New or Important Venturing Information
The purpose of this web page is to share Venturing information that is new or not well known. As always, if you have learned of a change, let me know by emailing me at TheHiker@Sageventure.com.
 VENTURING, BSA
You can call BSA supply 800-323-0736 and ask for the VenturING cloth sew on strip and they will send you 4 or 5 for free. Make sure you tell them VenturING and not Venture strip as there is one in the catalog (it has the plastic backing like a patch). Since they don't sell them, there is no catalog #. They come starched stiff, so they are easy to sew onto a Cabella's or Dickey's forest green shirt.
2012 Council Standards of Venturing Excellence
The National Venturing Cabinet influenced the National Advancement Committee on the value of having a councle level award that would recognize Venturing excellence. Read more on scout-wire ...
 New Area Venturing Leadership Award (VLA)
The Area VLA has been added to the different levels that it can be earned by youth. The award information is available in Venturing-Leadership-Award-Final-Sept-2011.pdf.
From the requirements, this year will be the last year that adults can earn the Council VLA. 2009 was the last year that adults could earn the award at the Regional and National level awards.
Guide to Advancement
BSA has released a new edition of the "Guide to Advancement" to replace the old "Advancement Committee Guidebook". There is a great deal more information on Venturing & Sea Scout advancement than what was in the old Guidebook. They clarify in writing that all Venturers can earn Sea Scout Bronze, (always could, but there was a lot of confusion and argument over that) and that both VLSC or ILSC can be used for Silver. Past credit and multiple credit is also covered, but that was in the old Guide and in Venturing literature. They actually give about 3 pages for Venturing advancement and 4 for Sea Scout advancement, including the Bridge of Review.
The guide is available at this link: www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/33088.pdf
Venturers can attend the 2013 National Scout Jamboree
Learn about the new eligibility rules and new location by visiting Bryan on Scouting, a blog for BSA's adult leaders.
 Area VOA Members
BSA's Youth Development Team will provide Area & Regional VOA patches for all members. That includes the following (view new patches):
- Area & Regional Venturing President
- Area & Regional Venturing Vice President
- Area & Regional VOA Member
- Area & Regional Advisor
If you are interested in a right sleeve Area VOA or a regular VOA patch (view), please email me.
Before you order Area VOA officer patches, you are asked to call Angela (number is on the Area PDF) for the tax you are obligated to pay. The contact information is on the order form. Please use this Area PDF, AreaInsigniaOrderForm.pdf.
The Council Venturing President position patches can now be ordered by your council through ScoutStuff.org, item # 613246. At this time, there is no Council Venturing Vice President position or Council Advisor patches but they should be available in the near future.
 Introduction to Leadership Skills for Crews (ILSC)
The long-awaited Introduction to Leadership Skills for Crews syllabus is now available online. The link is www.scouting.org/filestore/training/pdf/511-013WB.pdf. With this change, the BSA Trained patch is what can be given to Venturers completing the training, not a ILSC patch. If you are interested in a Venturing Trained patch email me.
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