1 December 2008
Hello from the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles
Posted by admin under: Girl Scout Reorganization .
My old council, the Girl Scouts of the San Fernando Valley is but a memory today as we have merged with surrounding councils to become the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles. I just got a newsletter in my inbox announcing the fact and noting that the electronic light-up pylons at Los Angeles International Airport will be celebrating the event.
Girl Scout green will light up the sky from 26 glass pylons leading to the airport’s entrance, known as the famed LAX Gateway, in celebration of this historic day for area Girl Scouts.
GSGLA is grateful to the Los Angeles City Council and the Los Angeles World Airports for granting approval of this symbolic gesture.
Our council is being reorganized according to regions of which there are four (not necessarily what you would have expected: central, north, east, and southwest). The new site for Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles, which doesn’t seem to rank very high in Google yet, is www.girlscoutsla.org. One of the effects not mentioned anywhere I can find yet is the dissolution of existing service units. This is going to be strange since each service unit is 100% volunteer driven with occasional feedback from a council professional. So, the managers of these units have developed their own styles, meeting days, and traditions. My wife has already been working with other managers to see who will be the manager of the newly formed service units? How will they get their loyal volunteers to follow them to another day or time or place for their preparation? These are those sticky details that have to be worked out by the volunteers.
The council is dead. Long live the council!
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