"Q-Doc" naming convection/ Number Requistion:

All "Q-Docs" are prefixed with QT344-(and then the number)-(and then the description) i.e. QT344-12345-totally useless document.doc or QT344-00321-Camping Checklist.xls.

Use a five digit code after the prefix and before the description of the file. These files should never go to a Web server for boy privacy so we are not restrained to 8 characters for the name due to some old internet servers. Use all 5 digits even if the firsts ones are zeros for easier sorting.

Currently a "Q-Doc" Number Assignment Program is under development. You will soon be able to automatically request a number within any of the catagories below. For the meantime please click on the catagory and send an e-mail to the "Manual 'Q-Doc' Numbering server". A "Q-Doc" number will be forwared to you withing 24 hours. Put the document number range in the Subject box, i.e. for an Administrative document put 00000 in the subject box. This will ease the task of sorting later when we upload the used up numbers to the "Q-Doc" Number Assignment Program.

You can also request a range of numbers for efficiency purposes and to use at a future date. Once you have requested a number it will be posted to the server with the word "in creation" listed after it. Please no Scout names in any "Q-Doc". Use their assigned number when refering to Scouts.

For "Q-Terminology" and further definitions press here.

TO REQUEST A "Q-Number" PRESS ON A LINK BELOW

QX###-22000 to QX###-99000 is reserved for future document series and are available for claiming should anyone come up with a new category.

When creating a "Q-Doc" for the Pack, Crew, District or Council please use the following naming convention:

QT344-00000 = Troop 344 document - the original concept.
QP344-00000 = Pack 344 document.
QC344-00000 = Crew 344 document.
QD344-00000 = District document created by a 344 Unit person.
QI344-00000 = Indianhead document created by a 344 Unit person.
QN344-00000 = National Document created by a 344 Unit person.

When creating a "Q-Doc" for a Girl Scout Unit:

QG2370-00000 = Girl Scout Document created by a Troop 2370 person.

When a document has become outdated:

QA344-13010 = An archived and outdated Unit 344 document. At this point the unit type is no longer tracable.

Other Units can exchange the 344 or 2370 numbers above with their own once the other Units convert in whole or in part to "Q-Docs".

Once your "Q-Doc" is finished send a copy to:

qdocs@starrarch.com

Put the document number in the subject box for filing on the "Q-Doc Server".

Your document will be securing stored for eternity and backed up daily.

A list of available documents is located in the "Q-Doc Server" you can request to use an old document for modifications.

If you have trouble classifying your "Q-Doc" into a category please submit to qdoccatagorycommittee@starrarch.com The Committee meets twice a year on classification issues but can form an ad-hoc group in emergency situations only.

When referring to "Q" documents within the Troop we can shorten the name to something like the "Q2000". When talking to other troops we should use the forms full name "QT344-02000" pronouncing the dash and zero in front of the 2000. The zero can be pronounced as the letter O or as ought or as zero but should be fully pronounced.

"Q-Docs" were originally used in Holland, isn't that vierd?

Remember... "Q-Docs" are more efficient, cleaner, easier to read, safer, allow for more creativity, they even smell a little better than regular Scout Documents, they are faster, better looking, boy created, cheaper, faster (I know I already said faster once), sometimes they are even a little narrower, but best of all, they make the Committee Chair's job a heck of a lot easier.

See Alec's very poor and pitiful excuse for a "Q-Doc" web site:

right here => Alec's really, really, crucially poor and pitiful excuse for a "Q-doc" website.com

History of "Q-Docs"

Testimonials about "Q-Docs"

The Real Story of "Q"

"Q-Docs" are lighter, less flammable, not as porous, they age better, are waterproof and take far fewer key strokes than regular Scout documents....

For you Engineers out there the reason that "Q-Docs" are stronger and more flexible is that they have a higher bending fiber yet a lower modulas of elasticity.

QT344-00000 - The "Q-system" - paving the way for 21st century Scouting.