IN ORDER FOR ANY ORGANIZATION TO BE SUCCESSFUL, IT MUST HAVE A LONG RANGE STRATEGIC PLAN, WITH SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES AND MEASURABLE TASKS, WHICH ALL PERSONNEL UNDERSTAND AND SUPPORT.

The National Boy Scouts of America has developed a Strategic Plan to cover a period through 2010, which is when the Scouts will celebrate their 100th anniversary, and has directed the 300 local Councils in the United States to update current or create totally new Strategic Plans to support the defined National Scouting goals and objectives.

Long-range strategic planning provides an opportunity for local Scout Councils to analyze internal strengths & weaknesses and external opportunities & threats that could affect the success of the Council, in the next several years, and to develop a vision with specific objectives to improve the Council by successfully responding with a coordinated approach to social, demographic, financial, governmental and other trends, while remaining linked to the Strategic Plan of the Boy Scouts of America and to achieve the mission of preparing young people to meet ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.

During the fourth quarter of 2007, a Tall Pine Council Steering Committee and five Sub-Committees, consisting of 45 individuals from all levels of the Council, developed Action Plans identifying 16 major objectives, with 175 measurable tasks of What, Who and When for the Tall Pine Council 2008-10 Strategic Plan. This brochure provides you with an Executive Summary, which defines the focus of the new Council Plan in five specific areas or Pillars of (I) Quality Program Experience, (II) Fiscally Sound, (III) Volunteer Leadership, (IV) Chartered Organizations and (V) Human Resources to be implemented over the plan’s three-year period.

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