[kingu]

The consolidation of scouting never saved anything, it simply systematically destroyed assets - from compensation for professional scouting, to benefits management and paid financial management - but it is just a fraction of the loss compared to the attractive target for lawyers that these consolidated assets created, as well as full time scouts to villainize.

Because it's no fun to go after a auto mechanic who tosses on the scout uniform a couple nights a week, and a troop nestegg of a half million doesn't make anywhere near as attractive of a target as ten million.

The way to save scouting is to fire the professional arm, and return it to a volunteer organization. Return what few assets exist to troops, and yes, some troops will die, and some camps will die, but the movement will survive. It will not survive as it is, and the present organization has become the greatest foe to moving forward.

[little jeremiah]

The way to save scouting is to fire the professional arm, and return it to a volunteer organization. Return what few assets exist to troops, and yes, some troops will die, and some camps will die, but the movement will survive. It will not survive as it is, and the present organization has become the greatest foe to moving forward.

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Thank you for your insight. I am not knowledgeable about the inner workings of the BSA but that sounds spot on.