Scouts BSA merit badge updates

Organization Specific Topics BSA Troops
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Howdy folks!

It looks like there are a number of merit badges that were updated by the BSA this year. All Merit Badges A-Z | Boy Scouts of America. Also, I have noticed that First Aid is dramatically different. It looks like it was updated last year, but has not been updated in TT.

I’m hoping to import our Summer Camp achievements soon, but we need the merit badges updated.

Thanks!
-Lawrence

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I’m running into this as well. My summer camp import did not go well. Looks like I 'll have to update each scout who took first aid to make it work.

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If you notice a specific merit badge that has been updated and is no longer correct in TT please post specifics, it would be hours and hours of work for a single person to go through and verify each and every merit badge, where if community members post specific ones they notice it can be targeted and get updated much faster. I have sent First Aid specifically to Dave and he is going to update that one.

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Thanks Aaron,

That’s why I included the link to the BSA merit badge page that details each requirement that was changed in each merit badge they updated this year.

What if there was a solution that could allow crowd-sourcing such updates, maybe via a git repository that anyone could commit changes? I’d be happy to do such a thing, and then the devs just need to double-check it and merge the changes.

Just a thought.

-Lawrence

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Yes, thank you for posting the BSA page but again having a single person go through each badge and double check would be extremely time intensive. A git repository is a great idea and I can bring that up to Dave but for now our crowdsource is the TT Community so if there is a specific MB people see is outdated if they share then it can be specifically targeted. People don’t need to post the new requirements just the badge that is outdated.

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Hello, I can point to two badges that have outdated requirements in TT:

  • Pioneering
  • Nature

We are in the same situation with camp badges as the previous commenter.

EDIT: it looks like Pioneering was updated by BSA in 2022. Does that mean that no Trooptrack users have mentioned it in the last 18 months? That seems surprising, or maybe it’s just not a popular merit badge.

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It is very likely that no one reported that Pioneering had been updated, it would only be an issue if someone was attempting to input a partial so perhaps no one even noticed, or they just didn’t bother to report it. I have sent it over to Dave.

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Cycling merit badge was updated in 2023. TroopTrack has the old requirements.