1. Council Standards of Venturing Excellence
Nate Steele, Area 4 President CSVE National Taskforce
Steve Myers, Area 4 Associate Advisor

2. What is the CSVE? Council Standards of Venturing Excellence
“JTE” for Council-level Venturing
Completed by the council by February 15
Based on a calendar year
Awards presented by the BSA National Council
Planning tool for a calendar year in Venturing

3. History of the CSVE Originally piloted by Central Region Venturing
Evolved to a national award
Overhaul in 2015 to resemble the JTE structure

4. Past Recipients in Area 4
Original format (win/lose)
Area 4
Number of CR council to achieve excellence
2007, 2008
Greater Cleveland (2)
7, 11
2009
Simon Kenton 11
2010, 2011, 2012
6, 2, 3
2013
Great Trail 5
2014 3
2015 Council Standards of Venturing Excellence
Bronze (22 in CR)
Silver (8 in CR)
Gold (0 in CR)
Heart of Ohio
Buckskin
Muskingum Valley
Great Trail
Ohio River Valley
Simon Kenton

5. 2016 Form Bronze: 465-1056 points Silver: 1057-1649 points
6 Core Requirements
Building membership
Governance (VOA)
Recognition (VLA)
Activities
Promotion
Reporting to SE and Board
7 Electives
Area participation
Social media, website
Venturing Awards participation
Youth protection participation
Adult training participation
Council hosted training course
Council VOA member in NYLT+
Bronze: points
Silver: points
Gold: points

6. 2016 Form - submission

7. Why complete the CSVE?
Council Data becomes part of National Benchmarking CR
Area 1
Area 2
Area 3
Area 4
Area 5
Area 6
Area 7
633
538
917
686
808
862
392
562

8. Why complete the CSVE?
It is a planning tool

9. Key to Achieving Venturing Excellence
Find a youth to be the Council Venturing President
Full on selection process
Appointment
Acting CVP
Interim CVP
Find other youth to serve as VPs
Give them good adult Advisors
Get them trained

10. $25 for a weekend that will help youth
Develop as council leaders
Start or sustain a Venturing Officer Association
Create one page plans for Program, Administration, & Communication, and
Achieve Venturing Excellence in their Councils
Help us achieve our goal of 3 to 4 youth attending from every council in Area 4
Deadline November 18

11. Council Excellence requires Excellent Crews – CREW JTE
Planning and budgeting
Building Venturing
Retention
Adventure
Leadership
Personal Growth
Service
Leadership recruitment
Trained Leadership

13. Questions? Steve Myers Area4VP-communications@CRVenturing.org
(330)
Nate Steele
(740)