Great Rivers Council, Venturing

The New Venturing Handbook is out in PDF format. Here is the link to it:

www.scouting.org

We express our gratitude to Tom Roberts for his service as the National Venturing Commissioner, we are pleased to announce that Ramin Rostampour has been selected as the next individual to serve in this role.

Ramin is from Lenexa, KS where he joined Scouting in 2002 in the Heart of America Council. He earned his Arrow of Light in 2006, his Eagle Scout Rank in 2012, and his Venturing Silver Award in 2015. Ramin joined Venturing in 2011 and quickly fell in love with the program. In the 2014-2015 term he had the honor to serve as the Central Region Area 5 Venturing President. Additionally, Ramin has served on staff at the 2013, 2017, and 2023 National Scout Jamborees and is planning on returning to staff at the 2026 Nation Scout Jamboree. Ramin recently returned from serving on the International Service Team at the World Scout Moot in Portugal this past July.

Ramin currently serves as the Advisor for Crew 5003 and Skipper for Ship 5430 in Fort Collins, Colorado. He also serves as the Adventure West Council Older Youth Programs Chair, the National Service Territory 5 Venturing Officers Association Associate Advisor, and is a member of the National Venturing Membership Subcommittee.

Outside of Scouting, Ramin is an active Rotarian in the Loveland Thompson Valley Rotary Club and enjoys to travel to new countries. Ramin is a Professional Engineer and works as a Construction Project Manager with AECOM.

We express our gratitude to Julie Dalton for her years of service as Scouting America’s Venturing Program Committee Chair and the Venturers & Advisors she has impacted positively.

We are pleased to announce that Rick Bausher has been selected as the next Chair of the National Venturing Program Committee. Rick serves on the National Membership Committee, is an Eagle Scout and recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Distinguished Commissioner Service Award, and Venturing Leadership Award.

Rick has contributed to several key program initiatives. Rick’s depth of experience, proven leadership, and membership engagement knowledge will help support and grow Venturing across the country.

Rick and Julie have begun the leadership transition process with Rick to become the Venturing Program Committee Chair on June 1. Please join us in congratulating Rick on his new role as he furthers the goals and values of Venturing across Scouting America.

Recording from the Venturing De-mystifying Venturing’s Tier Levels Program webinar is now available on Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hyuh28gflc&feature=youtu.be

This tier matrix provides a good breakdown of how to differentiate between the three adventure tier levels

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ocE6kgkYDbR6BhZA9Z8Dpz9Jg1aostgs/view

Additionally here are scenarios that further clarify the tier levels and crew activities

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UXbU8s47IRuL6RalVNqxPVH1zRLCnfMX/view