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This is not an official publication or Web site of the Boy Scouts of America. All of the content contained on this site was created by Troop 150 in Enterprise, AL. Troop 150 is a chartered unit of the Boy Scouts of America through Green Hill Presbyterian Church. Troop 150 makes every effort to comply with all of the official BSA policies regarding Web site content and access. Should you see some information or a page that does not comply with the official BSA policies, please notify the Webmaster.

To see the official policy of the Boy Scouts of America regarding local council Web sites, click here .

To see the BSA advice for unit and personal Web sites, click here .

This site links to other Web sites including offical BSA sites, other unofficial Scouting sites, and sites of interest that are not related in anyway to BSA. The links to this information is offered as a service to visitors to our Web site. Troop 150 is not responsible for the accuracy of the information found on this Web site or any linked sites. The information provided on this site is as accurate as possible and may indeed contain some inaccurate information. If you find any discrepancies please notify the Webmaster in order to facilitate the neccesary changes.

This is the official Web site of Troop 150, of the Menawa District, of the Alabama-Council, of the Boy Scouts of America. We are located in Enterprise, AL, which is a city in Coffee County in the Southeast corner of Alabama. The Alabama-Council Office is located in Dothan, AL. This site is maintained by the Scouts, parents, and adult leaders of Troop 150.

Personal Information Policy:

It is our intention to post the names, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of key personnel for the express purpose of making it easier for Scouts, families, and the adult leaders of Troop 150 to communicate and pass information. If you do not wish to have your personal information posted here please contact the Webmaster to have it removed. All private information resides on secure password protected pages. The level of authentication used by Troop 150 to protect this information is equivalent to most financial institutions. Troop 150 takes every effort to keep this information secure; however, it is impossible to guarantee that the information contained on any Web site is 100% secure. The pages containing secure information will will not be promoted to any seach engine, scouting Web ring, robots, Web crawlers, ranking services, or other such automated processes used to facilitate finding these pages through search engines. By using this Web site and registering for a USERID and password, you agree not to submit any part of this Web site to the above mentioned automated processes, or processes that may become available in the future without obtaining the express permission of the Webmaster.

Use of Personal Information:

Troop 150 and this Web site respects the privacy of everyone who visits the Web site. We do not collect personal information about our visitors without their knowledge and prior consent. No scripts or devices are used for this purpose. At no time will this Web site sell, trade, give away, or otherwise make available your personal information to any other entity. In those microscopically rare occasions where Troop 150 and/or this Web site is compelled to do so, we will disclose certain information to Law Enforcement personnel.

Pictures and Photographs:

All pictures and photographs used on non-password-protected pages of this site are rendered in such a way as to protect the privacy of the Scouts shown. Generally these graphics are manipulated in such a way as to distort or otherwise alter the clarity of the subject of the picture. Many methods are used in order to achieve this goal including modifying the pixel count so low as to cause the picture to pixelate when enlarged, use of random times to display the pictures in a rotating slide-show-type display, stretching the various aspects of the pictures, adding artistic effects, and other methods available now or that may become available in the future.

Submission of Pictures and Photographs:

All pictures and photographs submitted by Scouts, parents, family members, adult leaders, or any other source, become the property of the Web site as do any modifications deemed appropriate by the Webmaster. None of the pictures will be submitted to any contests or other entities for the purposes of winning or earning monetary compensation for the Webmaster or the submitter. Pictures may be submitted to sources for possible inclusion in Scouting or Scouting-related publications, or to contests with the intent to win monetary prizes payable to the Troop. You give your consent to this policy by submitting pictures and photographs for inclusion on this Web site.

Submission of Stories, Instructions, or other Textual Submissions:

All submissions of written material for inclusion on this Web site become the property of the Web site and are subject to editorial review and alteration without prior notification to the original submitter. When appropriate, the submitter's name will be displayed with the written material. None of the written material will be submitted to any contests or other entities for the purposes of winning or earning monetary compensation for the Webmaster or the submitter. Written material may be submitted to sources for possible inclusion in Scouting or Scouting-related publications, or to contests with the intent to win monetary prizes payable to the Troop. You give your consent to this policy by submitting written material for inclusion on this Web site.

Cookies:

The non-password-protected sections of this Web site does not collect cookies, or leave any trace on the user's computer beyond what the user's browser needs to function while navigating this Web site. The password-protected sections of the Web site use an agressive system of authentication to prevent unauthorized users from having access to possibly sensitive material. Because of the security features, password-protected sections may use cookies or other methods of identifying the user's computer. Such information is not collected for use in any type of marketing or email list for use outside of those generated by Troop 150 and this Web site. You give your consent to this policy by registering for a USERID and password to access the secure portions of this Web site.

Linking ot our Web Site:

It is the official policy of Troop 150 and this Web site that any site wishing to link to us may do without obtaining written permission as long as the linking site is appropriate to ideals of Scouting. Should the Webmaster, any leader for Troop 150, or the Chartering Organization contact a Web site that has linked to this Web site and request that the link be removed, that Web site shall immediately take the necessary action to remove or disable the link immediately. Any site wishing to link to or use one of our pictures on their Web site must first obtain written permission signed by an adult leader of Troop 150. Such use of a picture requires that the source of the picture be stated clearly and next to the picture being used. At no time shall any Web site, or any person, use a source code that causes our Web Hosting Service to carry the bandwidth for displaying the picture on any foreign Web application.

External Links:

Troop 150 and this Web site may link to other Web sites deemed appropriate and informational for users of this Web site. Should you find the content of the linked site to be objectionable or against the ideals of the Boy Scouts of America, please notify the Webmaster immediately. Should you find that a link no longer works, please notify the Webmaster.

Content and Privacy of External Links:

We cannot be responsible for the privacy practice of any Web site we link to from this site. You should always check out the privacy policies and practices of these Web sites before you send them any personal information.

More on Electronic Privacy:

For the latest on safe guarding your electronic privacy and practices, please take a few minutes to visit the following websites:

FTC - Children's Online Privacy Protection

Electronic Privacy Information Center

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Youth Use of this Site:

This Web site fully complies with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. Use of this site by youth under the age of 14 requires parental supervision. All USERID's and passwords are issued to those that the Webmaster knows to be over the age of 18, or for whom the Webmaster has obtained written permission from the parents or guardians for users under the age of 18. Submission of any material by any user under the age of 18 requires parental permission. This Web site is designed for use by youth under the age of 18, and all content contained on any page is youth-friendly.

     
     
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