Hi Liberty,

(speaking from the do-it-all Cubmaster perspective)

To answer your question "I don't"…  :)   I tried the FOS pitch 2 years ago.   Talked with the families at B&G… sent the brochure home with the parents… and didn't get a cent.    I'm in that boat with the perpetual Pack financial struggle.  I'm scraping to have the unit break even each year.    I can't effectively promote the district needs when my fundraisers fall flat.  

My unfruitful FOS talk must have alarmed the District FOS folks that year.  They offered to send a FOS rep late in the year to speak again.   Looking at the results, I think 3 of 20 families donated something token… and I donated $200 in the name of my unit to get the District to stop calling me.

This year is another tale.   I'm a burned out, 5th year CM with just a paper commitee.  So this winter, the FOS folks come calling & emailing non-stop.   I tell them I have bigger concerns.   I've got a pack checkbook in the red…  and recharter up in the air.    How well would this Pack meeting agenda go?

1) FOS

2) Recharter Dues

3) "Who wants to run this outfit" next year? (better save this for AFTER the money is collected, eh?)

In all seriousness… I'm venting here.  I'm as positive as can be at the meetings and I don't let the boys see my frustrations.   I'm even bowing to the needs of the district by giving FOS the right of way at the B&G.   I'm going to recharter myself as CM to finish the school year… then I'm done.  I know many here would advise against that, but I see no other way in my situation.   They'll need to have a parent meeting in the fall to get their new leadership and basically reboot this pack.  

(And I'll try to get recharter out of spring popcorn.)

JR