New Events - "please invite two leaders"

Scoutbook Scoutbook Bugs
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I’ve seen other threads discussing the “please invite 2 leaders” issue with Scoutbook events. (I can’t save events unless there are two leaders invited.) I’ve seen the workarounds, but in a previous thread, it was announced a fix was being developed. (New Event requiring at least two active leaders - #13 by JasonSchlager)

Does anyone have an idea of when the fix will be rolled out?

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Kathryn,

You must invite 2 adults to all events. They can be leaders or parents. There are no plans to change this as Scoutbook needs to ensure at least 2 adults are copied on all reminders. Requiring 2 adults who have not opted out of e-mail is the way the BSA chose to prevent one-on-one communications between adults and Scouts.

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yeah just list parents (lol even though they are getting the emails from most of their scouts accounts since they are connected to them)

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I know this isn’t exactly the spot to vent about this (nor can the SUAC do anything about it), but I really wish the BSA would revisit the idea of opting out of email for adults. Adding this option seems to be causing a ton of extra issues as an unintended consequence…

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We hear your frustration. Unfortunately, I don’t see the BSA backing down on that.

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Ed, the problem I’m having is that I am inviting adults - I’m inviting parents in their own role. But Scoutbook isn’t letting me send the invitation without another leader. So I’ve done the workaround, but wish I didn’t have to.

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Kathryn,

Thank you. That was supposed to have been changed. I’ll check with the developers.

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Kathryn,

I have tested creating events with Scouts and 2 non-leader parents on both a troop and pack. In both cases, the event was created.

Do the parents you are inviting have e-mail addresses listed in Scoutbook?

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The parents do have e-mail addresses in Scoutbook, and for what it’s worth, I’d never encountered this problem before Tuesday.

I tried several different combinations of things, but the event simply wouldn’t save until I made another den leader my assistant den leader. I might remove that designation and try again just to see what happened.

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Can you try something out? From your den page, click send message. Are all of the parents from your den pre-selected?

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