Path: elna.ethz.ch!scsing.switch.ch!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!crash!slic!mikey From: mikey@slic.cts.com (Mike Shirley) Newsgroups: rec.scouting Subject: REMOVAL: *.MATE Series of Troop Activities Programs Summary: Leaving FTP crash.cts.com in about a week Message-ID: Date: Sun, 08 May 94 19:32:49 PDT Reply-To: mikey@cts.com Organization: Muth Valley Seismic Control District, San Diego, CA USA Lines: 68 I will no longer be carrying GSMATE, CUBMATE, and SMATE programs written by Kevin Coleman at FTP crash.cts.com. Space requirements are the primary reason. I will leave them online for another week or so. If anyone wishes to place them elsewhere, please let us all know where they end up. --------------------------------------------------- The demos are still available via FTP at crash.cts.com. They are located in: /pub/mikey The filenames are: cubmate.zip smate.zip gsmate.zip Here's a brief introduction to Scoutmate. Cubmate and G(irl)-Scoutmate are similar: Scoutmate is what you've been waiting for in comprehensiveness, user friendliness and complete user upgradability. It is also the least expensive of the major scouting software packages. Look at all Scoutmate offers: * 8 pages of information on each scout (including personal and parent info, merit badges, other awards, positions held (incl. history), ranks (and requirements completed), up to 52 weeks of dues paid (attendance), medical info, camping, etc.) * Adult leader tracking which tracks personal and business information, awards, positions, training and group/committees. * Global Update allows you to "batch" update the database (merit badges and dues). * Merit badge Counselor Module which tracks information on merit badge counselors including merit badges they counsel, days and times available. You can also query the database for counselors available for certain badges between certain times. * Troop Inventory and Merit Badge Book Library modules which track the inventory of the troop, if it's lent out and to whom, etc. * Financial Module tracks up to 5 accounts that the troop may have. * Several reports are available including Advancement Progress Reports, Roster, Phone List, and more. Scoutmate also allows you to "PAINT" reports which means that you can CUSTOMIZE your own reports. So now the combinations are limitless. Samples are included (including a General Worksheet Form). Individual Progress reports (suitable for sending to district offices) are available also. * Permission Slips can also be printed. * Mail Merge allows you to type the letter once and send it to all or select adults and/or scouts. * You can form projects/groups/committees in Scoutmate. You can then assign adults and scouts to these groups, and then send mail merges (or reports, etc.) only to people assigned to these groups. * You have complete control over defaults. You can easily modify patrol names, group/committee names/codes, colors, troop and adult positions, return addresses and default City/State/Zip Code/Area Codes. * You can add or delist merit badges effortlessly. Do other programs allow this? Merit badges are in official BSA order, but can be printed out within Scoutmate in either official BSA number OR alphabetical order. * Ability to query the database for things such as scout's that have (or don't have) merit badges, rank, in certain patrols, in certain group/committees, paid dues on a certain date. * Ability to mark badges as unawarded with the touch of a button (make grocery lists). * Scoutmaster notepad and deluxe calendar with alarm -- Mike Shirley San Diego, CA USA HAM:WB6WUI mikey@slic.cts.com guaranteed: mikey@cts.com Robomail: mikey-pkey@slic.cts.com pgp-info@slic.cts.com