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Follow-Up to Our National Property Strategy Article
Earlier this year, we published an article regarding GSUSA’s national property strategy. In it, we expressed disappointment that the membership wasn’t consulted for feedback, raised concerns about how GSUSA, using Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) as a partner, would go about its work, and also asked questions based on what we saw happening at other councils such as Southern Illinois and Gateway.
Read More »Our Questions About GSUSA’s National Property Strategy
GSUSA is implementing a movement wide property strategy, and it is doing it without significant input from members. So what does this mean for our councils’ properties and how they are viewed by our national organization?
Read More »Why Should Councils Abide By Their Bylaws?
Sometimes volunteers have governance related questions regarding councils and whether or not they are faithfully following their bylaws. Why is this a big deal?
Read More »GSUSA’s Uniform Policy and How It’s Interpreted
What is GSUSA’s policy on uniforms for girls and adults, and how is it interpreted in practice? Here are some tips for what you need to know for National Conventions or any time you need uniform information to look your best!
Read More »The Relationship Between Councils and GSUSA
How exactly do councils and GSUSA work together? Many people are unaware of the type of governance structure our organization uses, and it can cause confusion as to why things work the way they do.
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 »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 »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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