Thursday, September 6, 2012

55th Jamboree-On-The-Air (JOTA) &16th Jamboree-On-The-Internet (JOTI) on 20th & 21st October 2012

The Bharat Scouts &Guides, National Headquarters,
LakshmiMazumdar Bhawan, 16, M. G. Marg., I. P. Estate, New Delhi-110 002


Circular No. 90/2012                                                                                   Dated-05.09.2012

All the State Secretaries
State Association of
The Bharat Scouts & Guides
INDIAN UNION

Sub: -  55th Jamboree-On-The-Air (JOTA) &16th Jamboree-On-The-Internet (JOTI) on             20th & 21st October 2012

Dear Sir/Madam,

We arepleased to inform you that the World Organization of the Scout Movement isorganizing the 55th Jamboree-On-The-Air & 16thJamboree-On-The-Internet, which is being hosted by World Organization of theScout Movement on 20th & 21st October 2012. Pleasedistribute this information to all the Scout/Guides groups in your StateAssociations so they may grasp the chance to take part.

What is the Jamboree-On-The-Air?

The JOTA isan annual event in which Scouts and Guides all over the world make contractswith each other by means of amateur radio. Short-wave radio signals carry theirvoices to virtually any corner of the world. It’s the shear excitement ofhaving a live conversation with a fellow Scout or Guide at some other place inthe world that attracts so many youngsters to this event. JOTA is a realJamboree during which Scouting experiences are exchanged and ideas are shared.

The use ofamateur-radio techniques offers an extra educational dimension for Scouts/Guides.Many grasp the opportunity to discover the world of wireless radio techniquesand electronics. Thousands of volunteer radio amateurs assist the Scouts/Guidesover the JOTA weekend with their knowledge.

What is the Jamboree-On-The-Internet?

Similarly tothe JOTA, the Jamboree-On-The-Internet connects Scouts/Guides using Internettechniques. Volunteer organizations like Scoutlink and ScoutNetprovide the necessary technical support and server capacity. The JOTI is heldon the same weekend as the Jamboree-On-The-Air. Units can choose to take partin either one event or both.

The JOTA andJOTI are world-wide events which bring together each year more that 500 000Scouts and Guides. During the weekend, units may normally participate for 48hours or any part thereof, from Saturday 00:00 h until Sunday 24:00 h localtime.

TheJOTA-JOTI is the only event offering to each individual Scout/Guides the experiencethat he or she really belongs to a world-wide movement.

Theme of the Event

The chosentheme of this year is: How Big is Your World

This themechallenges every Scout/Guides to observe the world around him or her andrealise how one’s small actions at a local level could have a huge impact atthe global level.
‘How Big isyour World’ will also motivate Scouts/Guides to consider being part of WOSM’sflagship initiative, the Messengers of Peace (MoP). Every Scout/Guidescan start making a difference in their community by being part of the MoPNetwork.

Finally,this theme is also an invitation to Scouts/Guides to reflect on how they canenlarge their own world by interacting with others, using modern methods ofcommunication. The message to Scouts/Guides is, ‘Let other Scout/Guides friendsfrom around the globe step into your world by sharing your thinking, feelings,emotions, ideas, proposals and projects with them. Share your life experiencesto enlarge your world’

World JOTA-JOTIRegistration on JOTAJOTI.ORG

Scoutsparticipating in JOTA-JOTI are requested to register at the Worldwide JOTA-JOTIRegistration System. This system enables access to a bunch of services (e.g.contact list, list of all JOTA stations, special JOTA-JOTI e-mail address,participation certificate, validation cards, weblog, JamPuz game) offered toparticipants.

Moreinformation will be available on http://www.jotajoti.org/.

Online JOTA-JOTIGame “JAMPUZ”

Swappingbadges is a good Scouting/Guiding tradition. The swap is an opening for a chat.We would like to give our JOTA-JOTI participants the same opportunity to swapsomething. This global game is called JamPuz and works in the following manner;

A JOTA-JOTIgroup registers at http://www.jotajoti.org/and receives a unique JOTA-JOTI-group ID. This ID is called a “JID” (JOTA-JOTIID). During the JOTA-JOTI weekend the JID is exchanged with other groups whilehaving a contact. The collected JIDs are used to fill a “Bingo card”. This isdone by registering the contacts made in the JamPuz section of the JOTA-JOTIRegistration.

We alsorequest to all the State Association to send their detailed report along withphotographs showing Scouts/ Guides in action at the microphone or keyboard andof other activities like electronic kit building, foxhunting, semaphore, mapplotting.

A selectedset of at least 05 best photographs is greatly appreciated.
                           
Let us give opportunity to our Scouts/Guides to have a wonderful timeduring the 55thJamboree-On-The-Air (JOTA) & 16thJamboree-On-The-Internet (JOTI) on 20th & 21stOctober 2012

We also hope that all HAM’S of Bharat Scouts & Guides will meeteach other on these days through the Amateur Radio.

Specific guideline of JOTA & JOTI are enclosed for information.

Thanking you and with regards.
Yours Sincerely,


(Geeta Rawat)
Joint Director (G)
Encl. Asabove

CopyForwarded for information to:-
           - All the Office Bearers of theBharat Scouts & Guides, National Headquarters.

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