New communication services for you 
1. Scout fund balances: Ms. Stern put each Scout’s fund balance on-line for your convenience.
Questions about balances may be directed to Ms. Stern by email at jimandjanetstern@yahoo.com
2. Troop 37 news: For Troop 37 news, please keep an eye on our web site: http://garybanks.wordpress.com/ Or What if, instead of having to remember to visit the Troop 37 Web site, Troop 37 news came directly to you? The Troop’s RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed allows you to subscribe to news you want, viewable from a computer or mobile device. Subscribing to the feed in iTunes also allows you to automatically download podcasts.
An RSS news reader is built into Firefox, Safari 2 and Up, and Internet Explorer 7. This browser feature allows you to view news headlines and events in your bookmarks toolbar. When the RSS feed updates, your bookmark automatically updates at increments set by the browser. Want to read a story? Just click the bookmark to go straight to that item—saving you time and mouse clicks.
A site offers an RSS feed if it shows in the address bar of the Firefox or IE browser window or
in the address bar of the Safari browser window.
Subscribe in IE 7:
- Click the Feeds button
to discover feeds on the Web page.
- Click a feed (if more than one is available). If only one feed is available, you will go directly to that page.
- Click the Subscribe to this Feed button, and then click Subscribe to this Feed.
- Type a name for the feed and select the folder to create the feed in.
- Click Subscribe.
- To view your subscribed feeds, click the Favorites Center button, and then click Feeds.
Subscribe in Firefox: Click on the icon that appears in the address bar, then click “Subscribe Now.” The default setting allows the feed links to show up in your bookmarks.
3. Optional text messaging. If you’d like to have a text message sent to you when the troop is returning from a trip, a trip is canceled, a trip deadline is approaching then please send me your 10 digit wireles/mobile phone number and subscriber email address. For example, I use Alltel so my text message number is PhoneNumber@message.alltel.com. Check here if you need a list of text messaging service provider address formats. Or just send me your cell number and provider name.
Some calling plans charge for incoming text messages so please check your plan.
Hey, I’m a techie. Hopefully these new online services will help keep you in touch with Troop 37 activities. I want to make it very easy for scouts, parents, adult leaders and friends to keep up with the troop.
Thank you for reading this far. YIS,
