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  2. The BSA Program, Chartering, and Unit Compliance 1 2 3

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  • LATEST POSTS

    • Tron
      Can "Friends of [local Scouting]" (i.e., new CO after split from church CO) solicit funds for the CO, which then get donated to units?

      By Tron · Posted

      I've gotten into the weeds of what publicly is disclosed on council revenue sources and there is nothing going from national to councils. Councils are just as much a franchisee as units are.
    • Tron
      Catholics turn

      By Tron · Posted

      I think there are 2 problems with the commissioner corps; First there is no enforcement so the efforts of the commissioner can become a huge waste of time (If a unit repeatedly gets low evaluations or refuses to meet why are council executives renewing those charters?). Secondly to be blunt there are too many scouting bro's scratching each others back. When a commissioner witnesses YPT and GTSS violations they need to thrown the bad leaders under the bus, not sweep the issue under the rug.  I think this goes back to service. At the cub level the parents can't just disappear once their scout crosses to a troop. We need a culture of lingering at the pack to pass on knowledge, hold hands a little, help those new parents get their feet under them. Most cub packs are like starting a new business with all new employees year-over-year. I think a good scout executive can fix this in every council by treating JTE/Quality Unit/Whatever the new program as mandatory to recharter, and publicly posts the scores. If units get caught lying on their JTE, yank the charter. How many packs and troops would fix their problems in a heartbeat if they had to deal with parents that really knew what was going on in a unit?  An alternative, every January districts should have to run a class for AOL and perspective new parents on how to identify properly functioning units. Think of an AOL parent who gets a 15min crash course on patrol method and how they would steer their kids to units?
    • PACAN
      Catholics turn

      By PACAN · Posted

      The last post that I quickly saw related to the Girl scouts dropping was by Ducttape on 10/30.  After that I didn't see one directly related.  Went into Character, joining and commissioner posts.
    • mrjohns2
      Tragic proceedings - BSA looking to sell precious Norman Rockwell collection

      By mrjohns2 · Posted

      Too bad the article didn’t say if what was sold was close to what was expected. Any one have any idea? What about properties now that a couple of years have passed since the evaluations were given and real value received. 
    • MattR
      Catholics turn

      By MattR · Posted

      Give me a new name and a rough range of dates and I'll split the thread.
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