Online advancement reporting is here! The Verdugo Hills Council is excited to announce that units can now use Internet Advancement to report their youth member advancements from any online location—at home or at the office. You will find this new method to be easy, convenient, and accurate because you enter the information.

Here’s how it works:

Visit the Internet Advancement page on our Web site for instructions and a link to this new application.

Internet Advancement makes it easy for unit leadership to record awards, ranks, and merit badges to youth via an online process. This system is separate from Internet Rechartering, but uses a similar concept.

At any time during the year, the unit advancement processor from each active unit will be able to record advancements to youth member records. And, they’ll also be able to print a 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.

The council will provide each unit with a unit ID, and the unit will assign an adult to record advancements. Ranks must be recorded based on program identification and in the correct rank and date sequence. Only the Eagle Scout rank cannot be awarded by this process. Awards to be entered will not include nominated awards, such as those for meritorious action, and awards that are controlled by other organizations, even if approved for uniform wear. As BSA policies for rank entry are enforced, what units enter will meet these requirements.

There’s a link to the Internet Advancement help on the Internet Advancement page. There’s also a Frequently Asked Questions link on the Internet Advancement site and these should be reviewed.

Come to Roundtable for an orientation to learn more about Internet Advancement reporting!