Author: GS-Governance
Proposal: Discounted Lifetime Membership for 10+ Year Volunteers
Submitted by: Girl Scouts of Connecticut Status: Submitted to councils Proposal: To amend provisions in the Credentials/Certificate of Membership/Membership Requirements/Lifetime Membership section of The Blue Book of Basic Documents by inserting as follows: Lifetime members pay $400 lifetime…
Read More »Proposal: Geographic Diversity and Girl Scout Experience Within the GSUSA Board
Submitted by: Farthest North Girl Scout Council Status: Submitted to councils Proposal: To amend Article X, Section 2 of the Constitution of the Girl Scouts of the USA by inserting to end of paragraph two: At least four…
Read More »Proposal: Delegate Input for Blue Book Changes
Submitted by: Farthest North Girl Scout Council Status: Submitted to councils Proposal: To amend the Girl Scouts of the USA Bylaws Article Vlll, Section 1 by inserting: Prior to final approval by GSUSA, any proposed changes to the Blue…
Read More »Proposal: Establishment of a National Girl Scout Gold Award Scholarship Foundation
Submitted by: Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana Status: Passed by Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana board and sent to councils Proposal: THAT the National Council establish a volunteer task group charged with…
Read More »Proposal: Membership Dues Increase Restriction
Submitted by: Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana Status: Passed by Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana board and sent to councils Proposal: TO amend provisions in the Membership Dues and Procedures for Registration…
Read More »Call for Nominees to National Board
We’ve gotten word that the National Board Development Committee has sent a memo to council CEOs and board chairs about the nomination process for our National Board of Directors and our National Board Development Committee (NBDC). The people…
Read More »February 2019 Blue Book Update
The Blue Book of Basic Documents was recently updated by the National Board of Directors at its January 24th, 2019 meeting to reflect a lifetime membership promotion that will run in April of 2019. Added asterisk under Credentials/Membership…
Read More »Proposal: Girl Scout Lifetime Membership for Gold Award Girls
Submitted by: Michelle G of Central Maryland. This proposal is currently pending approval by the council board. Proposal: It is moved that (in Credentials, Membership Dues and Procedures for Registration, Lifetime members section; on page 26 of the May…
Read More »Why Is This Unofficial Website Needed?
Revised: 3/1/2020 When we began this website in January 2019, we said that we had recently heard via some council-level sources that GSUSA intended to be more engaged with delegates, the National Council Session (NCS), and our democratic…
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