BobWhite, I appreciate your technical explanation of what Scouting rules allows but lets be real for just a minute. You're in the midwest where Scouting probably thrives a bit more than here in the Northeast where we struggle to find boys, we struggle to find sponsors and we struggle to fundraise. Many unit sponsors here have absolutely no interest in being anything other than a place to meet. They do not support us financially and they do not oversee us unless we have a problem. Quite frankly, they don't want to get invovled with another group of adults if they don't have to.
So we have a habit of forming a committee and ELECTING a Committee Chair, Treasurer, Secretary, Advancement Coordinator, Transportation Coordinator & Equipment Coordinator as well as Scoutmaster. The chartered rep is simply one of us who belongs to the organization such as a church sponsoring us. Fortunately in our case we all get along and everyone seems to enjoy their role - nonetheless we re-vote each year and if anyone has interest they simply need to step up and say I'd like to be considered. It hasn't happened yet, usually the opposite where someone will indicate they are tired of doing a job and we let folks know we're looking for a replacement.
If Lynn has a Troop in need of change the best hope is to have someone close to the person they want out softly approach and ask if they are ready to let someone else lead. You'd be surprised how effective that can be as the person you are asking usually thinks no one else wants the job. That person might also mention if they need to that folks want a change - lets face it, if it's not addressed then guess what - you suddenly have 2 troops because of a split and that is never good. Trust me I know. I've been in scouting as an adult volunteer for about 14 years as Web Leader, Cubmaster, Committee Chair, Scoutmaster and many other roles and have seen this time and time again. It is better to have a friendly conversation than to bring this up at committe but sometimes you come to a point where you must make change or lose boys & parents. By the way voting publicly forces everyone to say what their decision is and while its unpleasant once in a while there asre no surprises later.
Lynn Good luck and looking forward to those brownies if the glass doesn't explode next time!
