jim_rogers

Need some help. Our Troop traditionally has given 50% of some fundraising to boys accounts, and 50% to the Troop. Many other fundraisers, 100% goes to the troop. Our troop is a very active troop, and the costs to each boy are from $35 to $60 per month depending on the activity scheduled. Needless to say, we do not have very enthusiastic turnout for many of the fundraisers. Not much incentive for the boys. We also do not experience even 70% turnout on most of our activities. I have hear discussions of because of the costs involved. I came from a Pack where we gave the boys 80% of all scout worked fundraisers, if Pack expenses were met, if not, then as much as we could give to the boys after expenses. All donations or grants that required no scout work were 100% to the Troop/Pack. We, (the troop committee), just discussed changing the percentages from 50/50, at which point the Scout Master drafted an addendum to the Charter, and had the boys vote on the 50/50 split....at the end of a meeting, with no understanding of what they were voting on, and it passed. Our question now is. Is there any official Scouting policy for Unit accounts, and/or percentages. I am betting there is not. Is there any guidelines of whose duty it is to setup or adjust percentages, (committee, charter organization, scoutmaster, or boys)? We think that as a committee, we can over-rule the Scout Master on this issue, but would like some official backing. The whole point of this political excercise is the same as I saw in the previous postings. You have a core group of families that work every fundraising event. And the rest of the pack or troop. In the case of the 50/50 split, the boys who work hard, get penalized, and the ones who don't work at all, still reap the benefits of troop assets and subsidies. Let me know your thoughts and insights.