Re: Tricky meeting

On Wed, 19 Nov 1997 15:44:24 -0800 Kevin McClelland <kevin999@erols.com>
writes:
>I am telling you John, people are too confrontational. My first plan
>of attack would be to tell the committee to try to work out there
>differences. Before doing this, make sure that the Scoutmaster hasn't
>done anything illegal, or forbidden by the Boy Scouts. Elsewise, if
>reason doesn't work, Have a general vote among all the parents and not
>just those that sit on the committee regularly. If the majority says
>oust him, then apologize and boot him. That's my opinion
>
>Kevin's idea sounds good, but has a couple of problems. This is
certainly one case where a "majority rule" may not be appropriate. This
may be particularly true if all of the parents vote. It may be that the
reason certain parents are upset with the SM is that he/she is correctly
enforcing the rules as to their son, and not making the exceptions they
think that "Junior" is entitled to. Many parents who are not trained
leaders will not understand how the requirements should be enforced, and
any vote may be skewed by their misunderstanding.

Secondly, I do not believe that the parents nor the committee can fire
the SM. A SM serves at the pleasure of the Chartered Organization. The
church that sponsors our troop selected me and appointed me, and they
have the power to fire me. Certainly the committee can vote that I
should end my term as SM, but if the CO does not agree, then I am still
SM.

blaine

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