Transcript Outlook Brightens

Welcome to the 2009
ALERT Cadet
Captains’ Retreat
22-26 January 2009
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Skiatook, OK
Thanks!
 For your energy – to stay in the battle; to accomplish
the tasks
 For your commitment – to me, to ALERT Cadet, and
to the fathers and sons we serve
 For your creativity – to share ideas and best practices
 For your sacrifice – of time, family, and personal
resources
 For your support – of my family in this ministry
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Purposes for our Meeting
 Operational, not strategic – We know where we are going.
 Nuts and bolts – What does it take to get the job done?
 Suggest ways can we can improve…
 See a realistic view of how we did in 2008
 Evaluate our resources
 Set proper priorities
 Enjoy one another
 Learn from one another
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Goals for our Meeting
 To take energy and joy from the successes which God
has given us to this point
 To honestly assess our weak spots and to determine
steps to correct them
 To “sharpen” an already useful tool called ALERT Cadet
 Clarify priorities
 Set goals for 2009 and determine what we should do in
2010-2013
 Determine action plans and gather required resources
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ALERT Cadet Vision and Mission
 Vision - Tells Who, What, and Why
 “Assisting fathers…
 … to win and keep the hearts…
 … of their 8 to 17-year-old sons.”
 Mission - Tells How to Accomplish the Vision
 Develop tools and activities (programs, activities, training, and
materials) and provide a structure to accomplish the ALERT Cadet
vision.
 Encourage and train a network of like-minded fathers who can and will
assist other fathers.
 Give fathers worthy goals for their sons, including a heart for service to
God, His people, and those in need.
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Guiding Principles
 Evaluate all decisions in light of Scriptural principles
 Focus on changing people’s lives, not on
administering/developing a program
 Run at the pace of God-provided resources (people, talents, and
dollars)
 Maintain a 100% volunteer (either self-supporting or donor
supported), distributed organization
 Utilize best-in-class and best available technology to get the job
done efficiently
 Plan for the future and allow God to direct the individual steps
and timing
 Administer the program centrally but allow local implementation
and adaptation
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By 2013, God-willing,
the ALERT Cadet ministry will be…
 Externally
 Thriving (growing, expanding)
 Impacting (accomplishing the vision)
 Recognized (outside of its traditional circles)
 Internally
 Organized (field and HQ staff, volunteers, replacements)
 Mature (curriculum, supporting materials, activities,
website, operations, SOPs)
 With resources (funding, facilities, inventories) available to
accomplish its goals.
This is the way to accomplish our vision!
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2008 Summary in Numbers
 Participants
 ~7000 fathers and sons since inception (not including 3-day Challenges)
 3400 active as of 12/08; 4.5 years average in the program; average son age
= 13 years; 1.5 sons per family
 70% with ATI backgrounds; ~50% of new members have no IBLP
background
 86 active units in US, Mexico, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, China,
Indonesia, Thailand
 Growth – ~600 new fathers and sons each year; 878 new in 2008
 Camps – 9 regional and adventure in 2008; 15 planned for 2009
 Challenges – 4 regional with 780 participants
 Curriculum – 4 years of handbooks completed
 Deployments – since 2005 participation with ALERT in eight disasters; some
units respond separately to local requests
 Budget - ~$200,000 per year
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ALERT Cadet – New Registrations
New Registrations per Year
WOW!
1000
900
878
800
750
700
645
600
500
450
400
380
300
200
200
100
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Incredible 34% per year growth in new registrations!
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Areas in Which We Fell Short
 Book Fairs – coordination, staffing
 Camps – attendance, marketing
 Unit Care – leadership, early warning
 Leadership Training/Succession – materials, concept
 Technology – software, equipment
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Issues Facing Us
 ATI Membership Decline
 IBLP Image
 Finances
 Leadership
 Book Fairs and Promotional Efforts
 Handling the Growth
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Our Target Groups
Christianity at
Large
Civic Groups
Churches
Homeschoolers
ATI
Military
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Personnel
 Needs in the field
 Captains
 Strong unit leaders
 God continues to be faithful in HQ
 Julianna, Aubrey, Ashton
 Emma
 James, Matthew
 Yvonne, Andrew
 Joanna, Rebekah
 Ruth
 Autumn ?
 David ?
 An adult couple?
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ALERT Cadet Organization
(Actual 1/2009)
Major
Roger D. Farr
(Vision/Mission/Program Extension)
Major's Assistant
David Urbinati
(Camps/ACC/Web Site)
Curriculum Development
Public Relations/Information
Financial Development
Program Support
Sue Farr
TBD
TBD
Emily Mawhinney
(All Publications)
(Bookfairs and Recruiting)
(Donor Development)
(Office Manager)
Regional Coordinators
Cadet Captains
Publications Assistant
Publications Assistant
Customer Contact
Yvonne Smythe
Andrew Winchell
Ruth Oehschlager
United States
(DTP, Printing)
(DTP, Printing)
(Orders, BTMs, Phones)
7 Coordinators
Regional Center Coordinator
Southeast Asia
TBD
Headcount in Big Sandy – 2 to 5
Distributed headcount – 10
Total planned – 19 (excl. temps)
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(Non-US Support)
Sreedhar Subramaniam
Temporary Workers
Mexico
(As Required)
TBD
What is God Teaching Me?
 Continue to grow/develop
 Physical - Caleb at 85; strength and endurance
 Skills – leadership, computer, flight, and people
 Faith – seeing God at work in the Scriptures
 Time – my most precious resource
 People/Leadership – how to best influence and build godly
principles into the lives of others – my family included
 Placement – my time in history, my job to accomplish, my
role to fill
 I’m in the right place to accomplish the task of ALERT Cadet
– (and Sue agrees with me!)
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Are We on the Right Path?
 YES!
 No change in strategy or principles required
 Course correct for reality
 Target select for effectiveness
 Prepare for success and further growth
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Focus Topics for 2009
 This will be the outcome of our meeting
 Answer the questions:
 “Where should our energy be focused?”
 What resources are needed to accomplish the tasks?
 People
 Money
 Time
 Equipment
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ALERT Cadets
“Strong to Overcome”
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