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by phcooper » Mon May 05, 2008 8:33 pm
My son is working on his computer merit badge, one of the requirements is to make a spreadsheet program to develop a food budget for an outing for the patrol. He and I have done a search online for ideas, and found only one that another scout had done that was basically a daily menu. Has anyone else made anything like that and if so would you mind sharing your ideas so we can spark something for my son. I think what we need really is a good start on brainstorming for ideas on what to include or how detailed he should go. He wants to go deeper than a daily menu. Thanks for any input....
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by WVBeaver05 » Mon May 05, 2008 9:10 pm
Not to go into too much detail, but I would suggest that he not try to make this harder than it needs to be. Look at the strengths of a spreadsheet and use them.
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by Quailman » Mon May 05, 2008 10:16 pm
Our troop used to have a much-photocopied table for patrol menu planning. The columns were something like Item, quantity, estimated cost, extended (qty times cost), actual (and maybe difference). The grubmaster listed each item he'd need to prepare the menu, and guessed at it's actual cost. It was a great learning tool.
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by phcooper » Tue May 06, 2008 6:29 am
Thanks for the input!!! I know this will help him out some. He hasn't thought about those other sources. I looked at them a few minutes ago, and looks like that should be enough idea to get him rolling. Any other ideas would be welcome, and hopefully when he gets it done he'll have something to share with other scouts. Thanks!!!
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