Re: Purpose of Councils

PABLO_MANUEL <PABLOM@N4.OPNAV.NAVY.MIL> asks:

> Just a thought- If the purported purpose of Councils is to make money
> selling printed matter, why has my local council divested itself of that
> function by "outsourcing" the Scout Shop to a contractor tenant activity?
> Perhaps they find it more important to run the Council than to sell
> paper?

The way it was explained to me is that a council-run Scout Shop has to deal
with National BSA the same way as any other store deals with a supplier.
You order (and pay for) your inventory based on what you think folks will
buy and hope that you've guessed right. Otherwise you have a lot of capital
tied up in your inventory. Meanwhile, the National-run Scout Shops don't
have that problem. They don't pay for their inventory in advance & don't
have to pay extra shipping costs to order something fast. When times were
flush, that little bit of extra cost was bearable for most councils. But
times are a bit tight for most councils these days, and will likely get
tighter. So one place to shave costs a bit is to get out of the Scout Shop
business. Sad.

Alan R. Houser ** Scoutmaster, Berkeley Troop 24 ** troop24@emf.net
** WWW page ** http://www.emf.net/~troop24/t24.html **
Scoutmaster, Mt. Diablo Silverado Council Contingent Jamboree Troop #3

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