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National Advancement Training Offered In CVC!

In Boy Scout Advancement, the gold-standard is the National Advancement Course at the Philmont Training Center, and we strongly encourage anyone working in the advancement program to take advantage of the PTC course, if at all possible.

There will be a Boy Scout advancement course that will be held on Saturday and Sunday, January 24-25, 2009 at the Colombiere Conference Center in Clarkston, Michigan. The course fee of $149 will cover all course materials, overnight lodging and 4 meals (Saturday lunch thru Sunday lunch). Conference hours will begin with registration on Saturday morning at 7.30 a.m. and conclude on Sunday afternoon at 4 pm. with a Graduate Recognition.

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One of the Methods used in Scouting is Advancement. It is important that every Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Venturer has the opportunity to participate and succeed in Scouting's Advancement Program. This page will get you started with the Advancement Program and answer some of the questions that you might have. Click on the program area in which you would like to know more about advancement. Also, be sure to find out about the brand new internet advancement program.
Internet Advancement

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Boy Scouts

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Venturing

Venturing

Important!!!

Common Internet ProblemsIn both Internet Advancement and Internet Recharter a unit MUST put zeros in front of their unit number to make it four (4) digits. Example: Pack 102 must enter 0102. Click the button to the right to learn about some of the common problems units run in to in the Internet Advancement and Internet Rechartering processes.

Internet Advancement comes to CVC

Internet Advancement Slide ShowOnline advancement entry is here! The Clinton Valley Council is excited to announce that units can now use Internet Advancement* to record 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. Click the button to the left to get a step by step introduction to Internet Advancement. CLICK HERE for more informative links.

Here’s how it works:
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.

  • Unit Advancement Summary shows ranks, merit badges, and awards saved in each person record for current 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 office.
  • 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 were updated online.

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.

Use these links to the Internet Advancement* and Internet Advancement Help* pages on the Internet Advancement site to review this new program. If you have any questions or comments, contact the Council Service Center and we’ll be glad to help you out. Before beginning Internet Advancement, collect all member information, including advancement records, award records, and merit badge applications with the appropriate signatures. To complete Internet Advancement, you must be connected to a printer to print the final report.

To help units get started these slides and handouts have been created:

Internet Advancement
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Notes
Internet Advancement Handouts
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