Recieving connection renewals for child, no longer a scout

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Hello,

I am receiving warnings for my account that say I need to authorize my connection with one of my children. This “child” is 20 and has not been in scouts for several years. How can I close his account? Will other things in my account be affected once this expiration date has passed?

my MID 141555799

his MID 14746837

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@ChristineCies no it is a SB Connection you have to them - system just sees you have no relationship - after 12/31 it should disappear.

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Do you know why now and not 2 years ago when he stopped being enrolled in scouts?

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SB+ was not live 2 years ago

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There was a comparatively recent change in how parent/guardian connections to youth are made. Now, new adult connections to youth as a parent/guardian must be in the official Akela database, rather than just in Scoutbook (as was previously done by units for many parents whose connection did not automatically populate). This database entry is automatically done (at least in theory) whenever a parent is included on the youth application. However, differences in PII on the application (often use of nicknames or partial names instead of full legal names) sometimes results in non-matches. Starting in January (I think), all parent/guardian connections to youth must be via the Akela database. The warning is to get as many people correctly connected prior to the hard changeover to minimize impacts.

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I have not heard of the Akela Database yet. Who is suppose to have access to this and what website is it though?

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That’s the official membership database for Scouting America. It’s where the council registrars enter membership data. Only the registrar or other relevant council professionals have access.

There are instructions for how to confirm a connection to a youth in the warning message if I recall correctly.

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Which is why I was surprised that his Pre-SB+ account was added!

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I think everyone who has a non-Akela-confirmed connection to a potentially of-age youth (under 21) in the system is getting the warnings, rather than sorting by whether they are of-age for the program in which they were last registered.

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Yes, It tells me to contact his unit. But he does not have a unit. I just wanted to verify that other aspects of my account will not be affected when that connection is not made.

Thank you!

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