Here We Go, Dissolving the Troop

[Eagle94-A1]

Just prepped my notes for the parents meeting, and for the Scouts afterwards. This hurts. 

[Eagle94-A1]

Well the Scouters, save 1 who is out of town and really just keeps reregistering for OA purposes, families, and Scouts now know.

One family is extremely angry, they are legacy and wanted the Scout's name on the church's wall with dad. They were only focused on that, not the best interest of their Scout or the others.

The other two families, saw it coming, and appreciate we lasted as long as we did. One even commented on they were surprised we didn't fold last year.

The Scouts were completely different. The two Scouts were upset and holding it in by the looks of their faces. One broke down. The troop was his "safe space" where he wasn't bullied or insulted.

The question that really struck me was "where will you be going Mr. Eagle94-A1?"  I told them wherever the majority goes. I did not want to influence their decision, I want them to explore and decide on their own. But my gut tells me one troop will be a better fit for all four of the Scouts.

[InquisitiveScouter]

30 minutes ago, Eagle94-A1 said:

But my gut tells me one troop will be a better fit for all four of the Scouts.

Give them that advice.  Your experience and intuition matter. 😜 

Edited 7 hours ago by InquisitiveScouter

[Tron]

On 11/3/2025 at 11:00 AM, Eagle94-A1 said:

Once upon a time, everything belonged to the CO: money, equipment, memorabilia, etc. Sometime in the past 20 years that changed. Challenge is that our troop is so old, that some of the stuff we have predates the council. Also the council has been of NO  help whatsoever, for over a decade now.

Worse, they have been more of a hindrance than a help. The CC still remembers when he was district CC and was politely call a liar at a council meeting regarding a project he asked to work on. And I have relayed my stories of their interference in other threads. They have lied to us about events being cancelled last minute and why they sold property.

So no Scouter active in the unit wants the council to get anything.

The big change happened in 2020/2021 ish with the charter language being updated due to CO's liquidating units to take the resources for themselves. 

On 11/4/2025 at 5:38 AM, Eagle94-A1 said:

Very apt.  As mentioned a lot of COs do not know what their actual duties are. And councils take advantage. A lot of CORs do not know they are voting members of the council, and if massed together can prevent somethings from happening. And councils depend on that fact to get things they want done that may not be in the best interest of the Scouts.

My opinion is increasingly becoming that council boards and district executives prefer it this way and are avoiding engaging the CORs. 

On 11/4/2025 at 7:11 AM, InquisitiveScouter said:

@MikeS72, thanks for the excerpt!

"Any remaining assets obtained with funds raised in the name of Scouting must be redeployed for Scouting use in the local area. "

I would hope the unit committee and CO would do the redeploying, as their decisions would, of course, be more in line with their wishes.

Our council camp is becoming a graveyard of trailers and gear, particularly canoes...  The council does not have the time, expertise, or money to fix these assets up to make them salable.

In my council I find this to be the case but it is the OA's fault as they have an inner circle of <insert non-scout language here> that block everything from happening that they can't take credit for or can't control that has anything to do with the council growing or modernizing.