JOTA-JOTI 2009 – BULLETIN 2

From a tweet from ScoutsAustralia, the latest JOTA-JOTI bulletin (24 September 2009)
It’s not too late to get involved!
It’s Not Too Late
There’s still time. Your most urgent action now is to tell people that the event is on, how to get there etc. There are many sources of information about JOTA-JOTI, however the primary source [...]

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Protected: Gellibrand – Pack Program Term 4, 2009

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Water safety

A HORROR year for drowning which claimed 302 Australian lives has prompted urgent calls from the Royal Life Saving Society – Australia for increased parental awareness, a greater emphasis on swimming and water safety education, and extreme caution when swimming in rivers, lakes and dams to halt the rising death toll.
– 2009 Royal Life Saving [...]

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Adventures to Remember, Words to Live By

For the Boy Scouts of America’s 100th Anniversary, there is a new theme for the 2009 Fall recruitment season – Words to Live By. Based upon the 12 points of the Scout Law, the new theme also marks the kick-off of a widespread public relations campaign including new videos advertising Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and [...]

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Carrying a knife?

I was very surprised to hear the following statements from the Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police on the Jon Faine radio program [1] on Monday Morning (10-Aug-2009); from the interview it would appear that anyone carrying a knife is planning on using it as an offensive weapon.
We are very concerned about a growing knife carrying [...]

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Some hints to improve your JOTA-JOTI experience

Via the jota-joti-australia Yahoo Group;

hi all
It’s almost upon us!
Some hints to improve your JOTA-JOTI experience
First – visit www.scouts.com.au to see information and links for JOTA and JOTI. All you needed to know but were afraid to ask!
Second – make sure your Amateur Radio Operator AND you “computer guy”
also visit the site for info.
Third – find [...]

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The theme for JOTA-JOTI this year is Global Warming

From the VicScout newsletter September 2009;
JOTA-JOTI 2009
The theme for JOTA-JOTI this year is Global Warming. Some helpful hints about how to make the event a success can be found here https://www.vicscouts.asn.au/Branch/Info/Newsletter/JOTA-JOTI.pdf
– Bob Bristow
JOTA-JOTI Coordinator – Scouts Australia

Climate Change Challenge “C3″
World Scouting’s communication theme for this year is environment, given our work and the worldwide [...]

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Buddy system, beacons and being prepared

… “His condition is very well. He was well-prepared, his temperature was quite good considering he has been out there for a couple of days.”
However, Mr Grove {Ambulance flight paramedic Steve Grove} said there was a lesson for hikers in the minister’s experience and that hikers should carry EPIRBs (emergency beacons).
“Be [...]

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ScoutLinks September-2009

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the [...]

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