There are some out there, but instead of digging through the weeds.

Does anyone sell web based (aka hosted or cloud based) troop tracking software.

The folks looking have been in a position where when 1 person has all the records.there have been difficulties getting access, info, updates, and or info to council.

A few firms like Scoutmanage ( ) and Scouttrack ( ) offer web-based solutions; not sure if theyre ScoutNet compatible, though.

Its hard to interface with da BSAs archaic system unless yeh can print punch cards.

I dont get the idea that our committe is very much on-line and up to date with the tech side of things.

Some councils now require you to either put your advancement in scoutnet or upload it from troopmaster or another approved vendor.

We have a paper record for each scout, our custom web app record for each scout, and we do online advancement in ScoutNet.

If you want the name of what we use, PM me, or contact me via contact link.

Similar questions come up every year at my local Roundtable, as well as during leader specific training.

I provide my colleagues the In laymans terms and as I understand ScoutNET brief.

So this is a lengthy history lesson to explain how I understand these third party Scouting databases.

ScoutNET2000 debuted, at the same time many commercial software application at the turn of the century where seeking Y2K compatibility and using 2000 in their name.

Scouting sort of came out of the Stone Age, and migrated from decades of paper records stuffed in filing cabinets at the local Council to a national based computer server, which Councils may link and connect to.

A few third party unit level software application pre-existed ScoutNET2000.

In 1999, the new ScoutNET2000 did not want to distribute private information (telephone numbers, age, race, address, etc).

So they wanted to confirm eligible users and eligible units have registered members in their Scouting unit.

Although it makes record keeping difficult today in 2012, I support this policy.

Roughly 2001, ScoutNET2000 invited Third party software creators to compete and create a compatibility.

Without releasing private information ScoutNET released field names and field sizes.

In 2001. I believe only three companies competed and were given the ScoutNET certified compliance.

Scouting has thousands of individual Scouts; but the Packs, Troops and now Crews count in the hundreds.

It is only reasonable that three companies cannot equally compete for only a few hundreds units.

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