NealOnWheels Posted yesterday at 01:14 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:14 AM (edited) A very interesting Youtube video from Ken LaCorte about the decline of the Boy Scouts. Not sure I agree with the claim of the title but much of the content is good. Edited yesterday at 01:16 AM by NealOnWheels mention author 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jameson76 Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago Well - the notation that Scouts did not change 1970 - 2000 is incorrect. The Improved Scouting Program in 1973 took out a chunk of participants, then the pivot back, then the endless monkeying with the program is the start of the slide. Also the BOY POWER MANPOWER program / effort (early 70's) wherein the plan was to have 33% of boys signed up led to massive membership scandals. While the abuse trials starting in 2000 were a challenge, but the program was already down by half or more at that time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuctTape Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago I have watched a few of his videos. He claims he only puts out the facts and leaves the opinions to the viewers, but what I have seen is little facts or cherry picked ones to support his opinions. If a viewer does not know much about the topic, this is easily missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeS72 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 11 hours ago, DuctTape said: I have watched a few of his videos. He claims he only puts out the facts and leaves the opinions to the viewers, but what I have seen is little facts or cherry picked ones to support his opinions. If a viewer does not know much about the topic, this is easily missed. I was skeptical of his 'facts' right of the bat with the comment the Boy Scouts have disappeared, (we have not); and the claim that in the latter half of the 1900's 20% of boys were Scouts. We discuss membership numbers every month at our Council Commissioner meeting. While it has looked bleak for a while, at least in my council, numbers are starting to stabilize. We have more units this month than we had at this time last year, and while only by a handful, we have more Scouts than the same time last year. I am hopeful that some of the changes coming out of NAM will result in meaningful improvements and will put us on the path to sustainable growth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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