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Councils with failed camps often have such a history. Poor stewardship, poor management, and no strategic, mission related oversight by anyone who should care (but doesn't), like National. Land assets in scouting are generally viewed through a lens that favors larceny over legacy. -
There is nothing stopping councils from benchmarking with each other to get ideas and guidance on how to optimize assets. Most of them don't really want to, though, for various reasons. If National had ever been a more competent and well managed organization, it would have been more proactive in regards to camp assets stewardship for the benefit of scouting. It would have developed strategies, like centralized purchasing, to help camps optimize camp operation and functionality.
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By Eagle94-A1 · Posted
Even moneymaker camps will get sold. We had a local Scout camp on the border of 2 additional councils. So folks from 3 councils used it. Heck one of those councils even held district events there because of proximity. Additionally it was about 15 minutes off the interstate, so units travelling would use it too. The small primitive camp made enough money to support itself, and subsidize some of the costs of the main camp. Someone decided to move as much infrastructure as possible to the main camp, sell it, and use the money to improve the main camp. Yeah, the main camp is still poorly run and only has 4 weeks of camp. -
Your council has the secret sauce, you should share with everyone and save the camps. -
Mine are poorly run and attended for 3 weeks
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