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2 Vote On Idea A real Innovation idea... We have found 350,000 Eagle Scouts in 2 years...that's good. Let's find 350,000 more in 2 weeks!!! Contact FaceBook and ask them to create a place in their profile page to select Eagle Scout as an "Alumni Group".
18 Vote On Idea Many of you may have heard the Chief Scout Executive tell the story about how in his first district he was not allowed to organize a unit until his membership chairman told his Scout executive he was ready.
6 Vote On Idea Wouldn't it be great (and easy) if the number for the BSA Help Desk would be 1-800-BSA-HELP? Comments (0) Other
5 Vote On Idea The Innovation Engine is a great tool to collect and evaluate new ideas. I see it as a crucial element for change and progress in the BSA. I suggest that when an idea makes it from a random posting, through the vetting process, and becomes a real thing that's been adopted…
1 Vote On Idea As more and more trainings are put on the internet for leader training, we need a quick and easy method for staff to be able to download these for use on a laptop without internet connections.
0 Vote On Idea Is anyone using Paypal for online payments? Is it working for you? Any pitfalls or success stories? Comments (0) Miscellaneous
0 Vote On Idea Unit Immersion Emphasis - Submitted by Glen R. Steenberger, Director of Field Service Any success that we are to have in developing young people is dependant upon our ability to develop, foster, and capitalize upon relationships that we establish.
1 Vote On Idea There is a problem when there are two or more unit commissioners in a Council with the same first and last name. When the district executive goes in to assign the unit commissioner and the above situation exists, the drop down box which comes up for the district executivce shows only…
0 Vote On Idea With the current emphasis in education and business on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) fields, the BSA should research pilot partnerships with tech-based corporations and or educational institutions in select markets. A STEM day or weekend at a corporation or university for youth to explore opportunities could be open to the…
-17 Vote On Idea Videogames and Scouting don't mix. Or do they? Our council has used Videogame tournaments as a means to recruit new boys into Scouting for years. First, we find a Troop to host a videogame tournament (non-violent videogame).
0 Vote On Idea With the decline monthly of usage for IE 7 and 8 and more and more website are being built with other web platforms, is National working on making Scoutnet more compatible with Firefox, Safari, or Chrome.
0 Vote On Idea My idea is to allow youth in the Exploring program to register in multiple posts at no cost. I think there are a couple of reasons why this is a good idea. If kids can pay only once and check out different programs it would be easier to start Crime Scene…
5 Vote On Idea Shows like Ace of Cakes are becoming quite popular. We should solicit this show to create a masterpiece cake to celebrate the 100th birthday of the BSA. It might also be great publicity to solicit shows like Oprah to do a show on the Boy Scouts during the week of our…
1 Vote On Idea Our SE likes to thank the parents of Scouts which requires entering them into the system this results in duplicate listings per household. It would be great if we could specify head of household on a prospect record and link all records with the same address together.
0 Vote On Idea Add a gardening belt loop. Comments (0) Cub Scouting , belt loop
1 Vote On Idea When viewing the list of Position Descriptions or Giving Categories in Campaign Setup or the PD list, they are quite lengthy, and many are no longer used. They cannot be deleted because they were used in the past.
1 Vote On Idea We have Sports and Scouting for Cub Scouts and Varsity/Venturing for older scouts. Can we try a pilot for a Sport-based program for middle schoolers that may not otherwise seek out the values and outdoor based concepts we instill because of their love for sports.
1 Vote On Idea If one of the goals of Scouting is to reach out to ethnic groups from whom our organization lacks representation, how do we sell inclusion when we create a title that separates the program from "traditional" Scouting?
5 Vote On Idea I am not sure if this is a possibility already, but I would like to be able to type in a training user code and pull up everyone in my council that has taken that training.
4 Vote On Idea Adding the status (R,M,N,T) to the non-unit registrant renewal roster would save hours of time and buckets of frustration when districts are submitting their District Renewal and when registering the Council Board, Members-at-Large, etc. Comments (0) Applications & Registration
2 Vote On Idea With 100 years of history to draw on, can we compile a today in Scouting History on line calendar. Many of us are out talking everyday to groups of Scouts and supporters. I would have liked to include this information in our dailyu newsletter at Summer Camp.
6 Vote On Idea Need support from IT for those of us who have 64-bit Windows. Most new laptops come with 64-bit operating systems. However when trying to install Scoutnet 8.0 it will not install with the larger operating system.
8 Vote On Idea I'm pulling every month Training status per unit, membership, advancement, & tour permit and putting it together for the staff. This is all information that is available online and should be on the flash page. I've attached a sample of the membership one.
4 Vote On Idea There are several awards that a youth can earn more than once; i.e the BSA Lifeguard, 50-miler, etc. When doing the data entry these can only be put in once. It would be nice for the youth if the system recognized that they earned awards more than one time.
0 Vote On Idea On myBSA, as a resource, add a listing of licensed local council suppliers by council number so local council employees can easily answer inquiries from volunteers, parents, etc. Comments (0) Volunteers
1 Vote On Idea Our current Internet Guidelines for Scouting Unit Web Sites was last updated 1/31/2006, well before the explosion of social medial tools. Given that the organization is actively involved in social media now, we should consider revising these guidelines to be more reflective of current technologies.
2 Vote On Idea We should put counters on the bottom of some of our websites, it would be awesome to track how many hits we get on them. To name a few, myscouting, jamboree, 100th anniversary, and scouting.org of course.
1 Vote On Idea Why don't we have email on the Person Profile on MyBSA. I can pull up home address, phone, but not email, why is that? Comments (0) Internal
-1 Vote On Idea More and more colleges in the Baltimore Area (I assume nation wide as well) are creating majors for this topic so shouldn't our Scouts get an early jump on this education? What do you think? Comments (0) Boy Scouting
1 Vote On Idea Cooking is substantial skill that is needed everyday. Cooking Merit Badge should be required for Eagle. What do you think? Comments (0) Boy Scouting
-2 Vote On Idea I would like to support the idea of a history channel show on Scouting over the last 100 years. It could be titled Made in America, and it could highlight some of the Harris pole outcomes as well as highlight contributions Scouting has made to America over the years.
6 Vote On Idea Click the Link www.packsignup.digbro.com This form enables your council to signup and take advantage of an exciting new system to help your troops and packs recruit and communicate all the great things happening with your local units.
1 Vote On Idea Since I have taken over doing the on line tour permits I have come up with a few changes that would benefit all of us using this system - I think all new tour permits should be shown on page one that way none of the employees processing them would have to…
0 Vote On Idea When searching an individual's prior registration record they aren't listed in chronological order in ScoutNet. Doing so would save quite a bit of time when we need to check on this for a volunteer, especially if they've been registered since ScoutNet went live. Comments (0) Applications & Registration
0 Vote On Idea Our new talent management model aimed at placing people in the right position based on their skills and passions is a terrific model. But how does a Scouting professional today find out what positions are out there that match their passion and what skills are necessary to fill those roles?
0 Vote On Idea It would be nice is if national started a professionals magazine that came out once a month or quarterly in it would be helpful tips for that time of year like Round up season . The publication could include a section where other professionals could tell you about what strategy worked for…
0 Vote On Idea On display options, would it be possible to add a month to month tracking of each unit's membership. We have a spreadsheet (sometimes refered to the measels sheet) that tracks the membership of a unit month to month. Comments (0) Technology
1 Vote On Idea It would be helpful to have an advancement dashboard on mybsa.org much like we currently have a membership dashboard. This would enable us to track unit level advancements without having to go into scoutnet and print a report. Comments (0) Technology , advancenemt , mybsa.org
4 Vote On Idea We really need to be able to give our volunteers report updates on a regular basis that we KNOW are accurate. The reports in MyBSA for Training are never accurate for everyone, and we don't have a report that shows what Advancement Chairs need.
3 Vote On Idea With Randall Stephens serving as our National Centennial Chair can't we work with his company (AT & T) on a National BSA Plan? I would much rather send my 160.00 a month to a company that has endorsed our organization as a whole.
1 Vote On Idea I recently had to tell a Home Schooling Parent that their son could not yet join because he was not yet seven years old, and had to wait another year to join, even though he had completed Kindergarten already.
3 Vote On Idea BSA's Licensed and Custom Products team has had a number of requests in recent years for fun, temporary, tattoos with Scouting and related symbols to support recruiting. To date, we have not created these items due to public perception of tattoos; however, as our culture changes it seems to be time…
2 Vote On Idea As the personal and professional use of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, blogs and other social media/new media tools increase, the BSA should consider developing social media guidelines to assist employees in the proper and acceptable use.
3 Vote On Idea The history channel has pulled together some great specials over the years, why not present one on the BSA in the USA? There's certainly plenty of material to cover, and without a doubt plenty of "historians" and collectors out there with insight to offer.
23 Vote On Idea As millions of our countrymen lose their jobs to unfair labor practices overseas, it seems less than appropriate that our uniforms are made in China. If cost is an issue, maybe we could provide an American made product alongside the foreign product, and give everyone the option to "buy America".
2 Vote On Idea Help councils develop sideways/combined communication of goals between; Finance, Membership, Program, Training and Field teams. So that the managers, team leaders, advisors, and volunteers are communicating their plans prior to advertising and ececution. the military calls this Combind Arms: the use of Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines all working together…
1 Vote On Idea We had several issues with our day camp program. One of the biggest was the management of equipment and trying to make sure that we were able to have enough of the correct equipment at each day camp.
1 Vote On Idea We new this year was going to be a difficult year for fundraising. We started working early on our Family FOS campaign because we knew it was a weak spot for us the previous year. We did a Indiana Jones theme and put together a really great script that included props…
1 Vote On Idea We use plastic cards that resemble credit cards which can be preloaded with money to be used at any of our summer camps by Scouts and adults. This year we actively promoted that parents could pre-load the cards with money for their Scouts.
7 Vote On Idea With the increasing popularity of e-book readers such as Kindle, Sony, etc. we should make the purchase of an electronic version of our handbooks, merit badge pamphlets, etc. available in these formats. Many other devices such as the I-Phone can be used to read e-books.
