Good afternoon Lake Erie Council! And greetings from Ol’ Faithful at Yellowstone National Park. I wish I was on vacation here, but instead I get to update you on some new changes here at the Lake Erie Council!
This is pretty easy to follow.
The Service and Growth Team has been split in two divisions: Unit Growth and Unit Service.
Jim Vanderpool is heading up the Unit Growth Team with Matt Feehley and Julia Hearne also work. Their primary goal will to be focusing on membership growth. Make sure to reach out to them this fall for your recruitment needs.
Michelle Cali is now in charge of unit service, where I am moving also! Our primary goal is to provide service to units for projects like recharter, and other commissioner-related functions. We also work to support the Growth and Outreach teams.
Jason Setser is in charge of the Unit Outreach Team with Darnell Davis, and their primary goal is creating new units. These guys are in the same position, nothing new here and they will be working closely with Jim and team on growth.
Member Care remains the same: if you have any technical or unit questions (about registration fees, or scoutbook/my.scouting concerns), contact member care team.
The Outdoor Experiences team, still headed by Phil Williams, now includes Anthony Dworning who is moving off of the communications team. He is the new Beaumont Scout Reservation Camp Director, and in charge of all Scouting programs at Beaumont including Scouts BSA resident camp and Klondikes.
Phil Williams will still lead the Experiences team but will be focusing his role on Great Lakes Adventure, Capital projects, building outside partnerships with schools and groups. He also will take over as the lead for Wood Badge.
Also new as a professional to that team is Grace Prorok. She has served on camp staff for several summers including as program director the last two years. She will be joining the professional staff as a support to the Great Lakes Adventure program, Cub Haunted, and summer camp. She will still serve as the program director and will lead several events independently such as Sap camp through out the year.
Noah Boksansky remains in charge of event registrations, and is picking up the torch to work on Merit Badge Programming. Noah will also be the primary contact for all things mobile rock wall related.
Brittany Dunne remains a stalwart in the department: a force of pleasant charm, she continues to deliver cub Scout programming to the masses.
The Development team and the Member care team remain unchanged. The communications team, headed by Anastasia Duller and supported by Gina Zuccolotto, will be adding the popcorn for the 2021 season. Heather McMillan continues to support the efforts of the popcorn.
So, in re-cap: if you haven’t signed up for popcorn, do so right now. If you have questions about the new structure, contact member care. If you no longer know who to ask for, contact member care.
Lastly, here’s a reminder that we have five mobile rock wall trainings scheduled for folks during the evening in August. Odds are very, very high that if you want your Pack to have the rock wall present at it’s join night, someone from the Pack will have to facilitate its use. Check out the calendar for dates and to register!
Thanks for your time! We’ll see you next week, on the 3-minute update.
