I’m looking to pull a report of all Cub Scouts in the council that have “not” earned their Bobcat badge? Or possibly a report of every Cub Scout who “has” earned it if it’s not possible to pull a report of every Cub Scout who has not earned the Bobcat badge. Is anyone aware of a way in Scoutbook to do this? I talked with the council registrar and she said it’s not possible in the BSA ScoutNet system without going through Scout by Scout or looking at a detailed advancement report and highlighting those who have not. Any help would be appreciated.
Definitely not possible in Scoutbook, which is a unit tool, not a council or district tool.
You can use the standard advancement reports and cross-reference them with new registrations by unit, and feed that to the units so they realize they may have missed recording some Bobcat advancements. Any deeper than that and you’re really getting into the unit’s business.
@RickHillenbrand Rick, is there a council advancement report that can do this?
Volunteers want to put together a bobcat boot camp sometime after the first of the year for Scouts that may have not earned it because of the pandemic, but wanted to see how many Scouts actually have not earned it before putting something together. Likely it will be something virtual.
Thanks for letting me know. I wasn’t sure. I was hoping their would have been an easy report the could be generated before we went the long route.
Bobcat is a very easy rank to earn, and if a Pack is failing on that, I think the council/district should focus on programs and resources to help those packs and their Den Leaders get back on track. A Bobcat bootcamp may fix the immediate problem, but then what?
The District Advancement Report that Ken mentions (which your DE should be able to produce) is really very helpful. It shows year-to-date totals for every unit and every rank for both Packs and Troops. It even includes merit badge totals.
If you pull the report for 12/31, and compare that with unit membership totals, you’ll quickly see which units are falling behind. Those are the ones your Commissioner corps and Council/District committees really need to reach out to ASAP.
If you take over running Bobcat, which is really the first easy step, you’ll take away an easy win (and learning experience) from Pack leaders. But if you figure out how to teach them how to fish…
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Ka-blam-o!
I can appreciate someone calling it the way they see it, not the way its not.
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A report for Ranks should be available from your District Executive. They can give it to the District Commissioner (they probably have access too), who can also help you out. Bobcat is the first rank, if Packs are having challenges with this first easy rank then they will have difficulty with the others. The issue really seems to be that the Packs (leadership) need to undergo training
I have worked with a Pack for 10 years. I learned a lot by asking a lot of questions, attending Roundtable, networking and making friends. In the process I have been on the District Committee for Cub Membership. We did a lot of speaking to Packs/Pack Leadership invited them to RT for Cub Scout Breakout sessions. Some Packs had leadership that did a good job of putting in succession plans/teaching the leaders how Cub Scouts works-training, advancement, events and Organization Chart. Our Pack basically mentored the new leadership of another Pack. The new leaders were anxious to learn, they attended our Committee Meetings, our Pack Meetings and had our email address and phone #'s. And we shared some of the things we had in place such as our agendas for Committee Meetings and Pack Meetings, our rosters, where and how to find things from the District & the Council. The leadership did a GREAT job of leading and turned around and mentored their current and upcoming leadership. It would be very easy, especially with Zoom (or the like) to set up a meeting with Pack leadership to teach them how to help their scouts earn Bobcat.
A den leader could at a glance get this from Scoutbook.
Yes, Matt, I guess I am making an assumption that the Den Leader knows who the District Executive is.
And I am wondering if the Den Leader knows where/how to find the info in SB?
Also the Advancement Chair or CC could pull a unit roster and see what ranks are listed for each scout on the roster. It is always good this time of year to check to see who is on the roster and who is not.
