Welcome Delegate Meetings Fall 2014

1. Welcome Delegate Meetings Fall 2014

2. Board Chair Update, Ann Thornton Field

3. Girl Membership as of 8/31/14

6. Total Membership % Change Year Over Year Council Distribution as of 8/31/14

7. Total Membership % Change Year Over Year Northeast/Middle Atlantic as of 8/31/14

9. Program and Property Update, Babette Racca

10. Program • Since January, offered 53 programs serving more than 3800 girls (does not include Outdoor!) • 2000 girls in the 2014 Green Project, completing 5200 hours of community service for Earth Day • Girl Scout Triathlon/Duathlon at French Creek where • 122 girls swam, biked, ran their way to finish line! • “Free Being Me” program engaging 4900 girls in fun activities to promote body confidence and self-esteem • 144 programs scheduled for September 2014-February 2015 with the potential to serve more than 10,000 girls

11. Summer Camp 2014 • Added camp weeks • Increased marketing • Built in WOW factors including: • Stand-Up Paddleboards • Critter Cabin, • Gaga Pits, • Outdoor Stage • Nature Posts Our new friends in the critter cabin!

12. Outdoor Program Vision

13. Featured Themes • Health & Wellness Laughing Waters • Adventure & WaterMosey Wood • STEM & Intro to Camp Shelly Ridge

14. Project Components LAUGHING WATERS • Year-Round Activity Center • Renovate outdoor court • Adventure Elements – low /high ropes • Renovated camp office/staff quarters • Male accommodations

15. Project Components Mosey Wood • Year-Round Lodge with 56 beds • Zip lines, high/low ropes, climbing tower • New swimming dock • Renovate changing hut • New waterfront equipment • Renovate Lakeside Cabin for Year-Round

16. Project Components Shelly Ridge • Year-Round Lodge with 56 beds • Year-Round Activity Center • Low ropes course • Air Condition Smith Lodge • Renovate Preston for On-Site Ranger

17. Summary of Impacts • More confidence-building and leadership opportunities • More physical activity year-round • Access to more educational programs, particularly STEM • More year-round housing at Mosey Wood and Shelly Ridge • Capitalize on waterfront amenities • Better housing for leadership staff

18. Timing Renovations and Outdoor Elements: Ready for Summer 2015 • All Adventure Elements • All staff housing renovations (in-house) • Mosey Wood waterfront elements • Laughing Waters outdoor court New construction: Begin August 2015, estimated completion March 2016 • Activity Centers at Shelly Ridge and Laughing Waters • Lodges at Shelly Ridge and Mosey Wood

20. Divestment • 2012 decision to divest by September 2015 • Promising possibility for Tweedale of conservation easement and purchase by Chester Water Authority • Hidden Falls and Tohikanee on the market

21. More Support to Troop Leader at Outdoor Centers Our goal is to add more online resources for “Ready To Go” activities at Outdoor Centers! YOUR IDEAS???

22. Board Development Committee Update, Sue Perrotty

23. Board Development Committee Members • Sue Perrotty, Chair and Board Member • Hugh Allen, non Board Committee Member • Anne Baum, Board Member • Michael Cox, non Board Committee Member • Cindy Feinberg, non Board Committee Member • Susan Mucciarone, non Board Committee Member • MaryAnn Rodda, non Board Committee Member • Julia Rafferty, Board Member • Leslie Stiles, Board Member

24. Delegate Training • Were held on: • Saturday, September 6th, at Shelly Ridge Service Center • Wednesday, September 10th, at Valley Forge Service Center • Saturday, September 13th, at Lehigh Valley Workforce Investment Board, Inc.

25. Board Development Committee Timeline • Meeting #1: Introduction and Plan of Work • Meeting #2: Board Evaluation • Meeting #3: Strategy & Board Evaluation • Meeting #4: Selection Process & Board Education • Meeting #5: Recruitment Plan • Meeting #6: First Round of Review of Candidates • Meeting #7: Slate Completion & Communication Plan • Meeting #8: Unfinished Business

26. Looking Ahead… • The Board of Development Committee will be evaluating and selecting candidates for: • Officers • Members-at-Large • Board Development Committee Members- Board • Girl Advisors • Girl Delegates

27. National Council Session, National Council Session Delegates

28. National Council Session • Salt Lake City, Utah, October 16-18 • Proposals: • Flexibility of Due and Registration Practices • Reporting Relationship of the Chief Financial Officer • Role of Past Presidents • Discussion about the Importance of the Outdoors in the Girl Scout Leadership Experience • National Council Session website, www.girlscouts.org/convention • Questions about NCS, email nationalcouncilsession@gsep.org

29. 2014 National Council Proposal 1: Flexibility of Dues and Registration Practices

30. Background: • 1) The Constitution of Girl Scouts of the USA references two types of membership dues categories – annual and lifetime. If adopted, this proposal allows future flexibilty in membership dues categories and enables GSUSA, in partnership with councils, to align membership categories and dues with membership trends and needs. The intention is to introduce more general language to accommodate future categories of membership and dues.

31. Background: (continued) • 2) Over the last 20 years, membership recruitment and registration have evolved into a year-round process. Societal changes and programming have offered new opportunities for us to welcome new members and better serve existing girl and adult members; however, our restrictive policy language has inhibited us from taking advantage of the opportunities to register members in new ways

32. Background: (continued) • 3) During the 2011-2014 triennium, a task force composed of National Board and council staff members was charged with studying the current dues structure and membership registration processes to assure alignment with membership and program practices and processes. The task group took a holistic and futuristic look at both current and prospective members’ needs, conducted extensive internal and external research, and blended data with the pragmatic need and resources/capacities of our organization today.

33. Rationale for recommendation: • The Task Group’s recommendation to consider more flexible language is to ensure that our governing documents accommodate innovation and enable quick organizational responses to new opportunities. The recommendation of the Task Group to retain “annual” and “lifetime” dues categories while allowing for the addition of other categories.

34. 2014 National Council Proposal 2: • Reporting Relationship of the Chief Financial Officer, submitted by the National Board of Directors

35. Rationale for recommendation: • Governing documents of Girl Scouts of the USA have reflected the practice of having the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) formerly the Controller, approved by the National Board, since the 1930’s.

36. Rationale for recommendation: (continued) Consultants, including representatives of Grant Thornton and BoardSource, are in agreement that there should be one executive appointed by the Board, with all other staff members reporting to that one executive. This strengthens role clarity and is consistent with nonprofit sector best practice. The Chief Executive Office (CEO) is the appropriate executive to appoint the CFO. For role clarity and to be consistent with best practices for nonprofits, the reporting relationship of the CFO should be updated to reflect appointment of the CFO by the CEO.

37. 2014 National Council Proposal 3: Role of the Past Presidents

38. Rationale for recommendation: By virtue of having served as President of Girl Scouts of the USA, all Past Presidents hold membership on the National Board as ex officio members, without vote.

39. Rationale for recommendation: (continued) Research shows that comparable nonprofits do not have a space on their National Boards for Past Presidents of their organizations, nor do they have formal roles defined in their governing documents for the Past presidents. Past Presidents can be utilized in an effective manner for the betterment of the Movement without their roles being defined in Girl Scouts of the USA’s governing documents.

40. Rationale for recommendation: (continued) Consistent with our research, and based on the representative analyses of the nonprofit sector best practice by consultants at Grant Thornton and BoardSource, it is recommended that the Constitution of Girl Scouts of the USA be amended.

41. The 2014 Slate • Officers Nominees: • Kathy Hopinkah Hannan • Sharon Hoskin Matthews • Wonya Lucas • Sylvia Acevedo • Charles (Chuck) McLane, Jr. • Members-at-Large Nominees: • Priscilla Almodovar • Jenny Alonzo • Judith Batty • Jeanne Kwong Bickford • Brenda Freeman • Lynn Gangone • Dineen Garcia • Monica Gil • Steven Gilliland • Jeanmarie Grisi • John Hom • Noorain Khan • Karen Maloney • Mina Nguyen • Debbie Nielson • Susan Peters • Norma Provencio Pichardo • Sapreet Kaur Saluja • Trooper Sanders • Julie Sygiel • Carri Baker Wells • Sharon Wibben • Katherine Worthen • National Board Development Committee Nominees: • Tiffany Dufu • Monica Gil • Irene Horstmann Hannan • J.D. Hokoyama • Noorain Khan • Trooper Sanders • Carri Baker Wells

42. Strategy Cafes

43. GUSA Outdoor Leadership Experience, Susan Groff & Susan Donahue-Sinback

44. DEFINITION OF OUTDOORS The full scope of Girl Scout activities conducted outdoors such as: • a walk in a city park • learning about nature & the environment • community take action projects outside • camping overnight • canoeing, kayaking, ropes course etc.

45. BENEFITS OF BEING OUTDOORS • Health: mental, physical, spiritual • Physical capabilities and improved fitness • Decreased stress • Concentration and creative reasoning • Foundation for an active lifestyles • One study of a week-long program found: • 27% increase in mastery of science concepts • enhanced cooperation • conflict resolution skills • gains in self-esteem • positive environmental behavior • problem solving • increased motivation to learn • improved classroom behavior Let Them Be Eaten By Bears, Peter Brown Hoffmeister; The National Wildlife Federation (NWF)- “Whole Child: Developing Mind, Body, and Spirit Through Outdoor Play”; Atchley, Strayer, & Atchley, Public Library of Science (PLOS), 2012; Taylor & Kuo, Journal of Attention Disorders, 2009; Berman, Jonides, & Kaplan, Psychological Science, 2008; 2005 American Institutes for Research “Effects of Outdoor Education Programs for Children in California” (measured the impact of single, weeklong residential outdoor education programs); “More the S’Mores” – Girl Scouts Research Institute.

46. SUMMARY • Children need regular, daily nature experiences – the benefits are enormous • The amount of time children spend outdoors has decreased in recent years • Girls gain specific benefits by being outdoors in a girl-only environment • All-girl, outdoor experiences = Girl Scouts’ core competency Let Them Be Eaten By Bears, Peter Brown Hoffmeister Little & Wyver, 2008; SPARC, 2009

47. What should our promise to girls be regarding outdoor experiences in the Girl Scout Leadership Experience? Girls tell us they enjoy their Girl Scout experience more when they get outdoors regularly and in varied ways. How can GSUSA and councils work together to provide outdoor experiences for our girl members?What can Girl Scouts (local and national) do to support and encourage volunteers and girls to incorporate outdoor experience into their regular troop activities? What support should GSUSA be providing councils to strengthen outdoor experiences within the Girl Scout Leadership Experience? QUESTIONS TO SHARE WITH MEMBERS

48. National Council Session • National Council Session website: www.girlscouts.org/convention • GSEP NCS email: nationalcouncilsession@gsep.org

49. Presentation of Delegate Pins

50. Thank you! Annual Meeting May 16, 2015 Philadelphia Convention Center