Scouts is like many organizations reliant upon volunteers when it comes to delivering the various programs and yet in some respects a little different in that we can "grow our own" from those who have been in membership themselves putting back what they themselves have benefitted from.
The way we bring people in is something that is being looked at more not just from point of view of who we engage directly with the community but the process of invites and interviews as they may not be giving us a clear indication of what that person has to offer and from that the best place we have for their skills.
Traditionally we've relied more on word of mouth followed by formal interview but rather than doing that some are experimenting more with talking over tea with the individual, taking a more conversational approach to finding out more about an individual, sharing information around roles and how we can best use them.
Having had "firing squad" interviews myself I can easily why such approaches can in practise be a barrier to engagement and a unneccessary worry that puts people off.
It's not that you don't have training - you most certainly do - and support through it but does it make sense when we're lacking people to reduce our backlog of would be scouts if holding on to the old ways isn't bringing in anything like the numbers we need?
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