From: Eastern Ontario Administrative Centre
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Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 1:19
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Subject: SCOUTS CANADA -
VOYAGEUR VISION, NOVEMBER 2005
VOYAGEUR VISION, November
2005
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IN THIS ISSUE
From the Desk of the Council
Commissioner
Honours and Awards
What's
New
Membership Management
System
Volunteer Development and
Training
Membership Development and Growth
Upcoming
Events
OPE
Update
Scout Shop
Canada Science and Technology
Museum
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FROM THE DESK OF THE COUNCIL
COMMISSIONER
On
behalf of the Executive Commissioner/CEO of Scouts Canada, Rob Stewart, and the
Voyageur Succession Planning committee, I am pleased to announce that Doug Hall
will become the next Commissioner in Voyageur Council. Doug will take over
on July 1, 2006. Doug has
a tremendous background in Scouting, with over 25 years as a Leader, Service
Scouter, Trainer, Area Commissioner and Deputy Council Commissioner. He is
a Chief Scout and Medal of Merit recipient. Please join me in congratulating Doug!
The Commissioner Quality Awards from 2003-04 and 2004-05 are now completed
and I am currently getting
pricing for the ribbons. I hope to have these
awards sent out to the Area
Commissioners before the end of
2005. Thank you for your
patience. I know and appreciate
how much work you do to ensure the youth have a great program and most importantly, are having
fun.
Scouts Canada’s Climate Change Education Action Program has received
Honourable Mention in the Imagine Canada’s Partnership awards. Education with
fun…Keep up the good work everyone.
Thanks to the trainers
and leaders who have made all
the Basic and Advanced Program Planning and Delivery courses successfull. I also know that many groups have been working
hard on their retention numbers, personally inviting youth and adults back.
Thank you for your hard work. I can’t say
that enough concerning the hours that we all put in as adult volunteers with meetings, planning sessions, training,
outings and camps. We all work hard at making a better world and as we go
forward into the holiday season we can be rewarded by the youth and the service
that they do: Beavers and Cubs singing carols at retirement homes and decorating trees at hospitals; and Scouts, Venturers and
Rovers putting in several hours to
make the Ottawa food drive a success. I would also like to mention the groups outside
the National Capital that also partner with the Civitan Clubs and local food
banks. Work like this really helps the needy in our communities. These are some of the ways that we give back to
the community and show our appreciation of living in Canada.
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HONOURS AND AWARDS
"The best
thing to do behind a person's back is to pat it " - Franklin P.
Jones
The Council Honours and Awards
Committee extends congratulations to the following individuals for receiving
awards:
Christine Rozon, 1st Clarence, Medal
for Good Service; and
Nicholas Lessard, 1st Clarence, Youth
Award.
Thank you to all
Scouters who have taken the time from their busy schedules to write up one of
their fellow Scouters. We have had a tremendous response. On behalf
of the Honours & Awards Committee, THANK
YOU.
Michelle Niefer, Honours and Awards Chair,
awards@voyageur.scouts.ca
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WHATS NEW
ODAWA
CREATES NEW AWARD
In December of 2004, Claire Johnstone went home. Claire
was an integral part of Odawa Area,
willingly sharing her knowledge and expertise with whoever needed it. Claire was part of the
Scouting movement for over 25 years and
was one of only a handful of scouters in Odawa who had earned her campmaster certification.
In Claire's honour, Odawa created the Claire Johnstone
Award. This award celebrates the Odawa
Area Camp, one of Claire's passions for over 10 years and was presented for the first time at the 2005 annual Odawa Area
June Camp. The award is presented to the
group who has the greatest representation
at the camp in comparison to their total registration.
The award consists of a carved wooden plaque which is held by the winning group and individual badges for all members of
the winning group. The badge design was a
group effort, with the assistance of Bryan Johnstone, Claire's husband and represents the group camping area
at Voyageur Provincial Park where the camp
has been held for over 20 years. The wooden plaque was carved by Orleans woodcarver, Ernie Rouleau,
using the badge as the
template.
This year the award went to 1st Clarence, who had
representation from all three sections
(beavers, cubs and scouts) and who also participated in the organizing and success of the
camp.
Eva Bandla, Odawa Area Treasurer and Beaver
Coordinator
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OTTAWA POLICE
VENTURERS
Tours of the police station
at 474 Elgin Street on selected Wednesday evenings (7-8pm) will commence
January 2006. For more information and available dates, please send an
email to info@ottawapolice.ca.
Mark Houldsworth, 97th
Ottawa Police Venturer Group
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OTTAWA SENATORS AND SCOUTS
CANADA
Scout Day with the Ottawa Senators is Saturday, April 1, 2006 vs. the Washington Capitals. Ticket price is
$28.00. Contact Jim Armstrong at the
Senators (613) 599-0312 or armstrongj@ottawasenators.com.
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RESERVE
RECRUITMENT - OPEN LETTER TO GUY LATOUR, FIELD
EXECUTIVE
Subject: Army Reserve Recruiting
Dear Mr Latour:
My army reserve unit, the 30th Field Regiment, Royal
Canadian Artillery, would like an
opportunity to make a recruiting presentation to your Venturer and Rover levels of Scouts. You
mentioned on the phone that there is an
upcoming Rover/Venturer event that you may invite us to attend. That would definitely be of interest to
us.
Because many of the skills obtained as a Scout are also
applicable to army reservists, we think
that many of your members may be interested in our organization. Additionally, there are
many tangible benefits of being a
reservist, especially for young people who are about to begin or are
already enrolled in post secondary
education. As well as earning pay while working
as a reservist, serving members are eligible for Tuiting Reimbursement,
up to
50% of tuition and manditory course costs to a maximum of $2000 per year with an individual maximum of $8000.00. Visit http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/30FIELD_ARTILLERY/benefits.htm. Army reservists normally work one night
per week and one weekend per month. Also,
many reservists are tasked to take training or can be offered other full time employment during the summer
months.
I have found that the leadership of the 30th Field
Regiment is very connected to its members
and our welfare is well looked after. I have
experienced very meaningful commeraderie in the army reserves for over
13 years and that commeraderie is part of
what makes me stay. I hope that your
members would find similar results.
Sincerly,
Sgt Jackie MacNair
321-9058 (home)
995-3529 (at Dow's Lake Armoury on Wednesday nights from 7
- 10 pm)
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MEMBERSHIP
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Thank you all for taking the time to
correctly sort through your group registration forms and package the forms and
summary lists along with the corresponding cheque to forward all to my
attention. I am going through the packages one group at a time to check and
enter any outstanding VRAD information into MMS. For those leaders still waiting
for a Police Records Check (PRC) from the Police Services, please forward the original document to my
attention as soon as possible. If you
would like the original PRC returned,
please attach a note indicating your request. Once copied and notarized, the original will be returned to the
leader.
Keep up
the great work and any late registrations can be sent in the same manner as the
fall registrations: section summary list, group summary and registration
cheque.
Lynn Levitan, Council Registrar,
llevitan@scouts.ca, ext 502
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VOLUNTEER DEVELOPMENT AND
TRAINING
There is
still room on the December 10-11 First Aid course #583 for those who wish to
renew or get their CPR-First Aid certification.
All
DAC's are advised that on December 3, 2005 there will be a DAC training
meeting to provide an update on the status of training in the
council. Check the Events Calendar for further details. An agenda
will be forthcoming.
Congratulations to the following
individuals for successfully completing training
qualifications:
Woodbadge Basic Colony - Adam Dawe, 1st
Stittsville;
Woodbadge Basic Pack - John De Bryun, 92nd Ottawa;
Woodbadge Basic Troop - Barry
Gervais, 23rd Nepean;
Woodbadge
Advanced Troop - Christine Rozon, 1st Clarence;
Advanced For Those Who Help
Others - Eva Bandla, Odawa Area; Nathalie Dussault, Odawa Area; and
Mike O'Connell, Odawa Area.
Tony van
Muyden, DCC Volunteer Development and Training,
dcc-training@voyageur.scouts.ca
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MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND
GROWTH
Fall ‘Friend’zy” - In the final 31
days of fall (November 21 – December 21) any group recruiting NEW MEMBERS to
their programs will have the opportunity to win cash prizes for their
group. Prizes of $200 (1st), $100
(2nd) & $50 (3rd) will be awarded on a
per-capita membership basis to make it fair for large and small groups
alike. To learn more, please visit www.voyageur.scouts.ca.
We would
like to give a big round of applause to the following groups who show on the MMS
as having met or exceeded their membership for last year. Congratulations on a
job well done!
1st
Blackburn Hamlet Group 0.00
%
1st
Lancaster Group +0.00 %
1st
Kanata Group +0.62
%
4th
Kanata Group +1.30
%
2nd
Arnprior Group +1.39
%
4th
Petawawa Group
+1.39 %
3rd
Cornwall Group +2.63
%
1st
Morrisville Group +5.26 %
1st
Stittsville Group +5.67
%
2nd
Orleans Group +6.33
%
2nd
Gatineau Group +7.32
%
27th
Nepean Group +7.69
%
96th
Ottawa Group +8.93 %
114th
Ottawa Group +9.38 %
South
Frontenac Group +10.67
%
1st
Osgoode Group +11.36
%
1st Deep
River Group
+13.58 %
1st
Drummond Group
+14.29 %
4th
Orleans Group +15.94 %
46th
Ottawa Group
+18.18 %
24th
Ottawa Group +23.53
%
101st
Ottawa Group
+23.53 %
1st
Montague Group
+33.33 %
1st
Vankleek Hill G
+38.98 %
23rd
Nepean Group
+40.63 %
Nepean
District Rover +50.00 %
1st
Clarence Group
+55.32 %
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
Please read the Calendar of Events and
Training Calendar e-newsletter or visit the Voyageur Council web site at
www.voyageur.scouts.ca for upcoming
events details.
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OPE
UPDATE
Thanks to: The Ottawa Police Venturer
Company, 7th Kanata Venturers and Bob Dore of 1st Vars
Navan for their invaluable assistance
in removing the boat docks on the weekend of November
11th-13th. Also thank you to Tom Hayward for his donation of a
projection screen for the Dining Hall and to Stephanie Rathier, Patrick Coxall,
John Rathier, Roger Nuttall and Alex Gazaleh for their efforts in preparing the
material for the new “Programme Centre” … see below.
New at camp: A new “Programme Centre”
has been established in the Dining Hall.
It contains information on our three orienteering courses, exercises to
teach the use of compasses and map reading and maps of our different trails.
Groups are responsible for supplying their own compasses, pencils and
paper.
Summer Camp 2006: Employment applications are now available
at www.opemikon.ca. Deadline for
Senior Staff positions is December 9th, 2005 and for all other
positions is January 6th, 2006.
For sale: We have a number of
surplus items not required for our current operations. These will appear shortly
on the camp website www.opemikon.ca “For Sale” page. For further information,
contact Marilyn Johnson at the phone number/email address
below.
We Will Feed You!
Want to
spend more time on your programme and less time cooking and washing dishes? Let
the OPE Rover Crew and Venturer Company cater your group for the weekend. The
food is great, the service is fantastic and the costs are very reasonable.
Camp
Bookings: through Pamela at the Council
office, 225-2770 (ext 503) or by e-mail at pbazinet@scouts.ca.
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SCOUT SHOP
Store Hours: Monday to
Thursday 9-6pm / Friday 9-7pm / Saturday 9-5pm /Sunday 11-4pm.
Thank you for
your past, present, and future support.
scoutshop@scouts.ca Tel: 613-224-0139
Fax: 613-224-3571
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T
S
**SPECIAL SCOUTING EVENT AT THE CANADA
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM
The Canada Science and Technology
Museum will once again be offering
Scouting Nights on February 7, 8 and 9, 2006. We have exciting
workshops for every age group on
Astronomy, Space Exploration, Canadian Innovation, Engineering Challenge and Roller Coasters. For
more information, please call 991-3053 or
1-866-442-4416 or visit our website at
www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca.
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SCOUTS CANADA, EASTERN ONTARIO
ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE
1345 Baseline Road, Suite 200
Ottawa, Ontario, K2C
0A7
tel. (613) 225-2770 / 1-888-SCOUTS NOW (726-8876) / fax (613)
225-2802
e-mail: easternontario@scouts.ca
web site: http://www.voyageur.scouts.ca
OFFICE
HOURS: Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m.
OFFICE CLOSED: December 24, 2005 - January 2,
2006.
Questions? Comments or concerns about this e-newsletter?
We welcome constructive feedback! Please e-mail us at easternontario@scouts.ca. Thank
you.
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Deadline for December issue, December 12, 2005.