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Do we raise money to have scouting OR do we have scouting to enable folks to raise money. Reminder that SCOUTERS in the units have different goals and objectives than the PROFESSIONALS and COUNCIL Scouters Scouter in the units are there for the youth, to work providing a fun program for the youth, to develop the youth in leadership and maturity, to make sure there is a game with a purpose, to make sure youth are engaged in a rewarding experience. Professionals are there (IMHO) to raise money to support their compensation which hires more professionals to raise more money for ove

As often mentioned on this forum. Scouts Canada youth membership and professional employment has dramatically declined. Found this, see link below. Source: A lot of data in graphs, tables, links from Scouts Canada, but what I found missing was the Cost of Scouting per scout by year. http://yates.ca/sc/history/membership_national.htm

"The conference registration fee for the 2024 National Annual Meeting is $825 and includes a box lunch in the exhibit hall on Tuesday and Wednesday this year. Registration on site will be very limited due to cutoff dates with the hotel. Onsite registration fee will be $900 and will be limited." *The cutoff date to register for the National Annual Meeting is Friday, March 29th. https://nam.scouting.org/ No word if any meetings or sessions will be streamed via youtube.

Once upon a time I knew exactly what a DE did, because I was one. And depending upon time of year, we did a lot more than 40 hours, not including on-call time. One of my buddies did the calculations, if we were not exempt, we would be making less than the minimum wage of the time. However, I am clueless today. All I can think is driving places as the district sizes in my neck of the woods increased dramatically. My district went from 2 counties, to 7 counties overnite. Back in the day, the focus was MONEY, MEMBERSHIP MANPOWER, and the order of importance depended upon the SE, and

So if a council is not doing there part and supporting units, are units still responsible for supporting the council? What happens if they alienate their district volunteers, causing them to focus on their units, or quit altogether? It has gotten to the point where units are looking for ways to switch to another council. The official reason for canceling there is lack of MBCs All MBCs, were dropped by my council, even if registered in a unit. Irony of that reason is Council in a newsletter stated they were aware of the problem, and that MBCs with units are still MBCs

That is why many volunteers in my area are no longer volunteering on district and council levels.

Do what's best for your Pack. Sounds like your execs are seriously micromanaging and they need to be told that.