Trevorum Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Does anyone have - or know of a link to - a directory of all 300+ councils nationwide including mailing addresses? I can not find such a directory on the BSA.org site and my googling has not helped. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortridge Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 A partial list of websites: http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/councils/all.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevorum Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Thanks, shortridge, I did see that but it only lists websites and not snailmail addresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortridge Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Right, but they should have the snailmail addresses on their sites. Makes for a laborious process, but it might be the best you can get. The other alternative would be to use a list of council numbers, if you can get them, and punch each in individually to the locator site, http://www.scouting.org/localcouncillocator.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 You might give national a call and see if they will email you a list ... 972-580-2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGreyEagle Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 there is this http://usscouts.org/aboutbsa/bsa-map.asp the last choice on the page says its a directory, its in Excel and it has snail mail, accuracy, of course, follows the Pierre Salinger Syndrome experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeptic Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 OGE; Interesting list; has significant historical value. The number of local councils in early days, prior to 1930 or so, is significant. That they appear to have merged, often a number of times, each time becoming larger challenges the viability of small councils and truly local control. It continues to be an issue from what I see, especially where the councils are "so" large that some members likely rarely see their professionals, and have to do everything by mail or computer. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevorum Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 OGE, that's terrific, thank you. The verified date is 3 years old (I know that my council has moved since then), but I'm guessing perhaps 90% accuracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGreyEagle Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 One lives to serve... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevorum Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 and thank you for your service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Tree Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Here's something that just demonstrates the central bizarre organizational inefficiency that plagues the BSA. First off, they don't have a list of all of the councils easily accessible from anywhere that we can easily find. Second, the list of council websites includes 304 councils. How can it possibly not include all of the councils? Do some councils not have web sites? Have they ignored requests from National? Doesn't someone from National ever talk to people in those councils? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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