Michigan Councils Take Next Step In Integrating
Last night nine of ten Michigan councils (the entire lower peninsula) voted to take the next step in creating a new structure for Scouting. This is the outcome of the BSA Area Project . The Chief Scout Executive has described it as one of the two most important new initiatives within the BSA (the other being the Summit base in West Virginia).
Here’s a PDF of the announcement from the Area 2 President:
Sept 16 Announcement by Area President Younkman
Previously we covered this back in January Area Project – Designing Scouting for the 21st Century.
There’s still much to do and many things to be worked out. The councils will make one more vote over the next 45 days to ratify the recommendation to integrate. Exciting times. Scary times. But necessary for us to improve our ability to serve our country’s youth.
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