ScoutNet- Boy Scouts of America. This is a site set up for Scouters and other interested people. I will be serving on the National Staff for the 2010 Boy Scout National Jamboree at Fort AP Hill, VA. This will be my fourth Jamboree, one as a Scoutmaster and now 3 on National Staff. Each time I have requested a different area to staff in, the first time I worked with entertainment- Stage shows, last Jamboree I worked in Leader services, working with the troop leaders coordinating events and providing information. This time in 2010 I will be working with the National Exhibits- we will provide support to exhibitors from the branches of the service and large commercial companies such GM, Lodge Cookware, and Crossman. We will also provide support to the different areas within Scouting that will have displays on site. Past years all communication was done through snail mail and some emails. This year the group organizing the National Exhibits has put up listserv for general discussion and questions.
To become of member of the group I needed to provide my BSA member number, (every registered youth and leader has a membership number), and my National Troop number. (every area at Jamboree is identified by a troop number). As long as those numbers match your are accepted into the group. Now how do you know if accepted by the members and they will engage in conversation- it happens and continues, as this particular group in fairly new 3 – 4 weeks old there are only 8 members at this time and most of our conversation have been related to “war stories” of previous jamborees and the topic of improving safety on site. Because this is a rather closed group that is not open to the general public I believe the quality of the group will continue to high and most of the communication will be positive. As new ideas on a safer event begin to surface I am sure there will be comments about we always did it this way or that, or why change. Another issue that will continue to come up is the issue of continued use of a military instillation for the event, and in fact this will be the last Jamboree held at Fort AP Hill. For the next event in 2014 the Boy Scouts will have developed a new national event and training center. I believe that on this site arguments will not and disagreements will not be a major issue, the site is developed for sharing information and planning schedules. Most of the major sharing of information will take place in the 4 months prior to the event (Aug. 2010).
I am involved in a yahoo listserv for Boy Scout Leader training, it is used for a completely different purpose, we use it as a holding place for commonly used files and announcements, it is use more as a tool box than a communication source. It is still secured so scouters in this council have access to it.
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