Here's what I have observed in some committee meetings where I am.  A few of the parents of Scouts who are no longer in the troop complain that current parents are not volunteering and honestly, they start to come across like the only ones capable of getting anything done.   Do they go out and ask the current parents to volunteer?  No.  They  put a note in the minutes saying they need someone to volunteer and then complain that no one shows up.   I asked a mom from my former den if she would tak