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What is the Blue Book of Basic Documents?
You may have heard references to the Blue Book of Basic Documents – so what is it? It’s the collection of governance and policy documents for our national organization. This article about the Blue Book is designed to give you an overview of how our organization’s structure is set up within its governing documents.
Read More »“The Democratic Process: THE Solution to What’s Troubling the Girl Scout Movement” White Paper
The following is a white paper originally published on the Girl Scout With a Cause blog. Please share this white paper with your council’s leadership, board members, council and National Delegates, and whoever else you think should read it. A PDF is also available for download and distribution.
Read More »Built-in Civics Education
This is a follow-up to my governance post from February and also a commentary on the webcast GSUSA hosted recently about civics education and how we are missing an opportunity to educate ourselves through our organization’s governance and democratic process. However, it’s been wiped away in many places.
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 »What Happened to the Democratic Process in Girl Scouting?
We are republishing this post with permission and the original can be found here. Amy Brown is the author of the blog Girl Scout With a Cause. Last June, I wrote a post called Death Spiral which discussed…
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: Reestablishing the National Council as the Authority to Determine Membership Dues Amounts
STATUS This proposal does not have a sponsor who can submit it to a council board. Please consider submitting it to your board for consideration. It does not involve a constitutional amendment, so per Article VI/Proposals to the…
Read More »October 2018 Blue Book Update
The Blue Book of Basic Documents was recently updated by the National Board of Directors at its September 27, 2018 meeting. Girls undertaking Girl Scout Gold Award Take Action projects are now allowed to solicit for donations with…
Read More »May 2018 Blue Book Update
GSUSA and the National Board released a new edition of the Blue Book in May of 2018 based on changes that were approved at the National Board’s April 26-27, 2018 meeting. The changes were: 1. Added footnote to…
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