National Annual Reports

[qwazse 4342]

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.

[RememberSchiff 3661]

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

[RememberSchiff 3661]

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