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Our Website Has Moved
If you're reading this
notice, you have an out-of-date bookmark.
While we have had the TompkinsCortlandScouts.org domain name for many
years, we never really had a place to put the website. The domain was
actually just an alias for some other website. So, every time you
accessed TompkinsCortlandScouts.org, some other address appeared in your
browser's address bar - mostly, home.htva.net/~wb2jwd/,
which is the space my cable company gave me, but sometimes www.bpmlegal.com,
my office website - and if you bookmarked the site, you wound up
bookmarking the actual address, not TompkinsCortlandScouts.org. Worse,
htva.net only gave me 20MB of storage space, total, so we were very
limited in how much we could post on that site.
Thanks to Mark Travis of Pack 197 and Good News Computing, the
Taughannock District Website now has a real home, and oodles of space to
live in (one "oodle" = several gigabytes). And, thanks to a
suggestion from Oliver Habich of Troop 4, we also have a shorter,
easier-to-type domain - TCScouts.org
- two names, the same website.
What this means to you is:
- Old Bookmarks won't be right:
If you have any bookmarks in your browser for any of the pages in
the Taughannock District Website, they probably point to the actual
site of the old page, not the new site. So, you'll need to...
- Change your Bookmarks: At least in Firefox or IE, that means
right-clicking on the bookmark, click on "Properties" and
change the part of the address which says "home.htva.net/~wb2jwd/"
or "www.bpmlegal.com"
to --www.TCScouts.org-- or --www.TompkinsCortlandScouts.org--
(either will work, if you're lazy like me, use the shorter one). The
rest of the address remains the same.
So, "http://home.htva.net/~wb2jwd/announce.htm"
becomes --http://www.TCScouts.org/announce.htm --
- Or, save new bookmarks:
If you don't want to edit your old bookmark, you can always follow
one of these links http://www.TompkinsCortlandScouts.org
or http://www.TCScouts.org
, find the page you want, and save a new bookmark.
- The old website will be taken down
after January 1st, and all of the pages will be set to redirect to
the new server. So if you don't update your bookmarks now, now you
can always follow the forwarding link and save a new bookmark later
on.
Click
Here to Access the New Web Site
Yrs.
in Scouting,
Mike Brown
District Commissioner
Downloadable Forms
Most BSA National forms can be found on the BSA website at http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Media/forms.aspx
This page lists the most commonly needed forms, both National and
locally generated. These forms are provided in a variety of formats, denoted by the
following codes:
- No format indicated (hyperlink) = you may view and print this form
from your web browser.
- PDF = Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF). You need a
copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you can obtain free on the Adobe
website.
- RTF - Rich Text Format - used by Microsoft Word and some other
products.
- WFW = Microsoft Word for Windows 6/95 or 97 (WFW) format.
- WP5 = Word Perfect 5.1 for DOS
- WPD = WordPerfect 6.1 for windows.
Note: Wherever possible, these forms are links to BSA National's own forms
site or to the Baden-Powell
Council Forms Site, so as to always have
the most up to date forms. Forms from that site are flagged as
"link to BSA site" or "link to BP site"
Camp Barton Forms
See the Camp Barton
website
Local Troop Forms
- Duty Roster - WFW
- Job Title Quiz - a fun game for
your Scouts - how many of these job titles can they define? WFW
(oh yes - and the answers WFW)
- Quartermaster Equipment Form - WFW
- for a patrol to request equipment and QM to check in/out.
Roundtable Notes and Handouts
and other District Resources
Cub Roundtables:
Cub Roundtable Commissioner: (open)
Cub Roundtable Handouts
December 2008 -
Advancement Ceremonies
January 2009: Roundtable
Notes on Pack Organization and Finance Models
February 2009:
March 2009:
August 2009
September 2009
Description on monthly themes: http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/CubScouts/resources/CSMonthlyThemes.aspx
This month's issue of Scouting magazine has a good "What Would
You Do" segment on getting cubs to settle down: if you don't have
the September-October issue, you can visit it at: http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0909/d-wwyd.html.
If you are looking for immediate ideas for meetings this month, check
out Baloo's Bugle at: http://usscouts.org/bbugle.asp
Finally, there are some big changes being proposed for the Cub program
to take effect next year. It apepars that, in many ways, these changes
are going to confirm the way many of our local programs have been
running their dens for years. If you'd like to get a sense of the
direction of these changes, look at the National BSA "Cub
Scouts 2010" page.
November 2009: Handout - Discipline
December 2009: Handout: Works of
Art
Boy Scout Roundtables:
Scout Roundtable Commissioner: Mike Stoll 753-9277 - mfstoll@odyssey.net
Useful Scouting Links
Links to Scouting Websites
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Obviously, the first link has to be Scouting.org,
the BSA National website. Specific pages:
- Cub
Resources Page
and Cubs 2010
"New Delivery Method" Program introduction
- Boy
Scout Resources Page
- Venturing
Resources Page
- Health
and Safety Page and the Guide
to Safe Scouting - a "must have" resource for all
Scouters! Forget the myths, here's where the Straight Dope
lives.
-
National BSA Advancement
Requirements Page
- Insignia
Guide - how and when to where what, and how.
- International
Page
- Journey
to Excellence - information on the new program, which replaces
the Quality Unit/District/Council programs.
- MyScouting.org -
National BSA internet portal for on-line training courses,
Internet Advancement and Chartering, Tour Permits, and many other
things. If you don't have an account yet, set one up!
- Scout Stuff -
National Supply division - order Scouting uniforms and supplies
here
- Scouting
Centennial Celebration page and its YouTube
video channel
- Words
to Live By - Recruiting materials (flyers, posters,
etc.)
- Branding
- materials for using the BSA "brand" - logos, etc.
-
US Scouting Service Project - a wealth of information for all programs -
Cub/Scout/Venturing. The following pages are particularly useful:
A collection of Scouting myths and things "everyone knows" which may
or may not be true.
Leader Resources index page
Monthly or weekly features for leaders: Baloo's
Bugle for Cub Leaders and Ask
Andy for Scout Leaders and Commissioners
Venturing resources page
MeritBadge.org -
Wiki pages on Scouting and advancement for all programs
US Government Printing Office Special "Salute
to the Boy Scout Centennial" Collection for Boy Scout Merit Badges
MacScouter.com - many resources for all
programs
Resources for
Leadership - a web book from "White Stag" about Scouting
leadership
WorldScouting.org - information on
Scouting activities around the world
Another page on Adult
Leader Recognition Knots
Program Resource Links
Community Links
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