Memories, Opinions, Alien Biscuits, Strongly Worded Letters, OFFICIAL Scarves, and Some Other Stuff
LUCKY SEVEN YEARS! EXACTLY EIGHT In April of 2014, I started this blog, and here we are seven eight years later! Happy birthday GSWAC (Not a Council)! It’s been a fun ride. Frustrating at times, but overall, it’s been entertaining…
In light of the 110th anniversary of our organization, Ann Robertson has been taking a look back at past decades of Girl Scouting on her GS History blog. Recently, she published one for the 1980s, which brought me back to…
This is just a quick hit to let you know that you can find a summary of GSUSA’s FY2020 financials on GirlScoutGovernance.com. We’ll be publishing one for FY2021 as soon as the 990 for that year is publicly available. Note…
Back in 2015, I became curious about what on earth happened to Girl Scouting because when I started as a leader in 2010, I felt like I had walked onto a battlefield. Compared to what I had grown up with…
This past summer, I hurt my foot and had to wear a boot for about a month and a half. Boots are the equivalent of a dog’s Cone of Shame for humans. But nothing was going on. No National Council…
I’m in the process of writing a look back at the overhaul of the Girl Scout national program which was a part of something called the Core Business Strategy, and I would like to get the perspective of volunteers. This…
I need the help of the GSWAC (Not a Council) readership! I am looking for any documentation (handouts, presentations, booklets, etc.) between 2005 and 2012 having to do with the Core Business Strategy. If possible, please send it via email…
In June of 2020, GSUSA surprised the Girl Scouting world by announcing its latest endeavor called CircleAround, with most people responding with a resounding, “Huh??” Even now, few volunteers have even heard about it or understand what exactly it is.…
Almost a year and a half ago, I would lose it when I came across bugs in the Volunteer Toolkit (VTK). I even wrote a very strongly worded blog post that got some people’s attention.
A little over two years ago, I raised a question to our interim CEO at the time about one of our camps. I thought maybe I could get an answer since I never got one from our previous leadership. It…