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Maybe it is old-school me. Apparently it doesn't matter to that Council and it works for them. If Council asked me to volunteer for an adult-only Easter Egg Hunt, Costume contest fundraiser at OUR Camp, I would assume it was an April Fool Joke and hang up. If Council asked me to volunteer for Family Easter Egg Hunt, I would be hiding milk chocolate bunny ears (eggs? real scouts eat ears! Arrrg!) on an orienteering course. Different strokes for different folks ...YMMV,

It is not a family event, it is not a youth event.

I was not expecting UP arrows. This event is contrary to my thinking of a council fundraising event, but it must be working, if this is their 6th year.

"Sagamore Council is hosting Indiana's largest adult only Easter egg hunt next week. Registration is $25 and is open to the public but participates must be 18 years and older. In addition to over 50,000 eggs in the egg hunt, over 2,000 prizes will be given out. Guests can also enjoy food and drinks from seven vendors, live music, a costume contest, yard games, and more." "Let’s have fun like the kids do!! The 6th Annual Scouting 4 Eggs Adult Easter Egg Hunt presented by Caterpillar is a GO! ...Over 1,000 prizes to be given out including a chance to win sports tickets/memorabilia, artwork, gift cards, big screen tv, and more amazing prizes. We will have live music, a photo booth, Easter-inspired costume contest, Easter Bunny, yard games, and much more! Glow sticks will be on sale to brighten up the night! FREE SMORES for everyone! The campfire rings will be back so bring a lawn chair if you want to enjoy sitting around the fires. Since the event is being held at Scout Camp, no alcohol will be served/allowed at this event. The cost is $25 per person. Don’t forget your flashlight and closed toed shoes." Sources: https://scoutingevent.com/162-egghunt24 https://www.wlfi.com/news/local/boy-scouts-of-america-hosting-adult-easter-egg-hunt/article_5ff81d5a-df92-11ee-ab56-c7693b84b347.html

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03/09/2024: Interview with Scouts Canada CEO CEO Liam Burns You’ve been on the job for almost a year now, what do you see as Scouts Canada’s most pressing challenges? "The biggest thing that keeps me up at night is that scouting was in decline right up to COVID. Since then we’ve recovered strongly — last year we had 22 per cent growth, this year we’ll have about nine per cent growth — but nothing is fundamentally different. So logically we presume that growth curb will plateau and start to come down, and there’s no evidence the status quo is going to work, so the question is, what needs to change? Another challenge is that our digital infrastructure is an absolute mess for all the sorts of reasons legacy organizations would give. At times it took four hours for someone to register their young person. Unless you’re getting a Taylor Swift ticket, that’s unacceptable. We’ve just taken on a director of digital transformation, and we’re excited about what we can build, but it’s going to take millions in investment, so we’re starting to think about how we get permission for that from our governance and our members. As far as diversity and inclusion, we’re an organization that has an awful lot of baggage. We just made an apology for the harm we caused Indigenous communities. When you talk to successful business leaders that have been scouts, they always talk about how scouting gave them a leg up, and if we’re doing that only for the more privileged families in Canada, that’s a moral hazard. So understanding our current demographics and how we change that is something we need to get much better at. The last thing I’ll talk about is partnerships. There are so many amazing organizations out there dedicated to giving young people skills for life, so how can we have better relationships with other organizations and corporate entities? That’s something we need to figure out." More at Source: https://www.thespec.com/business/awful-lot-of-baggage-scouts-canada-ceo-looks-to-lead-century-old-institution-out-of/article_8c8db008-b21a-5bf0-9b8b-4abc0664917d.html

"The conference registration fee for the 2024 National Annual Meeting is $825 and includes a box lunch in the exhibit hall on Tuesday and Wednesday this year. Registration on site will be very limited due to cutoff dates with the hotel. Onsite registration fee will be $900 and will be limited." *The cutoff date to register for the National Annual Meeting is Friday, March 29th. https://nam.scouting.org/ No word if any meetings or sessions will be streamed via youtube.

Former scout, Abigail Sanford is a fish and wildlife biologist at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "I am a fish and wildlife biologist with the Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office Central Coast Division, and I largely help analyze impacts to threatened and endangered species. I am the species lead for the San Joaquin kit fox and the blunt-nosed leopard lizard. In high school, I knew I wanted to go to college, but had no idea what I wanted to study. When it came time to select a major, it was like staring at a blank wall hoping an answer would appear. So I spoke to one of my mentors at Scouts BSA (Boy Scouts of America). He gave me the advice to go into a major that would allow me to really explore and utilize my ‘jack-of-all-trades' skills. At the time, I knew that an environmental major could lead to a lot of different kinds of jobs like teaching, communications, and biology. So I chose it because I knew it would allow me to further explore what I really wanted to do rather than trying to figure it out while still in high school and not really having a lot of real-world experience yet. It took me a while to figure out that I wanted to be a biologist. It was actually internships at the USFWS that were vital in helping me identify that I wanted to be a biologist and work at the Service." Much more at Source: https://www.fws.gov/story/2024-01/abigail-sanford-faces-fish-and-wildlife-service

Thanks you made my point better than I. “Northern Star Council, Boy Scouts of America's headquarters is at our Base Camp … an urban camp facility located right in the Twin Cities, near historic Fort Snelling. We offer indoor and outdoor programs year-round for every type of youth and adult groups! Base Camp is available for any type of youth group. We have program combinations that use some, or all, of our Base Camp activities including rock climbing, archery, high ropes course, space shuttle simulator, robotics, and biking! We also offer lock-in programs, birthday parties, and special events for groups. It’s a HQ, it’s a Camp. It’s open to Scouts. It’s open to the community. It’s the future of Council HQ’s? It’s financially self-sustaining? Sources: https://www.explorebasecamp.org/Youth-and-Adult-Programs https://www.northernstar.org/about-us

2004: "Boy Scouts, Banknorth officials, Cianbro and other members of the business community broke ground Monday (July 19) on the new 21,000-square-foot Scout Center, the cornerstone of the Pine Tree Council’s $4 million capital campaign. ... When completed in 2005 the facility will include: a library, a tribute room, a visitor's center, a training room, a scout shop, an audio visual center, resources areas for each of the 10 districts of the Pine Tree Council as well as a lookout so that scouts can watch planes take off and land. (Modern I guess ~RS) The Pine Tree Council serves more than 18,000 youths through its Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venturing, Learning for Life and Exploring programs in Central and Southern Maine..." Source: http://www.wolfenews.com/releases/Pine-Tree-Council-of-Boy-Scouts-of-America-Breaks-Ground-on-21000-square-foot-Scout-Center-in-Portland/01071/ 2016: "In 2005 they (Pine Tree Council) relocated their service center to Western Avenue in South Portland. However, the much larger facility was costing them $133,758 per year. Recently, they sold the building to a group of doctors (Also, former scouts!). This year Scout Executive, Eric Tarbox is happy to announce that they have a balanced budget." Source: https://www.scarboroughrotary.org/stories/pine-tree-council-ceo Today: Pine Tree Council HQ, aka Service Center, is located at Camp William Hinds.

It was announced that Dr. Glenn Ault will chair the 2026 Jamboree Committee.

Fewer scouts today so councils merge for well you know the script. Seems mostly okay, then a NEW council headquarters building is needed. MUCH LARGER than the two HQ's it is replacing which served more scouts back when. I mean if we need MORE ROOM to serve fewer scouts, can't we just use the scOUTing DOORS? MORE MODERN - Internet? Indoor plumbing? Is Scouting now about Modern? MORE EXPENSIVE. I don't want to spend a dime on a new Council HQ while a camp is in need of maintenance or program upgrades. How many $million dream HQs were built and then sold (Maine comes to mind) NEW and Council owned, we are hiring an architect! Thrifty? Plenty of empty strip mall space. Here is what got me going ST. Louis Council to build a new 25,000 sq ft council HQ. https://www.connectcre.com/stories/boy-scouts-of-greater-st-louis-to-sell-hq-looking-for-new-location/ My $0.02,

https://www.facebook.com/officialscoutsbsa/ See complaints above link. Once again survey distribution problems, despite valid email addresses provided by scouts and guardians. Ugh. "Krone is focused on leveraging technology and innovation to propel the organization into the future." Forbes Sorry for going off-topic. How to improve surveys from National is worthy of another topic.

Agreed. I found two versions. I enjoyed their pre-WSJ planning newsletters.

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Yes. Posting GoFundME or other fundraising events for Scouts/Scouting has previously occurred on this forum.

As often mentioned on this forum. Scouts Canada youth membership and professional employment has dramatically declined. Found this, see link below. Source: A lot of data in graphs, tables, links from Scouts Canada, but what I found missing was the Cost of Scouting per scout by year. http://yates.ca/sc/history/membership_national.htm

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Feb 28,2024: Washington Post provides a good summary: Troop splits with Girl Scouts after legal threats over Gaza bracelet fundraiser https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/28/girl-scouts-gaza-bracelets-missouri/

Transparency and communication. Report to the Nation. National Annual Meeting becomes the National Open Meeting. My $0.02,

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Agree, appear to be stretching exercises as opposed to cardio or strength training.

“The program was a big part of my life and the lives of my children. I want to make sure every child has an opportunity to have that same amazing experience.” - Roger Krone IMHO, that would be a good lead for our 2024 Report to the Nation due April 1 to Congress. * I hope Mr. Krone et al. takes our Charter obligation seriously and produces an accurate, thoughtful, and on-time report. * There may be some terminology confusion - Report to the Nation which is for Congress and American people and National Annual Report for National Annual Meeting and hopefully us too? My $0.02,

02/23/24 Harvard Business Review: Presidents Found Their Second Acts In the section William Howard Taft Finally Gets His Dream Job are these seemingly misplaced paragraphs perhaps for a second article CEOs Found Their Second Acts? We all have dream jobs. Roger Krone, who became the CEO of The Boy Scouts of America, may offer a corporate analog for what it can mean to finally get there after decades of work and an unusual path. A former Eagle Scout, Krone had been chairman and CEO of Leidos, a $14 billion, 47,000 employee, Fortune 250 government technology company, from 2014 to 2023. He had a stellar track record of success as CEO, tripling the company’s revenues and market capitalization. As a result, he created the possibility to move into a new role with the goal of giving back to an institution that played a formative role in his life. After retiring from Leidos in May 2023, Krone became CEO of The Boy Scouts of America. “As a life-long Scout, the opportunity to lead the Scouting movement represents the perfect capstone to a long and fruitful career and a chance to give back,” Krone later said. “The program was a big part of my life and the lives of my children. I want to make sure every child has an opportunity to have that same amazing experience.” https://hbr.org/2024/02/how-former-u-s-presidents-found-their-second-acts