Information about inventing, inventors, obtaining a patent, and enforcement of patent rights. I am sorry to say that my families experiences with Girl Scouts have not been good. Not only did they miss important opportunities at the national level, they also victimized both my daughters several times. And the director of the local council crassly used my younger impaired daughter to avoid addressing the underlying problems in her organization. As a result of these experiences I suggest that girls and their parents should avoid the Girl Scout organization.
All organizations have a tendency as they grow both older and bigger to lose track of their mission.
This problem is usually driven by management who becomes more interested in feathering their own beds, perpetuating their tenure, than serving their clients. Entrenched management of such organizations often becomes more arrogant over time. The problem worsens until they go too far one too many times and the ensuing crisis leads to a management shakeup. Much of my work is facilitating networking between inventors of means and worthwhile community service programs. Repeated poor decisions by the Girl Scout organization's management has convinced me that they are not worthy of the inventor communities support.