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Notice!!! Meritbadge.Info will switch to the new site with BSA validation Friday morning March 13th.

If you wish to start using this site today, click here to launch meritbadge.info/mbn2

Adults must enter their BSA Number, DOB, First and Last name as it appears on their BSA ID card. We will query BSA and get back an answer. At this point one of three things can happen:
1) Your registration is verified - you can continue using Meritbadge.info normally
2) You are not registered or your registration has lapsed - your prior rights are revoked and you get the read-only screens that you see before your login
3) You are registered but your YPT has expired - your prior rights are revoked and you get the read-only screens that you see before your login

You have had at least two months to get yourself registered and complete YPT training. If you feel your validation is not working, send us an email with the four data items listed and we will validate your entry.

We have no control over what is on file at BSA. If everything matches your BSA ID card, there should be no issues. If not, your validation will fail.

Why are we doing this?
1. To provide higher security and validation of all adult users.
2. To clean up the mess we've accumulated via 15 years of poor user data entry.  

How will we do this? 

What should you do? 
Login to https://my.scouting.org/ and copy your BSA ID Number then update your profile on Meritbadge.info.  Let others in your unit know they should do the same.  We are giving you 2.5 months advanced notice to make this work.

About Meritbadge.Info

This is provided as a free service to scouters who desire to use the site. 

Anyone can sign-up to be a Unit Leader, Merit Badge Counselor, and Event Manager.  To do so, simply create a new user, and select these options at the bottom of the form.  If you want more access, please send an email to admin@meritbadge.info explaining your current role as a scouter and why you need higher access.

Reporting Defects

When reporting defects, please hit the back button on your browser and press the Prnt Scrn key on the top right of your keyboard.  Paste the image captured by printscreen into the defect report and explain the circumstances where you got this defect.  It helps to have your email ID, the page where the defect occurred, the information you entered, and anything else that helps us reproduce the error.  Our goal is to make this a solid web application that is used and enjoyed by Scouters.  We appreciate your help making this possible.

If you have suggestions, defect reports, or other comments, click here

Meritbadge.info is provided as a free service.  Using this means you are willing to accept the fact that we work for a living and cannot spend inordinate amounts of time making changes, repairing damage, and providing support for you.  We will do our best because we want to make it easy for the scouts to find and complete their merit badges.  Please be patient if we do not respond to your email promptly.  Regardless of the response time, We still want to hear from you.

Merit Badge Counselors

Address and phone number information may be marked so it does not get shown to the scouts and scouters registering for merit badges.  Yet, this information is helpful to manage events.  I urge you to enter this information and uncheck the show checkbox if you do not want this published.  The Event Managers understand and appreciate your desire for privacy.

Yours in Scouting,
Mike Jenkins & Rodrigo Cano
Wood Badge 92-46, Bear Patrol

 

Automatic Updates...

If you want to receive automatic updates from Meritbadge.Info, subscribe to our RSS feed.  This is a summary of events that have been published.  Your RSS reader can be an email program or an RSS reader application.  Simply cut and paste the following URL into the reader to receive automatic updates.

http://www.meritbadge.info/mbn/rss.aspx 

If you want to limit this to just activities in your council, add use http://www.meritbadge.info/mbn/rss.aspx?Council=Atlanta Area  Substitute your council for Atlanta Area.

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Comments, Suggestions, Enhancement Requests, and Complaints...

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Privacy Policy

Mike and Rodrigo built this system to allow scouters to sign up for events on a first-come, first serve basis and to allow event managers to focus on event quality by automating the drudgery associated with collecting information. All data collected by this site is used to simplify and expedite the registration process. This information is not for sale to anyone and is not shared with third parties.

Contributions...

Meritbadge.info began as a Wood Badge ticket item. (92-46 Bear Patrol)

The registration system was an offshoot that initially took a couple of weekends. Since then, Rodrigo and Mike have constantly improved the tools to provide scouts with more opportunities for advancement and fun.

Use of the website is free. We only ask that you help us make it better by providing constructive feedback and tell everyone you know in other areas about it so the opportunities for scout events continue to grow.  We also appreciate your testimonials.

If you really like what we are providing, send us both a patch for our collection.


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