Submitted by: Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana
To amend the Credentials Section of the Blue Book of Basic Documents, Membership Dues and Procedures for Registration as follows:
| Current Wording | Proposed Amendment | If adopted, will read |
| The National Board of Directors must obtain approval from the National Council whenever a planned dues increase will result in dues increasing more than a total of 25% in any one triennium. | The National Board of Directors must obtain approval from the National Council whenever a planned dues increase will result in dues increasing more than a total of |
The National Board of Directors must obtain approval from the National Council whenever a planned dues increase will result in dues increasing more than a total of 15% in any one triennium. |
Rationale of the originating council, National Council Session Advisory Team, and National Board can be found in the Alert on pgs. 20-21. Download the Alert here: 58th_National_Council_Session_Alert
In a world struggling to afford food, ANY increase in dues will discourage girls from joining, however, this proposal seems fair. The national board should NOT be allowed to raise dues without the consent of the membership
This may be outside of scope but someone should amend this to have a dollar amount increase, not a percentage ($15 instead of 15%, for example). Eventually the dues are going to get high enough to warrant this.