Talk:Membership levels of the Girl Scouts of the USA

Creation
Created on 6/20/06. If anybody has anything to add to this, please do, just make sure it's acurate and not crud. Thanks and happy editing!  Darthgriz 9  8  23:41, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Rename suggestion
Since this article is specific to the US organization, I think we may want to rename to "Girl Scout Ranks (USA)" or "Ranks (Girl Scouts of the USA)". We should also do something similar for the Gold/Silver/Bronze awards. Thoughts. --Erp 00:25, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah that might be a good idea, because it is different in Europe and Asia and everywhere else basicly.  Darthgriz  9  8  01:36, 3 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Also is rank the correct terminology? Levels might be more appropriate. A google search shows 'levels' is used more frequently than 'ranks'.  So does "Girl Scout  levels (USA)" sound like a good choice for a name?--Erp 00:32, 4 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I've been searching around and trying to go through my books, and they call it age levels for the most part, so I guess just call it Levels of the Girl Scouts USA.  Darthgriz 9  8  02:46, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
 * level would be more appropriate, the term 'ranks' usually means the awards.

It would more properly be "Membership levels of the Girl Scouts of the USA" or "Program levels of the Girl Scouts of the USA." --Gadget850 ( Ed) 13:24, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Program changes
Article needs to be updated in light of the new changes announced:

AMENDMENT OF MEMBERSHIP STANDARDS

MOVED by Mrs. Matthews, and seconded,

WHEREAS, To meet the needs of girls, it is necessary to differentiate groups by grade level, thereby requiring a realignment of membership age groups and the addition of a new identifying name; and WHEREAS, To strengthen the Girl Scout brand, the words “Girl Scout” will be included and emphasized at the beginning of each identifying name;

RESOLVED, That the following membership age groups and identifying names be effective October 1, 2008:

Grades Names

K-1 Girl Scout Daisy

2-3 Girl Scout Brownie

4-5 Girl Scout Junior

6-8 Girl Scout Cadette

9-10 Girl Scout Senior

11-12 Girl Scout Ambassador

and further RESOLVED, That this action supersede and rescind all previous National Board action on membership standards. Adopted
 * I will look into these and update them in the GSUSA article and this article as soon as I can.  Darth griz 98 05:58, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Is this an official announcement, because I can't really find anything about it from GSUSA.  Darth griz 98 00:08, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Copies of changes to levels found at Columbia River Council and Greater St. Louis. Naraht 15:21, 29 January 2007 (UTC)


 * We need to be careful to distinguish between what is from what will be. The new system doesn't take effect until October 2008--Erp 07:33, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Campus Girl Scouting
Does CGS could as a level or not? Naraht 15:22, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Hm, I'm not quite sure. It does come after senior and if it isn't recognized as a formal level, I personally consider it a level.  Since it's a form of adult scouting I think it could be.  Darth  griz 98 15:28, 29 January 2007 (UTC)


 * We might want to have a section on adults in Scouting whether Campus Girl Scouts or leaders. --Erp 07:35, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Article name
Per proper naming convention, this should be named "Age levels in the Girl Scouts of the USA". --Gadget850 ( Ed) 16:59, 29 July 2007 (UTC)


 * You can see how ugly *not* discussion was the last time it came up. If you can show other pages that the new page name will align with, post them and I think if no one objects in a week or so, move the page.Naraht 13:41, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

I did not even see that I had brought this up before. The proper name of the association is "Girl Scouts of the USA" and should be used in full. We have Ranks in Scouts BSA, Advancement and recognition in the Boy Scouts of America, History of the Boy Scouts of America and so forth. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 14:12, 30 July 2007 (UTC)


 * To be pedantic the full formal name is "Girl Scouts of the the United States of America". Prepending that with "Age levels in the" makes for a rather long name.--Erp 15:14, 30 July 2007 (UTC)


 * We discussed that on the GSUSA article. They are incorporated as "Girl Scouts of the the United States of America", but do business as "Girl Scouts of the the USA".  --Gadget850 ( Ed) 15:24, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Uniform
Why is the uniform section in this article? --Gadget850 ( Ed) 22:07, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Rename
Rename to Membership levels of the Girl Scouts of the USA; full organizational name should be used.

Question
Hi, could you write something about the age of girls in the levels? I wanted to know how old are cadettes but I couldn't find any information about it... (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.31.113.111 (talk) --—— Gadget850 (Ed)  talk  -  13:02, 10 October 2008 (UTC)