Combining boy and girl dens in Scoutbook?

[Armymutt 217]

Right now, we have separate dens in Scoutbook for buys and girls.  This means we have 2 of each den.  On the ground, we all meet at the same location and there is a registered over-21 female always present - usually 2.  I'd like to combine the dens to simplify record keeping - or at least speed it up.  I want to start recording attendance and having the den meeting plans in SB.  The only way I can figure out how to do this is to create a calendar event for each den meeting, which means our calendar is really crowded and the same info has to be entered twice.

[malraux 369]

My unit currently runs that way in scout book, that girls and boys dens are mixed in the database. It does make administration much easier and no one has yelled at us about it.

[Eagle1993 2160]

When we had girls in our Pack, we combined boys & girls in Scoutbook.  You are correct, recording attendance, advancement and calendars are much easier if you have all of the kids of 1 grade in 1 den.  The bulk updates work well.

[Armymutt 217]

I kind of figured that Scoutbook was a stand alone thing vs something monitored by BSA.  Not that they have the time or staff to be doing that in the first place.

[mrjohns2 577]

On 10/26/2021 at 10:39 AM, Armymutt said:

I kind of figured that Scoutbook was a stand alone thing vs something monitored by BSA. 

Scoutbook is very much governed by national. So, this is something they are at least tolerating. There are many many other items that national has chosen to enforce in Scoutbook (deep in the minutia of advancement etc.).