Tracking Your Troop
How do you track your troop information? When I was a Leader 15+ years ago not everyone had computers. Shocking I know. We did everything by hand. Towards the end someone had created a program that track some of the info. I downloaded it and used it. Then my oldest daughter didn’t want to be in girl scouts anymore so I got rid of everything.
Last year I became a Leader again. I figured there had to be a program out there now that would do everything I wanted. So I started searching. There are in fact several. In my research I came across G-Scoutmate. It says that it is the only one authorized by GSUSA. Well I guess that is the one for me!
I tried to download it, but was sent a email informing me that if my Council Store sells it I was not able to use the downloaded version. So I sent my husband down to Santa Rosa to make the purchase for me.
I was so excited when I got home from work that day. Yes, this is going to be great! Then I started using it. Holy Cow, this was not an easy program to use. But, with perseverance and forcing myself to use it I can now hole hardily say that it well worth the effort.
The G-Scoutmate people are constantly doing updates (for free). There is a user group on Yahoo. So there is support there if you need it. I know this program does way more then I use it for. Over time I will delve into other aspects of it.
But the very BEST part of using this program was when it was time to do my end of year financial report. Not a problem! I just printed our the report, filled in the blanks and BAM it was done! No stress. What a change.
Last year I became a Leader again. I figured there had to be a program out there now that would do everything I wanted. So I started searching. There are in fact several. In my research I came across G-Scoutmate. It says that it is the only one authorized by GSUSA. Well I guess that is the one for me!
I tried to download it, but was sent a email informing me that if my Council Store sells it I was not able to use the downloaded version. So I sent my husband down to Santa Rosa to make the purchase for me.
I was so excited when I got home from work that day. Yes, this is going to be great! Then I started using it. Holy Cow, this was not an easy program to use. But, with perseverance and forcing myself to use it I can now hole hardily say that it well worth the effort.
The G-Scoutmate people are constantly doing updates (for free). There is a user group on Yahoo. So there is support there if you need it. I know this program does way more then I use it for. Over time I will delve into other aspects of it.
But the very BEST part of using this program was when it was time to do my end of year financial report. Not a problem! I just printed our the report, filled in the blanks and BAM it was done! No stress. What a change.
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I just got this a month ago. It did give me some headaches at first, but I'm getting used to how things are set up. I haven't tried reports yet. I love how Kevin gets things fixed and updated so quickly-awesome customer service! I would like more fields for cell phones, work numbers all on one page, though.
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