17 July 2009
Lose Scouts and Lose Your Charter
Posted by admin under: council news .
Hat tip to ScoutingNews.org for bringing my attention to the New York OA Trader story describing what happened to a council that couldn’t turn around its declining membership.
I had previously posted on the proposed merger Cayuga County council and Hiawatha Seaway Council and the aftermath.
There are now updates on the Hiawatha Seaway Website.
Cayuga County is now a district within Hiawatha Seaway Council.
As reported in ScoutingNews in an excerpt from the letter coming from the council
Simply put, the Cayuga County Council, BSA, was deemed too small to sustain the functions of a full Council. The Cayuga County Council had been counseled by national headquarters since March 2005 that its enrollment trends and resulting size placed it on a “Critical Care Council” list, requiring certain benchmarks of progress to be made as a Council. Those benchmarks were not met.
Earlier this year both the former Cayuga County Council and the Hiawatha Seaway Council were informed by the Boy Scouts of America that the Cayuga charter would not be renewed and the Council would cease to exist as its own entity as of June 30, 2009. The Cayuga County Council was given the choice between merging with Hiawatha Seaway Council, or be assimilated with Hiawatha Seaway after the Cayuga County Council charter lapsed.
I like a nice, small town. They’ve got a lot of individual personality. Watch out for small councils, though, because the charter might be in danger!
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