Well, here it is.  Ever since writing Death Spiral:  Governance Edition, I really wanted to take it to the next level and publish a white paper.  So I did.  It’s a culmination of what I have been doing for the past four years since I first wrote White Paper Hub Bub – which is attempting to get to the bottom of what is causing our Movement’s dysfunction.  I guess it’s fitting that I wrote a white paper since a white paper is what kicked all of this off.

In The Democratic Process:  THE Solution to What’s Troubling the Girl Scout Movement, I write about the disappearance of the democratic process in Girl Scouting, but I also lay down a road map on how to get it back.  I’d like to thank everybody who helped with editing this paper.   Additionally, I would like to thank those who, for the past four years, have let me bounce ideas off of them, listened patiently and answered my questions, gave me resources, and supported my blog.  It is my sincere hope that this paper will be taken sincerely and seriously because I do think it is THE solution for what ails us.  Continue reading