Samoset Council Strategic Plan 2010 Approved

On Wednesday, November 17, 2004, the Samoset Council Board of Director’s approved the Strategic Plan 2010. The Council would like to thank Jim VanEyck, Strategic Plan Chair, and the study groups who presented the plan which will carry Samoset and it’s programs into the year 2010. The 18 benchmarks the study groups reviewed were:

Benchmark 1 – Marketing / Growth
Increase the number of traditional units to provide more opportunities for more youth to benefit from Scouting’s ethical values.
Benchmark 2 – Marketing / Growth
Serve youth in all age categories. Measured as the percentage of the total scouting youth in the council divided by the total available youth in the council (density).
Benchmark 3 – Program
Utilize our realignment strategy and aggressive focus to recruit high caliber volunteers to deliver the promises of Scouting.
Benchmark 4 – Program
Increase Cub Scout attendance at Akela’s World Cub Scout Camp and create a Venturing-specific program for Hanna Venture Base
Benchmark 5 – Human Resources
Recruit a council executive board that comprises leading citizens who have diverse skills, are of various religious and ethnic backgrounds, and represent all major segments of the community.
Benchmark 6 – Unit Service
Maintain quality district personnel, with no fewer than one active commissioner for every three units and 25 active district volunteers.
Benchmark 7 – Unit Service
Maintain and monitor the number of district executives needed to serve projected units. Maintain districts so that district executives serve between 40 And 60 units.
Benchmark 8 – Marketing / Growth
Establish a communications and marketing committee and develop and implement an integrated communications plan to strategically position the council as a positive asset to children, families, and communities.
Benchmark 9 – Properties
Operate a strategically located, well maintained, efficient service center that meets the needs of its members and presents a positive image of Scouting to the community.
Benchmark 10 – Finance
Assure the long term viability of the council by operating within a balanced budget and by diversifying and increasing funding sources.
Benchmark 11 – Finance
Increase the council endowment fund to $3,500,000 by the year 2010.
Benchmark 12 – Finance
Manage the council endowment fund through an adopted plan for maximum return on investment.
Benchmark 13 – Human Resources
Follow the Boy Scouts of America national policy on salaries and benefits for all staff members.
Benchmark 14 – Human Resources
Determine new measures of financial control that will reduce costs.
Benchmark 15 – Properties
Increase the stewardship and development of our council’s camping properties and programs.
Benchmark 16 – Low-Income Urban Areas
Each district will create a plan to identify where their rural and low-income areas are and how they will bring Scouting to these underserved areas.
Benchmark 17 – Outreach
Increase the awareness and participation of the Boy Scout program to racial/ethnic/nationality population groups.
Benchmark 18 – Marketing / Growth
Develop a plan to make Scouting more visible within the rural and low-income urban communities of the council.