Scout email on my.scouting.org but not on Scoutbook

Scoutbook Using Scoutbook
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Good morning,

A parent added the email address of her scout to the scout’s Scoutbook/my.scouting.org account. This was about 2 weeks ago. When I log in I can see her email address there on my.scouting.org. However, if I go to Scoutbook and select “send message”, the scout is not listed, so the messages aren’t going to her personal address, just her parent, I’m assuming.

SB ID:11265796
BSA ID: 136280597

Is this something you can fix or explain?

Thanks!
Katie

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The parent needs to go to Edit Extended in the Scouts Profile to Invite the Scout to Scoutbook

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Is this in Scoutbook or my.scouting.org?

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In Scoutbook for them to have an account

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I’m here working with the parent. When we log onto the parent’s SB account, we click her scout, then we click “edit extended”. This then takes us to a screen that says “please use edit profile to edit scout info”. We go back and click “edit profile” and it takes us to the my.scouting.org scout profile page, where I can’t find anything about email address or an option to invite the scout to open a scoutbook account. ??

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The e-mail address is already on the Scout’s account in Scoutbook.

The Scout needs to log in to Scoutbook at least once before appearing on the Send Messages list.

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Ah ha, that’s the info I needed. Thank you! The Scout just has to create her own SB account then?

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Scout already has an account - would be the same one used for my.scouting.org or events.scouting.org

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This means she’s created a SB account for herself at some point? I just need her to log on and essentially reset the system?

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This Scout has 2 BSA member ID numbers (MIDs) and also 2 usernames at my.scouting. She also has 2 Scoutbook accounts.

I will work on fixing them.

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@KatieDaughenbaugh This is fixed. The Scout has 2 usernames at my.scouting:

  1. firstnamelastname
  2. e-mail address

Which one does she want to keep? We can retire the other one.

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  1. email address
    Let’s keep that one.
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I will try. The BSA’s system does not always like e-mail addresses as usernames.

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Oh then we can totally do firstnamelastname. No big deal. Let’s go with that if we know it will work.

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@KatieDaughenbaugh OK, I have retired the username that is her e-mail address.

If the Scout doesn’t remember her password, she can use the chatbot (“Betty”) at my.scouting to reset it.

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Thanks. And to confirm, once she logs in, the system should be reset and I’ll see her as being one with an email address on my Scoutbook?

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Yes. She might need to log in at my.scouting, first (if she doesn’t remember her password). Then she needs to log in at Scoutbook.

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As a non-parent, though, you’ll see her account in Scoutbook, but not her email address for YPT reasons.

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