Philippines' annual council meeting ends with historic conclusions

Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) held its 53  Annual National Council Meeting on 19-21 May 2009 in Zamboanga City in the southern part of the Philippines, gathering over 400 Scout leaders and officials from BSP councils all over the country.

The annual meeting concluded with a resolution to start working on community - based Scouting, and the first step is to form at least one Scout troop in each of the 111 Scout councils. One primary reason for pushing community-based Scouting, apart from the present school-based system, is the opportunity to
expand Scouting in other untouched places and to increase membership which currently stands at 1.6 million. A position for commissioner was created to
support this activity by monitoring and coordinating the exercises in all Scout councils.

This resolution is fully aligned with the recommendations and conclusions of the Asia-Pacific Regional Summit held in Nepal and the decision of the Regional Scout Committee to include community and membership growth as regional priorities for 2009-2012.
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