Commissioner Meeting

No Commissioners Meeting

 

District Operations Committee Meeting

Attending:

  • ● Alex Garcia, District Executive
    ● Ron Ratto, District Camping Committee Chair (Phone)
    ● Michael Wrenn, Cub Scouting (Phone)
    ● Rose Godfrey, Unit Commissioner
    ● Cole Clark, Unit Commissioner
    ● Richard Christman, Unit Commissioner
    ● Robin Rees, Unit Commissioner
    ● Charles Hoffman, Unit Commissioner, Communications Team
    ● Steve Rodriquez, Member at Large
    ● Chris Dempsey, Member at Large
    ● Marcin Owczarz, Order of the Arrow Advisor (Wekemnayon)
    ● Linda Owczarz, Special Needs Committee
    ● Bonnie Bouey, Community Member

Agenda Items

 Finance
  • Friends of Scouting
    • Family FOS campaign 123.97% of goal
    • Community FOS campaign 116.08% of goal
    • Overall 120.82% of goal
  • Popcorn
    • Sales Total
      • Online Sales $10,533.00
      • Storefront Sales $158,317.45
      • Total Sales $168,850.45
      • 94% of district goal
    • Upcoming dates
      • Oct 21st – Final Returns Date
      • Oct 28th – Final Order Date
      • Nov 15 – Final PIckup Date
Membership
  • Franklin Elementary, Alameda is the new meeting location of Troop 89.
  • Richard Christman is working to start up Pack 89 to meet at the same location. 
  • Pack 1015 has 124 youth members, 58 who started this year.
  • Pack 97 has 20 youth members, 10 who started this year.
  • Pack 612 has not yet become active, still waiting on youth applications to be turned in. Need assistance in reaching out to SLZUD school principles.
Nominating Committee
  • No Report
Unit Service
  • Request for Unit Commissioners to file Contact Conversations.
  • Report that Pack 726 will be conducting their annual Pumpkin Derby this year.
Advancement
  • Cub Scout rank advancement reporting seems to be minimally reported. Sea Scout and Venturing programs are either not emphasising rank advancement or are not reporting.
    • Cub Scouts – From 6/1/2025 to current: 615 youth, 6 rank advancements
    • Scouts BSA – From 6/1/2025 to current: 683 youth, 148 rank advancements (13 Eagles), 1546 merit badges.
    • Sea Scouts – From 6/1/2025 to current: 32 Youth, 0 rank advancements.
    • Venturing – From 6/1/2025 to current: 23 Youth, 0 rank advancements
Training
  • Training Status
    • 23.9% of Direct Contact Leaders are fully trained
    • 47.1% of all Leaders are trained.
  • It’s required for at least one adult to be BALOO trained for any Cub Scout overnight activity, including pack camping and Webelos den overnighters.
    • Camp Herms Saturday 10-18-2025 7:30 AM to Sunday 10-19-2025 12:30 PM Registration now open
  • Council has requested that all district make Introduction to Outdoor Leadership Skills (IOLS) training a priority
    • Our district training lead, Tina Michael, is planning a April 4-5 session at Rancho Los Mochos, but this date is not firm.
    • Our district is also working on a Fall IOLS. Classroom session on Sep 26th, and the Outdoor Session on October 9-11 at Rancho Los Mochos.
    • Introduction Briones & Herms District will be doing a fall IOLS training.
      • Camp Herms Saturday 10-18-2025 7:30 AM to Sunday 10-19-2025 12:30 PM
    • Some troops, 722 in particular, have done the Scoutmaster Position Specific training as a unit, with the Unit Commissioner updating the member’s training records.
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Camping
  • Spring 2026 Camporee. The OA chapters are working on the program. Still need an Adult Camporee Chair, and Adult Volunteers for the Camporee Committee.
  • National Jamboree contingent fee will be around $4100.
    • There will be no tours involved this time
    • Our contingent will need to purchase our own tents.
    •  The contingent will include Scouts and Scouters from Golden Gate, Golden Empire and Piedmont Councils.
  • Camp Noyo may expand to two week-long sessions next year.
    • Cost is expected to be $200 per participant, with a maximum of 135 participants each session
    • Access to the camp is via a dirt logging road.
    • This camp is privately owned land, but was once a Golden Empire owned camp.
  • Overall the 2025 Summer Camp numbers were up, including out of council camping.
    • Overall our camps were running about 60% of capacity, especially Royaneh and Wolfeboro.
  • Webelos Woods on Treasure Island on the Oct 17-18th has had to push back the latest registration date to October 9th at the request of the Coast Guard, to allow time for security checks.
Activities
  • No Report
Service Hours
  • No Report
Special Needs Scouting
  • No Report
Roundtable
  • Discussion about joining with Golden Gate District for their Zoom roundtable.
  • Encouraging Pack leaders to attend the Council Cub Scout Roundtable.

Venturing

Sea Scouts

Exploring

International

Highlander

Shooting Sport

STEM

Scouting for Food

Order of the Arrow