# How can I enable a parent to send messages to the entire troop?

**URL:** <https://discussions.scouting.org/t/how-can-i-enable-a-parent-to-send-messages-to-the-entire-troop/243216>\
**Category:** Using Scoutbook & Scoutbook Plus\
**Created:** [July 10, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/how-can-i-enable-a-parent-to-send-messages-to-the-entire-troop/243216 "2021-07-10T00:30:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![TimGross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@TimGross](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/TimGross)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/how-can-i-enable-a-parent-to-send-messages-to-the-entire-troop/243216/1 "2021-07-10T00:30:06Z")

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Hello,  
I have a parent on our board who has volunteered to send out troop communications, but she only has the option to send messages to the leaders. I assume I have to add her as a leader/admin to grant access to the rest of the troop, but I can’t seem to make that work. When I try adding a leader and searching by name, BSA ID or email address, it tells me the user doesn’t exist. Is this something that needs to be modified in my.scouting?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![jacobfetzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@jacobfetzer](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/jacobfetzer)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/how-can-i-enable-a-parent-to-send-messages-to-the-entire-troop/243216/2 "2021-07-10T00:38:03Z")

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She needs at least a view profile connections with all the scouts.

However, messaging is currently disabled because of a data move.

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**Author:** ![Matt.Johnson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/scouting/user_avatar/discussions.scouting.org/matt.johnson/32/23672_2.png) [@Matt.Johnson](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/Matt.Johnson)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/how-can-i-enable-a-parent-to-send-messages-to-the-entire-troop/243216/3 "2021-07-10T02:43:41Z")

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Since she is on the committee, I assume she is registered?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/scouting/original/1X/66e9612584db5dbf76de17f00ad877998c0ba3d6.png) [@system](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/how-can-i-enable-a-parent-to-send-messages-to-the-entire-troop/243216/4 "2021-07-17T02:44:10Z")

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Closed on July 17, 2021, 2:44am UTC

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