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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is plenty of time now to tell everyone this will be your last year.
Frankly, the fact that you're outdoor trained is **amazing** and your troop parents should really appreciate that!  
If I were you, I would tell everyone now that next year you would be willing to continue being the outdoor trained volunteer and help with camping trips and cookouts, but that you will no longer be the meeting leader or cookie manager.
If no one steps up, you have 2 choices:
1.  Just quit.  If the troop disbands, that's not on you.  You did far more than anyone else!
2.  Keep the troop officially, but don't do badge work and *absolutely* don't sell cookies.  You have plenty of money, so no reason to deal with cookie drama.  Just plan some camping trips and fun outings and invite the girls who are registered.

In any case, don't feel guilty![/quote]

OP here and I love option #2! I'm trying to imagine my response when new girls want to join or a parent says "when is our first meeting?". I guess I'll have to say "per my note last year, I'm not longer leading the troop but I'll be maintaining my outdoor certification and will be available as a second volunteer for Encamporees and other outdoor outings."

I think what will help is when I share that I won't be leading next year, I'll outline a list of specific roles that I'm currently covering and our retiring leaders are covering and the certification/training required for each. 1-3 people can choose to cover all of them, or any of the other 32 adult caregivers could take one of those roles and responsibility can be spread across the troop.

The biggest challenge to me is parents who are used to paid activities. This is a cohort that almost forfeited a season when charged with finding a parent to serve as parent coach for the neighborhood rec soccer team- 1 practice/week, 1 game/week (my child doesn't play soccer or else I probably would have caved). The season only happened because one of the parents hired a professional soccer coach for 2nd grade soccer and had all of the parents pitch in to cover the cost. [/quote]

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