Can we check a Pay-at-Council for on-line renewal?
The self pay renewal is designed, intentionally, to only use a credit card.
As Jae indicated the whole new system was designed for individual self-pay (taking maybe 20 minutes) compared with the option for units to continue paying for their members but with a lot more work on the unit that would turn into a monthly requirement. They can't pay ahead for individuals not in the renewal window and if they pay in the second month of the lapsed period for adults, the adults will lose a month tenure.
Just like when council has returned adult applications because the COR didn't sign off on them and returned youth applications when the Unit Leader didn't sign off on them, this process has changed this year. Unlike last year when any of the Key 3 could approve the charter renewal package, this year the COR has to approve the adult renewals and the unit renewal while the Committee Chair (CC) or Unit Leader (UL) has to approve the youth applications.
Once the individual completes the renewal up to the last page before the payment section, prints that screen off and writes a check for the exact amount shown then the COR has to approve the adult renewals and the CC or UL has to approve the youth renewals. The COR or CC/UL needs to get the applications to council by either taking them up or signing a note listing who they are approving or sending an email from the address in their my.scouting.org account (listing who they are approving) to [email protected].
BTW, the member renewal system was designed to take the registrar out of the process. In the past, the registrar could input the electronic file that the unit created. The registrar. now has no tools to process a renewal. If a unit brings a paper copy of a renewal to council, the registrar must manually input each member as if it was a new paper application. That takes time to manually input to the financial system and the registration system; expect delays.