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OK,
I'll throw my hat in the ring as well.
I am a
merit badge counselor in my two boys' Scout Troop (Troop 39 of the Northeast
Georgia Council of the Boy Scouts of America). Check them out at www.troop39.net.
I and
the other merit badge counselors often make use of Powerpoint slides to
illustrate the sessions we conduct with the boys on topics as varied as
Citizenship in the World to Leatherworking, and just about everything in
between. We usually beg or borrow projectors from parents and other leaders
(I've used Nortel's equipment on more than one occasion) but this is becoming
increasingly difficult.
Troop
39 is 70 or-so boys strong and frequently opens its merit badge courses to the
entire Council, which means we can have 30 to 50 boys in the room for a class. A
projector would really make life easier on us (especially the
counselors).
Finally, an added benefit: Troop 39 helps
supervise the annual pinewood derby of our "feeder" Pack (that's Cub Scouts for
the un-initiated). This event is the highlight of their year. A software package
called Derbymaster keeps track of each boy's time and finishing order and
summarizes these on a screen display. Projecting this on the wall eases the
proceedings considerably.
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