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We have a scout who transferred from NCAC Troop 100 and kept his registration (dual-registered).
His BSA ID is 140477557 (Transatlantic Council, Troop 64 - should be his primary unit)
His previous member ID was 141795743
I can see him on the SB and my.scouting roster. I can access his SB+ profile through SB, but I don’t have him on our roster in SB+. While I can update his advancement, he’s not on our roster for other things. I’m sure it’s related to his dual-registration and maybe that his
@JacobDeWaal anyone being at 2 councils actively at once is problematic. Is the Scout Active in both councils? How the issue is dealt with is dependent on the answer to that question.
The scout lives in Zambia and is active in our Troop here, ubut wants to maintain dual-registration, which is not ever an issue, so that he can attend summer camp with his Troop in Virginia.
@JacobDeWaal yeah see right now - it is one BSA # per SB User. So there are 2 ways to handle it.
We can have 2 SB Users made for the Scout - BUT advancement will no match between the 2 - but then each unit would have the scout in Scoutbook as long as they are registered in the unit. The scout would just need to monitor that advancement is entered into the correct account or the units can work together to make sure advancement matches.
Or the Scout can have one user, and the Member ID # is just changed between the 2 MIDs - this is messier and needs more interventions.
The issue is tied back into decisions made ages ago nationally that each council would get a unique set of Member IDs to assign within the council. The intent being that (in the pre-computer days) no two individuals would get the same Member ID assigned before things had gotten back to national (i.e. forcing uniqueness of Member IDs, but potentially permitting multiple IDs for the same individual in different locales). Being registered in multiple councils simultaneously is (or at least was) comparatively uncommon. Each time someone registers in a new council for the first time, they get a new Member ID from that council’s tranche of IDs. Hopefully, national will eventually go to a single Member ID per person independent of council registration, but today is not that day. :^)
The issue is 2 fold - yes different councils means different Member IDs. BUT there is an odd sentence, in some council guide that IMPLIES a scout at a camp has to be registered in that council. I do not agree with this as the scout is under the Auspices of Scouting America and therefor covered. Scouts going to philmont do not register in Conquistador council. But this does make for another level of the same mess.
most camps just charge out-of-council fees, from my experience. I think the family is hoping to avoid that. As long as we can be made the primary unit and update his advancement and activity logs, I’ll just have the other council send me anything he’s done via email, etc., and then log it on my side.
So whatever I need to make that happen, please let me know. Thanks!
