The Patrol Method

When I was a DE, my district had 45% of the current membership numbers. And that was just 2 counties.  

About 2 councils worth of scouts. Look at all that administrative bloat. That's easily 1.6 million more for program if they merge down to 2 councils and fire 8 scout executives. 

WOW  

North Carolina includes:  Last Dec / This Dec / % change 070, Old North State, Greensboro:  3284 / 2794 / -14.82% 414, Daniel Boone, Asheville: 1381 / 1244 / -9.92% 415,  Mecklenburg County, Charlotte: 4380 / 4286 / -3.29% 416, Central NC, Albemarle: 2541 / 2546 / +0.20% 420: Piedmont, Gastonia: 3903 / 3702 / -5.15% 421, Occoneechee, Raleigh: 8170 / 8189 / +0.23% 424, Tuscarora, Goldsboro: 1839 / 1351 / -26.54% 425, Cape Fear, Wilmington: 2125 / 1954 / -8.05% 426, East Carolina, Kinston: 2597 / 2355 / -9.32% 427, Old Hickory, Winston-Salem:  2586 / 2468 / -4.56% And I'll include 596, Tidewater, Virginia Beach, VA, which extends down into NC:  3934 / 3777 / -3.99% And in the aggregate, all those councils:  36740 / 34616 / -5.78%    

It is dying. And the majority of folks do not want to put quality control measures. They want 'High Speed, Low Drag" advancement and increasing the number of Eagle Scouts. They would rather celebrate the 13 or 14 year old with all 130+MBs than the troop that is doing trail work on the AT, or the troop running Red Cross evac stations.