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Council Board Resources

Board Documents

Multiple documents, templates, and sample resolutions useful in the governance of the council, and as an aid to inform board members of their responsibilities.

Board Member Evaluation Chart

This chart will measure performance in meeting attendance and participation, committee activity, and fundraising among other categories.

Board Retreat template

This is a draft template for a 4-hour board retreat to discuss your Voice of the Scout results and comments, and your Journey to Excellence (JTE) criteria scores. The tabs across the bottom of the document are various resources for the retreat.

Council Executive Board Orientation (CEBO)

This link is the electronic version of the Council Executive Board Orientation notebook that was sent to every council in 2007. All executive board training modules and teaching notes are now online here for your use in training your board.

Executive Board Job Profile Templates

Sample job profile templates for executive board level positions done in Word format so you can revise them to fit your council’s needs. These can also be used ‘as is’ by filling in the council, volunteer name, and key meeting dates.

Orientation Guide for Council Officers and Executive Board Members (33161)

Great orientation guide for new council officers, executive board members, and council Key 3’s. Depending on how you use it, it could raise your Journey to Excellence score.

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.