October 31 2021

Our Founder Sends You a Birthday Message

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I always make it a priority to publish something on both March 12th and October 31st, for obvious reasons.  Sometimes I’ll catch the date of Juliette Low’s death, like this one from January 17, 2017.  It ties into the following post.  That entry included a message from the preface of the 1933 Handbook and referenced a 1924 letter.  Along the way, I found the 1924 letter!  It was published in an edition of American Girl that same year.  Here’s the text of the letter: Continue reading

October 18 2021

Network Alignment: The Next Frontier

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<<Karen Layng, the National President of GSUSA, steps to the podium at the 2023 National Council Session in Orlando.>>

KL: Thank you, fellow National Delegates, for passing our most important work at this National Council Session which was raising membership dues by 50% and removing the 25% guardrail in the Blue Book to give the National Board and GSUSA complete control over membership dues with no boundaries. And now, we come to the next portion of the National Council Session to give you a status about something we’ve been laser-focused on this past decade, which is Network Alignment. Network Alignment forces… I mean… places all of our councils onto a common IT platform, whether it works or not. Yes, we’re bleeding money, and yes, membership is in crisis, but NETWORK ALIGNMENT!!!! And we are proud to say that we are finally ALL under alignment!

<<The National Council applauds.>>  Continue reading