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3 Vote On Idea District leadership volunteers are responsible to monitor, track and ensure district and unit leaders are receiving training - especially Youth Protection Training. Right now, the only way a volunteer can get reports on who has/has not taken YPT is via a District Executive.
1 Vote On Idea Since so many boys are interested in video game design, I think we should offer a merit badge based on this career. This could include storyboarding, graphic design, animation, illustration, testing, and marketing. Many colleges offer this as a major, so finding merit badge counselors should not be a problem.
3 Vote On Idea Several organizations and companies, including groups as diverse as the Army and Burger King, have successfully developed console based games as a tool for marketing their products and experiences. This could range from moral and character based rpgs, such as Knights if the Old Republic and Fallout 3, to simple mini…
0 Vote On Idea The Piloting of new ideas and processes is an ideal way to assess the viability of a concept before making the time, labor and financial commitment required for a full scale implementation. In an effort to provide additional structure, clarity and support to the Piloting Process, the following will serve as…
2 Vote On Idea Email is truly a wonderful tool for requesting information and reminding people to submit information. However, it becomes very cumbersome when we at the local council level receive a notice that some report, form or data is due after we have already submitted it.
6 Vote On Idea With the extreme networking power and precense on the internet of Myspace and Facebook, would a national ad campaign be affective? I know in my council there are numerous scouts who create facebook groups for summer camp staff, oa lodge activities, troops, etc.
0 Vote On Idea Like the military, we all have to start out as a District Executive where we fundraise, start new units, increase membership, run a district including recruiting volunteers, managing operations, budgets, activities, health and safety concerns. We perform quality control.
4 Vote On Idea Starting late last year our registrar will send back adult applications that don't have a "wet ink" signature on them. Adult applications have four approval signature lines: 1. Applicant on the Adult Application 2. COR or IH 3.
0 Vote On Idea We need to launch a major, nationwide, Scouting awareness campaign highlighting the adventure, friendship, values, character development and leadership the program instills in our youth. The campaign should include the following elements: · Exciting marketing materials that showcase the cool and fun aspects of the program, explaining how such activities build character…
1 Vote On Idea When printing print confirmations for recharter or other times, it is set up to print a blank page between each print job. This is a lot of wasted paper. Please take out the blank page!!!!! I know how to get around it, but it takes a LOT of time when trying…
0 Vote On Idea One of my adult volunteers created this tracking system to help Law Enforcement Advisors track thier Explorers proficiency. This should help Explorers earn thier award ribbons. It also allows for tracking commuinity service hours. He has given his permission for use to any registered Explorer post.
3 Vote On Idea How come each region doesn't at least attach the list of promotable/eligible professionals to the friday reports sent to all Scout Executives? It seems like that would be one more thing to help the process, and to ensure that the HR system is somewhat friendly to those who are actually trying…
6 Vote On Idea As part of our BSA benefits, allow Flexible Spending accounts for Dependent Care and for Health Care. All of us would appreciate the opportunity to save on our taxes. Comments (0) Category/Tags : Other (72) Mark as duplicate
6 Vote On Idea After searching for someone in the membership analysis section of MyBSA, when I click on the person's name and it opens their "Person Profile", but then you can't see their BSA ID#. It would be nice if you could add the BSA ID# field into that detailed view.
3 Vote On Idea Throughout the national office (in elevators, hallways, restrooms, etc.), post the BSA Mission Statement, Scout Oath, and Scout Law. These can serve as visual daily reminders to employees for why we are here, who we serve, and how we should behave.
-6 Vote On Idea Instead of us all proposing individual new merit badges on the site, how about a total revamp of the system. I believe that Merit Badges should be categorized: Careers; Hobbies; Sports & Physical Fitness; Scoutcraft (or something like that).
1 Vote On Idea National supply used to produce a leather-bound Boy Scout Handbook. I would love to see them bring it back. It makes a great recognition item. Comments (0) Category/Tags : Other (69) Mark as duplicate
0 Vote On Idea From the Tiger to Eagle we have pins to provide for parents. My wife and I both have a long ribbon of medals for our son. When he began receiving awards in Venturing, we put duplicates of the device for his Bronze award (designed for the ribbon of the medal) on…
1 Vote On Idea Most adult unit volunteers are also merit badge counselors. It would be helpfull if a check box on the adult registratioin form was available for Merit Badge Counserlors to check off. It would save time, even if additional paperwork was required. Comments (0) Category/Tags : Applications & Registration (32) Mark as duplicate
0 Vote On Idea I print the duplicate member listing every year that we have had Scout Net. I run person merge every year also for the duplicate members. In the begining this was a summer project. It has turned into a project for immediatly after recharter and has worked out well.
4 Vote On Idea For 2010 - will there be a special issue Centennial Charter Certificate for units? Comments (0) Category/Tags : 100th Anniversary (23) Mark as duplicate
5 Vote On Idea Wouldn't it be nice if the Charter Certificates also indicated that this unit is a Centennial Quality Unit? Comments (0) Category/Tags : Applications & Registration (32) Mark as duplicate
5 Vote On Idea The Scoutnet-populated Unit Roster should be changed to include the Unit Commissioner. If there is not a Unit Commissioner, a field saying "No Commissioner" or something similar should be in place. --- Every year local councils are required to prepare a unit roster that includes members and adult leaders after rechartering or…
4 Vote On Idea I am the new staff advisor for the Order of the Arrow and I thought of this idea. What if we were to create a national online "Where to go camping guide." It could be such that a person could click on a particular state and see the different camping facilities…
3 Vote On Idea Would it be possible to set up the Online Support Center so that we can see all submitted incidents with their resolution and not just incidents which have not been closed? Comments (1) Category/Tags : Technology (110) Mark as duplicate
-1 Vote On Idea The Scout oath and law taken by all Boy Scouts include a promise to be reverent and to do duty to God. If we insist on Boy Scouts believe in a god, then why are religious medals still only optional?
-1 Vote On Idea Why not make jigsaw puzzles out of the Centenial Portrait for sale in Scout Shops and/or Service Centers? Comments (0) Category/Tags : 100th Anniversary (22) Mark as duplicate
2 Vote On Idea Often times changes are made to ScoutNet that hinder a registrar's job. Why not ask a group of registrars to serve on a committee and get their input before making changes? It may be a good idea to form a committee for each computer software program that the local council employees…
1 Vote On Idea ScoutNET runs so many reports. Could there be a way for ScoutNET to automatically populate all of the actual data from the previous year into the Quality Unit commitment forms? Every year I spend a couple of hours with my District Commissioner manually copying over this data from Advancemet, MyBSA, and…
3 Vote On Idea Take off the page headers when a bsaprint report is saved to a file. It would save a lot of time if I didn't have to delete all the page headers when manipulating the data in excel. Comments (0) Category/Tags : Technology (108) Mark as duplicate
2 Vote On Idea Please allow year end 1099's to have be adjusted. We had to manually type some of ours to accomodate special situations. Comments (0) Category/Tags : Other (68) Mark as duplicate
6 Vote On Idea The McKinsey study and reorg plan left out at least 2 major areas: how we govern the web and how we create training. Although training (for youth members, adult volunteers, and employees runs through nearly everything we do, there are no generally agreed upon standards for how it is created, distributed…
6 Vote On Idea Two executives from my council have been doing Community Group FOS Presentations this year to try and find new ways to raise money in a tight economy. They have made and are scheduled to do presentations with such groups as Service Clubs, Chambers of Commerce events, Fraternal Organizations and any other…
0 Vote On Idea The "preferred" font in the Brand Identity Guide (p30) is a licensed font. To eliminate the need to purchase a font, why not make one of fonts already available in Microsoft office the "preferred" font. With all of us looking for ways to eliminate needless expenses, purchasing a font when so…
1 Vote On Idea The MyBSA photo and logo resource provides a wealth of images - until a council looks for black/white or full-color endowment logos: James E. West, 1910 Society, Founders Circle, and Heritage Society. Based on a call from a council, I looked and - if they exist - they are not intuitively filed.
2 Vote On Idea An idea hatched by our VP of Planned Giving while I was up at GNYC and then implemented by Mike Mahon of the staff has fallen out of my bag of tricks here at the Shore and had some success.
-2 Vote On Idea Every Council in America has it's own form of fundraising venture whether it be popcorn, magazines, candy or whatever. I am sure all Councils would agree that the single most important attribute to success in every Council is Scout involvement.
1 Vote On Idea Libraries and to a lesser degree schools are looking for displays in their lobbies. Can National put together a set of pre-made stickers, posters, flyers that Unit Serving Execs can use to create displays in these venues during February 2010.
0 Vote On Idea One thing I wish they would put more focus on is ProTalk. These audio training sessions I found very informative and helpful. I spend a great deal of time driving and would appreciate having a podcast of sorts especially for professionals to listen to.
18 Vote On Idea From a new employee's perspective, it would be helpful if the National Telephone Directory included the employee's function and department in addtion to the employee's name and telephone extension. As it is currently designed, only the name and extension is included.
13 Vote On Idea Indeed the BSA Benefits are something we hope that we never need but when we do we are thankful for the programs provided by the BSA. I have reviewed the materials and wonder why our benefits do not include wellness programs such as weight management, physical fitness, nutritional counseling, and other…
8 Vote On Idea For many of the units in our council, December is charter renewal and indeed many have them to us on time. But because the end of the month is never the end of the month--these charters often are not transmitted until starting the middle of January.
3 Vote On Idea Should the paper membership card be something more substantial? Like plastic with a magnetic stripe or chip embedded? With readers placed at strategic locations seems this could facilitate a lot of things like registration at High Adventure bases, check-in and certification at training events, information at Scout Shops, etc?
-2 Vote On Idea It should now reflect Explorers physically showing, then total membership, then LFL below the line, as we are now being judged. What is taking so long? Comments (0) Category/Tags : Applications & Registration (29) Mark as duplicate
4 Vote On Idea I get questions from units asking us about the tenure a youth or adult has been in Scouting to order years of service pins. A unit should do this and if not have packmaster do it for them so they know the information.
4 Vote On Idea Can we look at the Tiger Cub rank badge? The older Bobcat, Wolf, and Bear badges have a 'normal' looking animal on them. But the Tiger badge looks like a cartoon drawing of the Lion King's Simba.
1 Vote On Idea I think we should look at the bear advancement program. Currently, a boy picks 12 out of 24 achievements. You have to get three from this group, and four from that group... The leftovers can be picked at for elective credits, and coupled with the real electives, it can be confusing.
3 Vote On Idea I would like a web based list of Charter organizations. That has current membership numbers. Examples: Lions Club: sponsor Packs/ Troops/ Crews Masons have awarded so many Daniel Carter Beard Awards These are just a few examples, that show a strong national involvement that can be shared at a local level.
8 Vote On Idea Please have the OFFICIAL PLACEMENT OF INSIGNIA guide updated for the new uniform. Comments (0) Category/Tags : Volunteers (25) official placement of insignia Mark as duplicate
2 Vote On Idea Who cares what kids think? Other kids. Let's set up a camera at the Scouting Museum, then ask visiting Scouts to sit in the video box and respond to a question such as: ...what's the biggest problem in the world today?...and what should be done?
