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I know this year our team will be using a more "Sophisticated" scouting program. My Scout team has produced a beta version. As far as i understand the trick behind this is to use a database such as mySQL, Acces.

Last year we used FileMakerPro, but this year we are going with PHP and mySQL, it is really powerful and much easier to program. mySQL has many built in functions such as average, sorting, ranking e.t.c so it makes it very easy. My Scout Leader and another Scouting member are really good designers and the whole layout looks very nice. It works like a charm too. we are currently beta testing it.

I also know that 491 and 492 have implemented some great scouting programs. However, if you are new to databases use something like FileMaker pro, or even excel. Start low and then take you skills higher with time. Any questions are welcomed.