When viewing merit badge counselors connections from the council admin view, we can see how many Scouts they have a connection with, is this number of connections just for Scouts in-council or does is also include connections to Scouts out-of-council?
If it does include, is there a way for us to see in-council and out-of-council connections broken out? If it does not include out-of-council, is there a way to see a count of out-of-council connections?
I imagine that is just generic connections. As MBC is a universal position that can work with any scout, not sure why a council would need to see a breakdown; and how active any given connection is, that is a very different matter which obfuscates the truth. I will see what the Connections show.
We’re looking at the count and using the Connections count as just a rough indicator of how many Scouts an MBC could be working with.
Having the connections breakout by in-council and out-of-council is just another handy data point.
I don’t think I’ve seen any kind of a Connections report anywhere in Scoutbook
I would say to keep in mind that not all of us MBCs connect with scouts in Scoutbook. Some units don’t use Scoutbook (making connecting to the youth challenging sometimes), and generating an expectation of a hard copy blue card from the counselor. I’m pretty flexible about it. I have about a third of the scouts I’m working with on blue cards for one reason or another, although I’d prefer it all to be in Scoutbook for everyone’s convenience.
I’d also say that the connections don’t automatically end when the merit badge is completed.
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