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I provide tech support for this leader. Can anyone help us?
Conquistador Council
Troop 226 -
my questions.
each time I enter a merit badge as completed/approve - scoutbook automatically indicates that it has been awarded. I would rather not show a badge awarded until I have actually received and/or awarded it to the boy.
I also had gone into world conversation award to see what had been recorded for this award. I did not date it, did not indicate completed or approved. Scoutbook for whatever reason has now marked it as completed/approved/awarded. This is incorrect. The boys have not completed the conversation award.
On Matthew 's internet advancement log it indicates a few of the badges as only approved and they have been awarded at this point in time and I can not get scoutbook to acknowledge that.
Completed is not an issue as it can be marked off by the Scout; the leader or counselor needs to confirm/approve completion. (Similar to the left column of rank advancement the the Scout handbook.)
Individual rank requirements only have a Leader Approved/Recorded checkbox.
The entire rank has an Approved/Aecorded and a separate Awarded checkbox.
Individual merit badge requirements have a Counselor approved (if one has been assigned) and a Leader approved checkbox.
The entire merit badge has a Counselor approved, Leader approved, and Awarded checkbox.
There is a record of who approved and when approval was given. If it is the same person and date, I suspect user error. (However, I never say never until I see it personally.)
PS: I’m not sure if the info is real, but it looks like you posted Scout names and ID numbers. You might want to mask the info out–for example "David C***** #000000000.
