July 9 2024

Mo Money Mo Problems

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“Money is a mirror. It shows you a magnified image of who you are within. If you are good, it makes you better. If you’re not, it makes you worse.” – Anonymous

For the past few years, I’ve been putting together a very simple summary of GSUSA’s financials over on GirlScoutGovernance.com (GSG). Usually I don’t leave any commentary when I post the link and let those who are interested come to their own conclusions, but I felt compelled to comment with this recent one because there’s talk about raising membership dues out there. I’m not opposed to raising membership dues, but I do feel like GSUSA needs to answer for some of its recent decision making, and we need to make sure what’s been going on the past few years isn’t what’s in store for the future. Continue reading

July 1 2024

It’s OFFICIAL Scarf Time Again, Y’all!

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If you know me, you’ll know that I’m a rabid Georgia Bulldogs fan. One of our historical rivals is Clemson University, home to one of the more unique color schemes in college football consisting of orange and purple. Clemson’s athletic department has a donor program called IPTAY which stands for “I Pay Ten a Year.” Since Clemson was a hated rival of Georgia, I grew up with the joke that IPTAY really stood for “It’s Probation Time Again, Y’all!” referencing Clemson’s bout with NCAA probation in the early 80s. Hence how I came up with the title of this post. And now you’ve caught a glimpse of the strange inner workings of my mind.

And now on to why you’re reading this post! A few weeks ago, I realized I hadn’t received a Lifetime Membership newsletter from GSUSA in quite some time. I must have sensed a shift in the Girl Scout Universe, because a couple of days later, an announcement from GSUSA to LTMs showed up with this news: Continue reading