Re: Males in GS
John Tudor (tudorj@HCI.NET)
Fri, 29 May 1998 08:37:04 -0400
At 12:13 AM 5/29/98 -0400, Greg Nations said:
<<snip>>
>minutes, a "leader" came over and asked, "What do you think you're doing
>here?". I replied that I had come to pick up my daughter, but wanted to
>observe the meeting. The "leader" said, "Only registered Girl Scouts and Girl
>Scout Leaders were allowed to attend meetings." I replied okay with me and
>showed her my still valid registration card, that had over six months left on
>it. After her initial shock, she said, "Let me put it this way, we don't want
>men loitering where young girls are meeting", then threatened to call the
base
>security police on me. I took a complaint to the North Atlantic Girl Scout
>district office, where I received a similar "deer in the headlights" look
when
>I showed my registration card, but received no satisfactory help.
<<end Snip>>
If this had happened to me, My first response would be that my daughter (or
son for that matter) will not participate in any group where parents are
unwelcome to attend and observe, for her own protection .
Then I would have done like Greg and gone to the district office. Failing
satisfaction at that level, I would have continued to climb up the ladder,
one rung at a time, until I reached a level where reason and common sense
would take over, and the proper people would see to it that the local
leaders either acted properly, or were removed.
In any of my dealings, both business and personal, I never stop with the
first no, or unsatisfactory response that I receive. I always keep going
up the chain of command until I either get to the very top, or get
satisfaction. Normally I get satisfaction after going up no more than one
or two levels, I rarely have to go to the top, and even less often fail to
get satisfaction.
There is absolutely NO valid reason for leaders of any worthwhile youth
group to refuse to allow parents the opportunity to attend and observe
meetings. If they do, I would be concerned about "What are they hiding???".
This seems like just another case of Male Bashing..ie: "all men are pigs,
and cannot be trusted".
Just my .02 worth.
John Tudor
ASM Troop 184
Morganton, NC
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