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Hold Your JTE Guidepost 1 REVIEW AND REFLECT MEETING by April 30, 2017!

Hold Your JTE Guidepost 1 REVIEW AND REFLECT MEETING by April 30, 2017!

Greetings Unit Commissioners!

Five Unit Commissioners have reported back that six units have successfully completed Journey to Excellence 2.0 (JTE) Guidepost 1. THANK YOU for your efforts!!!!

That leaves only 59 units to go before April 30, 2017.

I am asking all Unit Commissioners to continue contacting their units to set up times for the Review and Reflect Meeting or to start if they have not done so already.

Arrange a time to meet with the Unit Leader and Committee Chair to talk about their program this past year and to look forward to next year.  As with any good reflection, you will talk about the program successes and those things that did not work out as planned and ways to improve upon them.

The Northern Star Council has again prepared resources for us to use in the Review and Reflection. I have placed all JTE documents in the link “Resources for the Commissioner” in the “Commissioners” tab under “District – Admin” on the Lake Minnetonka District website homepage. The direct link is:

www.lmdbsa.org/UCResources

Please look over the documents “Instructions for Unit Commissioners” and “Unit Commissioner Tips for a Successful Reflection”. These documents help to explain the process and the rules we should follow in order to have a successful reflection meeting. The past membership numbers mentioned in the document will be provided to you at a later date or sooner if needed.

The emphasis has changed this year slightly. It is recommended that the main discussion focus on three topics: Program Quality, overall membership in the unit, and Webelos retention. (In Crews and Teams,
you can change the last item to  overall member retention.) If there are other topics that the units feel are more important, please let them direct the discussion.

Please become familiar with the Pack, Troop, and Crew Reflection guides for the type of unit(s) you support. Provide your Unit Leaders and Committee Chairs with the documents “Pack Reflection –Instructions for Leaders”, “Troop Reflection – Instructions for Leaders”, or “Crew Reflection – Instructions for Leaders” depending on the type of unit(s) you support in advance of your
meeting.

Please log your completed meeting in the “JTE2.0 Guidepost Reporting System” also located on the “Resources for the Unit Commissioner” page. The direct link is:

www.lmdbsa.org/GuidepostReport

I will continue to follow the progress on the reporting system and will send friendly reminders as the deadline approaches.

Remember that if a unit does not meet and complete the Review and Reflect by April 30, 2017, they WILL NOT qualify for Guidepost 1.

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns. I will do my best to help you out.

Thank you for your help in JTE and all that you do for Scouting.

Allan Arntson
Interim District Commissioner
Lake Minnetonka District – Northern Star Council
[email protected]
612-508-3447 cell

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