All members (adults & scouts)

Members of our Troop (adults and scouts) should stay subscribed to the Troop mailing list, because a lot of communication about events (picnics, Eagle projects, summer camp information, etc.) and outings (maps and any last minute adjustments) are done by e-mail.

Things you can do now:

  • Join the mailing list (add your e-mail)
    (note: join with as many different email addresses as you like!  You will receive Troop mail at each email address, and be allowed to send to the Troop from that e-mail address too)
     
  • unsubscribe (remove yourself)
     
  • change/edit your list membership
    if your email changes - use this
     
  • Send e-mail to the whole troop (if you are a list member):

Our e-mail usage is: strictly limited to members (no more unauthorized e-mails to the Troop), virus scanning of e-mail is done (so infected member computers cannot send e-mail to the rest of us easily), and e-mail is archived and can be viewed from links on this page for members (you can review when traveling). Also, all e-mail is easily sorted because the subject will always start with '[Troop 728] '.
Other Troop positions (like Scoutmaster, Treasurer, Merit Badge Coordinator, etc.)

See the contacts page, these are not e-mail lists with archives, etc. - these are just e-mail forwarding.

List administration is done by a few people in the Troop who have donated time to review and maintain the e-mail lists.  Duties include authorizing requests to join the list, releasing e-mail which is trapped because it is suspected of being a virus, unsolicited e-mail, too large or other things which are questionable for sending to the Troop. List administrators can log into their special accounts by selecting their list(s) from the ADMIN PAGE. Ron/James admin checks

note - we have had leadership and patrol lists in the past - and we can create in the future if a member of the patrol (or other sub-group) volunteers to maintain the list (not hard)... in practice the leadership and patrol lists are virtually unused - feel free to mail the entire troop with material occasionally which maybe everyone does not need (make the first line of your email clearly state who should read it).  The "whole troop" list is well maintained.