Quality Lodge & TAY Utilization

1. Quality Lodge & TAY Utilization Steve Gaines, WR Committee 2006 WR Gathering • s.gaines@western.oa-bsa.org

2. Quality Lodge Summary • Quality Lodge Issues • Total Available Youth Utilization • Area/Section Roles 2006 WR Gathering • s.gaines@western.oa-bsa.org

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4. Quality Lodge Ratings – By Lodge Size Medium – 63.8% Large – 49.1% Small – 47.9% Quality Lodge Ratings – By Council Class Large – 57.8% Medium – 53.6% Small – 53.3% 2006 WR Gathering • s.gaines@western.oa-bsa.org

5. Quality Lodge Ratings Area 1 – 66.7% Area 4 – 58.3% Area 3 – 54.9% Area 5 – 40.0% Quality Lodge Ratings Section 4C – 77.8% Section 1C – 73.3% Section 1A – 66.7% Section 3B – 66.7% Section 1B – 61.1% Section 4B – 58.3% Section 5B – 55.6% Section 3C – 50.0% Section 4A – 46.7% Section 3A – 45.8% Section 5A – 41.7% Section 5C – 41.7% Section 5D – 25.0% 2006 WR Gathering • s.gaines@western.oa-bsa.org

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9. Quality Lodge Issues • 30% Brotherhood attainment • Positive growth • 75% contacts with Troops and Teams • Identifying ways for the lodge to be more effective in coordinating with the council • Participation in a National Emphasis program such as Scoutreach. 2006 WR Gathering • s.gaines@western.oa-bsa.org

10. Positive Growth – Utilization • OA Data – 2000-2005 • BSA Data – 2000-2005 “Local Council Index” • Compared OA Data with BSA Data • Youth Lodge Membership to Total Available Youth (“Total Scout Age”) • Induction numbers to TAY 2006 WR Gathering • s.gaines@western.oa-bsa.org

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19. Observations • Trend in QL continues to be positive! • Over half of the lodges have problems with three required QL requirements (#2, #3, #8) • Medium size lodges (200-500) are the strongest • 59% of Lodges show negative trend for “Recruiting” (Inductions) • 40% of Lodges show negative trend for “Market Penetration” • There is a large disparity in utilization of available youth (1.5%-19%) • 16 councils have a 2.5% average utilization • Large LDS populations • An increase of 1% would add ~1500 new OA youth 2006 WR Gathering • s.gaines@western.oa-bsa.org

20. Conclusions • Use of LAP needs to be strengthened • Dedicated Adviser (Associate) to VC • Resources (e.g. FOG, Lodge Self Evaluation) • SMART Goals • Training (LAP Training 430B, 2005 QL Session @ Gathering) • Accountability • Section Adviser needs to take more active role with Lodge Advisers • Commissioning • Resources (e.g.: WR QL Planbook, FOG, Lodge Self Evaluation) • Improvement SMART Goals from Lodges • Accountability • Communication at ALL levels needs to be more effective & personal (face-to-face) to improve participation and program elements • LDS Liaison needed to improve OA participation in those councils with large LDS populations (General President Dahlquist needs to endorse OA) • Will need large scale training and dedicated Section participation to make the aftermath successful 2006 WR Gathering • s.gaines@western.oa-bsa.org

21. Break Outs: • Area/Section Advisers develop specific SMART Goals to improve QL: • Area 1 - #7, #9, #14 • Area 3 - #8, #4, #11 • Area 4 - #2, #5, #13 • Area 5 - #3, #6, #17 • Develop Section “Check Sheet” to assess Lodge Condition and Section “Helps” for the lodge 2006 WR Gathering • s.gaines@western.oa-bsa.org

22. QUESTIONS?? 2006 WR Gathering • s.gaines@western.oa-bsa.org