January 23 2018

Bylaw Amendment Proposal Example

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I hope this post will be helpful for other service unit delegates.  If you want to become involved, but you’re not sure how to go about it, you’ll first need to educate yourself about your role as a delegate and also familiarize yourself with your council’s governance framework.  I started a Delegate Duties category on this blog to pass on what I’ve learned myself as a delegate.  It’s dry and not the most interesting topic, but it’s important to know what you’re walking into so that you don’t spin your wheels trying to do something that’s not possible.  I don’t have a lot of posts in this category yet (because they aren’t the most exciting things to write!), but I do plan on adding to it from time to time.

You can find a more thorough explanation and more in-depth articles about council governance on the Council Delegate Primer found on GirlScoutGovernance.com.
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January 10 2018

City Slickers 2017: Look to the Sky!

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In the midst of all of the membership dues discussion over the summer, our service unit held its annual summer camp in July called City Slickers.   To piggyback on all of the talk about the August solar eclipse, we decided on a space theme and named it “Look to the Sky!”  This is the 11th year of City Slickers, and it was originally created to give girls who have never been away to camp a way to experience one while staying relatively close to home and in town – hence the name “City Slicker.”  C/S/As start their week on either a Sunday night or Monday morning and stay overnight through Saturday morning.   Juniors stay overnight from Wednesday to Saturday morning.  Brownies attend Wednesday through Friday from 8 to 5 with a sleepover on Friday night through Saturday morning.  Daisies attend Wednesday through Friday from 10am to 2pm and also round out the week with Saturday morning activities.  Continue reading