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• Published date: 01 December 2017
• Date: 01 December 2017
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/nba.30396

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Boy Scouts change policy,

will now let in girls

The Boy Scouts of America has announced a new

policy to welcome girls into its iconic Cub Scout

program and to deliver a scouting program for older

girls that will enable them to advance and earn the

highest rank of Eagle Scout. According to the group,

the decision comes after years of receiving requests

from families and girls interested in joining up.

The organization sought input from current mem-

bers and leaders, as well as parents and girls who’ve

never been involved in scouting, to understand how

to offer families an additional choice in meeting the

character development needs of all their children.

Starting in the 2018 program year, families can choose

to sign up their sons and daughters for Cub Scouts.

Existing packs may choose to establish a new girl pack,

establish a pack that consists of girl dens and boy dens

or remain an all-boy pack, the organization said. Cub

Scout dens will be single-gender—all boys or all girls.

Using the same curriculum as the Boy Scouts

program, the organization will also deliver a program

for older girls, which will be announced in 2018 and

is projected to be available in 2019, that will enable

them to earn the Eagle Scout rank. This approach

will allow the organization to maintain the integrity

of the single-gender model while also meeting the

needs of today’s families, the BSA said.

For more information, visit http://bit.ly/2yFvO7b.

AFP names new CEO

After an extensive search, the Association of Fun-

draising Professionals has named Mike Geiger as its

new president and chief executive ofcer.

According to the organization, Geiger previously

served for seven years as executive director and chief

operating ofcer of the Chief Executives Organization

Inc., a nonprot education-focused international mem-

bership organization. Prior to his time at CEO, Geiger

spent seven years as the chief nancial ofcer at the

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and then

six years as the vice president and chief nancial ofcer

of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

For both organizations, he provided global strate-

gic direction in the areas of nance and accounting,

fundraising, information technology, human resources

and administration. Geiger has also held chief nan-

cial ofcer and director of nance positions in the

Washington, D.C., and Virginia areas in the hospital/

medical provider industry, the AFP said. ■

IS launches Upswell in lieu of

annual conference

The Independent Sector has announced the launch

of Upswell, a new “social change and learning experi-

ence” that will replace the group’s traditional annual

conference to provide a richer, more meaningful and

long-lasting event.

According to the IS, Upswell will give changemak-

ers the opportunity to participate in community-

based events and action-oriented experiences to learn,

network and prototype solutions to critical social and

environmental challenges.

The rst main Upswell event will take place in Los

Angeles Nov. 14–16, 2018, the group said. Before con-

vening in Los Angeles, the IS will work with local leaders

and trained community organizers to identify challenges

that are locally grounded and nationally relevant. This

yearlong engagement process will serve as the scaffold-

ing for the Upswell experience, and the lessons from Los

Angeles will inform a similar engagement process for

Upswell 2019 in Chicago, the group said.

For more information, visit http://upswell.org.

alleged harasser treated members of each gender. He

explained that the ultimate question was whether mem-

bers of one sex were exposed to favorable employment

conditions to which members of the other gender were

not. He acknowledged that Schmidt sometimes alleged

that males were treated more favorably, but ruled that she

had failed to present evidence on the critical issue of how

male deputies who criticized Dean were treated versus

how female deputies who criticized Dean were treated.

EMPLOYER WINS ➔ The judge granted sum-

mary judgment in favor of the defendants, explaining

that there was no evidence that the alleged harassment

was inicted on her because of sex.

[Schmidt, et al. v. Shasta County Marshal’s Ofce,

et al., U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of

California, No. 2:14-cv-02471, 02/21/2017]. ■

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