Scoutbook - New Parents - BSA Member Number

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Why does Scoutbook give new parents, who are not registered with BSA, a BSA member number?

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@StephenAustin - are these parents Lion or Tiger parents ? If so, when an app is submitted to council, THEY will issue a person ID to those parents.

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Any person entered in the membership system (even as parent) gets a bsa# and always has. Just no one outside national knew

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This is a BSA Troop. Some of our older parents did not get BSA Member numbers but the new parents (son’s just joined) have them.

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@StephenAustin - I would ask if the parent applied on-line, if so then that is how they got an ID.

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They all filled out paper applications for their sons. The parents have not registered with the Troop.

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@StephenAustin - There are other scenarios like them having been involved at the pack level at some point. But I wonder what the issue is with the parents having an ID.

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I asked our Council Registrar about this and she did not know how these parents got BSA member numbers.

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If registrar enters the parents info as a parent connection in scoutnet the get a bsa#

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@StephenAustin - is there a particular issue with them having a person ID ? There is no fee to the unit for this.

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Ok - so if we have these parents fill out an adult application to join the Troop - we should make sure that the BSA member number they have in Scoutbook is noted on their BSA application?

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@StephenAustin - yes indeed… makes things a bit easier.

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And when they go create an account on my.scouting.org to take YPT, use that BSA member number?

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when they try to make an account on my.scouting HOPEFULLY the system finds that bsa# yes

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Thanks - this has been helpful.

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