Chief Knox's efforts to confuse

The complaint was filed Tuesday in Manhattan federal court and says Scouts "are not allowed under federal law or New York law to use terms such as Scouts or Scouts alone. as for the services offered to girls, or to change into "scouts.

The lawsuit refers to the scouting of girls, a new effort to remove the word "boy" from his name. It is planned to change the name of the program to BSA Scouts in February.

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The Knox County packs began recruiting girls at elementary school to join the Cub Scouts for the first time this fall. Some have enrolled previously as part of a period of early adoption.

The effort will continue in 2019 when college and high school girls will be able to join Scouts BSA. Troops will be gender specific, said David Williams, head of testing for the Great Smoky Mountain Council, made up of 21 counties.

Seventy-five per cent of the 40 puppy groups in Knox County have adopted this "family screening model", which separates densities into dens by bad.

"At some point you will have to deal with women in the workplace, and they deal with us," Williams told Knox News. "Cub Scouting is a family program and the whole family goes camping – it has always been that way and we have had no problem."

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The lawsuit raises concerns about Scouts 'efforts, which are confusing to the public and undermine Scouts' identity.

"It will also marginalize the Girl Scout Movement by making the public believe that GSUSA's extraordinarily effective services are neither official" scouting "programs nor niche services with limited usefulness and appeal," the complaint said.

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Lynne Fugate, CEO of the Southern Appalachian Girl Scout Council, said this has been the case at the local level.

"There is an impression that there have been efforts to create confusion when they recruit," she said.

Fugate described incidents in which families participated in the recruitment process with their daughters baduming that they engaged in Girl Scouts. It was only when they went to sign a check that they understood that it was actually for Scouts, she said.

"We think we are the best leadership program for girls," said Fugate. "We are still recruiting girls and we are still growing up, and some girls have gone to see Scouts who are back in Girl Scouts."

The Girl Scouts affirm in their complaint that she has the exclusive right "to use the Girl Scout Brand with Girl's Leadership Development Services".

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The Girl Scouts Leader of the United States said that, although the organization is disappointed that Scouts have decided to accept girls, its goal is to help parents understand the benefits of girls. Scouts ". (June 7th)
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Scouts responded to the complaint, which they look at "carefully," according to a statement quoted by the Associated Press.

"We applaud all organizations that develop the character and leadership of children, including Girl Scouts of USA, and we believe both organizations have the opportunity to serve girls and boys in our communities," the statement said.

Despite the national tensions and incidents described by Fugate, she stated that there was still a good relationship between her and Williams.

At a recruitment event at Halls Elementary School on Aug. 15, Williams agreed that local discussions about recruitment issues were much more civilized than those conducted at the national level.

"We met early and we said how to prevent it from becoming personal," he said. "For any of us to be negative is not going to help any of us."

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Four of the 21 children enrolled in Elementary School Halls on August 15 were girls. Williams said he expects this ratio to continue.

Randy and Shannon Ross were among those who participated in the recruiting event. They have a son who is a scout, a girl who is a Venture scout, a girl who is a tiger scout and a girl named Cbadidy who joined Cub Scouts as a young adopter.

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From left to right, the sisters Alyssa Ross, Makenzee Ross and Cbadidy Ross all participate in programs with the Boy Scouts of America. Alyssa is part of the adventure crew, Makenzee is a tiger scout and Cbadidy is a scout for Cubs. (Photo: Saul Young / News Sentinel,)

"It's easier for us to bring them all Tuesday night and let them go to their separate haunts instead of driving three different nights at different scouts," Shannon said.

Cbadidy gave the scouts a try, but that did not please, Randy said.

"(Girl scouts) did not do any outdoor activities," he said. "The Scouts program works for everyone."

Fugate had previously told Knox News that she had great concerns about the program.

"We have a program and a 106-year program created and designed for girls based on their development, and we think we are the best program for girls," she said. "(Girls) are more likely to take risks and do things with which they are uncomfortable in a non-badist environment."

Fugate expressed another concern, namely the lack of changes to the BSA program to integrate girls. But since the primary goal of Scouts Cub is to teach the principles of life, Williams said, the genre should not matter.

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