an_old_DC Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) 27 minutes ago, MattR said: Related story: My council is changing FOS to some other acronym. Not only that but next year each unit will be sent a bill for $200/scout. They can donate the money or sell popcorn or any of the other council fundraising. That's nuts. My Venture Crew of 12 would probably fold if our Council pulled that. Edited January 26, 2018 by an_old_DC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back Pack Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 23 minutes ago, MattR said: Related story: My council is changing FOS to some other acronym. Not only that but next year each unit will be sent a bill for $200/scout. They can donate the money or sell popcorn or any of the other council fundraising. So last night at our district council meeting we were talking about girls and I asked what the GS council charges each youth. They looked at me funny so I explained to them that there are all these great plans for adding girls but do they know about this charge? If money is an issue and they have to raise $200 per scout to stay in the BSA but could sign up for probably much less if they go with GS, I asked them what they think the parents will do. You are kidding? $200 per Scout? I’d drive to the next council and go lone scout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuzzard Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Our council has been $144/yr for youth for National and Council dues for a couple of years now. It hasn't effected our existing scout numbers, just made fundraising for other stuff harder. That extra $111 to council that we get almost nothing for makes it harder to have higher troop dues for program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back Pack Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 32 minutes ago, oldbuzzard said: Our council has been $144/yr for youth for National and Council dues for a couple of years now. It hasn't effected our existing scout numbers, just made fundraising for other stuff harder. That extra $111 to council that we get almost nothing for makes it harder to have higher troop dues for program. I wouldn’t pay it out of principle. It’s not right or honest to compel people to pay for council operations if they can’t manage their own finances well. That’s a huge amount of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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