Post #2469154

2026-04-06 22:00 UTC

@Blacksmithoz@aus.social ScoutMap sounds like a toolset for event organisation. While we don't have official tools for it here in NSW, we do have to provide Activity Descriptions, Risk Assessment and Parent Permission forms into a Jira instance for tracking of events. This workflow was made / more enforced after insurance renewal issues ("What do you mean you don't know how many abseiling activities you have per year?" and "How many incidents did you have for them?"). ScoutHub is member management, which was enforced after Scouts NSW got too upset about the amount of times members got not properly registered with them until just before a big event. It's not too bad as a concept, but the tool sucks as the provider made a generic tool and Scouts NSW / the groups are not able to enhance their needs on it easily.

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@Blacksmithoz@aus.social 2026-04-06 22:49

@mavetju@aus.social Scoutmap is a salesforce instance. It has taken 2 years to get it to a point where it is almost usable. Terrain is Scouts Australia progression tool, almost useful. Way too many steps to do anything, no notification of when anything happens and someone should know about it. Parents find it fairly impenetrable, and leaders have no ability to make any changes, so every dealing is directly with branch. So when it comes to big events parents have difficulties registering new children and trying to get on an activity. They miss out. It doesn't make for great relationships.

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@Blacksmithoz@aus.social 2026-04-06 22:52

@mavetju@aus.social I don't know why they keep choosing to reinvent the wheel. There are plenty of off the shelf, and even scout specific packages available which leaders and parents are happy with. But who are we.

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