Special thanks to the following who have responded and helped bring visitors to The Scout Patch Collector's Base Camp:

Sites linking to The Scout Patch Collector's Base Camp and featuring Web Badge:

• Arapaho
• Brush Creek Trading Company
• International Badgers Club
• Streamwood
• The Boy Scout Patch Trader's Network

Sites linking to The Scout Patch Collector's Base Camp:

• Jason's Virtual Jambo Patch Collection
• Oak Tree Auctions
• Preservation Software
• Scouter.com
• Scouting the Net
• Troop 24 Virtual Patch Collection
• US Scouting Service Project

Sites declining to add The Scout Patch Collector's Base Camp as a resource link:

• ISCA
  http://scouttrader.org/References/reference.htm
  

My daughter's third birthday party is today - though her actual birthday isn't for a few more days. The theme is "Blue's Clues."

Greetings Fellow Patch Hounds,

The 2001 National Scout Jamboree is almost here. For those who aren't able to meet at "The Hill" this year I've added a news and weather page to the Scout Patch Collector's Base Camp where you can check out current stories from newspapers across the US and around the world about this tremendous event. Plus, you'll find current weather conditions at Fort AP Hill, Virginia.

Here's a direct link to the 2001 Jamboree News Headlines and Weather page:

http://home.austin.rr.com/elspanko/jambonews.html

Of course, you will also find it linked from The Scout Patch Collector's Base Camp, along with many other links to web sites featuring information related to the Jamboree.

For those who are going, have a great time! For those like me who can't make it this year, hope to see you in 2005!

Glenn Chase
Trading Post "A" Staff, 1985 National Scout Jamboree
spanky@mac.com
http://start.at/patchcamp/
http://welcome.to/kecoughtan/
ISCA Member 0548

The Dealer page at ASTA disappeared when that site was rebuilt and moved to their current URL. I requested that it be returned online since it was one of the most popular linked to sites from here, but was told that there was some controversy about it. I offered to host the information here if ISCA did not want to appear as though they were endorsing specific dealers by making the list available, but received no reply.

This was the best substitute I was able to locate, although I am concerned that it does not include such honorable dealers as John Conley Williams' Heart of Texas Trader. It looks as though I may have to create a dealer listing myself but am postponing that project until I can generate the list dynamically from a database rather than creating a static web page that requires manual editing for every change that is needed.

I was excited to see that this site comes up first if you go to the Google search engine site and search using the terms "Boy Scout Patch Collectors" - it also comes up first if you do the same search on Yahoo - understandable since their web searches are now powered by Google.

Also, over 100 people have voted in the first "PatchCamp Poll" which asks if ASTA and NSCS should merge.

Thanks to everyone who has visited and supplied feedback on how to make the Scout Patch Collector's Base Camp the premier starting point for our hobby!

Submitted the site for consideration for the Lord Baden-Powell Award for Scouting Excellence on the World Wide Web. If you are the webmaster of a Scout-related web site and seek recognition for your hard work, I encourage you to review their site for details on how to qualify and request consideration for this award.

If you have a web site you would like to recommend for Collecting Supplies or Scouting Museums, please send it to me via the Site Feedback page!

Thanks!

Glenn Chase

Subject: The new "Patch Collectors Base Camp" site debuts
Date: 11/7/00 2:21 AM
To: Patch-L Recipients, PATCH-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU

Greetings Patch-L Subscribers,

Not too long ago a gentleman posted a message to Patch-L requesting assistance from all the kind people here in restoring bookmarks to patch collecting sites which were lost when his computer crashed.

This caused me to finally get to work on a project which I had been contemplating for over a a year now - a central "starting page" for Scout patch collectors with links to internet based resources useful to novices and seasoned veterans alike.

I invite you to visit "The Scout Patch Collector's Base Camp" at: http://start.at/patchcamp/

The Scout Patch Collector's Base Camp is a directory of helpful internet resources for pursuing our hobby of collecting and trading Boy Scout memorabilia. We also strive to promote collaboration and teamwork to help preserve the heritage of Scouting, and seek to become a meeting place to build and strengthen fellowship among collectors.

I owe immense thanks to the collectors and web developers who provided helpful review and suggestions during the early development of this site, and hope that you too will take time to submit links to your favorite trading sites or personal trading web pages.

I look forward to having you visit!

In WWW,

Glenn Chase
spanky@mac.com
http://start.at/patchcamp/

and the confirmation is received:

Subject: Message ("Your message dated Tue, 7 Nov 2000 02:21:21 -0600...")
Date: 11/7/00 2:19 AM
Received: 11/7/00 2:33 AM
From: L-Soft list server at University at Buffalo (1.8d), LISTSERV@LISTSE
To: Glenn Chase, spanky@AUSTIN.RR.COM

Your message dated Tue, 7 Nov 2000 02:21:21 -0600 with subject "The new
"Patch Collectors Base Camp" site debuts" has been successfully distributed
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We're open for business! Thanks to all of the beta testers whose suggestions have already made this site far better than I had ever imagined.

Current plan is to announce the site "any minute now!"

Remade graphic for the "Free-For-All Links" page so it no longer includes the camping merit badge (which is no doubt property of the BSA).

I received excellent feedback and many helpful suggestions from most of the people I contacted to preview the site.