The Iroquois Trail Council has some
immediate needs for volunteers at the council level. The list of some of the
open positions can be found below.
If you know of someone interested or
someone who may be a good candidate, please contact Council President Bob
Confer and Council Executive Jim McMullen via email. Bob’s address is bob@conferplastics.com and Jim’s is Jim.McMullen@scouting.org
Membership Chair: This
is a critical and immediate need for the Council. We have been without a
council-level Membership Chair for nearly a year and a half. This person would manage the membership and
customer-directed marketing activities of the Council, overseeing a team that
would also include district-level membership chairs and other volunteers. The
typical workload of this role would be: One Council board meeting per month in
Batavia; one Membership Committee meeting per month in Batavia; and behind-the-scenes
planning, implementation and follow-up which may be 1 to 2 hours per week of
"homework" (which has seasonal peaks with recruiting drives).
Council diversity champion: This new position will aid in our goal of bringing Scouting
to underserved populations -- namely, African-American and Hispanic families
within our four largest communities, Lockport, Medina, Albion, and Batavia.
This individual will work closely with the Membership Chair, Council President
and Council Executive in reaching out to church/school/community leaders of
those communities and recruiting leaders and youth who will join our existing
units. The diversity chair will report to the Membership Chair and attend one
Membership Committee meeting per month in Batavia.
Eagle Alumni committee – 4 total openings, 1 of which will be the chair: This new committee will begin to develop a number of Eagle alumni initiatives from outreach to regular get-togethers to scholarships to events recognizing our newest Eagles. This committee will meet every other month, likely in Batavia, and should be made up solely of Eagles. Workload outside of the meetings depends on the events/activities the committee is willing to undertake. The chair of this committee will report to and interact with the Council Executive and Council President.
