From: jim.speirs@canrem.com (Jim Speirs)
To: dannys@iis.ee.ethz.ch (Danny Schwendener)
Subject: Make September More Fun
Summary: September is always a busy time as group committees and leaders
 get a fresh Scouting season underway. Are you ready for fall? Take a
 minute to see how many items from this checklist you still need to
 complete.


Article #R152.
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Make September More Fun
Warren McMeekin
The Leader, May 1991


September is always a busy time as group committees and leaders
get a fresh Scouting season underway. A few hours of preparation
in May and June will make September more fun for everyone. Are
you ready for fall? Take a minute to see how many items from this
checklist you still need to complete.

- How many leaders are returning? Why are leaders leaving?

- How many leaders will we need this fall?

- How many youth members are returning? Why are members leaving?

- How many youth members are going up to the next section? Do we
have the going-up ceremony organized? Will these youngsters feel
they belong to their new section before the summer?

- How many new members do we expect will join? Which sections?

- How many group committee members will return in the fall? Why
are committee members leaving?

- Who will we ask to join the recruiting committee?

- Will we have recruited all the adults we need by June 30?

- Do we have enough handbooks for all new adults?

- When has the district/area scheduled an Introduction to
Scouting course?

-When will we hold our group's year end adult appreciation event?
Are spouses invited?

- Have we reserved enough meeting places for the fall?

- Do all the sections have one or two summer outings organized so
that our young members stay interested in the program?

- Have we reserved a place for fall registration night?

- Does our fall registration promotion include:
1. announcements at schools, religious institutions, on radio,
local cable network, in local newspapers?
2. phone calls reminding last year's members?

- Does our promotion make it clear that it's never too late to
join?

- Will our leaders be ready with a long range plan and budget for
the August group committee meeting?

- Will our leaders have their first four meetings planned?

- Will the group committee's budget and fundraising plan be ready
for the September meeting?

- Will the district calendar of events be ready for the
registration meeting?

- Will the group calendar of events be ready for the registration
meeting?

- Does the registration night program include:
1. a welcome?
2. an overview of the year's plans?
3. an explanation of the role of adults in Scouting?
4. an explanation of the role of parents?
5. recognition of parents who helped last year?
6. an invitation to a family fun event?
7. a routine to collect information and fees?

- Have we invited our sponsor/partner to the registration night?

- Have we invited the district/area to the registration night?

Your group committee will be most successful in its efforts to
develop a healthy, happy group of young people and leaders if it
sets plans to achieve positive results. Have you done it? Well
then, sit back and enjoy the summer.