From: Michael A. Golrick (mgolrick@SCLC.ORG)
Date: Thu May 25 2000 - 07:55:00 CDT
Darryl Hammill wrote:
> I essentially put the Committee on notice that by March 2001 I
>was stepping down and into whatever position (if any) they decided I
>should handle for the Unit
[snip]
>We held our Committee meeting last Sunday -
>and to date there is no heir apparent.
[snip]
>1) Do I hold firm to my time schedule? If no one is in place by March
>2001 I feel an obligation to not abandon the Troop (read not abandon the
>Scouts).
As the saying goes, "been there done that." If you do not stick to your
schedule, you will never get out of the job. So, stick to your guns and
folks will then know you are serious. In my case, I had written finding a
successor into my Wood Badge ticket (and made no secret of it). It was
clear that I had a time constraint on me. That was one item I thought would
be easier than it was. Our new CC was "promoted"from one of our feeder
packs. It is working out well, because he actually understands the job and
will be in for a while.
>2) One thought we had was to begin a "Rotary Club" type process for the
>Committee. Meaning, when you agree to serve on the Committee there will
>be a rotation; i.e. Trail Boss, Treasurer, Committee Chair (or something
>like that). In doing this there will never be a lack of "warm bodies" or
>"heir apparents".
Well, since at Rotary I become President on July 1, I know exactly how this
works. It is not a bad idea, but the problem with the "strict rotation" or
"moving through the chairs" is that:
a. you get new folks all the time
b. not every new "folk" is there for the long haul i.e. tenure in
scouting is often shorter than in Rotary
While having a clear line of succession is important, I think it is harder
to "institutionalize" than in Rotary.
YiS
Michael
Michael Golrick Michael.Golrick.75@alumni.brown.edu
Assistant Scoutmaster
Troop 68, St. Theresa's Church, Trumbull CT
...and a good old Buffalo, too
NE-II-90
http://go.to/troop68
