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be one serving your unit), if not, then
2. my district commissioner (there
should be one), if not,
3. my district advancement chairman
(there should be one), if not,
4. my district Cub Scout chairman, or
district Scout chairman, (there should
be one), if not,
5. my district chairman. (There must be
one of them!)
The district chairman should be offended
that I went to his professional counterpart,
instead of first coming to him. Every one of
these volunteers would have loved a chance
to help me, if I had onlv let them know I
had a problem.
If I went directly to the district execu-
tive, he should have the presence of mind to
remind me I had bypassed those fine
volunteers that he recruited to do those
jobs. If the district executive has no volun-
teers in those roles, he must be reminded
that he has not carried out his primary roles
to recruit, train, and motivate. If the
professional cannot recruit and train, he
must find another profession that he is
suited for.
The professional must stand on the
sidelines and coach. He cannot play the
ballgame. Unless he is a multiplier to
activate a lot of people, he will not be
serving 308 volunteers or 830 boys. No
council can afford to pay the necessary
professionals it would take to put the
professional next to every boy and every
volunteer.
So, I caution you. When you say, "Get
the executive to do it! That's his job!" I urge
vou to ask vourself if that is really true. If
the job involves recruiting volunteers,
training volunteers to train other volun-
teers, or motivating them to carry out their
responsibilities, then this is the profession-
al's job. If it isn't, it probably is yours or
mine. Scouting is teamwork. How is your
team? ■
Don Flanders is president and general
manager of Flanders Metal Products, Inc.,
Fort Smith, Ark. He was a Cub Scout, Scout,
and Sea Explorer and earned his Eagle
Award in 1940.
He served as president of the Westark
Council in Arkansas. He is presently a
member of the national Executive Board
and chairman of the Membership Relation-
ships Committee. He also serves as a
member of the South Central Regional
Committee. Flanders is a past chairman of
both the Cub Scouting committee and the
National Eagle Scout Association.
His colleagues in Scouting honored his
achievements with the Silver Beaver in
1963, the Silver Antelope in 1966, the Silver
Buffalo in 1973. He received the Distin-
guished Eagle Scout Award in 1970.
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