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Regarding training: I've been to some mediocre GS trainings from the Council but the Service Unit meetings (run by the volunteers) are great places to get ideas and advice from other leaders. I am a little leery of leaders who dismiss the materials, untried, and just do meetings their "own way"; imo they are making scouts more like a private club than connecting their girls to a bigger experience.[/quote]

PP, I think I was at least one of the leaders who said she just did meetings "her own way".  Just for the record though, I am a life long Brownine- Senior/ Gold Award Girl Scout.  I led a Cadette troop while in  in college.  I was thrilled to have a girl so she could be involved in Girl Scouting!   Oh, and I have taught elementary school for 13 years so I am really familiar with this age group.

I started off as a Daisy leader and the Journeys just really stunk, as written.  I *did* look at the materials, but I could tell that they were NOT going to hold the girls' interest, as written.  I searched on line and found that MANY other experienced leaders were having the same reaction all around the country.   And in at least some cases, the response from GSUSA and their Councils was "Change is hard."  But no recognition that this particular change was really a misstep.   Which I truly feel it was.

So when I say that we do our own thing -- it is because I care about Scouting.   I want all my Daisies to bridge to Brownies.  I don't want to lose them because they meetings were "just like school" which, if you look at the materials and the "lesson plans" being given to support them, they really, truly are.

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