reports to the district commissioner
- Provides program and materials for cub scout leaders
at the district roundtable
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OA Lodge Adviser
- Represents the OA to the district
- Advises the district OA members
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District Webmaster
- Reports to the district chairman
- Maintains the district website
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District Dinner Chair
- Reports to the activities chair
- Organizes the district dinner
- Recruits district dinner staff
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