Welcome to the official web site of the Gerald R. Ford Council. We are pleased to offer this site as a resource for all individuals involved in the Scouting program.

We have found a small problem when you are using Internet Explorer 7 (the newest version of Explorer). The National office is currently working on the problem. This is what they say: BUG ALERT: A number of users have reported that they are unable to create accounts for the e-learning system using Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7.0 (the very latest version) because an image is superimposed over text fields, preventing them from entering data. We are currently working on a newer version of the account creation/management interface that will not have this problem.

In the meantime, these users may be able to complete the form if they use their "tab" key to navigate among text fields. Otherwise, they will need to use a different Web browser (Netscape, FireFox, or even an older version of IE) to create an account.

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