Mass Email - Scheduling Function 

I am not sure if this functionality is available, so please comment on how to access it if it is!

I think we could empower families to "take action" when there is a problem within a unit if we were able to send a template email to each email address entered for a new member on a specified schedule through our mass email system.

I recognize this could be a commissioner function, but I think it is too easy to pass up if it is all automated.

The schedule could include:
1.) (2 weeks after their entered in ScoutNET) Welcome to the Scouting family - this email could just give them a few helpful hints as they start their Scouting journey (i.e. the phone number to the council service center if they have any concerns, the location of the nearest Scout shop to purchase uniform parts, books, etc., and perhaps what they should expect from their unit in the 1st 3 months)
2.) (3 months after their entered in ScoutNET) We hope you are enjoying the program - this email could just reinforce what they should be receiving from their unit (i.e. den meetings occuring regularly, pack meetings, Scout troop meetings, etc.) This would empower them to contact us if they aren't getting the program WE expect. (because they don't know any better as a unit)
3.) (8 months)

Again, new parents don't know what to expect, so these emails could explain what they should be getting from their unit. Parents will be encouraged to email or call with issues and we can more quickly solve problems and retain these families before they "drop out".

Boy's Life in Barber Shops/Dental & Doctor Offices 

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I was chatting with my barber about how he had over 10 different subscriptions to various magazines from Sports Illustrated to People Magazine. I was curious because I thought it must have cost him a fortune to keep all those subscriptions current, but he said they were free to him. Apparently there is a service that does that for barbers, dental and doctor offices, and I am sure other places as well.

I am not sure if it cost Sports Illustrated and other magazines to be in that service, but if it wasn't too costly, Boy's Life should be one of the many subscriptions there to read for children as they wait...it just might turn a few more boys onto the idea of Scouting.