Saturday, November 19, 2016

Greetings from New Council Commissioner Andy Romagnuolo

Daniel Boone Council,

My name is Andy Romagnuolo (pronounced Roman-yo-low).  It is my great honor to be your new Council Commissioner.  The Council Commissioner position is the liaison between the uniformed volunteers and the professional staff with the duty of Unit Service.  That means I am here for you and to provide Servant Leadership to build a stronger Council by providing a group of leaders called Commissioners.

My vision for the Commissioner Program is to develop a corps of outstanding Scouting leaders to share their experiences and expertise with our unit leaders. Program success comes from the time and attention of our direct contact leaders working with our youth.  The Commissioners are a leadership support system for those direct contact leaders.

I want you to find and use our Commissioners as a resource to help improve your programs and your units.  To make them more identifiable, we are developing a Council Strip for trained Commissioners to wear.  If they are trained in their Commissioner position they will be authorized to wear the strip.  I will also be encouraging the use of the Commissioner's maroon neckerchief and a gold colored woggle to further identify these experienced leaders.  Seek them out, welcome them to your meetings and use them as mentors to continually improve our ability to provide an outstanding Scouting program for our youth.  Let us always work together to deliver that promise.

Strong units build a strong Council.  We assess those strengths through Journey to Excellence (JTE).  We are currently at the point of Unit Recharter and submission of your JTE results for the year.  I am excited to see all of your achievements from this past year and the renewal of your units for an exceptional year of Scouting in 2017.  Make sure that you have your place in the Council secure by timely submission of your recharter paperwork.

A special thanks to Tom Kuster, our outgoing Council Commissioner.  His leadership has strengthened the Daniel Boone Council and he will be missed as he moves on to a new career opportunity and a new adventure in his life.  His contributions to Scouting in Western North Carolina cannot be measured.  Thank you and good luck with your future endeavors Tom!

Finally, thanks to you, the volunteer leader.  The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is delivered to our youth through your devotion to our Scouting program. Thank you for your time and your dedication to the youth of Daniel Boone Council.  


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Yours in Scouting,

Andy Romagnuolo

Council Commissioner
Daniel Boone Council

Monday, June 27, 2016

Commissioner's Corner
A Post For All Scouters
Commissioner’s College
6/27/16

Hello Scouters, recently, a group of scouters from the Daniel Boone Council attended an area commissioner’s college with 8 other councils from the southeast. It was held in Black Mountain at the Ridgecrest convention center. We had a great turnout of 15, comprised of both current commissioners and non-commissioners.

The college is a great way for new and experienced commissioners, as well as scouters who are curious about what a commissioner’s role is, to learn relevant skills for any adult scouter working with a pack, troop, or crew. Topics such as recruiting, counseling, unit finances and unit re-charter were taught by experienced scouters who have many years of scouting experience in various leadership roles.

Consider joining us next year for either a day or the whole weekend.  It provides an opportunity to learn new leadership skills as well as network. The next commissioner’s college will be in early June 2017. We will be advertising in the long rifle as the date gets closer. Additionally, we will have some training for new commissioners at the next university of scouting.

If you know of someone in the Daniel Boone council who would make a good commissioner please email me at my address below. Each of our districts is in need of scouters who would like to stay connected with scouting and would like to work with units to help them succeed.


Yours in Scouting,
Thomas Kuster |  Council Commissioner
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
Daniel Boone Council
Kustert53@aol.com

Thursday, March 17, 2016


3/17/16

Hello Scouters, 

As I mentioned in my first post, I wanted to discuss a little of the history of commissioner service. The position of commissioner is one of the oldest in scouting and is the origin of the professional scouting positions, which is why professional scouters wear the wreath of service today. During BSA’s earliest days (around 1916), the original, resourceful individuals who got the scouting movement going in America were called commissioners. Some of these commissioners became scout executives (at that time called field executives). The creation of these new executive positions led to the separation of roles as well as the partnership of the executive and the volunteer commissioner which is still in place today. As the organization and workload grew, the need for district commissioners and eventually unit commissioners became necessary.

If you know of someone in the Daniel Boone council who would make a good commissioner please email me at my address below. Each of our districts is in need of scouters who would like to stay connected with scouting and would like to work with units to help them succeed.
For current Commissioners: Please don’t forget about Commissioner’s college on June 4th at Ridge Crest in Black Mountain. Please be sure to register and attend, it’s very worthwhile training. I can send you the registration information or you can register at pacommissionercollege.com

Yours in Scouting,
Thomas Kuster 
Council Commissioner
Daniel Boone Council

Kustert53@aol.com

Friday, February 19, 2016

2/19/2016
Commissioner's Corner 
A Post For All Scouters

Greetings Scouters, My name is Tom Kuster and I am the Council Commissioner for the Daniel Boone Council. Periodically, I will be writing a post in the Long Rifle discussing commissioner service and how it can be a benefit to your pack, troop, crew or team. The goal of this post will be to educate all scouters on why we have commissioners, how you as leaders can utilize commissioners to help your unit and finally to encourage adult leaders to continue their scouting journey by becoming unit commissioners. I would also like for this to become an open dialogue with all scouters and commissioners. If you have any questions, suggestions, complements or concerns about commissioner service I would love to hear from you.  So please look for my next post in the Long Rifle where I will discuss a little of the history of commissioner service in scouting.

Yours in Scouting 
Thomas Kuster 
Kustert5
3@aol.com
Council Commissioner
Daniel Boone Council