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Looking to Start a VOA

Venturing Officers’ Associations (VOA) provide opportunities for adventure, leadership, personal growth, and service (A-L-P-S). By doing so, they serve to model best practices in programming for local crews and to provide a program resource for Venturers and advisors throughout the VOA’s area of operation.

Councils that do not have a VOA are often missing out on the youth-led events, trainings, and forums that a VOA can offer. Not only do they give the youth a voice and provide leadership opportunities, they can strengthen and grow your council’s Venturing program!

A team of Venturing officers and advisors have created the VOA Administration Guide, which will serve as your initial resource while starting a brand-new VOA. The guide includes best practices, suggestions, and organizational concepts to help you get the VOA off the ground!

In order to help provide some guidance for the organization of VOAs, the National Venturing Officers’ Association has created standards for operating a VOA at the national and territory levels. These standards, known as the National Venturing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), can serve as a great tool for your Council VOA.

If you have questions about the National Standard Operating Procedures, reach out your respective officers!

SOPs

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Building Council VOAs (for Territory VOAs)

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Administration Guide

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Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.