Sadly, the BSA holds all of the resources ( summer camps, infrastructure, etc. ).
I wish these new groups the best of luck but I don’t think it would ever be the same.
Perhaps the vast majority of scouting families band together and sue for some of those resources for these new groups.
The BSA also has to maintain, and pay taxes on, those resources.
In fact, just last week, I received an e-mail plea from our local Scout council (with whom I recently parted ways) requesting money exactly for those reasons.
I told them to go ask their Sodomite buddies at AT&T and ErnstYoung for the dough.
Bottom line—Most councils don’t have a much in the way of financial reserves and almost live hand-to-mouth. I expect a lot of BSA properties will be on the market in a couple of years.
The BSA does not hold state or federal lands or parks. Further, if thousands of troops leave the BSA, it will have to sell off much of those holdings to remain solvent. Just like the girl scouts have done.
“Perhaps the vast majority of scouting families band together and sue for some of those resources for these new groups.”
Sue for what?
If the adults in these scouting families care enough to sue, they would have cared enough to be involved in the BSA and this wouldnt be an issue.
Sorry, but suing after losing an election reminds me a little too much of somebody I’ve tried real hard to forget...