 Councils are divided into districts with leadership provided by the district executive , district chairman , and the district commissioner . Districts are directly responsible for the operation of Scouting units and , except for the district executive , are mostly staffed with volunteers . The voting members of each district consist of volunteer representatives from each chartered organization having at least one BSA unit , plus annually elected members @-@ at @-@ large who in turn elect the district chairman . Boroughs and districts are subdivisions of the local council and do not have a separate corporate status . 
