🤝 Mountain Valley District Commissioners: Here to Help Your Unit Succeed
The Mountain Valley District Commissioner Corps is a team of dedicated, experienced Scouting volunteers whose primary mission is unit service. We act as coaches, mentors, and the ultimate “help desk” to ensure every Pack, Troop, and Crew in our district thrives and delivers a high-quality program to our youth.
How We Support Your Unit:
- Unit Health & Growth: We help units use the national Unit Metrics and program self-assessments to spot strengths, set goals, and keep growing.
- Continuous Improvement: We connect with units regularly, record unit contacts in Commissioner Tools, and use Unit Metrics to build an actionable unit service plan for each unit.
- Resource Connection: We link unit needs directly to the District Operating Committee and other council resources.
- Charter Renewal: We guide and support timely unit charter renewal and help leaders with the annual membership renewal process.
- Leader Support: We collect and distribute vital information, enable program training, and provide networking opportunities for all unit leaders.
🏅 Commissioner Recognition
Commissioners can earn national recognition for their training, service, and impact:
- Arrowhead Honor — proficiency with the contemporary tools and techniques commissioners use to provide effective unit service.
- Commissioner’s Key — training, tenure, and performance requirements completed in a commissioner role.
- Commissioner Award of Excellence in Unit Service — exemplary unit service to an assigned unit, working with its leaders through Commissioner Tools.
- Doctorate of Commissioner Science — completion of the College of Commissioner Science doctorate, including a thesis or project.
- Distinguished Commissioner Service Award — the highest commissioner recognition, for distinguished and exceptional service with significant, positive impact on youth, units, and the district or council.
Requirements, progress records, and nomination forms: Commissioner Recognition — Scouting America.
🗓️ Commissioner Meetings
Our Unit Commissioners meet on the first Wednesday of each month at 6:00 PM via Zoom to discuss unit health, upcoming events, and resource allocation.
🙌 Join the Commissioner Corps
Unit service is the key to Scouting’s success. We are always looking for experienced Scouters interested in continuing to serve the youth of our district by supporting our local units. If you are interested in joining our commissioner corps, please contact our District Commissioner, Kent Baisley.
Kent Baisley
District Commissioner
🧭 Your Unit Commissioner Team
| POSITION | NAME | ASSIGNED UNITS |
|---|---|---|
| District Commissioner | Kent Baisley | All District Units |
| Roundtable Commissioner | Dr. Bob Young | All District Units |
| Unit Commissioner | Dan Dreelin | Pack 120, Troop 28 |
| Unit Commissioner | Jim Echols | Pack 349, Troop 84 |
| Unit Commissioner | Stephen Ferguson | Pack 30, Troop 30 |
| Unit Commissioner | Tom Greenwood | Pack 29, Troop 2, Troop 5, Troop 292, Crew 29 |
| Unit Commissioner | Lewis Kingston | Pack 38, Troop 38 |
| Unit Commissioner | Jim Mannion | Troop 124 |
| Unit Commissioner | Cory May | Pack 1 |
| Unit Commissioner | Ed Palmer | Troop 33 |
| Unit Commissioner | Lawrence “Doc” Whitehurst | Pack 11, Troop 11 |
