Another National Council Session (NCS) is in the books! I attended the 2026 Girl Scout Convention held in Washington D.C. July 20 – 22, 2026, and I intend on writing two different posts – one about the nitty gritty details of governance and the other about my personal experience of the week. So one nerdy and another not so nerdy. If you’re ready for some governance talk, this lengthy blog post about the three proposals, especially the last one, is for you! Let’s get into it!

The NCS started off with an objection to the waiving of the reading of the Standing Rules which resulted in the Standing Rules being read from beginning to end. Then, two motions to amend were made to the Standing Rules. One amendment would have raised the number of speakers from 4 to 12 before the motion Previous Question could be made, and the other one sought to prohibit nut items from the NCS. Neither passed. During the adoption of the agenda, an amendment passed that inserted an hour-long debate period for Proposal 3 while the NCS was in recess. This amendment passed 457 to 434. Continue reading

A Point of Order Proposal Perplexity