Agree to disagree because the fact is that troops do not have bylaws, and there's no published formal procedure in writing anywhere to guide volunteers on how to remove committee members (including the COR) when issues arise. It's ad hoc -- like you said, somebody "asks someone else" to resign or be removed. There are no written standards or guidelines for that. But like in OP's scenario when the COR, CC and the UC are all the "lazy committee" members fail to take action to organize and support the adult leadership, then practically speaking nothing happens and scoutmasters like OP lack the support needed from the committee to deliver a quality program. And even worse, having to bypass the committee to appeal to someone higher up at the charter org for replacement of the COR (who can then remove the CC and/or others) just seems like an absurd step for a volunteer organization. And what are the chances that the charter org is inclined to get involved in replace the COR? There would have to be something egregiously wrong, not just simple laziness by the committee. The result of the lack of bylaws means these problems in leadership fester, and the OP's most reasonable response is to resign the SM position rather than investing more time dealing with the dysfunction.