qwazse 4371 Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 21 hours ago, RememberSchiff said: Well said. Then are these raw membership numbers sufficient to determine if a demographic is under-served, disinterested, priced-out, ...? No. National and regional polls of youth who are not in scouting and their families would begin to answer that. But, knowing the numbers might help BSA ask better questions. Moreover, similar reports from BSA and other Title 36 organizations would give policy makers a sense of how their constituents could be served. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RememberSchiff 3712 Posted May 9, 2023 Author Share Posted May 9, 2023 (edited) On 5/7/2023 at 7:38 AM, qwazse said: If your biggest brag over the last decade has been about opening more program to girls, yes enumerating by sex would be your national duty. This is a global concern and intrinsic to WOSM’s census( https://members.scout.org/membership-report-methodology) If your elected representatives are claiming to address the needs of minorities and seeking programs that do that, you should report the information that you’ve collected on the matter. There are reasonable constitutional concerns about reporting religion to elected officials. On the other hand, the changing landscape of support from faith-based nonprofits due to recent lifting of statues of limitations would be of immediate concern to legislators. Financials should matter to elected officials, but congress does not seem to be all that bothered about dept. Other Scouting Organization Annual Reports: New Zealand (about 11,000 young people) 24 page report has gender demographics, acknowledges major donors, readable financials, board members, no cost of scouting. Impressive. Oh and let's adopt scarf day here! Note: New Zealand Dollar = 0.63241472 US Dollars https://scouts.nz/annual-report-2022/ I will add more as I find them but I am limited to English. Edited May 25, 2023 by RememberSchiff add membership and currency exchange 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RememberSchiff 3712 Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 (edited) United Kingdom (about 400,000 young people) – 29 topic-indexed web pages. Their annual report is a detailed narrative giving a fuller picture of challenges, successes, setbacks, reflection, and direction (2025 goals) and a better understanding of UK Scouting than BSA Annual Report. Some takeaways we might add: Instead of “scout-run” unit experience, they promote a wider “youth-shaped” scout experience with 200-500? Youth Commissioners who ‘Plan’, ‘Lead’ and ‘Represent’ but be aware their upper age limit for scouts is 25. Board members are listed by name along with their % attendance and committee assignments - nice transparency. For example: 1 = Finance Committee Member 2 = Strategy and Delivery Committee Member 3 = Nominations and Governance Committee Member 4 = People and Culture Committee Member 5 = Safeguarding Committee Member 6 = Safety Committee Member Craig Dewar-Willox (100%)5 Nicola Gamlen (75%) 1, 3 Like New Zealand, they specifically thanked partners and sponsors. Some interesting ones: Pokemon, Raspberry Pi, Manchester United, Warhammer.. https://www.scouts.org.uk/about-us/our-impact-and-reports/ https://www.scouts.org.uk/about-us/our-impact-and-reports/scouts-annual-report-2020-2021/ Edited May 25, 2023 by RememberSchiff 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RememberSchiff 3712 Posted May 10 Author Share Posted May 10 (edited) 5/7/2024: 2023 Annual Report released. The Key 3 (President/CEO Roger Krone, National Chair Brad Tilden, National Commissioner Scott Sorrels) state We hope you will join us in this important work. Our nation, our communities and our future leaders need the values, grit, and leadership skills that Scouting instills. Your support is critical as our youth continue Scouting America. Includes membership numbers, no financial report. https://www.scouting.org/about/annual-report/year2023/ P.S. Short on content, but might this also be submitted late as the Report to the Nation? Edited May 10 by RememberSchiff Link to post Share on other sites
SSScout 1626 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 They need to learn to tie square bows so their shoes don't fall off.. Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle1993 2205 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 2022 Report Cubs - 580,194 Scouts - 415,564 Venturing and Sea Scouts - 15,400 Explorers - 30,870 TOTAL - 1,042,028 2023 Report Cubs - 574,365 (-1.0%) Scouts - 392,275 (-5.6%) Venturing and Sea Scouts - 14,961 (-2.9%) Explorers - 33,445 (8.3%) TOTAL - 1,015,046 (-2.6%) 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle1993 2205 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 (edited) Compare BSA to UK. UK in 2023 grew by 5.6% and has 100,000 youth on waiting list to join. UK scouting has various advantages but we have a lot to learn from them.... Edited May 11 by Eagle1993 1 Link to post Share on other sites
HashTagScouts 448 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 1 hour ago, InquisitiveScouter said: 👀 At least we are exceeding levels from during WWII Link to post Share on other sites
ToKindle96 24 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Just 5 years ago there were more cub scouts than there are scouts in ALL BSA programs now. With those cub scout numbers there is no turnaround in sight. The program isn't selling--we're seeing decisions that reek of desperation. Abandoning the historic brand won't reverse those numbers. The BSA is progressing....... through the stages of organizational decline. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ToKindle96 24 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 There will be a good case study applying the "how the mighty fall" stages to the BSA. https://www.clevelandconsultinggroup.com/articles/how-the-mighty-fall-why-some-companies-never-give-in.php 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
InquisitiveScouter 1690 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 9 hours ago, ToKindle96 said: There will be a good case study applying the "how the mighty fall" stages to the BSA. https://www.clevelandconsultinggroup.com/articles/how-the-mighty-fall-why-some-companies-never-give-in.php Hmmm... Stage 4: Grasping for Salvation - Grasping for salvation suggests the organization has lost awareness of the soul of its own greatness. (check) - Change for change sake through a series of “silver bullets”, such as leaps into new technologies, new markets or new businesses become the thread of searching for the “home run” that can bring the organization back into the black (check) - The gap between the ideal and what is real gets larger as “hype precedes results”. No longer wedded to the brutal facts, the focus shifts to imagineering the organization’s saving grace. Chronic inconsistency permeates each new “revolution”, “future state” or “dream” of what could be similar to a pied piper leading lemmings to their demise. (check) Stage 5: Capitulation to Irrelevance or Death - The demise of the organization is at hand and either the leadership prepares for a fire sale, while it hunts for a saving organization ... or unable to capitulate to the impending demise, leadership remains true to the same logic that put the holes in the ship and rides it into the deep blue abyss (Watching for this... seeing signs now) So, we are firmly in Stage 4, progressing on to Stage 5. Link to post Share on other sites
InquisitiveScouter 1690 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 And love this one from Stage 2, Undisciplined Pursuit of More - Coinciding within this stage is the loss of key talent. “The right people” begin to leave because the organization has lost sight of its core. Mediocrity permeates performance as tenure supercedes actual performance or growth economies forgive incompetency. Either way, the organization regresses developmentally from people first to product or strategy first. The flow of cash and/or profits hide the inefficiencies so that cost growth is compensated by price increases instead of greater efficiencies through disciplined action and thought. (check, check, and check!!) Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle1993 2205 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Stage 1 .... We are well past this now, but were there in the 80s and 90s.... Another characteristic of stage one decline is the loss of the adventurous, open-minded, searching orientation for continuous learning. Answers are believed to be found in the years of experience, which might be useful, yet often can be blinding in new situations. Typically, generational and positional gaps present themselves with one-up-man-ship dynamics by those with positional power or organizational tenure. The past filters the present so that a true future cannot be created without showing “due” and “respect” for those that lived the past. Clearly, an issue of pride. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
PACAN 226 Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 So..if there are folks who were at the Annual meeting, what else was put out as solutions to the decreasing membership numbers. Did any in attendance stand up and scream "how can we fix this before we go out of business" or just death by powerpoint? Name Change....personally don't see hundreds of thousands of youth flocking the council offices to sign up Coed Troops...is the official position that this too will increase membership? Seems like existing co-located units MIGHT merge into one but that isn't assured. CO still have the say. Slides on how many girls are in the program but was there any discussion on how to help the other 85% of the membership? another biggie...change the name of Rifle ranges...huge! Reducing costs? Registration, reduce the number of Councils through forced mergers, Loss of property, right-size the organization to match the membership? Just curious...most of this blog's chatter is on name and coed. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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