Scout accounts

Scouts BSA troops can let Scouts aged 13 and up have their own login. This is not available to every troop yet, so you may not see the setting. It is off until an admin turns it on, and Cub Scout packs do not have it.

Turning it on

In Admin → Settings, under Scout accounts:

• Allow youth accounts lets parents create logins for their Scouts.
• Allow email to youth accounts gives Scouts a troop email address and lets them receive troop mail. It appears once accounts are on.

Turning youth accounts off signs every Scout out right away. Logins come back if you turn it on again.

What a Scout can do

A Scout can see the calendar and event details, RSVP for themselves, view photos, and see their own patrol's names and troop email addresses. They cannot see other families, payments, drivers, or anyone's real contact details.

Who gets the mail

Every email to or from a Scout also goes to all the adults in that Scout's family. Each copy opens with a note explaining why they have it, and names which of their Scouts received it. Parents cannot opt out of these copies.

Choosing who receives a list

With youth email on, each list has a choice:

• The general list can be All Adults or All Adults & All Youth.
• Each patrol list can be Parents Only or Parents & Youth.
• Specific people lists can include individual Scouts.

A list that includes youth cannot accept mail from outside the troop.

Attachments

Files and images are removed from any message that includes a Scout, for everyone on that message. Send paperwork to an adults-only list instead.

Message history

Leaders can read every message involving a Scout under Admin → Scout Accounts. Messages are kept for 90 days and then deleted automatically.