Re: National's Web Site
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Thu, 11 Jul 1996 12:59:07 -0500
Cheryl wrote:
>Monday, 8 Jul 96, I read in either the Washington POST business section
>or in a TIME magazine article the statement that only <some small number,
>5% or 8%, I forget which> of America is on-line.
_Newsweek_ and CNN have been reporting that 22 percent of Americans
own a personal computer and 8 percent of all Americans are currently
"surfing the 'net".
>And -- once I d/l it, where do I store it? Do I tote my computer with me
>to meetings so I can quote from it? Or do I print it off and schlepp the
>hardcopy? If the latter, wouldn't it be easier to get the official,
>nicely formatted, pre-printed version from Council rather than paying
>for my own toner, my own paper and spending my time doing
>something they've already done?
Well, what I see a lot of Scouters doing is to create their *own* versions
of National's materials...you know, cut here, paste there, add this from
this book and this from the other book and *volla!* You have a "perfect"
copy of your Commissioner Fieldbook or Chairperson's Handbook or
whatever. Only problem with all of this, is that while you now hold in
your Powerbook or laptop what NATIONAL says, you hold very little
about how your LOCAL COUNCIL is going to interprete all of this.
And *that's* the REAL PROBLEM. I don't think that it's a problem with
getting scanned copies of BSA publications....it's being done now in
lots of places. What's hard to get is the knowledge of knowing that
"this is the way OUR COUNCIL is going to play the game".
And *that's not written down anywhere in a lot of places*.
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