Next PGS Meeting:
Next: June 4th, 7 pm, at St. Chris.
Always bring questions, ideas, (any outstanding forms), ...

• Love to lknow if you run a food drive, there is more need this year than 2 years ago.
• May color dance!
• Memorial Day parade - have your troop march - let Mary F. handle the TGAA. Submit your information sooner!
• May 4 & 5 - Livingston Benedict House's Annual Historic Re-enactment in town! (Not a Girl Scout program, but is a wonderful way to learn about the past and may aid in fulfilling some badge requirements.)
• Are you registered for the GSNNJ Annual meeting? Check online at gsnnj.org or ask Cindy for details. We've been car pooling from Parsippany.
• Got ideas for PGS event plans? email Cindy.
• Updated 2013 roster posted - check your contact info & the numbers registered.
• Know an outstanding leader? Nominations extended to April 8th. Visit https://www.gsnnj.org/Things-to-Do/Volunteer-Events/Pages/Annual-Meeting-Adult-Recognition.aspx for the form.
• Girl Scout Week: Pick up your orders from Robin if you missed the April meeting This and the Memorial Daty parade are among the biggest events for PGS Girl Scouts. (Mary L. has PGS 100th patches still if you or your girls didn't get them yet. Girl Scouts USA is 101; the party continues!).
• No Spring Encampment, communication burp with council. Do we want a Fall Encampment? Need help running a troop encampment ay Jockey Hollow?
• Brownie First Aid Workshop?
• Girl Scout Cookie Sales continue. Where is your booth sale?
• Remember to get your girls registered BEFORE you try to sign up for programs.
• Stephanie is Communications Czar for PGS. Watch for email with the year's meeting dates.
• Lori is PGS Cookie Diva. Mary is doing Fall Sales - but would love a co- to apprentice.
• If you did not get the PGS Newsletter in October, contact Cindy for a copy - it has info. including on the council re-org.
• Remember we have flags, including a PGS flag! Reserve it for your ceremonies. Contact " flags AT partroygs DOT org " via email for more details!
• Girl Scout Week patches planned for March - let's finish the 100th anniversary strong.
• Get your PGS 100 patch set! (woot!) $3 for rectangular center patch, $7 for the 5 patch set for PGS to collect at a PGS meeting, $8 for collectors since we have to envelope & mail it. COLLECTORS - you can also go to www.partroygs.org/Collect.html or email our treasurer at () for details.
• GSUSA turned 100, celebrate through 3/12/13. What will you do as a Centennial Girl Scout? Celebrate through 3/12/13
• If you are on facebook, esp. if you use facebook more than email, you may want to join the Parsippany Girl Scouts(PGS) group on facebook.
• If you are a leader or co-leader and not getting e-mail, contact Stephanie V. ASAP. Thanks! (& sorry)
• Registraiton is ONLINE registration. (Parents can register girls but leaders can not) "early registration" ended August 8th. If you need them, paper forms (not pre-printed) in Cindy's boxes. Parents can always register girls online. Need paper reg. forms for new girls, new troops, or financial aid? Also "in Cindy's box".
• Correct placement is Brownie Wings above Bridge to Cadettes, Bridge to Cadettes above Bridge to Seniors, Bridge to Seniors above Bridge to Ambassador."
• Current bridging requirements: not in any handbook!
• Roster always online. Next year's Service Team roster coming...
• Remember to look at programs in the LINK, & watch those opening dates. 2011-12 GSNNJ Program LINK out & online: Some program registration will be only online and some still only through the mail.

Registration Info for 2011-2012 Girl Scout Year

• Sample note for parents/guardians follows especially if you are asking them to register their own daughters online.
Forgot username? contact jteller at gsnnj.org - or remember we all have the same "best friend" - unless you specifically changed it.
• New this year, all registration renewals will be done online. No more girl registration or adult registration forms need to be filled out! (*) except for GSNNJ financial aid for the registraiton fee. Please still offer this - mention it to all of your girls and do not single out any one Girl Scout. Financial Aid is available for the $12 for any girl - and for a leader/co-leader. It is not avialable for other adults.
• Leaders still need to collect girl (and adult) health forms, as well as fill out your Volunteer/Leader/Co-Leader Agreement (this must be done yearly by all leaders/co-leaders) and turn those in to Cindy. Please include a Troop Roster (you can use the template attachment at the bottom of this page).
• If you did not pick up your registration information at a PGS Meeting, please pick your troop's info up at Cindy's. Once you have your information, login to the site at https://gsusa.ebiz.uapps.net/vp/Default.aspx?pid=0. If you need to create a login, use the ID Number provided on your registration information sheet. Next go to Troop Management. Please note you must be listed as the “01 – Leader/Advisor” to do this. Here you will be able to see a list of all of the girls and adults registered in your Troop. Ensure that each adult and girl has a valid e-mail address listed. If they do not or if you need to update their e-mail address, click on the person’s name and update/add their e-mail address under the “My Communication Methods” section, and then click the “Update Guardian and Emergency Information” button to save the change. If you see names that do not belong to your troop OR you have people missing from your list, please contact _______ directly at ___@gsnnj.org with the corrections that need to be made.
• Once you have ensured that each adult and girl has a valid e-mail address listed, fill out a table such as the one below with the information so you can send it and registration instructions (see sample below) to your troop:
         Name                 ID Number              E-mail
         Doe, Jane         000000111111        janedoe@verizon.net
         Smith, Mary       000000222222        marysmith@verizon.net
• Early bird registration ended August 8, 2011. (Next year encourage everyone to re-register before school's overs.)
• You can register the girls up through the end of September or parents can go online and register anytime of the year. Once each girl has their own account, parents can go into the system to register for LINK programs themselves.
• Sample note for Parents/Guardians
  Please register your daughter by XX/XX/XX -or- Please get a check or $12 to me by x/x/xx so that I can register the troop.
  Please make your check payable to “GSNNJ Troop XXX” and return with your completed health forms and needs assessment form to me by XX/XX/XX.
  
  leaders and Co-Leaders, please also complete the Leader/Co-Leader Agreement form (a href="http://www.gsnnj.org/Resources/Documents/Leader%20Co-leader%20agreement%20form.pdf" target="_blank">Volunteer Agreement) and return to Cindy. Co-leaders, when registering please scroll down to the bottom and indicate you are an “02 – Co-Leader/Advisor” under "My Positions", if you can not find our troop number,
  • Click on SU radio button and "search"
  • Type in SU483
  • Select SU483 by clicking on the hyperlink for SU483 (shoudl be underlined, and will bring you back to you profile info)
  • Click on "Add position"
• For health forms, please use the following links:
  Girl: the "Health Needs assessment" or "Health History" is needed. If she will be going on any overnight trips, a Health History is required. Girl: http://www.gsnnj.org/Resources/Documents/Form_Girl%20Health%20History.pdf Please give your daughter's form to her troop leader. If you are going on any overnight trips, a health form will be needed - it can stay in a sealed envelope unless needed. Adult: http://www.gsnnj.org/Resources/Documents/Form_Adult%20Health%20History.pdf
• For girl’s assessment form (do not put in sealed envelope), please click the following link: http://www.gsnnj.org/Resources/Documents/Form_Girl%20Needs%20Assessment.pdf To Register Online
  1. To register, please go to www.gsnnj.org and click on “Join”
  2. Click on “Register for Girl Scouts”
  3. Click on “Create Login” (you will do this once using your ID and once using your daughter’s ID) If you have forgotten your login - remember the secret question is your best friend's name: ___ (email Cindy or Robin or ask a fellow leader if you can not remember our best friend's name)
  4. Enter your 12-digit Customer ID under "By Customer/Membership ID" (see table at the bottom of this message)
  5. Go to your e-mail as directed, click on link and follow instructions.
  6. Create a new user name and password. Note: password must be at least 7 characters.
  7. Click on “Create Account”,
  8. Verify that you are logged in. Your name will appear in the upper right corner. Click on your name.
  9. Review your customer profile.
  10. Under Membership Info, click on Renew.
  11. Confirm you are renewing the 2011-12 Membership Year.
  12. Click the “Add/Edit” link to update required information for each person you are registering. Verify all fields with the * next to them.
  13. To update the school information, click on search – enter 3 characters of the school name and click enter. Then choose the school from the drop down menu and click on the school name. If the school is not found, then please use Not Available. If the school is not on the dropdown, please email us at onlinereg@gsnnj.org
  14. Click on Save.
  15. Add any Annual Fund Campaign contribution. (remember the $12 goes all to GSUSA)
  16. Enter Bankcard Information.
  17. Process Payment.
  18. Print a copy of your receipt for your records. (An email confirmation will be sent to you.)
• Please remember you must pay for each member separately and must logout between each transaction.
• If you have questions related to the online system, please contact Council directly at onlinereg@gsnnj.org.
         Name                 ID Number              E-mail
         Doe, Jane         000000111111        janedoe@verizon.net
         Smith, Mary       000000222222        marysmith@verizon.net
  End of Sample Letter for Parents
• Leaders - Do save and print a troop roster.
• Thanks for all you do.

More News & Paperwork

• Online Safety-Wise has online updates you are responsible to know. Changes in ratios & product sales. Please check out the 411 and SafetyWise details. Save your book as no more will be published. (4/2010 update:) GSUSA is going to "Activity Checkpoints" that may only be online
• File a TGAA with your SUM for any non-LINK, non-"regular meeting". 2009-10 Troop Finance Reports overdue, 2010-11 finance forms due in June. 2010-11 annual Leader forms can go to Robin or Cindy anytime.
• Annual Troop/Service Unit Finance Report available on GSNNJ.org & www.partroygs websites. Easier to fill in! Due in June for "year" through 30 September.
• The Volunteer Application now ONLY online. Volunteers need to provide their full name as indicated on the form.
• CARE and Girl Scouts of the USA Believe that every Girl Can Become a Force for Change. They joined to launch The Power of Girls, an initiative to engage and mobilize girls in the U.S. around critical issues affecting girls around the world, with a special focus on education and leadership. Learn more about the initiative here and take a moment to get involved, take The Power of Girls Pledge!
  It’s hard to believe, but tens of millions of girls around the world are not allowed to go to school. In some parts of the world, simply being born a girl means being kept from getting an education. Yet, the more education a girl gets, the more likely she is to have a healthy family, a solid income to invest back into her community, and a vision for her future. There are girls everywhere in the world, including the United States, who are not treated fairly. We have the power to change this.
• Parsippany volunteers: Need help remembering your "first aider" status? You can register your training at http://girlscoutcprfa.webs .com to get reminders.
• Keep your SW - not sure if any more will be published! To be replaced by "checkpoints?" online? more to follow. The Feb. 2009 Safety-Wise updates are still online.Click for update pages. Please read over these pages if you have not.
• You can become facebook fan of GSNNJ at www.facebook.com/pages/Girl-Scouts-of-Northern-New-Jersey.
• Mostly reminders:
  1. Girl & Adult Health History Forms are required for overnight camping trips.
  2. "First Aiders" need both CPR and First Aid certification.
  3. GSNNJ has a 15% Cancellation Fee for CPR and Training "no shows". Cancel at least 48 hours in advance to avoid this.
  4. The Plan 2 form to insure non-Girl Scouts at your events is now online. For example, if you allow siblings or non-registered parents at your Court of Awards, you will need one.
• Paperwork needs a signatures? Scan & email it, or drop it off to Robin's front porch or by Cindy's garage. (We'll both accept (annual) volunteer agreements, finance reports, TG Activity Applications, etc.)
• Pages updated April 2010: Typos found in Journeys (corrections posted in Grade Level Page), Product Sales, Calendar, roster , Minutes, Grade Level Tips, and World Thinking Day.
• Finances: All bank accounts should be changed to GSNNJ, our nost commonly used bank does not need a letter for each troop. Annual Troop Finance Reports, with current bank account information, are due to SUM or Treasurer in June. Attach your troop's latest bank statement to the annual financial report. No one should sign a check to themselves.
• Did you know that Girl Scout National Headquarters is in NYC and open for tours year-round Monday through Friday 10:00am – 4:00pm?
• Troop camping applications: For 1 night troop camping at Jockey Hollow and Lake Rickabear in Kinnelon. Click here for GSNNJ Troop Camping Application.
• If you want to see more here, let us know! Thank you for your patience and understanding.

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