PACAN

They can't "officially". Remember National has no real say in Council operations as we have seen where councils have thumbed their noses at National policies with no penalty. Councils are their own feifdoms who do what they want Units thumb their noses at the council and national as we see here. Watch all the pencil whipping of requirements occur.

Clearly the organizational structure at all levels is poor. National has no real say in Council operations as we have seen where councils have thumbed their noses at National policies with no penalty. Rolling out new programs with no implementing guidance is nuts and breeds confusion and pushback. Councils badger their customers but do not follow the Chartered Partner Agreements themselves when it is inconvenient to do so. Councils are their own feifdoms and have units trapped where they can't join another council when they get poor or no service. The BSA professionals are overwhelmed when it comes to how to make efficient organizations and DEs are cannon fodder and leave in droves due to poor upper management an unresponsive Executive Boards who vote "aye" in lieu of asking the hard questions. In theory the EB members are hot shots in their own businesses but don't bring best practices to the BSA. Most units view them as rain makers only. Districts are also poorly managed and do not leverage the talent of those who want to help. Again, you can't change your district to get better support. You can go to Lowes if Home Depot isn't meeting your customer needs but not in the BSA. 270+ councils need to be realigned to cut the overhead. 6 councils within 100 miles is crazy as each of them struggles with resources but there can be no merger without consent of the EBs and units so national can't direct them to happen so they spiral downward incapable of providing any quality customer service or programs. So units retrench and do their own program. Units also thumb their noses at the council and national as we have seen in the recent membership decisions. The discussion of "giving advancement credit" is an example when the policy is clear.