The Patrol Method
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By Eagle94-A1 · Posted
I noticed the second page has a photo of Green Bar Bill on it. I wonder if he is spinning in the grave with what is going on at national? -
By InquisitiveScouter · Posted
The survey instructions say they have done this every 10 years. But last one was conducted in 2010. (Fifteen years ago for those of you who are mathematically challenged 😜 ) From current NESA feed: "Scouting America is partnering with the Harris Poll to update a major outcomes study last conducted in 2010. This research will help us better understand the long-term impact of Scouting. Who’s Involved? Randomly selected Alumni, Eagle Scouts, and Volunteers will receive email invitations to participate." But, from BSA's own website ( https://www.scouting.org/about/research/the-scouting-edge-study/ ) , there was this, in a Scouting Edge Report "These findings comprise results from two parallel studies fielded online in the United States by The Harris Poll on behalf of the Boy Scouts of America between November 29th and December 14th, 2023." https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/marketing/pdf/Final-File-The-Scouting-Edge-8-5x11.pdf That pdf report covers many of the same questions asked in this survey. @Tron, you could perhaps compare there from the 2023 study. So, BSA paid Harris to conduct another poll within 2 years? Seems odd... -
So sounds like Scouting America is trying to determine if their core/base membership has changed. I wonder if this is going to be aggregated to council level or something else. I would love to see this data and compare it to my geographic area. -
The big change happened in 2020/2021 ish with the charter language being updated due to CO's liquidating units to take the resources for themselves. My opinion is increasingly becoming that council boards and district executives prefer it this way and are avoiding engaging the CORs. In my council I find this to be the case but it is the OA's fault as they have an inner circle of <insert non-scout language here> that block everything from happening that they can't take credit for or can't control that has anything to do with the council growing or modernizing.
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This is so crazy. The last BOR I sat on was literally done like this "Little Billy needs a BOR, he doesn't care that he's going to miss part of the troop meeting; Mr. Tron are you available to sit on his BOR?" me "Absolutely. I'll be right there."
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