Scouting, Volume 8, Number 2, January 15, 1920 Page: 12
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SCOUTING, JANUARY 15, 1920
THE RATIONAL COUNCIL
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Lornb W. Barclay De. George J. Fisher
Director of Department of Deputy Chief Scout Execu-
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L. L. McDonald
Director Department of
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SUGGESTED PLAN FOR MEETING
OF THE BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT
THE NEEDS
NATIONALLY
Among the matters scheduled for dis-
cussion and action at the forthcoming
Tenth Annual Meeting of the National
Council, Boy Scouts of America, is the
question as to the best method of meeting
the financial needs of the Boy Scout
Movement nationally. During the past
ten years various methods have been fol-
lowed. The last effort was the Boy Scout
Week when an appeal was made for one
million Associate Members, under the
leadership of the Honorable William G
McAdoo. Following this article is a sum-
mary of the results of that campaign.
In connection with the recent survey of
the National Council Office and letters
which were sent to members of the Na-
tional Council in preparing for the An-
nual Meeting, an effort was made to get the
point of view of the field as to the best
method of meeting the national financial
needs. From these and personal inter-
views the consensus of opinion seems to
favor the development of some plan whicn
gives each chartered council an oppor-
tunity to pay a fair proportion of the na-
tional expenses and at the same time
necessitates but one appeal being made by
the council for both local and national
work.
At the December meeting of the Execu-
tive Board the Chairman of the Finance
Committee made the following statement
with reference to this matter:
Permanent Financing of the Boy Scout
Movement
Judging from answers to the question-
naires sent out to all members of the Na-
tional Council, reports from the field men.
and interviews that the Chief Scout Ex-
ecutive has had with Presidents and other
representatives of councils, it seems to be
the consensus of opinion that the National
Council should pass upon the question of
permanent financing of the Scout Move-
ment at the Annual Meeting to be held in
March. There is a gratifying readiness
on the part of the local councils to defin-
itely approve as part of their fixed annual
budgets, pro rata quotas to meet the needs
of adequately administering and extend-
ing Scouting.
It has been suggested that the National
Council adopt a policy of giving local
councils the opportunity of accepting a
fair quota upon the condition that no
solicitation be made by the National
Council within the territory covered by
the charter, if the local council definitely
assumes responsibility for its quota; ex-
cept where, after conference and agree-
ment, appeal may be made to individuals
for finances to care for special projects of
national character;
That the local council be allowed to de-
velop its own resources for raising its
quota in connection with its campaign foi
local expenses;
That in any community where the local
council is unable to assume the quota of
: National Council expenses, whatever
effort is made to secure the quota by di-
rect means be worked out in co-operation
with the local council representative;
That all of the resources which might
be available as a result of the constituency
developed by the Boy Scout Week Cam-
paign be made available to the local coun-
cils in their respective territories and that
all amounts received from such terri-
tories direct at the National Council office,
be placed to the credit of such local coun-
cils as have not met their quota;
That proper account be taken of the
probability of a certain percentage of re-
newals of associate memberships this
year. In many instances local councils
will find it helpful to incorporate this
work in the general plan for raising their
own funds as well as their quota of the
national fund.
This matter is presented to the field to
invite careful consideration with the hope
that everyone will feel free to suggest im-
provements. There air a considerable
number of people interested in Scouting
who feel that the time has come for the
National Council to give a more vigorous
leadership in securing a larger sum of
money to more extensively occupy the
field and make Scouting available to a
greater number of boys in the near future,
at the same time increasing the service
and training facilities for existing troops.
To do this under present day conditions
means a distribution throughout the whole
country of the expense involved, on some
equitable basis.
It is very gratifying to be able to say
that a number of the councils in re-regis-
tering for the year 1920 have, of their
own initiative, indicated their desire to
pay their quota, and have in some in-
stances sent in their checks.
Results of Campaign to Nov. 12
The Boy Scouts of America, through
Mr. John Sherman Hoyt, Chairman of its
Finance Committee, makes public a de-
tailed report of the results of the Boy
Scout Week conducted June 8-14, pursuant
to proclamation of President Wilson.
The report pays a high tribute to Hon-
orable William G. McAdoo, under whose
personal leadership the campaign was or-
ganized and conducted, as well as to
scores of others who served as members
of Mr. McAdoo's Committee and Chair-
man of the District, State and City Cam-
paign Committees.
The report shows that while complete
returns have not yet been received from
many of the communities where local
Citizens' Committees were organized to
carry out the program, 322,769 persons
became associate members of the National
Council and contributed $635,419.74 or an
average of about $2.00 apiece.
In addition to the returns made to the
Treasurer of the National Council, Mr.
George D. Pratt, reports indicate that
$1,012,012.26 was raised and retained for
use by local councils in different parts of
the country, making a total of $1,647,-
432.00 thus far reported as a result of the
campaign.
As the report makes clear the object of
the Boy Scout Week was essentially an
educational and promotional campaign.
Nearly 5,000 local Citizens' Committees
were organized by Mr. McAdoo and his
associates, to carry out the six objectives—
namely the program of appreciation, in-
terest the community in boyhood, promote
the organization of Scout Troops, enlist
Scoutmasters and organize local council,
as well as to secure Associate Members,
for character building, citizenship train-
ing and Americanization.
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