[Ldsoss] Scout Tracking

[Tom Welch]

My thoughts were to create a central repository (whether hosted by the 
church or individually would be up for debate) and then we could provide 
several ways to access that data.

1.  We (the community) could provide a SOAP or other interface to the 
data so that people could write thick client applications and 
synchronize their data with the central repository.  I've actually done 
this quite successfully with some other applications and it works VERY 
well.  So you can run independent of the server but when you go "back 
online" you can "sync" your data.  If a person chose to never "work 
online" that would work fine as well.

2.  We could create an application that only runs on a local machine but 
has good import/export capability so you can share your data with a new 
scout master or leader.  This approach would not have the collaboration 
features but solves the privacy issues.

Tom

Gary Thornock wrote:
> --- Tom Welch <welchtc at ldschurch.org> wrote:
>   
>> Dan Hanks wrote:
>>     
>>> On Tue, 6 Jun 2006, Tom Welch wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>>> could also have a plug-in type system for working with the
>>>>> various religious awards as well (Duty to God for LDS) which
>>>>> would then allow other Scouting groups to take advantage of
>>>>> it without tying it to just LDS Scouting.
>>>>>           
>>>> Yes, DTG is on the map to integrate into this program.  The
>>>> thoughts were to create some kind of a web based application
>>>> so that parents, scout leaders and boys can all work
>>>> together.
>>>>         
>>> Web-based would be great, but with the church's policy on
>>> non-official websites, where does that put the local unit that
>>> would want to install and use such a web-based app?
>>>
>>> -- Dan
>>>       
>> These are issues that are currently being debated.  More soon!
>>
>> Tom
>>     
>
> I have a couple of other concerns with a web-based app.  One, of
> course, is the privacy and security issue.  Do we want to create
> an application where we (in theory, at least) need to have signed
> permission forms from all of the parents, because we're putting
> their kids' information online?  Password access controls are all
> fine and good, but the concern doesn't go away.
>
> There's also the issue of portability, by which I mean physical
> portability, not cross-platform portability.  Running TroopMaster
> in Virtual PC is a bit of a pain, but having it on my Powerbook
> when I go to meetings with the Scoutmaster, the committee or the
> parents (regardless of the absence of an internet connection in
> the meeting) is half the value of using it in the first place.
> Granted, I could easily install a LAMP app on my Powerbook, too,
> but should that be necessary?
>
> - Gary
>
>
> PGP Key ID: 071B173D
> Fingerprint: ED30 B048 6833 56B4 28C0 CE52 F12B 884A 071B 173D
> _______________________________________________
> Ldsoss mailing list
> Ldsoss at lists.ldsoss.org
> http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
>
>   

-- 
Tom Welch
welchtc at ldschurch.org
(801) 240-1609
(858) 829-4614 - Cell

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the
 intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and
 privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use,
 disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the
 intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email
 and destroy all copies of the original message.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.ldsoss.org/pipermail/ldsoss/attachments/20060606/6d38a25b/attachment.html