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Shining Waters Council Newsletter - Dec 2019 

Winter Skills Training Workshop

TRAINING FOR THE “ WHITE STUFF” WHEN?  Saturday December 7 th , 2019. TIME?    Registration starts at 8:45 A.M. Sessions run from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.   WHERE?  Mt. Albert United Church, 41 Alice St, Mount Albert (north of Mt. Albert Rd) COST?  $20.00 (includes a Pizza lunch) What is covered?  - “ what’s cool in the Cold ” - how to dress for the cold on a budget. - “ feeding the furnace” - what to eat and drink - “ are my fingers supposed to fall off like that?” - How to prevent and treat winter injuries. - “ Is it morning yet?” - How to sleep warm at night! - “ welcome to my Igloo” - how to camp out for the night. - “ who’s fault is it, anyway?” - Risk Management  - and lots more!   Who can come? – This is open to Scouters and mature senior section youth members.   What to bring? – A notebook, an open mind and your twenty bucks!   Will I be inside or out?  - This is an indoor session, however we will step outside at times so dress for the weather.   Will I get a chance to try this outdoors? – We run this early in the year so you have time to practice your skills before the other Area/Council winter camps. A really good chance for you to try out your skills is at the SLS Winter “Lune-icey” camp January 11/12, 2020. More details on Dec 7 th . How to register?  Contact Rick Jones   e-mail: amknot@rogers.com Phone: (905) 775 9245 Deadline for registration is Dec 3, 2019

Earle Belfry Bench Unveiling The unveiling of a bench in honour of Scouter Earle Belfry occurred on October 27, 2019. Scouter Earle has over 40 years of Scouting service to the youth of Bradford and area. A recognition well deserved.

Learning & Development The New David Huestis Learning Centre

Scouts Canada is very excited introduce the New David Huestis Learning Centre. A new optimized and engaging Brightspace Learning Management System (LMS). This personalized, mobile-friendly and intuitive platform for online learning will enhance Scouts Canada’s training of volunteers and staff, tracking competencies as they are acquired through the Scouter Development Model. The launch date was November 22, 2019. Here is the summary of the features.   New features   The new platform will be mobile-friendly, compatible with both smartphones and tablets. The new platform will offer a personalized learning experience based on specific Scouting roles. Learners will be automatically enrolled in the training relevant to their roles. The new platform will fit into the Scouter Development Model. Scouters will be awarded a digital badge for each Learning Stage of Wood Badge I for The Canadian Path as it is completed. Training will continue to be free of cost for Scouts Canada volunteers, with the exception of Respect in Sport (as it is now). Group Commissioners will have the ability to see the learning progress of the Scouters in their Groups. Video demonstrations of specific actions within the platform will also be created and posted to Scouts Canada’s YouTube channel.   Be aware   Only registered Scouts Canada volunteers and Scouts Canada employees will have access to the new David Huestis Learning Centre not parent (non-Scouters) The training record will be brought over. If a learner has started pervious e-learning session but not completed, the progress of this session will not be saved. Regarding "Completed Session" - it means those appear in the "My Completed Learning" page only. If it appears on the page there and it will get transferred. If it doesn't appear over there then it will not be transferred.

2nd Washago Scouts 2nd Washago Scouting participated in the Washago Santa Claus Parade on November 30th and their float won 1st place! Congratulations!

ScoutsTracker Licence Renewals under SWC It was great to see an increase in the number of ScoutsTracker licenses under the SWC 40% discount program. The number increased to 226 paid licenses from 189 last year. I take this as a sign of an increase in program quality across Shining Waters Council. The application continues to add new features. More info is on the ScoutsTracker Facebook site.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/977958498930593/permalink/2510042202388874/ Wayne Morrison SWC ScoutsTracker Admin Learn More About ScoutsTracker

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Many thanks to Scouter Chuck Heron for managing the Shining Waters Council Calendar. With the Areas being amalgamated and brought into the Council, the coordination of the Council Calendar has become more challenging. If you have an event you'd like published to the SWC calendar, please email Scouter Chuck with the information. You'll notice the calendar not only contains the events but also the attachments to the events. Often the calendar event attachments include registration forms, flyers, maps and all other information required for the event. As a final reminder, don't forget you can click on the Subscribe button from your smartphone to have the calendar events automatically show in your personal calendar. If you use desktop calendaring, you can also subscribe to the calendar. By subscribing, you'll always be up to date should an event move or be cancelled. Click the button below and scroll to the bottom of the calendar to see the Subscribe button.

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Happy Holidays! Many thanks to the newsletter contributors. We didn't receive sufficient content for October and November, however, this month was different. From all the volunteers in Shining Waters Council, we wish you and your family all the best during the holiday season. The Shining Waters Council Team

Council Newsletter Submissions

Do you have a submission for next month's Shining Waters Council newsletter? We want to hear from you! A few points to consider: Deadline to submit content is end of each month Gives some time for clarification, follow ups, etc Publication date is usually mid-month (unless held up for missing content). Youth submitted articles are really encouraged. We want to hear about events being planned and events that happened especially when the youth tell us they had fun! Short articles are best along with a picture or two. Longer articles will be posted on the Council web site with a button "Click here to read more". Everyone in the picture must allow for their picture to be published. While the target audience is Scouts Canada Council members, we have no control over who forwards. Pictures will be reduced in resolution to under 1Mb (often 256kb) in size. Canadian Path articles are very much welcome. Tell us how the youth planned, executed and reviewed their adventures. Unfortunately we can't publish all submissions. When we receive multiple submissions on the same topic, we'll select the content to ensure the full Council and youth are represented. Email your content to the marketing & communications mailbox, SWCmarCom@scouts.ca.

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