AlcovyScout

A note from William A. Terry, Chairman of the Board Ladies and gentlemen- Effective immediately, the Greater Alabama Council of the Boy Scouts of America has begun the process to identify a new scout Scout executive. Tim Cooper has resigned as scout Scout executive for the Greater Alabama Council and has relinquished his management duties effective immediately. Tim is leaving the Council in great shape, and we appreciate all of his hard work. Tim will continue to serve the program by serving as an advisor to the GAC Capital Campaign Committee and support its operation

madkins007 is right that the "problem" of registration misrepresentation and non-accountability is not a Universal National "problem" however it likely is a problem of autocracy that affects about 10 to 20 percent (30 to 60) of the national Councils. 1. Because the "problem" is (thankfully) not Universal, those Councils with "open" non-authoritarian Council Executives have Scout Leaders who likely are mystified at the fuss and feelings of moral betrayal felt by Scout Volunteers in the autocracy Councils. 2. The problems of autocracy and "number padding" likely have been going on

For more recent updates on the Atlanta situation, go to www.BoyScoutsForTruth.com which is trying to keep a direct handle on the situation. My compliments to the wisdom of non-professional Scout leaders. A couple of years ago, I formulated this guideline for our Troop: --- Rules for Being a Scoutmaster Rule #1: The Scouts must have fun. If the Scouts arent having fun then they wont come to Scouting, let alone have the involvement that motivates them to learn skills and the skill of working together. People learn best from joy rather than obligation or fe

There seems to be a problem with "Private Posts" on the site. I sent one to myself to test it out after receiving a request for a reply from a private post from jkhny that had no actual post attached to it. My test private post to myself did not work, or I did it incorrectly. If jkhny would like to re-send me a post directly, my direct email address is AlcovyScout@comcast.net. Thank you.

Refering to the Idaho case was overkill. I suspect the relevancy is only in that the negligence case against the Boy Scouts was only recently resolved. >January 2001 A court refuses victim's request to open files in the negligence case against the Boy Scouts. >2001, 2004 Negligence cases are settled. >2005 Court records in one of the negligence cases are opened. The suspicion of Administrative Abuse by the Professionals creates a very fine line between their having authority to set Scout standards and the need for confidentiality. What is really needed is

You left out the IRS. The IRS had a field day reaming the Northeast Georgia Council for tax improprieties after the CE resigned to go to work for National. Of course that was a triple header. Not only was the CE juggling the books, he was manipulating registration numbers AND covering up a Youth Protection problem with a DUI DE who was also accused of buying beer for under age Boy Scouts. Thats why National found the CE a job with National since he was one of the "good old boys."