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How Can I Help Using Council Membership Tools

Commissioners can help units grow and keep members by using Council Membership Tools. Click on a position below to find tips and data that support your efforts.

Asking questions about the suggested topics helps commissioners build strong connections and trusted relationships with unit leaders and others who support units. Council Membership Tools helps commissioners be the “single, best resource.”

  • Is the Unit Growing or Shrinking?
  • Is Year-Around Recruitment Working? Did a Recruitment Activity Work?
  • Is a Unit Ready and Able to Serve Girls?
  • Is a Unit Ready and Able to Serve Members of Certain Ethnicities?

Unit Commissioner Ideas for Using the Data in Council Membership Tools

  • Ensuring Quality Communications
  • Unit Service at Roundtable

Roundtable Commissioner Ideas for Using the Data in Council Membership Tools

  • Membership Plans
  • Membership Projections
  • Track and Help Foster Membership Growth
  • Track and Help Foster Unit Growth
  • Assess the District’s Progress
  • Using Data to Improve Unit Service
  • Using Graphs to Share Membership, Unit, and Demographic Information
  • Collaboration
  • Asking Critical Diversity Questions
  • Helping Girls Find Units with Other Girls
  • Helping Minorities Find Units with Others of the Same or Other Minority Backgrounds
  • Is Year-Around Recruitment Working? Did a Recruitment Activity Work?
  • Sharing Scouting with Every Eligible Youth
  • Supporting the Growth of Crews, Ships, and Posts
  • Supporting Scoutreach

District Commissioner Ideas for Using the Data in Council Membership Tools

  • Membership Plans
  • Membership Projections
  • Track and Help Foster Membership Growth
  • Track Unit Growth
  • Diversity Because Every Youth Deserves Scouting
  • Share Membership Data with Others
  • Using Graphs to Share Membership, Unit, and Demographic Information
  • Assess the Council’s Progress
  • Ask Critical Diversity Questions
  • Which Units Are Available for Girls?
  • Sharing Scouting with Every Eligible Youth
  • Supporting the Growth of Crews, Ships, and Posts
  • Supporting Scoutreach

Council Commissioner Ideas for Using the Data in Council Membership Tools

Similar suggestions for volunteers in the following positions is coming soon::

  • Council Presidents / Chairs
  • Council Executive Committee Members
  • Council Executive Board Members
  • District Chairs
  • District Committee Members
  • Council Membership Vice Presidents / Vice Chairs
  • District Membership Chairs

For more information on the Council Membership tool view the User Guide

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Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.