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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry OP. Thanks for your volunteer work! Girl scouts can be such a wonderful experience. I loved my days in scouts. 
Is there a way to quiet quit this or maybe just draw a hard line with what you will do? Send out an email saying for example "Next year my capacity will allow me to 1. lead these three outdoor events 2. lead the second meeting of the month where we will work on badge requirements in my field of interest and 3. maintain first aid/CPR certification for when we need an adult with those qualifications present. I unable to manage cookie sales or the first meeting of the month going forward." And then if no one steps up don't back down. Troops don't have to have cookie sales and don't have to meet every week or whatever. You can say that brownies are only meeting on x dates due to a lack of volunteers. Tell them there won't be cookie sales without a cookie parent from the troop. It may be a disappointment for the girls but having no troop would be worse. I don't know that the parents take you seriously since you keep doing the things you say you don't want to. 
I can't believe they don't want to plan trips! My troop went to Disneyworld and on a cruise. [/quote]

All of this.  If you can, suggest things parents need to do, like someone does cookie sales, someone does first meeting of the month, whatever.  Sometimes people are overwhelmed by the idea of taking on the whole thing but can manage one piece.  But be careful that this doesn't suck you into coordinating everything and filling in when people bail.  Maybe a troop coordinator would be a role one person could manage (scheduling, making sure the parents have the info they need to do the activities, etc.).  Parents who show up early to second guess you but not help sound super annoying. Maybe suggest specific roles to them.   Susan, you had wonderful ideas last year about X activity.  How about you lead that this year? Last idea: tell parents that every parent needs to lead X activities, or cookie sales for their child to participate next year.   [/quote]

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