I have been doing scouts most of my life. Yet I am faced with a dilemma never thought I would have to. I found out thru experience that the Council which I am connected too, has their own plan. Mainly to keep the troop I work with low so that we will disburse. Over time I have requested help to no avail. Went to camp the first time. The Troop was blamed for many things which most of them we weren't to be blamed for. Now that the Council has decided to implement a person who I will think of as John. He is not knowledgeable of the things I or others have done in the past to support our Council. Yet we can say one thing and it is twisted around, i.e. we havent had meetings on a regular basis. Mind you with the weather in our area and not enough leaders we do our best. However John was told we weren't having any meetings at all. Due to safety concerns of travelling, we did what we could. Now I have gone thru the chain of command without any help from anyone. What should I do now? I am seriously thinking of contacting National regarding the past and current work of those people in regards to our troop. The roundtable meetings used to have about 30 people or so. Now its lucky if there is more than 15, including the staff who runs it. I was taught in scouts that each scout was a brother or sister to another scout. Yet continually the other scouts from other troops are abusing this troop verbally and in a negative way. The Council is only wanting numbers for troops yet won't assist this troop with recruitment. So what can I tell my son's scoutmaster to do? I would certainly appreciate any and all help!
Thank you
