Report on Santiam’s Special Delegte Meeting

Girl Scouts of Santiam Council had its special delegate meeting on Saturday August 9, at Bush Park in Salem. The weather cooperated for our outdoor setting and more than 70 delegates and visitors joined together as we made history. The delegates voted almost unanimously (there was one dissenting vote) to approve the plan and agreement for merger. Santiam Council was the first of the four legacy councils (the others being Columbia River, Western Rivers and Winema) to ask its membership to approve the plan and agreement for merger. Many thanks go to the delegates who took this historic step in leading the way for all the councils in Oregon to join together and form Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington.