Different position application?

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This is the last I’ll post on this thread.
-No, On-line application cannot be updated with new positions at this time.
-And the answer is no—they can’t merge accounts, etc. I know everyone says they will and yes, we contacted all the people you told us to. The answer is “fix it yourself.”

Thanks for your answers.

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It would be a manual process for the council where they have to manually add training for each adult leader to the correct BSA ID #, but it can be done. This is why I said “combine” training - not “merge” training.

The only thing users can really do is go to my.scouting.org and then:

  1. Click on “Menu” in the upper left part of the screen.
  2. Click on “Legacy Web Tools”.
  3. Manage Member ID.
  4. Add all of your known BSA ID #s.
  5. Select the one associated with your unit leadership role and designate it as “Primary”.

This will “link” training from multiple BSA ID #s, but it isn’t a true merge.

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With all of the enhancements of the online application process in late 2020, has there been any thought about allowing a position change (w/i the same unit) via the online application process? Obviously, the current process (at least it seems for most councils) is that a new PAPER Application is required to change position OR you can wait until Recharter to make the position changes (this assumes the person changing positions is already a properly registered adult leader with current YPT and an updated Criminal Background Check form). While it is probably most proper to get the application submitted at the time of the position change, the reality is that the Asst Scoutmaster that becomes the SM in May, probably won’t be officially changed until recharter time in Oct-Dec. If the online application could be used to simply “reapply” within the same unit in a different position, the COR or COR Delegate would still need to approve the application (so there is still that desired level of oversight), but the official position change could happen almost instantly. Seems like it would be a rather intuitive function for the online app process. As it is now, it is easier to change troops (via online application) than it is to change a position within a troop (still requiring a hard copy app, tracking down signatures, and additional council processing).

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I asked the same thing a few weeks ago. The answer was no.

To be honest, I feel that this runs counter to all the environmental ideals that scouts are told. We are using 4 sheets of paper to change to what amounts to a 2 digit code.

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Neal, after I made this initial post, I feared that this thread was a little old (2 yrs), and so I created a new topic with this same post. The link to that topic is below, but there is some good news here! It sounds like a tool called Position Manager is on the way (maybe within a month or so), and, if it delivers as advertised, it will have the functionality for which we have been looking. The link for that topic / thread is: Changing Position Using Online Application

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@NealMcGuire I don’t think people understood the question you were asking.

I think part of the confusion was because the question was asked in the New Scoutbook Feature Requests sub-forum, when it probably should be in this sub-forum (My Scouting Tools), because Scoutbook does not process registrations.

The BSA is working on a Position Manager tool as part of my.scouting. More details are in the following thread: