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The Long Beach Area Council is excited to announce that units can use Internet Advancement to record their youth member advancements from any online location. Click on the Internet Advancement to read more.
Click on this button to start Internet Advancement!
You will find this new method to be easy, convenient, and accurate because you enter the information. It is the preferred way to enter advancement.
Internet Advancement makes it easy for unit leadership to record awards, ranks, and merit badges to youth via an easy online process; and at a time convenient to you! And, you will be able to print an official unit roster at any time. The roster is the most current information from ScoutNet, and it will include the person ID for each adult and youth member.
These are other reports available from Internet Advancement:
- Unit Advancement Summary shows ranks, merit badges, and awards saved in each person record for current registered members of the unit.
- Advancement Report lists each youth member that has new ranks, merit badges, and awards, if any. This is the official unit Advancement Report to be signed and submitted to the Scout Shop.
- Unit Awards Summary lists the number of new ranks, merit badges, and awards by name as a shopping list.
- Advancement Update Summary lists any ranks, merit badges, and awards that were already in the member record and updated.
The council will provide each unit with a unit ID (hint – It’s the same unit ID used for Good Turn for America.) Each participating unit will assign an adult to record advancements. As ranks must be recorded according to program identification, each unit ID is separate and unique. Ranks entered in the correct rank and date must be sequence. The Eagle Scout rank cannot be awarded by this process. Also nominated awards, such as those for meritorious action, and awards that are controlled by other organizations, even if approved for wear on the uniformed, cannot be entered.
The Process
- Select the unit advancement processor. This person must have Internet connectivity and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
- The unit advancement processor contacts your District Executive in order to receive the unit ID number.
- Before beginning Internet Advancement, collect all member information, including advancement records, award records, and merit badge applications with the appropriate dates. You will need to enter all historical advancement information.
- You must use Microsoft Internet Explorer browser. You can access the Internet with AOL, but you must open Internet Explorer browser to view the Web page correctly.
Click on the Internet Advancement link as a first-time user, and then log on with the unit ID, unit type, and four-digit unit number. It is the same number used for “Good Turn for America”.
For assistance, you can consult the help for instructions on using Internet Advancement.
- When the unit completes the process, it submits the file. This submittal process updates the youth member records for the unit and the Long Beach Area Council information.
- To complete Internet Advancement, you must be connected to a printer to print the final report. Save a copy for your files.
- The unit prints the Advancement Report and acquires the appropriate signatures. The signature(s) verify the approval for the advancements reported.
- Turn in the signed Advancement Report and purchase award insignia at your local service center.
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