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.
