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My suggestions would be: Just like other businesses (restaurant chains, retail operations?  close down (merge) underperforming councils.  No discussion just do it. As much as it pains close/sell camps who have so much outstanding maintenance that cannot be supported by the council they are affiliated with. or their capacity is less than x% (each camp is probably different) Downsize and Reorganize councils by function vs districts.  Districts are historically under staffed with holes in areas that should be under one person Customer service is poor...fix it...waiting weeks for answers is unsatisfactory and make the volunteers thing they don't care so they ignore the councils/districts I count 3 councils who have more scouts in April than they did in December.   I would propose - but no one cares what I think - to reorg by function:   Finance, Budget, fundraising   Operations, Membership, registrar, advancement, eagle process, clearances, data analysis   Unit Support, Commissioners, training   Facilities, camps   Camping, outdoor programs, summer camps, camporees,etc       Anyway as I said no one would even try  but the "traditional org" is not working.  

I'm a dad / den leader just completing our 4th year of Cubs. We've still got Webelos (4th Grade) and AOL (5th Grade) to go. It's too much.

I love my local council camp, but it's 75 miles outside of town (90 minutes by car). I would trade it in a second for a camp 1/10 the size but only a short trip from home.  

What would you suggest?