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Greeting Scouters,
Sorry for the intrusion with this mini commercial. As you might know, it takes a lot of time and some cash to keep InsaneScouter going month after month. This is totally optional, the website and our newsletter will remain free. We are also looking for volunteers. If you can spare a few extra hours a month or a few bucks, we would really appreciate it!
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A PHP coder who has experience working with elasticsearch. I have a script that allows me to search the content on InsaneScouter and add the content item to a queue to be used in newsletters or shared to social media. This script needs some work done, fix it so what it brings back from elastic search better matches the search string and move the existing code to the current beta version of the code. I am guessing it will take 5 - 10 hours for an experienced PHP core developer.
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Additionally, starting in November we will be sending out a new free newsletter based on a single theme and full of ideas from crafts to games, to ceremonies and scoutmaster minutes, not to mention everything in between. We will also start providing activity plans for each week in the month, plus a campout. Which will provide creative ideas for den meetings, troop meetings, and campouts. The newsletter will be free for all, but the activity plans will be exclusive to Knapsacker's.
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Yours in Wacky Scouting
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