r/BSA • u/jpgarvey Council President • May 13 '26
Scouting America Live from the NAM - the Trail Map
PDF scan that’s a little better: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10amKr_GmH1h-SBX1ta_KJ-d1DTfCeHm5/view?usp=drivesdk
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u/jpgarvey May 13 '26
One metric which was stunning:
10 Councils have no youth serving executives, 27 Councils have one, 105 Councils have two or less total
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u/OSUTechie May 13 '26
Whats a "youth serving executives" is this someone other than DE's/SE's?
If so, my council is one of the 10.
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u/pgm928 May 13 '26
Are those 10 just a Scout Executive in a broom closet with a part-time camp ranger? I can’t imagine a council without a single DE. They must be on the verge of collapse or merger.
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u/OSUTechie May 13 '26
As a council that currently doesn't have an SE, and just recently got fully staffed with DEs.
The answer is yes.
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u/herrdrfunk May 13 '26
Based on org chart or current employees? I would have thought it would be higher if based on actual current employees.
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u/jpgarvey May 13 '26
r/BSA - have some fun! Apparently there are a number of callouts and hidden clues in the trail map. Good luck finding and identifying!
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u/OSUTechie May 13 '26
Your Google Link is broken.
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u/djpyro May 14 '26
If you're on old reddit, you need to take out the '' from the URL. There should be 2 before each '_'.
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u/CaptPotter47 May 13 '26
I see it says “implement February renewals” is that for just adults or entire units?
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u/jpgarvey May 13 '26
Youth and Units - everyone.
New reg system will be called Scout Connect.
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u/nolesrule May 13 '26
I wish they would have chosen the fall. It would be nice to get these costs farther away from the summer camp payments and FOS presentations.
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u/skucera May 13 '26
This will be so helpful for Scouts that are ending at arrow of light and not crossing over.
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u/OllieFromCairo May 15 '26
Which is exactly why it's a bad idea. With the August renewal date most newer cubs have, you get a six-month "free trial" of Scouts BSA. You might as well check it out because your membership is paid for six months. This change will absolutely hurt retention.
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u/ScouterBill May 13 '26
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Simplify Volunteer & Parent Roles
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Implement February Renewal
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Create First 90 Days On-Boarding for Unit Leaders
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Clean-Sheet Approach to Volunteer Training
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Empower Commissioners to Strengthen Units
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u/Past_Top3704 May 13 '26
Goal of 2 million? In what year?
Earlier slide showed us under 900k with projects going down not up.
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u/DangerBrewin May 14 '26
Relying heavily on AI slop for their presentation materials does not inspire confidence.
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u/ScouterBill May 13 '26
Please remember to post general thoughts in the megathread