Forum Summary for January 2016

Forum Summary for January 2016

Thanks to those that attended forum. You're off to a good start for 2016.

Brian Smith gave the High Adventure presentation about his crew's 50 mile hike to Mount Whitney in California - the tallest peak in the 48 states. If you want to contact him directly with questions about how they planned and did the hike, you can reach him by email at brianparkersmith@yahoo.com

Here's a link to his presentation, and you can find it under the High Adventure page, too.
Mount Whitney CA 50 Mile Hike

My presentation was on ideas on how to be the best Venturing adviser you can be. Here's the link that that presentation: Best Leader Handout

Here are some direct links to the things we discussed.

Planning aids:

• Guide to Safe Scouting
• Venturing Planning Calendar
• Program Capability Inventory
• Venturing Activity Interest Survey

Venturing Resource sites:

• Grand Canyon Council Venturing page
• Venturing Guide for LDS Leaders
• LDS-BSA Relationships website
• Central Region Venturing website - another excellent Venturing resource site

Links to camping websites:

• www.usscouts.org/databases/camp/ocd.cgi
• www.uscampgrounds.info/
• www.ultimatecampgrounds.com/uc3/
• https://freecampsites.net/#!85234

Have a great month.

Welcome to Venturing Forum for 2016

FIRST FORUM FOR 2016

Reminder that tonight is the first Venturing Forum for 2016.

Make a resolution to be at Forum each month. One of my resolutions will be to catch this blog up to date with all the previous presentations and stay more on top of it this year.

We have a great schedule for this year, and hope to see you each month as we'll present topics to help you be a better leader for your crews.

See the District Venturing Newsletter (available by linking to the section to the right) for all the details.

See you tonight!