Volunteer Essentials 2014-15 | Page 173

1. Service unit team and GSWPA membership staff will make reasonable efforts to secure additional girls and/or new leadership for a troop considering disbanding. 2. If it is determined a troop will not continue, the girls in the troop are to decide how their troop funds will be spent and the disbursement of any troop supplies or equipment within 60 days of disbanding or dividing. 3. Any troop funds or equipment remaining after 60 days will be divided proportionally by the number of girls continuing their troop or group membership and forwarded to their new troops. 4. Any troop funds, equipment or supplies remaining after 60 days will be given to the service unit to distribute among the remaining troops in the service unit or used by the service unit. 5. If the Annual Finance Report filed in June did not reflect a $0 balance, an additional Annual Finance Report will be filed, reporting the disbursement of remaining funds. This will be due to the service unit manager or membership staff no later than 60 days after disbanding or dividing. If the troop leader does not close the account within 60 days or whatever earlier time agreed upon, the service unit manager and/or finance manager will close the troop account, with the assistance of the chief operations officer if necessary, and distribute any remaining funds as described in item 3 and 4. 6. The troop leader of the disbanding troop will for