Presented at the Central Region, BSA, Area 4 Conference. For more information visit Area4Scouting.org

1. Council Standards of
Venturing Excellence
Nate Steele, 2014-2015 Area 4 President
2015-2016 CSVE National Taskforce
Steve Myers, Area 4 Associate Advisor
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2. What is the CSVE?
• Council Standards of Venturing Excellence
• “JTE” for Council-level Venturing
– Completed by the council by February 15
– Based on a calendar year
• Awards presented by the BSA National Council
• Planning tool for a calendar year in Venturing
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3. History of the CSVE
• Originally piloted by Central Region Venturing
• Evolved to a national award
• Overhaul in 2015 to resemble the JTE structure
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4. Past Recipients in Area 4
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Original format
(win/lose)
Area 4 Number of CR council to
achieve excellence
2007, 2008 Greater Cleveland (2) 7, 11
2009 Simon Kenton 11
2010, 2011, 2012 6, 2, 3
2013 Great Trail 5
2014 3
2015 Council Standards of Venturing Excellence
Bronze (22 in CR) Silver (8 in CR) Gold (0 in CR)
Heart of Ohio Buckskin
Muskingum Valley Great Trail
Ohio River Valley
Simon Kenton

5. 2016 Form
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6 Core Requirements
1. Building membership
2. Governance (VOA)
3. Recognition (VLA)
4. Activities
5. Promotion
6. Reporting to SE and Board
7 Electives
7. Area participation
8. Social media, website
9. Venturing Awards participation
10. Youth protection participation
11. Adult training participation
12. Council hosted training course
13. Council VOA member in NYLT+
Bronze: 465-1056 points
Silver: 1057-1649 points
Gold: 1650+ points

6. 2016 Form - submission
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7. Why complete the CSVE?
• Council Data becomes part of National
Benchmarking
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CR Area 1 Area 2 Area 3 Area 4 Area 5 Area 6 Area 7
633 538 917 686 808 862 392 562

8. Why complete the CSVE?
• It is a planning tool
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9. Key to Achieving Venturing Excellence
• Find a youth to be the Council Venturing
President
– Full on selection process
– Appointment
• Acting CVP
• Interim CVP
• Find other youth to serve as VPs
• Give them good adult Advisors
• Get them trained
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10. $25 for a weekend that will help youth
Develop
as council leaders
Start or sustain a
Venturing Officer Association
Create one page plans for
Program, Administration, &
Communication, and
Achieve
Venturing Excellence in their
Councils
Help us achieve our goal of 3 to 4 youth
attending from every council in Area 4
Deadline November 18

11. Council Excellence requires
Excellent Crews – CREW JTE
1. Planning and budgeting
2. Building Venturing
3. Retention
4. Adventure
5. Leadership
6. Personal Growth
7. Service
8. Leadership recruitment
9. Trained Leadership
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13. Questions?
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Steve Myers
Area4VP-communications@CRVenturing.org
Nate Steele
Nate.Steele96@gmail.com