SU Team

This SU Team page has tabs with links to information about:
   <>  Leader Roster
   <>  Meeting Calendar, Agendas, and Minutes
   <>  Recognition Awards
   <>  Procedure for a New Leader Contact
   <>  Fall Registration and Recruiting Process

Additional SU Team tabs have information about Team Administrative Tasks and Job Descriptions .  

    SU 1 AdministrativeTeam

Troop Development Manager	Joanne Westendorf
Leader Support Manager and Team Coordinator	Vicki George
Program Support Manager	Evelyn Guernsey
Registrar	Evelyn Aguon
Level Advisors:
Daisy & Brownie	Marcie Brown (lead),   Wendy Ng &   Charlene Kemmerer
Junior	Karen Smestad (interim)
Cadette & Older Girl	Sharon Wagner
Treasurer	Suzanne Attenborough
Service Unit Advisors/Consultants(2)	Marion Mandell &   Karen Smestad
Council: Community Development Director	Nancy Kenyon

The SU Team version of the 2006 Blue Book of Basic Documents is avaliable for download as a rather large (5.2 megabytes) .PDF file.  

Leader Roster

This Leader and Co-Leader Roster is in Excel Spreadsheet (.xls) form so it can be sorted and re-formatted to suit your needs.  It contains address and telephone information not shown in the Roster in the Leaders area of the Web site.  The recent TDM and Registrar transitions and the Northern California Council merger have left the Council and SU 1 databases somewhat out of date, so this roster may list some previous leaders and omit some current ones. 

 

Recognition Awards

This List (.PDF) of Leaders and SU Team members from Service Unit 1 who have earned recognitions at the National/Council and/or Service Unit level was carefully compiled by the Volunteer Recognitions Committee from an assortment of historical records and documents, but may still not be complete.   If you find an error, please contact .

This list will be helpful when considering recognitions/nominations for the coming year.  First check for a name and past awards.  Next check the Council Nomination Forms & Criteria for requirements.   The last step would be to email your recommendation and be prepared to nominate or endorse the individual you want recognized.  The deadline for National and Council nominations if Feb. 4th and for SU nominations is April 7th.

1. Council contacts the Service Unit, either the Registrar and/or Leader Support Manager
2. Registrar
• Sends welcoming message
• Includes “Steps to Becoming a New Leader” document outlining what steps need to be taken
• Notifies Leader Support Manager document was sent
3. Leader Support Manager
• Sends welcoming message
• Notes Registrar will contact leader about the process of becoming a new leader (may already have done so)
• Notes appropriate Level Advisor will be given name and contact information of the new leader and to expect a contact from the Level Advisor
• Notifies Registrar welcome message was sent
• Notifies appropriate Level Advisor
4. Level Advisor
• Contacts new leader
• Offers assistance with procedures:  explanations, etc.
• Informs new leader there is a School Coordinator to provide local information and support

Flyers

July 1 – 10

• Contact PAUSD district office
  • Obtain upcoming dates of Back to School Nights
  • Obtain expected school population number for each elementary school


• Contact private schools
  • Request permission to distribute GS informational flyer with back to school information
  • Obtain expected school population number

July 10 – 25

• Meet with School Coordinators
  • Review and establish which schools to group together
  • Establish dates:  4 – 5
  • Organize staffing coverage for each meeting
  • Determine venues:  school sites or Lou Henry Hoover Scout House
  • Decide if each school will have an individualized flyer or if a general flyer for all


• Create flyer: 
  • See previous year and use as template

July 25 – 30

• Contact Council for printing information
  
  • Obtain Council contact name
  • Obtain date Council will begin printing
  • Request early printing to accommodate early PA back to school packets
  • Verify Council will print multiple flyers that have been individualized by school

August 1

• Deliver to Council (either electronically or physically) PA’s flyer master(s) for printing

August 5 – 10

• Pick up printed flyers from Council
• Sort and label flyers by school
• Deliver to individual schools 
  • Delivery must be at least 10 working days prior to the opening day of school to be included in student back-to-school packets

Registration Events Presentation Outline

Set up tables and place school name on table
       — audience sits grouped by school
[begin ~ 5-7 min after stated meeting time]

Welcome - set agenda
Tell you a little about GS, answer questions, after which you can register your girl

About Girl Scouts of the USA

• is the world’s preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls where girls build character and skills for success in the real world
• girls develop qualities that will serve them all their lives,
  • leadership and management by planning and organizing activities
  • strong values,
  • social conscience, and
  • conviction about their own potential and self-worth
• Celebrating 95th birthday of scouting in 2007
• PA is oldest in the West
  • LHH brought scouting to PA in 1922:  hence Service Unit 1
    
  • Scout House built in 1926;  stone fireplace from Stanford Palm Drive arch

Sample of activities a Palo Alto Girl Scout can experience to gain courage, confidence and character:

• General activities:
  • Ice Skating at the Winter Lodge
  • Father-Daughter Dance
  • Court of Awards to celebrate achievements within troop
• Outdoor activities:
  • Brownie Skills Day (attend as Brownie, help run as older Scout)
  • Junior camporees (attend as Junior, help judge as Senior Scout)
• Public service:
  • Plant a tree with Canopy of Palo Alto
  • Participate in the Santa Claus House in EPA

GS is Volunteer organization---we, the admin part of PA GS
*all of the wonderful activities to build the character of girls needs you, the parent volunteers

• You can help with a troop by
  • becoming a leader,
  • troop assistant,
  • driver,
  • sharing a skill.
  • assist with mentor programs,
  • coordinate events and activities,
  • provide office support,
  • do data entry,
  • train volunteers, or
  • assist with fund raising

Even if you give only one day a year, you can make a difference!

How to sign up your girl:   ….which you can do this evening after a short Q & A period

1. fill out registration form;  $10
2. we find an existing troop at your school  or
3. we form troop of other girls interested  

Short Q & A  of general questions;  more specific to your child can be answered by School  Coordinator at your table


Admin Team will also be available to answer questions

[Go to the Registration table with your school name]