Tuxedo graciously filled in some of the details, secret ballot. Is each delegate responsible for the votes of just one council, or do delegates cast votes for multiple councils? I take it councils are by location, each council could have scout groups from different charters (Baptist, Catholic, PTA, etc.)?
Sorry if these are stupid questions! I think part of the problem here is getting the definitions to sink in for me (council, charter, region, so on) as used by the Scouts.
Did your Council Commissioner/Scout exec think everything was above board with process of voting? I figure people like you and them would have a sense of that better than others.
Freegards
I don’t know the answers. I really haven’t been that involved in the scouts. I wasn’t a scout myself. My son got involved because of his friend who’s dad is a scout leader.
Surely there are some freepers who are involved in the scouts that can fill us in on how the leadership is structured and delegates are selected.
If it was a secret vote and shenagans were pulled, it should be that much easier to reverse. If there was really 60% of the delegates for it, then we need to replace a lot of delegates.
The Council Commissioner who actually voted said he was surprised at the security involved and the ID checks to go into vote. He said the vote itself was simple and kind of anti-climatic after all the security and such leading up to it. My Scout Exec said it was unfortunate that the discussions of all the meetings involved the resolution and there were a lot of other business items to be discussed (like revamping Venturing, and reintegration of Explorers).
The hierarchy of the BSA is National, Region, Area, Council, District, Unit. A Charter is granted by the BSA to an organization that owns the Unit (Pack, Troop, Team, Crew, Ship). Very different from how Girl Scouts are set up. Delegates are chosen by each Council Board and normally include the Council Commissioner and Council President - both volunteers) and members at large and the number is determined by the number of youth members in the Council. Each Area and Each Region also have volunteer delegates as does National, which I believe includes the Board. Paid professionals are not permitted to vote (conflict of interest).
Yes the vote on its surface seemed above board with a third party administering it. The results were surprising.