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Originally Posted by homeboy
Mike, tooblue,
One of the main challenges of scouting is record-keeping. It can be a real challenge keeping track of advancement and keeping parents updated, especially if you have a lot of boys (I had 15-20). I tried some of the commercial software packages and decided that they were all crap. I ended up writing my own using Visual Basic in Excel. It has all the features that I wanted, including an option to generate a detailed troop status e-mail to send to parents. Boardmail me with your e-mail address if you want a copy.
Have fun.
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We used a program called Troopmaster and it was fairly user friendly. You can use it to track advancement, leadership positions, services hours, campouts, parent/leader information, and can also generate email lists like Homeboy mentioned. I didn't notice any real shortcomings with the program.
Shortly after I became familiar with it, I was released. The story of my life.