I’ve been developing an idea for a site that we could create as a
portfolio stuffer to get our names out there. This site would be a
huge project that would take a while to do but if it works it could be
a nice money maker.

The main hitches to the idea that I see is the major amount of programming that needs to be done, If I were the only one doing it would take me forever to get done even if we divided the features into
phases (Which we would).

I’m thinking a creating a Scout Troop management site.

These are some of the features that I’ve thought up so far.

Website that allows for Scoutmaster, Chairman, records person to keep track of….

• advancement
• Attendance
• community service hours
• report sendable to OA
• camping record
• OA eligibility
• OA election vote polling
• patrol management w/ nested troop features available to patrol
• Auto Time for ranks
• requirement database for MB & ranks
• Check box based blue card printer
• skill inventory tracker
• profiles for scouts/adults
• contact forms / address change info

summer camp scheduling for camp directors

• online registration
• automated class creation based on registrations
• create schedules printouts for scouts
• master lists for scoutmasters
• class rosters for instructors
• balanced to certain class size
• Create instructor schedules
• rate instructors by scouts
• availability of sites for week
• registration for summer
• camp inventories

* Some of these Ed said he had in Maine and were awesome

• make e-blucard service to councils to eliminate paper
• work with non bluecard councils to develop their forms
• scoutrak
• make camps pay to use service
• troops are free
• import other management systems into new system
• pay to have misc system imported into the new system

Long term to work with Cub packs, Boy Scout Troops, OA, Girl Scouts, Venture, Sea Scouts, maybe go international

World / National Jamboree management for contingents, contact utilities

Use Ruby on Rails and/or PHP w/ MySQL database-Negotiable depends on what we find to be the most usable

Let me know what features you think of other than these and if you think it is a good idea or if I’m just a crackpot that should go back to my corner and be quiet.

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