This is very timely. As our Council Activities & Civic service Chmn, I just laid it out for the Districts that we are there to SUPPLIMENT the unit program, not REPLACE it.
We have Districts that have run a fall camporee, klondike derby, first aid meet, spring camporee, pinewood derby, cubmobile, spring and fall Tiger & Cub days. (all in one year) They do not give the units any time to do unit activity.
We had to bring it all to a screeching halt. Needed to remind them that the District Activity & Civic Service is charged with ONE event for each program (Tigers, Cubs, Scouts Ventures), ONE service project, ONE Scout Week celebration and ONE leader recognition event. The Council is doing the Service Project, all they have to do is tie-in and promote. They can combine the events, and Districts can work together/cross promote to provide a range of quality events...and the units lose nothing!
This is being met with resistance from some "entrenched" members, but in the words of the Borg, "Resistance is futile".
Michael in Kalamazoo
