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  1. Western Region

    Sections, Lodges and local discussions

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    Been to NOAC? Heading there? Chat about the Order's bi-annual gathering

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  8. Founders Award Selection Process

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  9. OA qualification requirements 1 2 3 4

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  13. OA Conclave food ideas

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  14. How to still be involved wihile going to college 1 2

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  15. OA Unami Item

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  • LATEST POSTS

    • PACAN
      From On Scouting; an interview with a new guy from the National Meeting

      By PACAN · Posted

      My suggestions would be: Just like other businesses (restaurant chains, retail operations?  close down (merge) underperforming councils.  No discussion just do it. As much as it pains close/sell camps who have so much outstanding maintenance that cannot be supported by the council they are affiliated with. or their capacity is less than x% (each camp is probably different) Downsize and Reorganize councils by function vs districts.  Districts are historically under staffed with holes in areas that should be under one person Customer service is poor...fix it...waiting weeks for answers is unsatisfactory and make the volunteers thing they don't care so they ignore the councils/districts I count 3 councils who have more scouts in April than they did in December.   I would propose - but no one cares what I think - to reorg by function:   Finance, Budget, fundraising   Operations, Membership, registrar, advancement, eagle process, clearances, data analysis   Unit Support, Commissioners, training   Facilities, camps   Camping, outdoor programs, summer camps, camporees,etc       Anyway as I said no one would even try  but the "traditional org" is not working.  
    • BetterWithCheddar
      Okay; not sure we have solid thinking here, though it appears maybe on World Level there may be some success?

      By BetterWithCheddar · Posted

      I'm a dad / den leader just completing our 4th year of Cubs. We've still got Webelos (4th Grade) and AOL (5th Grade) to go. It's too much.
    • BetterWithCheddar
      From On Scouting; an interview with a new guy from the National Meeting

      By BetterWithCheddar · Posted

      I love my local council camp, but it's 75 miles outside of town (90 minutes by car). I would trade it in a second for a camp 1/10 the size but only a short trip from home.  
    • Tron
      From On Scouting; an interview with a new guy from the National Meeting

      By Tron · Posted

      What would you suggest?
    • PACAN
      From On Scouting; an interview with a new guy from the National Meeting

      By PACAN · Posted

      Corporations with Strategic plan big ideas but no execution other than (tell units membership is down - go recruit! 🙃) will continue to slide into obvilion. 56 councils with conditional charters is 25% of the total numbers - some of these probably won't meet the metrics  22% of the latest total membership is in 10 councils -membership more than 10000 18% of councils have less than 1000 youth and 9 of those less than 500. camps at 30% capacity even having only 3 weeks of scout camp - kids want a entire summer job so they don't apply or come back. Councils are individual competing feifdoms and there is no incentive to merge. Yet the basic management model hasn't changed. I hope for the best and not just more of circling the wagons and shooting inwards.    JMHO.

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