Re: Exploring Districts vs. traditional
Jim Miller Jr. (jmillerjr@lsfcu.org)
Tue, 28 Jan 1997 9:07:50
Robert Hushing-Kline wrote:
>I find it interesting that the Hudson Liberty Council is moving back into
>traditional districts with 17 units, when our two contiguous districts have
>32 or 33 Explorer units between them and the Council Executive has decided
>that we cannot support an Exploring District. hmmm.
It's not unusual. The standard set by the BSA for Unit serving Executives
is 40-80 units per employee. In our case, the Board felt that it was not
proper for our EE to do what amounts to a part-time job (by definition)
when one of our other DE's is covering 2 districts. In yours, you are rapidly
approaching a point where you have the critical mass to run a Division.
>He is requiring the
>traditional district DE's to raise all the money to support the salary of
>the new Exploring district DE. I guess I can see his problem...but we are
>an area with not a whole lot of disposable income; our two DE's support 120
>units as it is.
That is strange, but is probably an interim solution. An Exploring
Division/District should have the same responsibilities for funding, FOS,
and activities that geographic Districts have. I wouldn't be surprised if
your new Exploring Executive is given the primary responsibility of
increasing to at least 40 units in the first year and then taking on those
other requirements when the District has reached the "standard."
>Wish there were an easy answer!
Then life would be boring. ;-)
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