Row the Boat is an exclusive Mount Baker Council participation and performance recognition program for our units that aligns immediate and annual recognition incentives with the goals of the Council’s Strategic Vision in Membership Growth, Program Participation, Manpower Development and being a Unit Team Player.
Utilizing a rowing concept for the team helps define that we need everyone on the boat helping us paddle and in the same direction to meet our strategic vision and goals to better Scouting for the future and for our members.
As the rowing team does not see the destination, they need to pull together to get to their destination in a straight of a line as possible. If team members don’t pull together with the same speed or cadence, the boat will go off course.
We want our Scouting units and volunteers to be in the boat with us as we move ahead to our destination and focused on meeting the same goals for Scouting and the Council with the same energy, hence the need for this unit recognition program
The Mount Baker Council will have a recognition program that will provide incentives for our Scouting units that will highlight their participation and performance as team players.
Units that reach set goals and objectives that the Council defines as delivering the promise of Scouting in a quality-driven and growth focused manner within our council boundaries will be recognized immediately and annually.
The recognition program is focused on actions that will drive the Scouting program based on the Council’s current strategic vision for growth in key focus areas.
Units will focus on their participation in Council programs for membership growth, funding and delivering quality programs for Scouts and participating in Council and District activities and engaging in outdoor adventures opportunities.
Unit actions and achievements will result in annual unit recognition level incentives that reward them as team players.
Unit Annual Recognition Incentives
As part of the Row the Boat unit recognition program, units that achieve the recognition requirements will have the opportunity to be annually recognized as a team player as part of our Mount Baker Council team and earn special incentives that recognize their efforts to move Scouting’s mission forward in our Council territory.
All requirements must be earned by the annual charter renewal (October 31st). Incentives will be implemented for the following full calendar year (January 1 – December 31).
Submissions for annual recognition incentives due by November 30th. Update: submission extended to December 15, 2024.
The Row the Boat program is essentially a full year incentive process.
The Row the Boat program starts with on November 1st each year and units submit achievements by October 31st, corresponding with unit renewal.
All annual recognition incentives will be implemented the following calendar year (sample: Unit earns the award in 2023 earned the corresponding recognition in 2024).
