July 14 is our last troop meeting before summer camp, a couple reminders:
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Medical Forms – There were over 20 medical forms that were missing or incomplete at the last update. Medical forms must be complete with physicals within the last year and a copy of your scout’s medical insurance card. Additionally we should have been provided with a copy of all forms and insurance card. If you are one of the families with missing documents please be sure you bring the document and a copy to the troop meeting tomorrow.
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Summer Camp T-Shirts will be distributed to everyone attending camp at the troop meeting tomorrow.
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Summer Camp Photos and Meal Tickets – If you have ordered either of these Bill Loeffler will be at the troop meeting to collect any remaining payments that are still due however at this time I can only accept cash or checks made out to Bill Loeffler. Can no longer accept checks made out to Troop 191 as cash is expected at OSR. Have since been asked if orders could still be submitted so the online submission form has been brought back online for these very last minute orders. As stated above any new orders must be paid by cash or check made out to Bill Loeffler at this week’s troop meeting. The online order submission will remain online until Thursday at 7:00PM.
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Merit Badge Cards – You know the drill here. Mr. Smith is back to accept and sign any remaining cards.
Regarding the Troop Website, the site URL is http://www.troop191nj.org. Last evening a significant update to enable support for mobile devices including the IOS, Android and Windows Mobile 7 platforms was completed. Users using these devices will now default to a mobile skin that suits the form factor of these devices much better than the default skin. The primary areas we have focused on initially are the features most likely to be used on mobile devices including the Home Page, Calendar, News, Signup and Program Area. We’ll continue to improve other areas of the site and features.
The website now has sufficient traction among our scout families that I’m looking to the site to be the primary means to communicate these weekly troop meeting reminders and other messaging that fills everyone’s email. Most communication of this type can always be found on the News area of the site. Additionally information about events and trips will be found on the Calendar Page by clicking on the event. All these features on the website support RSS feeds so that users can subscribe to this content as they prefer. That said if you prefer email communications you can opt-in by using the signup newsletter widget located on the home page (appears only when signed in).
These updates to the troop website are the direct result of parent and committee feedback so if you have any additional suggestions for improvement do let us know.