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Webmaster's Minute

I always find it strange when people ask for additional work when it is unnecessary.

When articles are written for the Leaders Digest, there are more people who say ... "for additional information contact Sam/Susan/Fred/Carol/etc.... at 111-1111 than there are people who say "For additional information, look at the District website at www.dacbsa.org". 

When flyers and registration forms are handed out, they say   ... "for additional information contact Sam/Susan/Fred/Carol/etc.... at 111-1111.

There are a few that say, "watch the council website (http://www.dacbsa.org ) for additional information or contact Sam/Susan/Fred/Carol/etc.... at  samhome@myemail.com"  or  111-1111".

Using the website is just another form of communications and one that can greatly reduce the number of phones calls, mis-information, and costs for ant event we have. Use the website to your advantage.

This is just another way to KISS (Keep It Simple Scouts).

Remember, contrary to what you may think, w do not want to KIS-MIF.   Why you ask don't we want to Keep It Simple - Make It Fun? Because in website language it means Keep It Secret -- Make It Fail.

Another Scouter related this example to me:

A Scouter was looking for a registration form for an event: (items in red are time lost)

•  He called council but the DE was not in.
•  He transferred to a person to leave a message. (5 minutes)
• The DE got the message and then returned the phone call and had to leave a message.(5 minutes)
• The Scouter returned the call and spoke with the DE. (10 minutes)
• The DE didn't know where the form was so he said he would get it for him.
• When he got to the office, he asked the secretary to get a copy of the registration form. (5 minutes)
• He then asked the secretary to mail it to the Scouter. (15 minutes)
•  The Scouter received the form. (40 minutes over a 3 day period of time)

We need to be where the Scouters and the professionals expect to find the current information on the website and can trust it.

In the example above, the flyer was on the website and the Scouter didn't look and no one told him to go there to get it because they weren't sure it was there.