TIMELINE FOR ORGANIZERS

This time line lists the action steps a troop organizer takes throughout the year to ensure that:

• The Girl Scout program is available to all interested girls and adults within the service unit.
• The essential elements necessary for a stable troop remain in place.

The time of year suggested for the various action steps is only a model. Timing may differ from service unit to service unit.

FALL (September-December)

• Establish new troops as needed
• Assist in registering, any girls who cannot be placed immediately in a troop, and inform them of their registration status
• Continue adult and girl recruitment, including girls who attended camp and summer
• programs
• refer to Priority Placement of Girls in Troops).
• Develop bridging and retention plan and assign sister troops.
• Use service unit copy of troop registration forms to update troop organizer records
• and compile a list of lapsed members
• Contact lapsed members

WINTER (January-February)

• Obtain public school enrollment figures (Texas Education Agency statistics) from
• service unit manager; private and parochial school figures, call the school Obtain
• school enrollment figures for girls with disabilities and girls from minority groups.
• Develop a plan for extending membership to girls who have not been reached
• Prepare fall troop projections (if there will be girls/leaders leaving, bridging, etc in order to help determine if will be space in the troop.
• Determine number of adults needed to ensure leadership for all troops and
• interested girls
• Place new girls as space becomes available in troops
• Assist in registering additional girls in troops and late registrants
• Check with leaders for any problems with meeting places
• Encourage activities between sister troops
• Find potential troop sponsors and refer candidates to appropriate persons

SPRING (March-May)

• Contact present Girl Scout leaders to determine their plans for troop leadership in the fall
• Conduct adult recruitment campaign
• Conduct girl recruitment campaign
• Interview adults interested in being leaders
• Recommend adults for appointment as leaders/co-leaders and assist service unit
• manager in notifying leaders and co-leaders of their appointment and placement
• Prepare and distribute fall troop rosters to leaders
• Establish troops large enough to give girls experience in self-government (See
• Safety-Wise, Standard 13)
• Assist in spring early registration campaign
• Continue to encourage bridging activities with sister troops
• Encourage recognition for leaders (Leader's Day is April 22)

SUMMER (June-August)

• Work with service team to develop next year's plan of work
• Continue to recruit new girls and adults
• Find and reserve troop meeting places
• Assist recruitment coordinator in preparing for fall recruitment events
• Update troop rosters and assist in registration of new and continuing members

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