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In fact, my wife (no pics) actually contacted the local council last year and expressed interest in starting a troop (because we are so unsatisfied with our options) and was basically told there was "no need to start a new troop, since the current ones are not full." She basically told them there was a reason for that... but since the local district leader supposedly makes the call, she said no to a new troop.

That is typical for our area too.
The girl scouts redistricted the area. 4 counties in the 1 district (used to be 2 counties per 2 districts). Our district hasn't had a treasurer since they made the change. My wife offered to be the treasurer for our county, but they refused. She could do all 4 counties or none. So we still don't have a treasurer for the past 2 years.

Another girl scout troop requested a district meeting to start their gold star award (the meeting is part of the requirement). Girl scouts cancelled the meeting for lack of participation. The mom/troop leader called them back and advised that only 2 girls in the district have completed the silver award and both of them signed up for the meeting. The district still wasnt going to go through with the meeting until the mom threatened to transfer the troop (2 girls) to another district. Keep in mind that the girls can't begin the gold award project until after the meeting, and there is the threat that they age out before achieving it (like boy scouts with eagle).

My girls love girl scouts. But us parents are the ones dealing with the district ineptitude. My wife will not transfer the girls to boy scouts. Her hope is to be the change. To try and improve it going forward as best she can.