Safety and Well-Being

Whitelisting

By default and to protect the safety and well being of our players, only pre-approved, or "whitelisted" players are allowed to access Scoutcraft. This allows Unit Leaders to ensure that all players are known personally, and that they adhere to the Scout Oath and the Scout Law. It also allows Unit Leaders and Patrol Leaders to be able to quickly ban, on a temporary or permanent basis, any player who violates the Oath or Law or any other Scoutcraft rules.

ScoutsBSA Monitors

Older Scouts from Homewood Scouting's feeder troops are also allowed access to Scoutcraft for play, but some of them are also tasked with monitoring play, adding new content, and reporting and fixing errors and problems with the server. They are known in the Scoutcraft world as "Patrol Leaders" When online, Patrol Leaders actively keep their eyes and ears out to prevent bullying, destruction and theft of other players' possessions ("griefing") and bad behavior. Giving this responsibility to our older youth helps to encourage leadership skills while keeping the Scoutcraft environment a safe place to play. All ScoutsBSA monitors must be under 18 years of age.

Adult Administration

Adult administrators (known as "Unit Leaders" in the Scoutcraft world) are also necessary to both oversee that safety and well-being is being properly implemented, as well as to ensure that all of Scoutcraft functions properly. Unit Leaders have level 4 operator access, as well as limited access to the server's control panel and console. The BSA has very strict rules about youth safety, and we take those rules just as seriously in Scoutcraft. We call it "Youth Protection." All Unit Leaders are trained and certified, at minimum, in BSA Youth Protection. They also are required to follow a strict set of guidelines to ensure appropriate adult-youth interaction. Unless under extenuating circumstances, they may only access the server during off hours when there is no player access. Unit Leaders may not, under any circumstances, access the server during or interact with players during play hours unless there are at least two Adult Administrators participating in that interaction.

The primary adult administrator (PAA) is the Unit Leader with full control over all of Scoutcraft, is the only member able to add or remove server account users, and the only member able to add, migrate or remove servers. Basically, they're the "CEO" of Scoutcraft! The PAA makes final decisions about all aspects of Scoutcraft. The PAA must be a registered leader and current member of Homewood Scouting. The PAA is selected by the pack's Key 3 delegates. If there is no PAA, the Committee Chair is the PAA (poor Committee Chair - but thems the breaks!). To find out who the current PAA is, email us.

Content Builders

Content Builders, better known as "Ops" in Scoutcraft, consist of both youth and adult volunteers. Ops primarily add, remove and repair content within Scoutcraft maps. Ops are usually granted level 2 operator access. Candidates must go through a full vetting process. To become an Op, the candidate must first be nominated by any member of the Committee. They must then submit evidence of necessary experience to the PAA and be vetted, which includes an interview. The PAA (see above) will then issue a recommendation to the Executive Sub-Committee. Upon receiving a positive recommendation, the nominee must be then approved by a majority vote of the Executive Sub-Committee. Youth Ops (under 18) must be registered members of the BSA. Adult Ops (18 and over) are not required to be members of the BSA. Youth Ops may participate in gameplay with other players. Adult Ops may have no online interaction with players as it relates to any part of Scoutcraft. Communication regarding Scoutcraft must be by email with either the player's parent or a registered leader cc'd. Adult Ops may access gameplay maps only during off hours when no Scouts have access.