Council Event Calendar Guidelines

The Council Event Calendar is a listing of important dates and events that are hosted by the Verdugo Hills Council, or that affect its operation. The following guidelines are used to determine if an event, holiday or activity should be published in the Council Events Calendar:

Items that are published in the event calendar: 

  • Events that are under the control of the Verdugo Hills Council, or where the council has a management interest (Camporees, committee meetings, multi-council training events, etc.)

  • Events or holidays that effect the operation of the Verdugo Hills Council (Legal holidays, Trading Post Inventory, etc.)

  • National BSA dates that have impact to the council at large (National Jamboree, NOAC, OA Conclave, Scout Sunday, Scout Sabbath, etc.)

  • Other holidays or events specifically approved by the Executive Committee of the Verdugo Hills Council. That exception list includes Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur and Passover (Pesach).

Items that are not published in the event calendar:

  • Events or holidays that do not effect the operation of the council (days like Easter, Mother's Day, Columbus Day, Lincoln's Birthday, LDS Pioneering Day, etc.) with the exception of those days listed above.

  • Non-BSA informational Items (Daylight Savings Time, etc.)

  • Scouting events not under the control of the VHC, or where we do not have a management interest (Catholic Scouting Retreat, Lutheran Scouting Association Camporee, etc.)

  • Due dates, turn in dates, and the like. (These are not events, unless, like a recharter night, there is an organized event for the activity.)

 

The Council Event Calendar is an aid to unit planning, not the only source of information for your unit planning. Prior to holding your annual unit program planning conference, you should also make sure and have available:

  • Religious holidays that affect the individuals in your unit

  • Special days and events of your chartered organization

  • School calendars for the participants in your unit

  • Special days where a significant number of families in your unit may be unavailable

For further information on the annual unit program planning activities, see the Scoutmaster Handbook and the Cub Scout Leader Book.

 


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Last Update: Thursday, May 15, 2008 15:37:09 -0700