Here're some additional random thoughts... - The Congressional Charter is for the "Boy Scouts of America."  (Congressional Charters do not mean much, anyway, but BSA likes to ride that hobby horse.)  Will this "charter" now be defunct?  Probably not, due to some legalese... - What will the new Eagle rank patch look like? - Will there, for the next few decades, be a bunch of "cool kids" with "BSA" on their uniforms versus "Scouting America"??  Will there be a run on buying up old logo uniforms? - What will we change the words to one of our favorites camp songs to?? http://usscouts.org/songs/ifiwerent.asp - Will there be a re-boot of the Fred McMurray classic, Follow Me, Boys! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060420/  Will Kurt Russell reprise his role as Whitey, and now be the Scoutmaster in Follow Me, Kids! - Does my BSA memorabilia collection now increase in value?  (At least, the items that say "BSA" on them...) Is it time to insure my collection?? 😜 Especially stamps and coins:   - Will we have an "Auld Lang Syne" party to say goodbye to 115 years of tradition?

"Scouting America" sounds more like the program we are delivering to today's youth, and it is consistent with other WOSM organizations.  

So...how is this going to be different?   I never thought the name was the reason kids joined. Don't we accept all youth (except those who don't prescribe to the Religious declaration) now?   Will that change? Do we anticipate there will be hundreds of thousands of youth who vanished to return?  Will this bring the lost chartering organizations back?    Do we continue with the marketing "we are cheaper than sports" ? Do prospective parents believe the program has actually fixed their YP and their kids will be safe?   Just random thoughts.

Because GSUSA was not meeting their desire for an adventurous program. And their leadership does not want to change. While society does indeed teach there are no differences in roles,  psychology and other sciences do show otherwise. Give me until the weekend to get the research collected. Because research from way back, and event to this day, shows that both boys and girls need their own spaces without the opposite gender present to develop.  Again, GSUSA has not listened to their base, and have lost many over the years.

If girls need girls-only spaces, why did they join the former "Boy" Scouts of America? Like a lot of folks here, Boy Scouts was my refuge in middle school when I could pal around with my friends in the woods not worrying about social pressures from school. It was a gender-segregated program. Imagine my surprise when I got to high school and found there were girls with similar feelings and interests. Not all of the girls, but quite a few. Why did we deny them the opportunity of a program that goes outdoors to teach self-reliance, teamwork, determination, and leadership? Before you say girls have Girl Scouts, they are not the same program. Frankly I don't know much about the Girl Scout program, but I know it is not Boy Scouts for girls. (anecdote: Many of the girls I met in high school tried the Girl Scout program, got tired of it and left.) Youth today grow up different. They aren't taught there are different roles in society for men and women. I believe we should all have the same opportunity.