Cub Scouts
For Cub Scout specific topics only.
3790 topics in this forum
-
- 3 replies
- 3k views
-
- 3 replies
- 2.7k views
-
- 36 replies
- 11.9k views
-
- 0 replies
- 2.1k views
-
- 26 replies
- 4.9k views
-
- 25 replies
- 4k views
-
- 16 replies
- 6.3k views
-
- 1 reply
- 1.1k views
-
- 2 replies
- 1.3k views
-
- 27 replies
- 5.6k views
-
- 9 replies
- 2.5k views
-
- 7 replies
- 2.3k views
-
- 65 replies
- 34.6k views
-
- 0 replies
- 891 views
-
- 7 replies
- 2.4k views
-
LATEST POSTS
-
By InquisitiveScouter · Posted
I'd be interested to know the source... I pulled raw numbers from the Council Membership Tool on my.scouting. See attached for today's report on 092, Atlanta Area Council, which @Jameson76 had asked for. So, over five days, the current numbers changed to 15341, up from 15315 last Friday (+26). You'll notice the Dec 2024 number does not change (nor should it). The number this will be on 31 Dec, as @Eagle94-A1 points out, will be the one to watch for to give the most accurate "real time" number for comparison. Although, I supposed if a Registrar has a backlog of applications or renewals, they can tweak the Dec 2025 numbers into Jan 2026. -
By Eagle94-A1 · Posted
I do not know about today, but I know about back in the day. The #1 membership stat was the December 31st number. That was the one used in reports, media, etc. It is also the reason why a lot of councils had recharter December; delinquent units are still on the rolls until February or March. Rational was that paperwork was a pain, and it can take that long to get things fixed. The #2 stat was the June 30th number. That was used to set goals, see how much work will need to be done in Round Up, etc. Finally you had a monthly stat, and that compared to the previous years monthly stat. That is why you can see different numbers supposedly covering the same thing. While some will say it is "apples to apples," It is more like Granny Smith Apples to Gala Apples to Red Delicious Apples. -
By Eagle94-A1 · Posted
Trust me there is a lot of indignation. One unit now refuses to have anything to do with the council except paperwork: no camporees, no using camp, no purchasing supplies, no FOS, nothing at at. Most of the units do not use the local summer camp because the program sucks: it is a MB giveaway. Last time I went, inadequate supplies, equipment breaking, large Scout to Instructor ratios (30 people in Lifesaving MB; 15 minutes max on the water each day because you don't have enough canoes?!?!?!), and no improvements from complaints. Families are seeing all this and no longer want to support the council. There is actually discussion about the county leaving the current council, and joining a neighboring one. -
Last night I saw a dashboard and it had way different numbers. My understanding after asking some questions is that the numbers reported by councils and national in their annual reports Year-over-Year are not "current registered youth" and have not been "current registered youth". So we might have 877k right now but that number is not directly correlated to the membership numbers reported by national at the NAM. The number to compare against nationals year end number that they reported at the NAM is a "count of uniquely served youth in the previous calendar year" which currently stands at 1.2 million according to the dashboard I was shown last night. I am not sure if every council is doing the same thing or not; I suspect based on numbers I have seen that confused me in the past that my council is doing this as well. -
I get this, the numbers I have seen is 70% come from cubs but argument is solid. What I am seeing is a pay-for-play type experience with the club sports. SInce the coaches are all in league with each other there are these play club and we guarantee so much play time here and then that translates to making the varsity team, etc ... What is our join scouting and we guarantee so much <insert what parents want here> ? Would making participation mandatory improve the program? OMG, that's a recipe to kill scouting, not from cost, but from indignation. Let us just be real for a moment; a lot of us come out of the business world, we don't raise the price point of products unless there are no other choices. So many of us parents have been through restructuring and downsizing in the private sector, refusal to get operational costs down and instead passing the cost directly on to the consumer kills companies.
-
-
Who's Online (See full list)