GSUSA ‘Tis a Remorseless Eating Machine
Well, I thought I was going to take a break from the blog for a little while, but I now feel like I need to write some more to help me sort through things. The frustration of this past National Council Session made a lot of personal feelings come to the surface, and I now want to speak out about them. Over these past two years, I saw a parallel to what I experienced as a council delegate, so maybe this is why all of this is bubbling up.
I built the framework of GirlScoutGovernance.com behind the scenes after receiving a scathing censure letter from our council’s board of directors back in the summer of 2018. At that point, I gave up on trying to make a difference in our council on the governance level. In addition to questioning what was going on, I had also tried to educate fellow volunteers and delegates about governance, and I feel like I failed miserably. It was obvious that the deck was stacked against me. I still tried my best on the troop and service unit level, but I realized at that point I was dead in the water when it came to council governance. Even after retreating, the harassment intensified until I resigned as a delegate and National Delegate in January of 2019. It was an extremely difficult decision because I felt like I was “giving up,” but it turned out to be the best one because it lifted a huge weight off of my shoulders, and I could then freely write on my blog again and work on GSG out in the open. Continue reading