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Thanks Lisabob Good points, you are probably right, especially for the age group. I think we have decided to stick with sports and schools. We appreciate the input. Send us your address details through www.javaco.com or directly to me at s.burrows@javaco.com and we will ship out a pound of coffee as a thank you. Be sure to let us know what kind of coffee you like and whether whole bean or ground. Shane

Thanks guys, I kinda thought it would be a pain. What are your thoughts on giving the individual scouts a method to raise funds for themselves in general? Without and scout images, banners etc. It would be nice to bring on a new customer base, but we don't want to waste our time. Our thought was to create a web site with address book, email, chat, blog, photogallery, folders for their own files(music, homework etc.) and especially an online calendar they can share with their family, friends and other scouts as well as an online word processor so they can do their schoolwork from anywhere. Your input is really appreciated.

Trevorum - The individual site could act as a personal fundraiser for the scout, and yes our company -Javaco- would be in a position to generate income as well. Our thought is only to provide the space for the sash not the actual badge images, (we don't think we would enjoy spending the necessary time and money discussing it with BSA legal dept.) it would be up to the scout to aquire the image and post it to their sash. Would the scout be able to use these images if their site generated income for them at the same time? I guess that I probably should call BSA legal dept. Thanks

Just on more quick one; could a business offer an online sash with scouting badges to indvidual scouts? What I mean is if we were to offer scouts individual websites with email, chat, blog, photogallery, calendar etc, would we also be able to have a virtual sash with badges that could be added as earned? Any copyright issues?

Just a quick question, it seems the fundraising activites are closely regulated, can parents or individual scouts raise their own funds?