I've held off a little before responding, Tom. I wanted some time to pass to let my emotions settle down. I have added contacts at the Central Region to my letter campaign. Thanks for the idea.<br><br>I agree with your POV on centralizing. It may look good on the ballance book, but it's not healthy for the program. It creates too much distance between the powers running the ledger book and those running the program. As districts and councils merge to consolodate and save money, the volunteers feel less and less like they're part of the program. <br><br>Last year, my old district in CAC was swallowed up when they reorganized the entire council and consolodated. I read from the sidelines as I noticed changes that I knew would be detrimental at the volunteer level. Leader roundtable meetings were relocated to a location further away, placing a bigger burden on the volunteers with additional travel time thereby making it harder for them to lend their time and help. The same is true for the OA chapters, they reorganized my ond chapter into a new one with parts of two others. The chapter meetiongs are nor further away for the scouts, making it more difficult for them. At least my old chapter rejmained intact. Two others were split, dividing scouts away from their fellow OA members that they camped and worked besides. Reducing the districts and OA chapter reduced or dilutes the efforts of those in the field. Instead of 9 Chapter Chiefs to promote camping at the local level, their are now only 7 with a much larger territory to cover with more troops. Advocates would argue that they still have the same number of members overall. But there will be fwer boys stepping up as there are fewer positions and there will also be fewer leadership opportunities for the boys, which is the mainstay of the scouting program.<br><br>Consolodation dilutes.<br><br>Anyway, I'd better get of my soap box for a while before I start seeing red again.<br><br>On the positive side, there's a great movement under foot to stop the sale. On one hand, I have a sense of dread that it's a "done deal" and our efforts will be for naught. But, on the other hand, I know the resolve of the OSA members and their love for the camp. My hope is that we have enough time to reach deep into the ranks of alumni and active members to turn this disaster around.<br><br>Thanks for lending you ear.