Girl Scout Council of Monterey Bay

Issue 4, September 11, 2006

In late August, the Board of Directors of Girl Scouts of the USA voted to establish new council boundaries all across the country. By vote of the National Board of Directors, Girl Scouts of Monterey Bay was to have been re-aligned with Girl Scouts of Santa Clara County and with Girl Scouts, Tres Condados (San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County and the northern portion of Ventura County.) No portion of San Mateo County is included in this configuration.

Since this vote, the Board of Girl Scouts of Santa Clara County has voted not to proceed with the merger at this time. They are awaiting response from GSUSA.

Girl Scouts of Monterey Bay and Tres Condados will continue merger talks between their respective councils. Representatives of the two councils will re-convene on October 11 in San Luis Obispo to continue talks and plans for a merger.

Whatever the final configuration, Girl Scouts of Monterey Bay remains committed to its mission: To build girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. We will stay focused on this mission and our dedication to recruit, support and train the world’s best volunteers, build a highly competent Board and Staff, and provide the Girl Scout program for ALL girls who want to join.

109 New Girl Scout Councils

The National Board of Directors at their August meeting approved new jurisdictions that will bring the number of current Girl Scout councils from 310 to 109 by the end of 2009.

Contrasts between Current and New

	Current Councils	New Councils
Number of Councils	310	109
Councils crossing state lines	68	33
Councils crossing time zones	30	15
Average number of potential girls	85,000	242,000
Smallest Council (girl potential)	7,000	68,000
Largest Council (girl potential)	663,000	980,000
Average girls members (2005)	8,800	25,700
Average total budget	$2,100,000	$6,400,000

Scale of councils size based on 2004-2005 girl membership

Number of girl members	Number of Councils
3,700 – 9,999	13
10,000 – 19,999	40
20,000 – 29,000	24
30,000 – 39,999	15
40,000 – 49,999	6
50,000 – 59,999	6
60,000 – 69,999	3
70,000 and up	2