Newsgroups: rec.scouting,rec.answers,news.answers From: dannys@iis.ee.ethz.ch (Danny Schwendener) Subject: rec.scouting FAQ #2: Scouting around the World Followup-To: poster Keywords: WOSM world brotherhood scout wolf cub pack troop faq Organization: Pfadi Glockenhof, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland Distribution: world Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Archive-name: scouting/2_scouting-around-the-world Last-Modified: 23 Jul 1995 *** New entries in this release: - Scouting in Slovenia *** About this Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) file: This file contains descriptions on how scouting organizations are set up around the world, and other worldwide information of interest. If you have been in a scouting organization that hasn't been described in this FAQ, or if you would like to add something to an existing description, please do all of us the favour. Write it up, post it on rec.scouting and send a copy to me so that it can be included in future issues of this FAQ. IMPORTANT NOTE: As I'm reaching the size limit for FAQ files, I had to edit the largest articles to reduce them to their essential parts. I also moved all references to local versions of the Scout Law & Promise to a single article at the end of this file. I saved the full original articles on ftp.ethz.ch in the directory ftp.ethz.ch:/rec.scouting/worldwide . This file is in digested format, like all FAQ files on this newsgroup. If you're using nn as newsreader, type 'G %" to split the digest into individual postings. In bn or rn, typing control-G should cause the reader to skip to the next posting within this file. There are ten FAQ files in the rec.scouting FAQ series. The FAQ files are posted in regular intervals (one file every three or four days) on rec.scouting, rec.answers and news.answers. They can also be retrieved through anonymous FTP from ftp.ethz.ch (path: ftp.ethz.ch:/rec.scouting/). As the FAQ files are updated regularly, make sure that you have the latest copy in your hands. The release date of this FAQ is indicated in the line starting with "Last-Modified:" at the top of this file. Files older than three months should be considered as outdated. *** COPYRIGHT NOTICE *** This file or parts of it may be freely used, printed and re-distributed as long as you enclose this paragraph and keep the references to the respective contributors and to the maintainer (listed below) intact. -- Danny "Spike" Schwendener dannys@iis.ee.ethz.ch Wolfsmeute Orion/Glockenhof, Sihlstr. 33, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dannys@iis.ee.ethz.ch (Danny Schwendener) Subject: Scouts worldwide - the figures Date: Tue, 12 May 1992 09:58:26 GMT I just went over the 92 figures of the WOSM, and thought that they might be of interest to this group. I think that they will amaze more than one here. Members of scouting organizations, regrouped by regions: Far East: 7'000'000 North America: 4'200'000 Europe: 2'000'000 Africa: 500'000 Middle East: 500'000 South America: 300'000 Australia/Oceania: 200'000 Note: these figures cover member organizations of the World Organization of the Scouting Movement (WOSM) only. ------------------------------ From: dannys@iis.ee.ethz.ch (Danny Schwendener) Subject: Scouts worldwide - International Events Date: 27 July 1995 See the posting "International Scout Events" which is posted regularly on rec.scouting. A copy of the latest version can be found on ftp.ethz.ch in the directory ftp.ethz.ch:/rec.scouting/worldwide/ . Look there for a file name starting with "international-events" The International Events list is also available on the World Wide Web! Check http://www.switch.ch/div/scouting/worldwide/events.html ------------------------------ From: chick@hilbert.maths.utas.edu.au Subject: Scouting in Australia Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1992 05:55:18 GMT Here in Oz (alias Australia!) our Scouting system works as follows: _Section_ _Age Range_ _Oz Grade Range (approx.)_ Joey Scouts 6 - 8 Kindergarten/Preparatory-Grade 2 Cub Scouts 8 - 11 Grade 2 - Grade 5 Scouts 10.5 - 15 Grade 5 - Grade 9/10 Venturer Scouts 14.5 - 18 Grade 9 - Grade 11/12 Rover Scouts 18 - 26 Adult (University +) Joey Scouts is new for us - the children don't wear full uniform, just the scarf of their local group (all our sections are mixed boys/girls now ... if the leaders of the local troop/unit/group (Oz name) so decide, although males are still in the majority). All the other sections have been around for quite a while, and are fully uniformed. Adult leaders may obtain their "Warrant" (basic qualification for leadership) after they are 18. Most of the local groups will have a Cub Scout and a Scout section at the very least (depending on the size of the area), Venturer units are the next most likely, followed by Joey mobs (in Australia a joey is a baby kangaroo, and the collective noun for kangaroo is "mob") and then Rover crews. (This is roughly how it is in Tasmania, at any rate.) Some groups are big enough to support a couple of Cub packs, but this is about the only area in which doubling up occurs. A number of groups make up a district (there are 9 or 10 groups in our district), and a district is usually a (reasonably) well-defined geographical area. A few districts will make up a region, and in little ol' Tassie it takes three regions to fill the state. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Apr 1995 19:44:15 +1000 From: georginaross To: dannys@iis.ee.ethz.ch Subject: Guiding in Australia Girl Guides Association of Australia [Note: Laws and Promises have been apppended at the end of this FAQ -- Danny] Gumnut Guides (6-7 years) Brownie Guides (7-11 years) Guides (10-15 years) Ranger Guides (14-18 years) Rangers (17-25 years) Junior Leaders (15-17 years) Leaders (18 and above) Lones Girls who have meetings by correspondence or "on air" by radio. Usually girls who don't live near a town or there is no guiding in there town. Extensions Girls who have a disability and for whom the guide program needs to be "extended" to fit them in. Gumnut Guide Motto : Gumnut Guides care and share. Guide Motto: Be prepared. Brownie Guide Motto: Lend a hand. A unit is the general name given to groups of girls with their leaders. A Brownie Guide Unit has girls grouped into sixes of up to six girls and has a maximum of 24 girls. A Guide Unit has girls grouped into patrols of up to six girls and has a maximum of 36 girls. Australia has a number of states and each state has a number of regions and each region has a number of divisions and each division has a number of districts and each district has a number of units. The district usually belongs to one guide hall. World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts has five World Regions. Western Hemisphere Region Europe Region Africa Region Asia Pacific Region Arab Regional Group Australia is a member of the Asia Pacific Region. ------------------------------ From: rickcl@POGO.WV.TEK.com, rcraig@library.carleton.ca Subject: Scouting in Canada Also-From: Patrick De Gagne, Peter Choi, Bill Hately Date: 29 Sep 93 23:55 [a more detailed description of Scouts Canada can be found on ftp.ethz.ch in the directory ftp.ethz.ch:/rec.scouting/worldwide/ ] Beavers 5-7 Well, Beavers are the youngest members of Scouting. They're being introduced to the movement thru games and fun. Their Moto is "Sharing Sharing Sharing". Adult members take care of all the work. Colony leaders are responsible for delivering the program including taking the youth members on camps. Parents are usually encouraged to participate in the program and are required at camp outings. Wolf Cubs 8-11 The Canadian Cub program is similar to Cubbing in the UK. (They are not subdivided as in the US. Cubs play games and perform activities that involve more instruction than what is offered in the Beaver program. The program, through its motto encourages youth to "do their best" and to be responsible for what they do and say. Members of the pack participate in choosing program activities through "Sixer Councils". The program is on the most part run by the Pack Leaders with some help from the youth. Cubs camp more often, in tents during Fall, Spring and Summer, but only in cabins during Winter and extreme cold weather at other times of the year. Scouts 11-14 Most of their activities are geared towards badge work, instruction and camps. They still play, but not much. Scouts camp quite often and almost always in tents or in shelter. As well, the Scouts are responsible with the duties of camp. Scouts participate in small group activites through which values of team work and the importance of each member is taught. Venturers 14-17 Venturers are young men and women who are challenged to democratically plan and run their own activities. The group is accountable to an Advisor who does just that...he advises. The Company is a group of typically 5-10 teens (co-ed), The size varies having an executive consisting of (but not all) President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and a Quartermaster. The Venturers Motto is "Challenge". Meetings vary in the operation from "executive meetings" similar to that of a board of directors to "social meetings" such as games or activities nights. They do all their planing themselves, they plan trips, camps, fund raisers, social events... The advisor is there to provide guidance and assistance and to ensure that Scouting and legal obligations are met. Rovers 18-26 The oldest youth members of Scouting (not counting leaders of course!). Their Moto is "Service". Individually or in small teams, Rovers pursue service activities contributing to personal development. Crews are provided guidance through an Advisor who assists and ensures that Scouting and legal obligations are met. Rovers participate in social camping activites called Moots. A moot is a gathering of their peers for camping, fun and friendship. In November of 1993, the National Council of Scouts Canada officially made Scouts Canada a fully co-ed organization. For years, Venturers and Rovers have been Co-ed and for the past three years,(since 1989), the other sections have been co-ed on an experimental basis. ------------------------------ From: rickc@POGO.WV.TEK.com Subject: Cub Scouting in Canada This is from "Scouting Try It!" published by Scouts Canada. It talks about all their levels of Scouting. I will just type the sections on Beavers and Wolf Cubs. The text in brackets are my notes. Their address for more information is: Scouts Canada National Council 1345 Baseline Rd PO Box 5151, Stn. F Ottawa, Ont CANADA K2C 3G7 Beavers (5-7 years) [From Stevie] "In my neighbourhood most activites are for older kids so when my best friend Ross told me about Beavers I ran home from school and asked Mom to sign me up right away. The first meeting was strange because all the other kids had vests and hats with tails on them. Now I don't think it's so strange, actualy it's really neat! We do tail slaps, make crafts, go on outings and best of all, Ross and I are in the same lodge." Wolf Cubs (8-10 years) [From Ryan] "When I was little my Dad would tell me stories about when he was young. His favourite story is about the time he went to a Cub camp and the Cubs in his six [den] thought they had tricked Akela [Cubmaster] into taking them on a late night hike to watch for UFO's. When they got to the lookout the other leaders were there with hot chocolate and cookies. All along Akela had planned it anyway. So when I went to my first Cub camp I wasn't surprised when our Akela woke us up at midnight. But I didn't expect to be introduced to the Scouts from our group [One unit from each age is in a group. This way the Scouts feed into the next old unit.] who were set up in the next valley ready to give us a great campfire and sing song. Cubbing is fun, I already have 2 stars." ------------------------------ From: "JIRI DANDA" Subject: Scouting in Czechia Let me introduce JUNK - the Association of the Boyscouts and Girl Guides in the Czech Republic. Our organization was founded by A.B.Svojsk in 1911. JUN`AK was banned after the nazi occupation in 1940, after the communist coup in 1948 and after the Soviet occupation of our country in 1970. Scouts were persecuted, but all the time, scouting had been continued here, even illegally. Since 1989 we have existed legally again. At the moment we are members of IFOFSAG and WAGGGS (they accept our guides as a founder member) and we are not members of the WOSM yet (because of some bureaucratic problems, but we had been members as former Czechoslovak scouting, before the separation in 1993). We are the merged organization (one organization, one administration, but too different programs for boyscouts and girl guides, no coeducation). At the moment our organization has got approximately 70 000 members (our country has got 10 000 000 citizens). We are using these age ranks : (info about spelling: because I can't send the Czech alphabet through the Internet, instead of the "hacek", originally a small "v" above the letter, I have to use " ~ " before it, instead of the "carka", originally a small comma above the letters, I used " ' " before it and instead of "krouzek", a small circle above the letter, I use " ` ") 6-11 years vl~cata/wolf cubs and sv~etlu~sky/fire flies (the name for our brownies was chosen by the book Brou~cci by Jan Karafi'at) 12-15 skauti/boyscouts and skautky/girl guides 15-18(25...) rove~ri/rovers and rangers 18-... oldskauti/oldscouts [The czech scout law and promises have been moved to the "law and promises" article at the end of this FAQ] As you can see, the Czech scouts promise is quite unusual. It's because of the historical background. In 1911, when our movement was founded, our state didn't exist yet. The area of the todays Czech Republic was part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empeire. Czech people didn't like that absolutistic state at all (government tried to oppress them not to use the Czech language and to speak German, in the last years there was a strong police state etc.). The main supports for regime were the army, the police and the catholic church. These were the reasons, that in our promise wasn't the loayality to the king or to the supreme being expressed. ------------------------------ From: Niels.K.Jensen@imf.kvl.dk (Niels Kristian Jensen) Subject: Scouting in Denmark Date: 1 Jun 1995 [Note: this article has been summarized due to the space limitations in this FAQ. The history and details of the different scout associations have been removed. The complete article can be found on ftp.ethz.ch in the directory ftp.ethz.ch:/rec.scouting/worldwide/ or on the World Wide Web as URL: http://www.switch.ch/div/scouting/worldwide/denmark.html ] Scouting in Denmark From: nkj@kvl.dk (Niels Kristian Jensen), 1995. In Denmark we have several Scout associations; The Danish Guide and Scout Association (Det Danske Spejderkorps = DDS), YMCA Scouts (KFUM-spejderne), YWCA Scouts (KFUK-spejderne), The Baptist Scouts of Denmark (Danske Baptisters Spejderkorps = DBS), The Guide and Scout Association of Greenland (Det Grnlandske Spejderkorps = DGS) and The Scout Council of the Faroe Islands. There is one additional uniformed organization called FDF, but they insist on NOT being scouts (they originate from the British Boy's Brigade). Mixed or seperate ? The YWCA Scouts is for girls only, all other associations are open to boys and girls. Uniforms The uniform of DDS Scouts is dark blue supplemented by a scarf, coloured according to the groups choice. The uniform of YMCA scouts is green with a red scarf. The uniform of YWCA scouts is dark green with a yellow scarf. DBS uses a light blue uniform with a turquoise blue scarf. The uniform of the DGS is a dark blue anorak and chequed scarf. Number of members These numbers were collected in 1994, but they all stay quite stable. Both adult leaders and children are counted. DDS: 36000. YMCA: 33000. YWCA: 12000. DBS: 2000. DGS: 1500. Almost 2% of the population in Denmark are scouts. Religion in scouting DDS is the only Danish scout organization that does not require religion to be a part of scouting. The only requirement being that the scouts "Find their own faith and respect others'" (part of the Scout Law). All the other associations are based on Christianity. Age-divisions DDS uses the following age-division guidelines: 6- 8: Micro Scouts (Danish: Mikroer) 8-10: Mini Scouts (Danish: Minier) 10-12: Junior Scouts (Danish: Juniorer) 12-16: Scouts (Danish: Spejdere) 16-23: Senior Scouts (Danish: Seniorer) The other Scouting organizations have slightly different age divisions and generally use more inspiring names. In general the youngest scouts are around 6 and the oldest are above 20. Local organization system All Scouting organizations in Denmark are based on groups. A group is usually a combination of a unit from each of the age groups. It is normal to stay in the same group in all of your scouting life. Leaders ocationally move from group to group, but scouts seldom do. In DDS, the groups are organized in districts, that must consist of at least 600 scouts. The districts are combined in 7 so-called areas. Leaders and Ranks Leaders are from almost all age groups. It is not unusual that a unit have leaders of quite different age. Leaders are both old scouts and parents. It is not a tradition that parents follow their kids through the different age groups; instead they tend to stay in the same unit a number of years. There is no notion of ranks (like Star, Life, Eagle in the BSA) in any of the major scouting organizations in Denmark. A few groups implement something on their own, but the general emphasis is not on advancement. There are merit badges for mini scouts, junior scouts, and normal scouts, but in many places these are not very used. Typically, the cub scouts (mini AND junior scouts) rarely have more than 5 merit badges, of which one is the "knife award". These badges are often used to help the leaders and the scouts remember that safe use of some tools require training. History and Presentation of the DDS DDS was founded november 19th, 1909. The girls and guides formed the DPS (Danish: Dansk Pige Spejderkorps) october 10th, 1910. DDS was for boys and DPS for girls until they merged in 1973. This means that most local units now are coeducational. Every 5 years, DDS gathers in one big camp (Danish: Bl Sommer). The peak number of people in the camp was close to 23000 in 1994. The main object of work in DDS is to help children and young people develop into self-reliant persons, who can assume responsibility in their own environment and in the world around them. The main emphasis in everyday Guiding/Scouting is put on wild life, camping and preservation of the environment, as well as international activities. Both YMCA and YWCA are confessional based on the Danish National Church, which is Lutheran Evangelical. History and Presentation of the YMCA YMCA was founded september 28th, 1910. A referendum was held in 1982 the result being that YMCA should be open equally for boys and girls, while YWCA should continue as an organization exclusively for girls. Now, some 40 percent of the members in YMCA are girls. The programme emphasizes the participation in a Chistian Scout community and stresses living in nature, democratic education and international understanding. History and Presentation of the YWCA YWCA was founded 1919. YWCA is an organization exclusively for girls (see above). This kind of association has many advantages, as girls from an early age learn to accept responsibility for themselves and others, and gain the confidence and skills to do practical tasks as well as managerial and organisational work on a local as well as on a national level. The association is strongly committed to promote international fellowship and understanding among all their members. History and Presentation of the DBS The Danish Baptist Guide and Scout Association - offers guide and scout programmes in accordance with the international guide and scout promise and law. In practise, this is shown by a financial and other support given to the Baptist associations in Burundi and Rwanda (Africa). - is a religious association where all local groups can only exist in close co-operation with a local Baptist church. The Baptist Church is an evangelical free church practising adult baptism. It is not a necessity to be a Baptist to be a member of the association. History and Presentation of DGS The Guide and Scout Association of Greenland was founded in 1973 and is the only Guide and Scout Association in Greenland. Already in 1943, however, Scouting started in Greenland. The Association cooperates closely with the Danish associations and has international contacts to WAGGGS and WOSM. Among the many different activities the following are characteristic: beadwork, the preparation of fur, cleaning of fish. Particular emphasis is put on wild life in a sometimes quite rough environment. Here the Guides and Scouts learn how to survive on natural resources. Thence most activities take place out doors. Addresses in Denmark All the Danish scout offices accept mail written in English. DDS (Det Danske Spejderkorps) Lundsgade 6 DK-2100 Kbenhavn Phone: (+45) 35 26 12 11 Fax: (+45) 35 26 12 20 YMCA (KFUM-Spejderne i Danmark) Gammel Vartov Vej 16 DK-2900 Hellerup Phone: (+45) 39 29 26 66 Fax: (+45) 39 29 16 24 E-mail: kfum.em@login.dknet.dk YWCA (KFUK-spejderne i Danmark) De grnne pigespejdere Rosenborggade 3 DK-1130 Kbenhavn K Phone: (+45) 33 12 95 38 Fax: (+45) 33 12 67 75 DBS (Danske Baptisters Spejderkorps) Gammel Gugvej 21 DK-9000 Aalborg Phone: (+45) 98 16 62 50 Fax: (+45) 98 11 68 50 DGS (The Guide and Scout association of Greenland) Nunaanni Spejderit Kattuffiat Box 799 3900 Nuuk Greenland Phone: (+299) 219 55 ------------------------------ From: snippala@toty.joensuu.fi (Satu Nippala) Subject: Scouting in Finland [Note: This article has been edited, leaving only the essential parts. The full article can be found on ftp.ethz.ch in the directory ftp.ethz.ch:/rec.scouting/worldwide/ -- Danny] GUIDING AND SCOUTING IN FINLAND Guiding and Scouting were established simultaneously in Finland in 1910. The two separate Unions were merged to form a single National Organization in 1972. The assosiation is called The Guides and Scouts of Finland (Suomen Partiolaiset - Finlands Scouter ry) and consists of 18 Member Districts, one of which is swedish- speaking (Finlands Svenska Scouter rf - The Swedish-speaking Guides and Scouts in Finland). The organization is affiliated to the World Organisation of the Scout Movement (WOSM) as well as to the World Assosiation of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). The membership figure including all age-groups is around 80,000. The members belong to about 850 local troops of 20 to 300 members, which form the Districts (at 10 to 140 troops per district) . There are Guides and Scouts from the southernmost tip of the country to far beyond the Artic Circle. GUIDING / SCOUTING PROMOTES : *a positive attitude towards religion *loyalty to one's country *international understanding *the ideal of service *respect for the convictions of others *responsability for one's own life and the environment *involvement in social activities *a healthy way of life THE WAYS AND MEANS BY WHICH GUIDING AND SCOUTING WORKS : *Ideals and Promise *the Patrol System *a Program that advances by progressive stages *training for Leadership duties at different levels *teamwork *learning by doing *the use of creative imagination *games and activating projects *outdoor activities *activities with international and/or religional emphasis LEVELS (7)-10 years : Wolf Cubs ("Sudenpentu") Wolf cubs meet in packs of 10-20 kids. Some of the packs are mixed, the boys and girls sharing all activities at all stages. A Sudenpentu Leader is over 16, with a required training and experience background. The programme is sub-divided into five progressive stages: *Welcome *Pikkuhukka (pet name for a wolf cub) *Hukka (pet name of folk origin for a wolf) *Susi (wolf in finnish) *Transition stage The Finnish Sudenpentu-members participate in traditional Guiding and Scouting activities: outings, camps in the summer, crosscountry skiing and skating in the winter, games, excursions, day or weekend trips, competitions, handicrafts etc. The children also take part in various service projects. 10-14 years : Scouts ("Vartioik{inen") Translated, Vartioik{inen means "at Patrol age". The Programme for this age-group is diversified -- the way it is carried out depends on the interests of each patrol. Programme and Pins: The programme for the Vartioik{inen - level is divided into three progressive stages: the Third Class, the Second Class and finally the First Class. There is also a number of interest badges. The badges are made of metal. The third class badge is the symbol of Scout movement, the second one is simply with the text : Be Prepared and the First one is the Finnish lion - our states symbol on the scoutflower. The Patrol leader is called Vartionjohtaja, or VJ for short. Their programme is divided into five sectors: *Guide and Scout ideology, their ideal of service *outdoor and camping skills *knowledge of Guiding and Scouting and Society *nature and its conservation *handicrafts, skills over 15 years of age : Rangers & Rovers ("Vaeltaja") Vaeltaja operate in groups of varying sizes. Their leader is often of the same age as the eldest members in his or her group. The group plans its own programme. All Vaeltaja activities are based on developing a positive attitude towards service. Hobbies are also very important. The programme is based on six ideals: *knowledge of Guiding and Scouting and Society *service *outdoor activities, physical exercise *hobbies *nature and its conservation *Guide and Scout ideals The ideal of service can be realized e.g. by participating in voluntary rescue service teams. International activities are also an important aspect of Guiding and Scouting, especially at this level. SPECIAL SCOUT UNITS include Sea-, Handicap- ("Sisu") and Radio Guiding and Scouting units. SPECIAL PROGRAMMES include the promotion of international understanding and the Child and Youth Political Programme ("Nuopo"). ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Apr 94 12:02:47 +0200 From: moyen@clipper.ens.fr (Jean-Francois Moyen) Subject: Scouting in France [Note: this is a very concise summary, due to the space limitations in this FAQ. A more detailed (100 lines) description and a history of scouting in France can be found on ftp.ethz.ch in the directory ftp.ethz.ch:/rec.scouting/worldwide/ . -- Ed.] France has several independent scouting organizations; I'll try to describe most of them : 1) Groups belonging to "scoutisme francais" : they are the only one belonging to WOSM. 1-1 Scouts de France : Catholic, boys and girls, 120'000 people. 5 ages : 6-8, 8-11, 12-15, 15-18, 18+. Units are not mixed. 1-2 Guides de France : girls only, 80000 people, equivalent to SdF. Both are thinking about a merging. 1-3 Eclaireurs de France : Mixed, laics. Approx. 10'000 people. Ages as in SdF. 1-4 Federation des Eclaireurs et Eclaireuses Unionistes de France. "Protestant origin, but open to everybody". 8'000 people. Ages : 8-12, mixed. 12-16, mainly co'ed. 16-18, mixed. 1-5 Eclaireurs Israelites de France. Jewish, 4'000 people, ages same as in FEEUF. 1-6 Scouts Musulmans de France. Muslims. 300 people. 2) Groups not belonging to "Scoutisme Francais", and thus recognized neither by the french government nor by the WOSM : 2-1 Scouts Unitaires de France : Catholics, boys only. Ages 8-12, 12-16 and 16-18. 50'000 people. Extreme traditionalists. 2-2 Federation des Scouts d'Europe : Catholic, boys and girls, not mixed. Ages as in SUF. 80'000 people. Axed toward religion, sometimes paramilitaristic tendencies. 2-3 Various integrists, catholics (Scouts St Georges) or protestants (Scouts de l'Evangile). Religiously integrist, pedagogically traditional. Maybe 2'000 people (?) 2-4 Various ecologist, "neutral", and so groups. Maybe 1'000 people. ------------------------------ From: kai@dpsg.sub.org (Kai Jendrian) Subject: Scouting in Germany - DPSG Date: 30 NOv 1993 16:37 +0100 its a little bit difficult to describe Scouting in Germany, as there is nothing like *the* Scouting here. In Germany there are about 40 different Scout-Organizations. Three of them belong to the WOSM, which are the BdP (Bund der Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder), VCP (Verband Christlicher Pfadfinder) and DPSG (Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft St. Georg). I belong to the DPSG and so I only want to describe the DPSG, as I'm not so well informed about scouting in the other organizations. Please excuse, if you read some German expressions. These are something like "german-scouting-specific", so there is no way to translate them to english (or too difficult for me :) *** T H E D P S G *** (Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft Sankt Georg) 1.) History The DPSG was founded at 7th Oct. 1929. In 1931 the DPSG had 9.000 members. The DPSG worked on the ideals of BP. From 1933 - 1938 the DPSG had to fight against opression through the NS-Regime. Some of their members were killed in KZ. In 1938 the DPSG was forbidden by the government. But some scouts didn't join the HJ (Hitlerjugend) which adaptet the methods and outfit of scouting but had absolutely different goals! These scouts worked in the underground 'til 1945. In 1950 the WOSM made the RdP (Ring deutscher Pfad- finder, which today consists of BdP,VCP,DPSG)a member. Since this time the DPSG works active in scouting and now has about (I guess) 80.000 members and is the largest german Scouting organization. 2.) Structure Most of the action happens in a Stamm (to be compared to a troop I think). Here you see the structure of scouts in Germany: Scouts from 8 - 11 years are called the WOELFLINGE. Scouts from 11 - 13 years are called the JUNGPFADFINDER. Scouts from 13 - 16 years are called the PFADFINDER. Scouts from 16 - 21 years are called the ROVER. Scouts older then 18 can become LEADERS. Normally the groups meet once a week and do some camps in the year. 3.) Questions For official questions please contact: DPSG Bundesleitung, Martinstr. 2, 41472 Neuss, Germany Phone: +49-2131-46990, FAX: +49-2131-469999 For questions and corrections concerning this posting pleases contact me by electronic mail. This posting doesn't describe everything about the DPSG and is only the personal opinion of the writer and not an official description. I plan to write a more detailed description, which I'll post to rec.scouting and which will be available on ftp.ethz.ch (okay Danny ?). [Sure! Ed.] ------------------------------ From: Olaf Tuinder Subject: Scouting in the Netherlands (Holland) Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 11:43:27 +0200 (GMT+0200) [Note: This article has been summarized due to the space limitations in this FAQ. The full text (200 lines) can be found on ftp.ethz.ch in the directory ftp.ethz.ch:/rec.scouting/worldwide/Netherlands/. -- Ed.] Since 1973 there is one scouting-organisation called: 'Scouting Nederland'. Scouting Nederland has the objective: 'to promote the Scoutingprogramme in The Netherlands, based on the ideas of Lord Baden-Powell, .... '. The total membership figure (all ages) of 1992 is, according to the annual report: 114.845; i.e. 85.266 juniors and 29.579 adults. Scouting Nederland is a member of both WOSM and WAGGGS. Almost all troops and units in The Netherlands are mixed boys and girls. All troops have a *name*, not just a number; even when there are several troops in the same city. The description of the Scouting sections below is based on troops that have their activities on 'land'. Holland also has many Sea-Scout troops near rivers and lakes and a few Air-Scout troops. _Section_ _Age_ Bevers (Beavers) 5-7. Welpen (Cub Scouts) 7-10. \ The age-group 7-10 Esta's 7-10. - } is often referred to as Kabouters (Brownies) 7-10. / the acronym: 'W.E.K.' Scouts 10-15. Explorers 14-17. Jongerentak (Rover Scouts) 17-23. BEVERS (Beavers), Age: 5-7. The Bevers play in a fantasy world: The World of Tall Do-All ('Lange Doener' in Dutch). Tall Do-All is one of the main characters in the Bever-programme, and he lives in a house called 'Hotsjietonia' on the rim of a village. Bevers wear a red sweater as uniform. WELPEN (Cub Scouts), Age: 7-10. The Welpen-programme is based on the Junglebook-stories. Uniform: green blouse. ESTA'S (No translation possible), Age: 7-10. The Esta's play in a fantasy world: 'The Land of Esta'. It is based on the book 'The Child With The Tall Hat' ("'t Kind Met De Hoge Hoed" in Dutch), which was especially written for Scouting by Simone Schell in 1991. The Idea behind the story is that you change your clothes to ....... (e.g. pirate, princess, wolf, wizard, or *anything* else) and then play that role. Uniform: green blouse. KABOUTERS (Brownies), Age: 7-10. The Kabouters play in a fantasy world: 'Bambilie'. Bambilie is a country with some villages and a number of vaguely described area's, which leave space for your own imagination. In each village lives a different community ('Volkje' in Dutch) with its own characteristics. Uniform: green blouse. SCOUTS, Age: 10-15. Scouts is the overall-name for members of the age 10-15. The Scout-programme has no specific central theme, but often the activities are integrated in some theme or project. More emphasis is laid on techniques, skills and knowledge. Uniform : khaki blouse. EXPLORERS, Age: 14-17. Explorers is the name for the age-group 14-17. A boy in an Explorer-unit is called 'Rowan' and a girl is called 'Sherpa'. The Explorers are considered to be able to plan and carry out the activities and projects on their own. They are supported by one or two adults. Uniform: brique (red) blouse. JONGERENTAK (Rover Scouts), Age: 17-23. The age-group 17-23 is called 'Jongerentak', which can be translated to 'Youth-branch'. A member of the Jongerentak is called a Pivo. A group of Pivo's is called a 'Stam'. They are, for their activities and projects, completely on their own, with no 'adult'-leader supervision. Basic uniform: brique (red) blouse. ------------------------------ From: dtchn@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Dih!-ty / Dicksen Tanzil) Subject: Scouting in Indonesia Date: 26 Mar 92 15:19:04 GMT The Scouting Movement of the Republic of Indonesia has a membership of about 15 million people (out of a population of 190 million) which is PROBABLY the largest in the world. It is open to both sex and is organized as follow: Siaga (Cub Scout/Brownie) ................ 6-10 yr old Penggalang (Boy/Girl Scout)............... 11-15 yr " Penegak (Venture Scout) .................. 16-.... (I forgot) Pandega (Rover Scout) .................... (Also forgot) Indonesia Scout groups is also open to all religions and, in fact, MAY NOT have any religious affiliation even though when it is sponsoured by a church or a mosque. My Scout Group is affiliated to a Church but not to Christianity..... ------------------------------ From: db14@hp825.bih.no (Vegard Engen) Subject: Scouting in Norway. Date: 26 Mar 92 13:03:44 GMT [Note: Jan Pharo has posted more information on the administrative and organizational parts of NSF. I have stored this article on ftp.ethz.ch in the directory ftp.ethz.ch:/rec.scouting/worldwide .] In Norway we have several scout-associations, NSF, YMCA and YWCA. However, they are cooperating well, I think (At least so in this town, Bergen). NSF (Norges SpeiderForbund = Norwegian Scout Association) is mixed boys and girls, they were two separate associations, but joined their forces in '78. YMCA (KFUM in Norwegian) is only men, as the name suggests, however I think they are closely linked with YWCA nowadays, and there may be exceptions, such as female scoutmasters. YWCA is the female counterpart. I will after this speak about NSF only, since that's the organisation I'm a member of. Most of it will apply for the other assications too, though, at least the major parts. NSF is divided into 4 age-groups: 6-7: Bever scouts (this one is fairly new, not so many have them yet). 8-10: Cub scouts. 11-16: Scouts (I really have no other name for them. :-)) 16+ : Rovers. The lower age for a scoutmaster is 17 years, however it is possible to become an assistant scoutmaster from the age of 16 years. Many scoutmasters are also rovers, and scoutmasters and rovers are often two names of the same group of scouts. There IS no official higher age for rovers, but the natural limit is somewhere around 22-23 years, when one often go away, get married or simply get other interests. In Norway we belive that scouting is outing, and try to do as much of our activities as possible in the nature. We have national camps every 4th year, and regional camp every 4th year, in such a way there will be two years between every major camp. In addition the groups have camps of their own, and there is also arranged national camps for rovers in particular, since they will often have other interests than younger scouts. A typical size for a national camp nowadays is 19.000 scouts, and the last regional camp in Bergen counted 650 scouts. This was with guests, though, there is always guest from other countries at our camps, and even at our last regional camp we had 150 foreign guests, some even from so far away as Spain. Last, a little tip for all those who leave their group for studies: In Norway we have own scout-groups for students in the larger towns, so those who want to continue with scouting when they leave town can join those groups. I know they have a lot of fun, and at least the one in Trondheim is a large resource when it comes to arranging national evenements. However, I guess Bjoern Arne can tell you more about that (arneberg@idt.unit.no). ------------------------------ From: matej.golob@uni-mb.si (Matej Golob) Subject: Scouting in Slovenia Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 13:36:44 +0100 (MET) [Matej has set up a collection of WWW pages describing scouting in Slovenia. The following text is taken from the programme page. The complete set of pages can be retrieved from HTTP://www.uni-mb.si/~uelulv28b/scoutse.html ] Programme for different age ranges (branches): Cub Scouts - boys and girls (age 7-11) By The Jungle Book everything happens in the framework of happy family and through a joyful game. However, we are not playing our imaginary world, but we live it. By playing, which is the basic element of our work, we try to attain the objects of the annual programme, of the individual's personal growth, resposibility, and serving. The youngest members have a special Promise and Law to suit their age. They practice in group of six, united in a Pack, which is led by Akela and the assistants (Baghira, Baloo, Kaja...) Boy Scouts and Girl Guides (age 11 - max. 16) The members carrying out their activities in Patrols (6 - 9 of the same sex) in the progressive process of education, which is divided into five upbringing stages, attain all the objects of the Scout education. The fundamental method of work consists in adopting the way of adveture and selfeducation - on the basis of democratic decisions made at the Troop Council - as one's own attitude towards aducation and life. The Troop Leader's role is to arrange the way out of the members initiatives, and partly out of their own, as companions, as older brothers. After having travelled over the first stage, boys and girls make the Scout Promise. After having passed the whole process, or at the age of 16, they may pass to the higher branch. Their education is based on small groups of the same sex, led by one of them, and founded upon adventure, ambientation, technical skills and life in the nature. Rovers and Rangers (age 16 - max. 21) The Branch is divided into two parts. During the first part, the Novitiate, young people in groups of boys and girls first ao all learn to live together. Now, they must live as young men and women. Special emphasis is laid od the community and on challenges, which can be of different kinds - from tramping to disputing. The second part is the life in Clan, which has just like branch Boy Scouts and Girl Guides - a vertical structure and two Leaders. If possible we try to provide for their own Spiritual Assistant. Three elements are amphasized: the process, community and serving. The man departure is being educated. At the age of 21 he will be able to make decisions of his own as a man or woman. For this purpose the following educational elements are used: simplicity, living together, respect for one another in mixed groups, and personal serving, which is voluntary, individual, unpaid work for benifit of others. At the end of this process each member writes a letter of departure commiting himself/herself to live either as Scout of Guide for certain period of time without help of community or as Leader in the Associatiion, or to work in humanitarian insitutions or in politics. As we are in stage of abnormal growth, special programme directions for particular groups are not catered for. As an association we are aware of the fact that we have to be open to all. This is our standpoint when accepting new members. We put no limits to anyone because he or she is different. Therefore in the groups there are persons who are different (disabled, unbelivers etc.). Our international relations are quite intense, yet we are mainly users, as we are trying togather as much experience of others, we try to integrate them into our Scouting. We intensively cooperate with AGESCI and also with other Scout Associations (Poland, Spain, Austira, Ireland...) Particular attention is paid to the training of new leaders in order to set up the operation of our Association - and of its every Branch - in the most accomplished possible way, and as much autenthically to our Founder's bases, to the age of our members, and to our environmental conditions as possible. We are among the members of MSS - Slovenia, which has been founded after democratic changes in 1991. We have assumed the responsibility of carrying out some tasks for the benifit of young people in Slovenia. We are included in the Civil Protection organization in case of disasters or other misfourtunes. We cooperate with the Church and with local communities that are just arising at present. The programme is always based on the analysis of our environment. Moreover, we try to answer the needs of our surroundings with our initiatives, programmes, and with our work. Thus our activities are closely connected with our life in concrete circumstances. In spite of all our initial difficulties, which we admit and are aware of, the activity of our Association echoes far and wide, and sometimes it resounds even more than wished. But we alwalys try to do our best in accordance with Scout slogan. ------------------------------ From: abw@mango.mef.ki.se (Anders Wennerberg) Subject: Scouting in Sweden Date: 7 Jan 1994 02:13:48 -0600 THE SWEDISH GUIDE AND SCOUT COUNCIL (Svenska Scoutr}det - SSR) This is a co-operative body for the Swedish Guide and Scout associations. Over the years it had developed co-operative bodies for boy- as well as girl scouting in Sweden, and after the merge to co-educational associations a joint committee was formed in 1968 origin from these two bodies - The Swedish Guide and Scout Union, with the working title The Swedish Guide and Scout Council. In 1982 the name was changed to be solely The Swedish Guide and Scout Council. SSR is a member of WAGGGS and WOSM. The Swedish Guide and Scout Council deal with most international matters as well as joint questions and projects concerning the five associations (~150000 members). All five associations have mixed boys and girls and they have their own leadership training within their own organisations, through the local troop, on a district level, on a regional level and on a national level. Trefoil/Gilwell courses are arranged every year. Leaders are from almost all age groups. It is usual that a group has leaders of quite different age. Leaders are both old scouts and parents. I believe there is a majority of non-parents. It is not a tradition that parents follow their kids through the different age groups; instead they tend to stay in the same age group a number of years. There is no notion of ranks (like Star, Life, Eagle as in the BSA) in any of the scouting associations. There are however merit badges. The scout uniform differs in the five associations. Usually half uniform is worn - shirt and scarf. The Gilwell scarf is the same for the five associations and is worn over the collar. Amongst other things, in Stockholm, G|teborg (Gothenburg) and Malm| there are Reception Teams to receive and help you with contacts into the country. Contact The Swedish Guide and Scout Council before you come to Sweden. (Some facts of Sweden - almost 9 million people in Sweden, the biggest towns are Stockholm - capital of Sweden, G|teborg (Gothenburg) and Malm|, Sweden is measuring 1574 km (977 miles) from max. south-north, 499 km (310 miles) max. east-west and the total surface area is 449964 km^2 (173731 sq.miles), from south to north by road ~2100 km (~1305 miles). Sweden is a country with an extensive coastline, a very nice archipelago, woods, countryside, mountains and alp scenery.) The council also represents Swedish guiding and scouting in the world associations and other members countries as well as other organizations, authorities and keeping in contact with the public. Postal address: Visiting address: Svenska Scoutr}det Igeldammsgatan 22 P.O. Box 49005 Stockholm S-100 28 Stockholm Telephone: + 46 (0)8 650 35 35 Sweden Telefax: + 46 (0)8 653 07 43 THE SALVATION ARMY GUIDE AND SCOUT ASSOCIATION (Fr{lsningsarmens Scoutf|rbund - FA) Founded 1916, 3000 members in 55 groups. FA Scout is a branch of the local Salvation Army Young People's Corps. The program is characterized by traditional scout activities with outdoor life, international awareness and community involvement. But the aim also includes definite guidance towards making a personal decision to accept the Christian faith and life style. There are four sections of activities, both boys and girls take part in all four. The shirt is medium blue with a red scarf that is worn underneath the collar. Minior scout (7-9 yrs) Junior scout (10-11 yrs) Patrol scout (12-14 yrs) Senior scout (15-20 yrs) Troop leaders must be 18 years of age. THE SWEDISH YWCA-YMCA GUIDE AND SCOUT ASSOCIATION (KFUK-KFUMs Scoutf|rbund) The YMCA-Scout Association was founded 1911 and the YWCA-Guide Association in 1921. In 1960 they merged to form The Swedish YWCA-YMCA Guide And Scout Association. 18000 members in 430 groups. Some of the scout groups originate from local YWCA-YMCA groups. But many have other parents organizations. There are Baptist scouts, Adventist scouts, Blue-band scouts, Methodist scouts, Swedish Salvation Army scouts, although most groups are independent and not in any way associated with the local YWCA- YMCA group or with any church. The aim of all activities is to give the members various experiences, understanding and knowledge of outdoor life, with consciousness of the environment, questions of faith and moral issues, a sense of international responsibility and involvement in public affairs. There are five sections of scouting, both boys and girls take part in all five. The shirt is medium blue with a white (or the group's colour) scarf that is worn underneath the collar. Beaver scouts (5-7 yrs) Minior scouts (8-9 yrs) Junior scouts (10-11 yrs) Patrol scouts (12-15 yrs) Rover scouts (16- yrs) THE TEMPERANCE GUIDE AND SCOUT ASSOCIATION (Nykterhetsr|relsens Scoutf|rbund - NSF) Scouting began as an activity within the Swedish Temperance Movement in 1927. Four decades it was run by two different associations, NTO's Guide and Scout Association and IOGT's Guide and Scout Association. In 1970 they were united and became NSF. 7000 members in 120 groups. A fundamental principle of NSF, along with the Guide/Scout law and promise, learning by doing, the patrol system, outdoor life and international, is personal temperance. Members over 12 years of age make a temperance pledge. This means they do not drink any beverage with more than 2.25 % of alcohol by volume. There are four sections of scouting, both boys and girls take part in all four. The shirt is medium blue with a dark-blue scarf that is worn underneath the collar. Beaver scouts (7 yrs) as a trial activity Minior scouts (8-9 yrs) Junior scouts (10-11 yrs) Patrol scouts (12-15 yrs) Senior scouts (16- yrs) THE GUIDE AND SCOUT ORGANISATION OF THE SWEDISH COVENANT YOUTH (Svenska Missionsf|rbundets Ungdom-scout - SMU-scout) Founded 1931, 35000 members in 545 groups. The Guide and Scout Organisation of The Swedish Covenant Youth is part of the activities within youth work of the Swedish Covenant Church. The program is characterized by traditional scout activities with outdoor life, questions of faith and moral issues, learning by doing, the patrol system, international awareness and responsibility, community involvement and guidance towards a personal Christian faith and life style. There are four sections of scouting, both boys and girls take part in all four. The shirt is green with a brick-red scarf that is worn over the collar. Nying scout don't wear full uniform, just a yellow scarf. Nying scout (7-9 yrs) Scout (10-12 yrs) Teenage (13-15 yrs) Senior scouts (16-18 yrs) After 18 years of age you become leader. There is 1 sea scout troop. THE SWEDISH GUIDE AND SCOUT ASSOCIATION (Svenska Scoutf|rbundet - SSF) Founded 1912, 82000 members in 635 groups. The Swedish Guide And Scout Association is a non-political organization, which runs scout activities for children, young people and adults, from 7 years of age and upwards. There are five sections of scouting, both boys and girls take part in all five. The shirt is medium blue with a white (or the group's colour) scarf that is worn underneath the collar. Beaver scouts (7 yrs) Minior scouts (8-9 yrs) Junior scouts (10-11 yrs) Patrol scouts (12-14 yrs) Senior scouts (15-18 yrs) Members over 18 years old are leaders and can also form a rover scout unit. There are about 150 sea scout troops along our coasts. ------------------------------ From: dannys@iis.ee.ethz.ch (Danny Schwendener) Subject: Scouting in Switzerland and Liechtenstein Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1992 12:38:55 GMT _Branch_ _Age Range_ _Uniform_ Wolves (Cub Scouts) 6 - 12 blue Scouts 10 - 18 beige Rover/Ranger Scouts 17 - 25+ dark red Leaders 18 - 30+ dark green The reason why the age groups overlap is because we move a kid to the next level according to his/her maturity, not his/her age. Our organization is mixed at all levels. The only thing that still reminds of the old separation between girl and boy scouts is that girl Rovers are (still) called Rangers. The young age of our leaders is a tradition. Even members of the district or national committees are rarely older than 30. The result: more freedom at the unit level, no discrimination, and a very important experience in leadership for young people. Special scout units include Sea Scouts around the major lakes and PTA scouts for handicapped kids (PTA means "scouts despite all" in german). The mandatory parts of our uniform are the shirt, the tie, any kind of good hiking boots, a firelighter and a swiss army knife. Optional parts are belt, scout jeans, hat, dagger, etc. A kid receives his/her tie and vulgo (scout name) from his unit leader in an initiation ceremony. Troops, patrols and packs meet every saturday afternoon for 3-4 hours. We spend 98% of our time outside in the woods or in the field. I get inside with my cubs three or four times a year, when the weather is clearly unbearable (temperature below -25 Celsius or snowstorm). Otherwise, we're outside. The Swiss Scouting Movement is a member of J+S, a governmental institution which promotes sports among youths. Camps for kids in the 12-18 age range are subsidized by J+S, and we also receive some basic material (tents, denim square units, ropes) from J+S for these occasions. J+S is also deeply involved in leader training (because unit leaders are basically special youth sport trainers). A major challenge for the national committees (and every nationwide company) is that Switzerland is divided in four language areas. As a result, there's not too much documentation available from National. There's no national scouting handbook per se. There's a handbook on scouting techniques which is edited by our council and has become the de facto reference book distributed by National. This book however is purely technical and does not handle the human and ethical aspects of scouting. Every 'ordinary' scouting event is embedded into a story over here. And the emphasis on story embedding is even higher for cub scouts, the idea being for the kids to live an adventure instead of watching them on TV. We end up doing the standard scouting activities out in the woods, but the reason why we do these activities and the results they lead to relate to pure fantasy. So when we mounted a giant eight-side "Berliner" tent out of 62 x 62" tent units, it was because we needed a flying saucer to escape from the planet Gorgonzola, and when we built a hang-bridge over the river, it was the gate between the spacelab and the station Mir, with millions of miles of empty space around us. ------------------------------ From: per@aber.ac.uk (Peter David Roberts) Subject: Scouting in the UK Date: 3 Apr 92 11:27:34 GMT Scouting in the UK still follows many of the ideas of the origional movement Over the years the age ranges and training awards have varied and in the last 18 months the Scout Association has agreed that if sections wish to be co-ed they may be. The Girl Guide movement is separate and I shall leave someone else to post on their format. UK Scouting is divided into 5 sections which I consider in turn Beavers age range 6-8 no specific training program aimed at fun and companionship and organised soley by the leaders. Lodge based. Cub Scouts age range 8-10.5 three stage training program(can't remember full details as it changed recently) also a diverse range of proficiency badges. Run by the leaders but with inputs from the sixers in a sixers council. Six based Scouts age range 10.5 - 15.5 The main training section with 4 stages of training leading up to the Chiefs Scout Award. Again a wide range of proficiency badges available. Program is decided by the patrol leaders council and put into practice by the PL's with the help and expertise of the leaders. Patrol based with emphasis on cooperation. Venture Scouts age range 15.5 - 20 The final of the training sections only two awards available the highest being the training award in scouting the Queens Scout Award. Emphasis is on self developement and community help. The unit is run by an executive of its members and the main task of the leader is as an advisor and keeping everything legal. Scout Fellowship age range 20+ Section usualy at the district level available to anyone who wishes to stay involved in scouting but without taking out a leadership warrent. Generaly more social than scouting but offering a very good source of experience for scouters in need of specific help. Link age range 20+ Similar to Scout fellowship only orgainsed by the Guide association Link also tend to be more active with social events. Link is an international organisation. SSAGO (Student Scout and Guide organisation) Based around Universities and colleges, these cater for Students. Programmes are both active and social much like a Venture Scout or Ranger Guide unit. The last three sections take part in major organised scout events (Competition hikes etc.) ------------------------------ From: bcockburn@acorn.co.uk (Bruce Cockburn) Subject: Scouting in the UK - F.S.E. ORG: F.S.E. (Fe`de`ration du Scoutisme Europe`en) of Great Britain. The F.S.E. is a very small traditional Scout organisation and has nothing to do with the mainstream organisation "The Scout Association". The F.S.E. of GB is a member of an organisation called C.E.S. (Confederation of European Scouts), a pan-european organisation which binds traditional Scouting organisations together across Europe. National Commissioner: Mr Richard Hyde, 68 Glebe Road, Deanshanger, Milton Keynes, England, MK19 6LU Section: Wolf Cubs Wolf Cubs (often shortened to just Cubs, but never referred to as Cub Scouts) is for boys and girls between the ages of seven and ten and a half years. Cubs are organised into "Sixes", with a Sixer and a Second. The Cub syllabus is as follows: Tenderpad, tests to be passed before Investiture. First star, Second star, Proficiency Badges, Wolf Cub Award. Leaping Wolf, only Wolf Cub badge to worn on the Scout uniform. [Wolf Cub Law and Promise: see separate article at the end of this FAQ -- Ed.] Section: Scouts Scouts is for boys and girls between the ages of ten and sixteen years. Scouts are organised into Patrols each patrol has a Scout as the Patrol Leader and the Assistant Patrol Leader. The Scout syllabus is as follows: Tenderfoot, tests to be passed before Investiture. Second Class, First Class, Proficiency Badges, Explorer Cord. Baden-Powell Award, the only Scout Badge worn on the Rover or Leader's uniform. [Scout Law and Promise: see separate article at the end of this FAQ -- Ed.] Section: Rovers Rovers is the section for boys and girls over the age of 16, there is no upper age limit. The Rover syllabus is as follows; Ramblers Badge, Project Badge. Rovers use and live by the same Law and Promise as the Scout section. ------------------------------ From: oakes@rtsg.mot.com (Ronald Oakes) and smh@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (s.m.henning) Subject: Scouting in the USA (BSA) Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1992 19:28:25 GMT _Section_ _Age Range_ _U.S. Grades_ _Unit/Program_ Tiger Cubs (6) 1st Pack/Cub Scout Wolf Cubs (7) 2nd Pack/Cub Scout Bear Cubs (8) 3rd Pack/Cub Scout Webelos (9-10) 4th and 5th Pack/Cub Scout Boy Scouts (10.5)-17 6th - (12th) Troop/Boy Scout Varsisity 14-17 (9th - 12th) Troop (Team)/Boy Scout Venture 14-17 (9th - 12th) Troop/Boy Scout Career Awareness Exploring (14-16) 9th or 10th Post/Explorer Explorers 14-20 (9th - Adult) Post/Explorer Sea Explorers 14-20 (9th - Adult) Ship/Explorer Air Explorers obsolete Adults 18- (Adult) Any (not Scoutmaster until 21) Tiger Cubs are eqivlent to the Australian Joey's. They are a highly parent/son orinteated activity. The Tiger's do meet with the cub pack. Wolf and Bear dens make up the "traditional" cub scout program. Webelos are a transition from Cubs to Scouts (Webelos means "We'll Be Loyal Scouts). About 3 years ago the Boy Scout (10.5-18) program was rearranged to incude Varsitity teams and Venture crews within the troop for the older boys. The varisty program emphisizies sports, the Venture emphisizes High Adventure. Both of these programs are supposed to be more Boy run than even the normal troop. Varsity Teams may also be indepentant (I think). Explorers is normally emphasized towards carreers. However, a number of "High Adventure," and hoby posts exists. The Sea Explorers has seperate positions and awards and uses sailing. Air Explorers appears to be the flying equivlent to Sea Explorers (I only know they exist from looking through my Insigana Guide the other day). At this time Girls may only join Explorer type units. However, unregistered girls may participate in Venture and Varsity activities. Also, no adult position is restricted by Sex. Personally, I suspect that girls will be allowed in all levels of scouting sometime in the next 10 years. In addition to the normal program, scouts may be elected to become a member of the Order of the Arrow, an honor camping orginazation. These activities should be in addition to normal troop, team or post activities. The Order of Arrow is primarily a service organization. Unfortunately many boys and adults join for the honor and forget the obligation to service. Alpha Phi Omega is an service fraternity orginazation that is closely associated with scouting. See the separate message for more information. Any boy with special needs can be placed in any program at any age and stay in that program as long as it is appropriate to his ability. We also have a new program called Learning For Life which is fully coed and is designed to be used in schools. It primarily uses lesson plans the are related closely to life skills for disadvantaged students. It does not use rank, uniform or anyting labeled scouting. Traditional scout programs can also be used in schools during class room time, but they only register the boys unless the students are over 14. Career Awareness Exploring is an in school program which brings speakers into the school to describe various career choices. It is supplemented with traditional explorer posts that concentrate in more detail on careers. Address for further information: Boy Scouts of America National Office Irving, Texas 75015-2079 Check your phone book for the local Council Office ------------------------------ From: millard@acsu.buffalo.edu Also-From: dmahoney@eniac.seas.upenn.edu Also-From: oconnell@rye.cs.unm.edu Subject: Scouting in the USA (BSA) - General Organizational & ethical Info Scouting began as a world-wide movement that was established in all parts of the world, and attempts to further the education, moral standards, and ethics of young people around the globe. The scouting movement does much, much more than educate boys about the outdoors and camping. It provides a learning institution in which a young man can acquire such things as leadership skills, public speaking abilities, and the techniques needed to run a large scale organization in cooperation with several other people. Boy Scouts of America is primarily involved in character-building and values-training. So, unfortunately, this often can limit the extent of their focus on backcountry activities or environmental information. Different troops are different. Find the best ones. A large part of scouting has emphasis on the outdoors. Many of our themes, and the skills that we teach are centered on the theme of camping, and the respect for mother nature. We educate these boys about such things as knots, cooking, and firebuilding, and we also instruct them on ideals such as low impact camping (which is being practiced more and more) basic backpacking, and canoeing to name a few. In order to let many troops experience the outdoors, there are thousands of camps located through-out the country. The majority of these are run by local councils (many troops in one area constitute a council, and there are many councils in a state); however, there are a few larger camps which are run by the national office. One of the most popular of these is Philmont Scout Ranch located in Cimarron, New Mexico. This is an area of land that has hundreds of miles of backpacking trails which runs semi-guided trips for troops all over the nation and world. This is typically a wonderful experience since it promotes low impact backpacking. The scouts are taught about the proper equipment to use such as boots,stoves,packs,etc. There are several other National High Adventure Bases located around the country, such as the Florida Sea Base, the Robert Service Canoe Base, located near the Minnesota boundary waters. Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts are unfortunately and strangely distant from each other. Only Scouts and Explorers can attend the "High Adventure" bases. Eventually, the increasing number of women Scoutmasters (they do exist) will ask why they, their son and husband can receive what their daughter can't. Some quasi-merger or cooperation agreement is likely in the future. Quite recently, scouting as a national organization has come into the media concerning several court cases involving moral, as opposed to environmental issues. Specifically the evidence about discrimination in various circumstances have come into question. There are cases pending in court about the dismissal of a gay scoutmaster, the refusal of the regional headquarters to admit a young girl into cub scouts, and the issue of religious influence on scouting. ------------------------------ From: naraht@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu (Randy Finder) Subject: Alpha Phi Omega (USA) Date: Fri Jan 22 1993 19:02:22 GMT Alpha Phi Omega is a National Service Fraternity whose cardinal principles are Leadership, Friendship and Service. Out program of service is directed to four areas: Campus, Community, Nation, and Fraternity. We were founded by former Boy Scouts who wanted to contine Scouting ideals in the college setting. We have about 350 active chapters in the United States and more than 225,000 students have chosen Alpha Phi Omega. There are about 150 chapters of Alpha Phi Omega, Phillipines and we are interested in extending to other countries. We were founded in 1929, until 1967 membership was only former Boy Scouts, however today membership is now open to any college student, male or female. We are not a social fraternity. We have no selective or exclusive membership requirements and there is absolutely no hazing. We maintain strong ties to its scouting roots. HOWEVER, the BSA does not finance or govern the fraternity in any way. Examples of Service to Scouting include sponsoring Scout troops, staffing camporees and other functions, cleaning up Scout camps and assisting in fundraising. Address for further information: Alpha Phi Omega National Office 14901 E. 42nd St. Independence, MO 64055-9932 ------------------------------ From: szafrans@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Pam Furlong Backstrom) Subject: Scouting in the USA (GSUSA) Date: 2-APR-1992 ORG: The Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA) 830 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 Daisys: 5-6 years old - Usually only the kindergarten class, although the girls may be in first grade also. They play games, make crafts, and begin to learn about Girl Scouts. They do not do any fund raising. Brownies: 6-9 years old - Usually 1st through 3rd grade, they earn patches called Try-its by completing 4 out of 6 requirements. They camp, do crafts, sell cookies and have FUN! Juniors: 9-12 years old - Usually 4th - 6th grade. Sometimes 6th graders are Cadettes instead. The earn badges, and special awards called Signs, and a Junior Aide patch. They Begin to take more leadership responsiblity of the troop. They still camp and do all that good stuff. Cadettes: 12-15 years old - Usually 7th - 9th. Sometimes 9th graders are Seniors. They earn badges as well as Interest Project patches and other awards, ie: Leadership awards, service training bars, Career exploration, Cadette challenge. The highest award for a Cadette is the Silver Award. Seniors: 15-18 years old - Usually 10th - 11th grades. By now, the girls Should be running their own troop. A good part of what they do is service oriented, They can continue to work on Interest project patches, and similar Awards that the Cadettes work on. The highest award that a Girl Scout can earn is the Gold Award. It can only be earned as a Senior. They continue to camp and do all the other fun stuff also. Girl Scout Motto: Be Prepared Girl Scout slogan: Do a Good Turn Daily [Girl Scout Promise & Law: see separate article at the end of this FAQ -- Ed.] ------------------------------ From: hung@octel.com (Hung Le) Subject: Scouting experiences in Vietnam Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1992 14:52:09 GMT My name is Hung Le, and I'm a former cub scout, boy scout, venturer, rover scout and scouter of BSVN (Boy Scout of Vietnam). Currently, I'm with the Santa Clara County Council, BSA as a unit commissioner. I would like share with all fellow scouts out there on the Net- work some personal experiences that I have had with the scout or- ganizations, especially with the BSVN. These experiences are so valuable to my life and my children as well... When I joined the Boy Scouts of Vietnam, my country was torn apart by the war. Everywhere I went, there were always fighting leftovers. It was dangerous to travel, abeit going camping, but even so, we managed to have wonderful times, troop leaders were very creative in finding places for kids to camp, to have a meeting location. Scout meeting was always outdoors, in the open air. A lot of times we went camping without a scoutmaster because of the mili- tary draft. During my 6 years as a boy scout, I had three scout- masters and their average age was about 19 years old. I remember taking my Panther patrol (yes, a Blank Panther), on a trek to a remote waterfall. Each member had to be separated by a distant of 10 meters, so that a bobby trap grenade would not de- cimate the whole patrol. I learned valuable survival skills from the boy scouts, during the war, not only to help myself, but help to my family and other beings as well. Beside learning knots and semaphores, we also learned camouflaging, how to recognize booby traps, different type of ordnance (by default), and servicing re- fugee camps. Servicing refugee camps was a constant activity for the troops and the posts. Sometimes the pack would chip in their help in making greeting lines for some big shots who come and visited refugee camps. During the Tet offensive of 1968, my ex- plorer post managed a makeshift refugee camp in Dalat province for more than 3 months. This included security for people in the camp (A lot of problems came from rowdy bands of government sol- diers trying to intimidate the female refugees, but when they saw the scouts, they thought another military unit was handling the refugee camp). This also included searching for food (mostly, by contacting GI units and the government in the area) for refugees. Sanitation was always the biggest task of the day: Talk about cleaning the out-houses for refugees!!! At times we organized 'dare-devil' teams to go into battle areas to retrieve civilian and, sometimes, military bodies to bury or to take back to the city morgue. The morgue was always full during those days. In the city, there was another youth group organized by the Red Cross, and we competed with them in collecting the wounded and the dead, along with other war trophies. One time we collected a "broken" bomb and decorated it as a gate for our refugee camp. It was quite a deterrent for those who passed through that gate. The war also took a personal toll in my life. My very first cub- master was blown up in his Jeep from an ambush. I went to his funeral without seeing his face since there were nothing left to see. The second cubmaster was killed and left behind his pregnant wife and two small girls. The third cubmaster spent almost ten year in the re-education camps. My first patrol leader volun- teered for Airborne division at the age of 17, and came back in a light casket. His mother told me that after he was killed in the DMZ area, he had to wait for a few months for transport of his body back home... There were so many Vietnamese scouts in my area that I know never made it to 18th year birthday. Frankly, without scouting, it would be very hard for me to find solace for those senseless killings. Looking back, I admired all of my scout leaders. They were true men (unfortunately, I never had any fe- male leaders, even at cub age) of their word, who lived up to scout promises and scout laws. At times, they weighed their lives light as a feather, but sometimes, as heavy as the biggest mountain in the north. At that time, deserting from the Army was rampant, but I rarely saw or heard of scouts were deserters. Even in that bloody environment, I had a blast when I was in scouting. I had so much opportunities to learn about myself and about other people. Nowhere else in life have I found such deep and emotional relationships. It was not unusual that my whole pa- trol attended Christmas mass with one Catholic member, although 6 out 7 members were Buddists. My favorite patrol member was a Chinese who came to the scout meeting with Chinese goodies from his father. Many times my patrol went camping near the National Military Academy so that at night times, we could look at the sky, watching the yellow flares in searching for communist in- truders. During teen age, I traveled up and down the coast of Vietnam, hitch hiking with two other scouts to the Delta areas. We spent two days in a notorious, scary Cambodia village near the border with Vietnam, and had a chance to observe how people were trafficking at the border. A few times, my troop went camping out of town by trekking to the military airstrip. We got in there be- cause we knew well the soldiers at the entry post. Besides I heard that the American Senior Military Advisor there was also a former eagle scout. We waited for the next empty cargo plane, asked the pilot where is his next stop, then asked for a ride. Many times we had to camp at the dirt spot nearby. It was adven- turous and a lot of fun, and a lot of disapointment too. During the Spring offensive of 1972, I went to the national jam- boree with more than 10,000 scouts camping in one of the very hot spots near Saigon. The GI Star and Stripes newspaper called it the "Warboree". Every night, there were skirmishes between two ranger batailons and the local communists from the neighborhood village.(It was possible that some of the local boys also parti- cipated in the Jamboree). The opening night was festooned with "Fire Dragons" tracers, shot from C-47 aircraft circulating ahead. Laying their backs on a green grass field, the scouts tried to decifer beautiful colors from different flares, or 'pfuff pfuff' noise from different types of gunship helicopters. Unforgettable experiences!! The Boy Scouts of Vietnam Association, ceased officially to exist as a member of the World Scout Bureau when the communists took over the South in 1975, but thousands of Vietnamese still join scout organizations in the country they resided in. Many scout units were formed in the refugee camp in Philippine, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong. I believe in France, there is an official Vietnamese Scout Association operating under the Scout Federation of France. It is estimated that there are more than 3000 Vietnamese scouts in Vietnamese scout units world-wide. In 1990, we had the Third International Vietnamese Jamboree in Cutter Camp, Boulder Creek, California, with more than 700 Viet- namese scouts from 6 countries. The event was also to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Boy Scout of Vietnam. ------------------------------ From: chris@scout.demon.co.uk (Christopher T Wilkinson) Subject: Network Russia After the downfall of the USSR, scout units are emerging again in all the former Soviet republics. Scout UK has launched several programs to help the development of scouting in Russia. One of the visible products of this project is a publication called Network Russia. Network Russia's goal is to encourage assistance to Russian Scouting and to ease relations and exchanges. You can get at least 3 copies of the printed edition each year by sending 2-50 to Network Russia, Oxfordshire County Scout Association, 22nd Oxford Scout HQ, Meadow Lane, Donnington, Oxford OX4 4BJ. To get a copy of the premier issue, ftp to ftp.ethz.ch and look in the directory ftp.ethz.ch:/rec.scouting/misc/ for the file "network-russia-9306". ------------------------------ From: michell@canada.hp.com, MIDDELKOOP@FEL.TNO.NL Subject: Scouting on the Air: Radio Amateur Scout Technical Info Date: 15 Feb 93 16:05:59 PST The information I have is that there are two International Scout Nets operating regularly - the European one on 14.290khz on Saturdays at 0930 GMT and the World net on Saturdays on 21.360khz at 1800 GMT. I received this via JOTA in 1988 (I have been organizing a JOTA station for the District for the last 8 years and have been an Amateur Radio for the last year). Date: 26 Apr 1995 SB SPCL ARL ARLX036 ARLX036 BSA Net/JOTA news Boy Scouts of America is establishing a new net called BSA Net, International. It will meet every Sunday at 2030 UTC on 14.290 MHz. KB8OCC will act as net control. Thanks to David Michelson, KB8OCC, for the preceding information. ------------------------------ From: dannys@iis.ee.ethz.ch (Danny Schwendener) Subject: Scouting on the Air: JOTA (World Jamboree On The Air) Also-From: David Miller, Peter Swynford Date: 3 Mar 93 10:23:38 Dates have been set for the 1995 Jamboree On The Air operating event. JOTA is an annual event in which Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and Guides from all over the world speak to each other by means of Amateur Radio. JOTA 1995 will take place Saturday October 21, at 0001 hours local time to Sunday October 22, at 2359 hours local time. As every year since 1993, a JOTI (Jamboree On The Internet) will be held as off-stage event during the JOTA. To participate, connect to the Internet Relay Chatter (IRC) by using the irc client on your local host or by telnetting to . There will be a channel named "Scouting" (I think) where JOTers will meet during that time. JOTA is a worldwide event. Units may operate for 48 hours, from Saturday 00.00 h until Sunday 24.00 h local time. Due to the world's time differences, this period is not the same for everyone. To determine the times at which you can most likely contact a certain part of the world, calculate a time difference and ask your amateur radio operator about the radio propagation prediction (a sort of weather forecast for radio waves). Any authorized frequency may be used to establish a contact. Just call "CQ JAMBOREE", or answer Scout stations who are calling to establish a contact. National radio regulations must be strictly observed (in most countries, a licensed amateur radio operator must be present and a logbook must be held). To find each other easily, listen on the agreed World Scout Frequencies listed below. Another hint to inprove your success rate: in the weeks preceding the event, keep an eye on rec.scouting for other stations and arrange meeting times and frequencies with them in advance. World Scout Frequencies Band SSB (phone) CW (morse) 80m 3.740 & 3.940 MHz 3.590 MHz 40m 7.090 MHz 7.030 MHz 20m 14.290 MHz 14.070 MHz 17m 18.140 MHz 18.080 MHz 15m 21.360 MHz 21.140 MHz 12m 24.960 MHz 24.910 MHz 10m 28.990 MHz 28.190 MHz Also worth listening to in the UK 2m 144.325 MHz SSB 2m 145.325 MHz FM World Federation of Great Towers ================================ The World Federation of Great Towers (WFGT) is an organization in which large towers all over the world co-operate for special activities. It was founded in 1989 with the aim to stimulate communication and exchanges of all sort between the people of the world. The WFGT invites Scouts to take part in the JOTA from the top of their Towers. Amateur radio stations will be installed on the towers and professional communication facilities to contact the other towers will be made available also. The following towers are expected to take part: Centrepoint Tower in Sydney (Australia), Donauturm in Vienna (Austria), CN Tower in Toronto (Canada), Empire State Building in New York (USA), Tour Eiffel in Paris (France), Euromast in Rotterdam (Netherlands), Ostankino Tower in Moscow (Russia), Blackpool Tower in Blackpool (United Kingdom) and British Telecom Tower in London (United Kingdom). Some of these stations may use special call signs as well. It is usually planned to establish a television link between New York, Paris and Moscow at some time during the weekend. This will make it possible for the scouts at those towers to have a forum discussion. Further details are not yet known, but can be obtained from the World Bureau's radio station HB9S during the JOTA. ------------------------------ From: dannys@iis.ee.ethz.ch (Danny Schwendener) Subject: Scouting on the Net during JOTA (World Jamboree On The Air) (Note: more details on JOTA can be found on ftp.ethz.ch in the directory ftp.ethz.ch:/rec.scouting/worldwide) These were the three announced Internet Happenings that were held during JOTA 94 (October 15-16, 1994): A. JAMBOREE ON THE IRC (JOTIRC or JOTI) IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. IRC is devoted to just "type-talking" with other users around the world. You join what they call a channel (similar to AOL's rooms, if you're familiar) and type words which appear on the channel. Everyone on that channel receives your words and can respond. The software needed is basically a client. Clients can be obtained from many ftp sites. See Scott Yanoff's "Internet Services" list on alt.internet.services for public IRC clients, or find out if your own system has the client installed by typing the following from your UNIX prompt: irc /join #scouting For more information on IRC, anonymous FTP to: cs.bu.edu:/irc/support/tutorial* One of the permanent channels on IRC is #scouting, which will be the central meeting point for JOTIRC participants. B. CIBER CAMPAMENT The mexican scouts have set up a local chat server called "Ciber Campament". While it is set up for JOTA 94, the server is already up and running today. To connect, telnet to 129.108.3.7 on port 7777 (type 'telnet 129.108.3.7 7777' from your UNIX or PC host, or use NCSA Telnet from a Macintosh). You can log in with any alias and any password. C. E-MAIL JOTA 94 Mosman District Scouts, located in Sydney Australia, invite you and the girls and boys in your Scout/Guide unit to participate in EMAIL JOTA'94. At 1st Balmoral Sea Scout Hall Mosman District Scouts, Guides, Brownies, Cubs, Rovers, Rangers, Venturers and their Leaders will be broadcasting on 2 or 3 amateur radio rigs provided by alocal radio club. There will also be a dial-up phone link between a UNIX computer called 'scoutnet', and a commercial UNIX email service connected to the Internet. In the weeks leading up to JOTA which happens worldwide on during October Scouts and Guides will be able to use the email service to pre-arrange times and frequencies for radio contact with other Scouts/Guides. For more information on this event or to get in contact with 1st Balmoral, contact John Young at yo@sydney.sgi.com. ------------------------------ From: Allan Fineberg Subject: Scouting Esperanto Date: Mon, 24 Apr 95 16:49:46 EDT [Note: a more complete version of this FAQ is posted as separate file once a month on rec.scouting and may be retrieved through anonymous FTP from ftp.ethz.ch:/rec.scouting/faq ] What is Esperanto? Esperanto is the easy-to-learn language devised by Dr. L.L. Zamenhof, of Warsaw, Poland, at the end of the 19th Century. Zamenhof saw the need for the peoples of the world to be able to transcend the barriers of language. Esperanto is used as a second language for communication between language communities. Is Esperanto supposed to replace the national languages? No. It is a neutral bridge-language between people of different language communities. What is the connection between Scouting and Esperanto? In his book, "Scouting for Boys," Sir Robert Baden-Powell, Scouting's Founder, recommends the use of Esperanto as a "secret language" among scouts. The first steps to create the Skolta Esperanto-Ligo (Scout Esperanto League) took place in 1918, after the appearance of Alexander William Thompson's booklet proposing such an organization. Since then, SEL has held its own international camp-outs, and participated in World Scout Jamborees. For the World Jamboree in August in the Netherlands, an international group of SEL activists is organizing an activity in which participants will learn the basics of Esperanto using a space-age learning tool, "Esperanto-Elektro." Why is Esperanto called a "neutral" language? It is neutral in the sense that it has no political, cultural or national/ethnic "baggage" that it carries with it. This cannot be said for the various national languages, each of which carries with it its won particular agenda, be it political, cultural, religious, commercial or otherwise. The only agenda Esperanto has is to serve as a bridge-language between all peoples. Who can give me information about Skolta Esperanto-Ligo? La Skolta Mondo, the official publication of SEL, appears four times a year. The editor of La Skolta Mondo (Scout World) is Anna Margareta Ritamaki. Her e-mail address is: A.RITAMAKI@sheffield.ac.uk until June. As of June 1st, her e-mail address will be: aritamaki@finabo.abo.fi By prior agreement with her, telefaxing is available. The General Secretary of SEL is Hector Campos Grez. His snail-mail address: Casilla 331, Curico, Region 7, Chile. Fax: +55-75-312137. How can I learn Esperanto? Get the SEL textbook "Jamborea Lingvo," by J.L. Hammer, illustrated by the noted Netherlands graphic artist Melle Hammer. It is available from: SEL, Postbus 433, NL-1500 EK Zaandam, the Netherlands. Cost: 6 Netherland Guilders + postage/handling This book is also available through many Esperanto book services, such as that of Esperanto League for North America (elna@netcom.com). In many countries, SEL runs special courses just for Scouts. Or, get an Esperanto textbook at a public library or bookstore. Find out if an Esperanto course is being offered in your area. Take the Free Esperanto Course that is available by e-mail. The Administrator of the FEC is Marko Rauhamaa. He can be contacted at: Marko.Rauhamaa@tekelec.com The same course is available by snail-mail, from several national Esperanto associations. A wealth of information about Esperanto is available at the following WWW sites: Document URL: Flavaj Pagxoj (Esperanto Yellow Pages/in Esperanto) ftp://ftp.cs.chalmers.se/pu/users/martinw./fla-pa/flavaj pagxoj.html Yellow Pages (Esperanto Yellow Pages/in English) ftp.netcom.com/pub/el/elna/Yellow Pages What does Esperanto look like? Esperanto estas neutrala ponto-lingvo. D-ro Zamenhof kreis Esperanton por helpi al internacia, intergenta komunikado. Bela, facila, Esperanto estas la racia solvo al la monda lingvo-problemo. Scouting Terms..........Skoltisma Terminaro Scout Skolto Girl Guide/Scout Skoltino Cub Scout Lupido Scout Leader Skoltestro Camp Tendaro Be Prepared! Estu Preta! Thinking Day Interpensa Tago [Thanks to Anna Margareta Ritamaki, Editor of La Skolta Mondo, who provided much of the material upon this FAQ is based.] ------------------------------ From: johnw@psychnet.psychol.utas.edu.au (John Wanless) Also-From: many, many other contributors Subject: Re: Laws and Promises around the world Date: 19 April 1995 (update) Fellow Scouters, These are a listing of the Promise and Laws that have been posted to me and Rec.Scouting with corrections as at 1/11/93 [Plus additions as of 93/11/12 and ongoing-- Ed.] Again I apologise in advance for any further mistakes and ask for copies of any variations that you can send me which I will post up in addition to these given. You can email me direct direct or post to Rec.Scouting. I am also missing the following, can anyone email these to me please, Czech Scout Laws Finland Scout Laws Greek Scout Laws *** Australian Cub Promise (8-10 yrs) On my honour, I promise that I will do my best to do my duty to my God, and to the Queen of Australia to help other people, and to live by the Cub Scout Law *** Australian Scout Promise (10-14 yrs) (as from September 1st 1989) On my honour, I promise that I will do my best, to do my duty to my God, and to the Queen of Australia to help other people, and to live by the Scout Law *** Australian Brownie Guide Promise (7-11 yrs) I promise that I will do my best: To do my duty to God To serve the Queen and my country To help other people and To keep the Brownie Guide Law. *** Australian Guide Promise (10-15 yrs) I promise that I will do my best: To do my duty to God To serve the Queen and my country To help other people and To keep the Guide Law. *** Australian Ranger Guides and Rangers Promies My further responsibility as a Ranger Guide (Ranger) is to take the Promise into a wider world. *** Canadian Beaver Promise (5-7 yrs) I promise to love God and to help take care of the world *** Canadian Cub Promise (8-10 yrs) I promise to do my best to love and serve God to do my duty and to the Queen to keep the the law of the Wolf Cub pack and to do a good turn for someone every day *** Canadian Scout Promise (11-13 yrs) On my honour, I promise to do my best to love and serve God, my Queen, my country, and my fellow man, and to live by the Scout Law. *** Canadian Venturer Promise (14-17 yrs) On my honour I promise to develop myself so that I may better * love and serve God, * respect and help my fellowman, * honour and render service to my country. *** Canadian Rover/Scouter Promise On my honour, I promise to do my best To do my Duty to God and the Queen, To help other people at all times, And to carry out the spirit of the Scout Law. *** Chile Scout Promise I promise on my honor to do all that I can to do my duty to God and my Country, to help others at all times, and to obey the Scout Law. *** Czech Promise On my honor I promise that I will do my best, to serve the highest Truth and Love faithfully all time, to fulfill my own duties and to observe the Scout/Guide laws, to be prepared to help my country and my neighbors by all my soul and body. (optional "May God help me so.") *** Finland Promise I will love, my God and my fellowmen, my country and mankind, in my life I will carry out Scout ideals. *** Greek Promise On my honour I promise, to do my duty to God and the country, to help every person at all times, and to obey the Scout Law. . *** Hong Kong Grasshopper Scout Promise I promise to be a Grasshoper Scout, to love God, to love people and to love Hong kong. *** Hong Kong Cub Scout Promise I promise that I will do my best - To do my duty to God and to the Territory To help other people And to keep the Cub Scout Law. *** Hong Kong Scout Promise On my honour I promise that I will do my best - To do my duty to God and to the Territory To help other people And to keep the Scout Law. *** Malaysian Scout Promise bahawa dengan sesungguhnya, saya berjanji dan bersetia, dengan seberapa daya-upayasaya akan, taat kepada raja dan negara menolong orang pada setiap masa menurut undang-undang Pengakap. *** Norwegian Scout Promise I promise to do my best to serve God, help others and live according to the Scout Law. *** South African Promise On my honour, I promise that I will do my best, to do my duty to God and my country, to help other people at all times, and to obey the Scout Law. *** Swedish Scout Promise we have a scout promise that says (in english transation) I promise to do my best to follow the scout law. *** Swiss Scout Promise: I promise that I will do my best to live by the Scout Law. (optional addendum for religious scouts: I ask god and my friends to help me reach this goal). Important note: None of the two texts play an important role in the life of a swiss scout. A scout promise is considered as something very special. It is only meaningful if you really, really, really plan to keep that promise. It's a good guideline for the scout leader, though. In day-to-day life, a swiss scout learns to live by the law in a very natural way, by following the example of his/her leader and his/her companions. *** UK Scout Promise (B-P's original) On my honour I promise that I will do my best, to do my duty to God and the King, to help other people all the time, to obey the Scout Law. *** UK Scout Promise (current) On my honour, I promise that I will do my best to do my duty to God and to the Queen, to help other people and to keep the Scout Law. *** UK Cub Scout Promise I promise to do my best to do my duty to God and the Queen, to help other people and to keep the Cub Scout Law. *** UK (?) Scout Promise (F.S.E.) (a European scouting body in Great Britain) On my honour I promise that I will do my best, to do my duty to God, the Queen, my country and Europe, to help other people at all times, and to obey the Scout Law. *** UK (?) Wolf Cub Promise (F.S.E.) I promise to do my best, To do my duty to God, the Queen, my Country and Europe, To keep the law of the Wolf Cub Pack, And be helpful each and every day. *** USA Promise (Boy Scouts of America) On my honor, I will do my best, to do my duty, to God and my country, and to obey the Scout Law, to help other people at all times, to keep myself physically strong , mentally awake, and morally straight. *** USA Promise (Girl Scouts of the USA) On my Honor, I will try to serve God and my country to help people at all times and to live by the Girl Scout Law *** Australian Cub Scout Laws Cub Scouts are loyal and obedient Cub Scouts do not give in to themselves *** Australian Scout Laws A Scout is trustworthy A Scout is loyal A Scout is helpful A Scout is friendly A Scout is cheerful A Scout is considerate A Scout is thrifty A Scout is courageous A Scout is respectful A Scout cares for the environment *** Australian Brownie Guide Laws A Brownie Guide thinks of others before herself and does a good turn every day. *** Australian Guide Laws A Guide is loyal and can be trusted A Guide is helpful A Guide is polite and considerate A Guide is friendly and a sister to all Guides A Guide is kind to animals and respects all living things. A Guide is obedient. A Guide has courage and is cheerful in all difficulties. A Guide makes good use of her time. A Guide takes care of her own possessions and those of other people. A Guide is self-controlled in all she thinks, says and does. *** Canadian Scout Laws: Beavers: A Beaver has fun, works hard and helps his/her family and friends. motto: Sharing, Sharing, Sharing Wolf Cubs: The Cub respects the Old Wolf, The Cub respects him/herself. motto: Do your best Scouts: A Scout is helpful and trustworthy, kind and cheerful, considerate and clean, wise in the use of his/her resources. motto: Be prepared Venturers: No law. The company can put moral standards, if they so choose, into their company bylaws. motto: Challenge Rovers and Adults: The Scout Law. motto: Service I should point out that the people in our National office have not yet changed (officially) the Laws to reflect gender inclusion. The present ones only refer to "him", "himself", etc. However, most of us use the "her", "herself" or a neutral word when appropriate. *** Chile Scout Law The Scout places his honor in being worthy of trust. The Scout is loyal. The Scout is useful and helps others, without thinking of compensation. The Scout is a friend to all and a brother to any Scout. The Scout is courteous and gentlemanly. The Scout loves Nature and protects animals and plants. The Scout smiles and sings in difficult times. The Scout is obedient. The Scout is thrifty. The Scout is clean and pure in thought, word and deed. *** Czech Scout/Guide Law A Scout/Guide 1. speaks the true 2. can be trusted and is loyal 3. is useful for the society and helps others 4. is a friend to all people of good will and a brother/sister of all Scouts and Guides 5. is courteous 6. protects nature and valuable human products 7. obeys his/her parents, superiors and Scout/Guide leaders 8. is of cheerful mind 9. is thrifty 10.is pure in thought, word and deeds *** Norwegian Scout Law A Scout is open to God and His word; A Scout accepts responsibility for himself and others; A Scout is helpful and conciderate; A Scout is a good friend; A Scout is honest and thrustworthy; A Scout knows and protects the Nature; A Scout thinks and acts independently, and tries to understand other people; A Scout does his best in difficulties and troubles; A Scout is thrifty; A Scout works for peace and understanding between people. ('himself' also means 'herself') *** South African Scout Law Our actual laws are based on an abbreviated version of the British laws: 1. A Scout's Honour is to be trusted 2. A Scout is loyal. 3. A Scout's duty is to be useful and to help others 4. A Scout is a friend to all and a brother to every other Scout 5. A Scout is courteous 6. A Scout is a friend to animals 7. A Scout obeys orders 8. A Scout smiles and whistles under all difficulties 9. A Scout is thrifty 10. A Scout is clean in thought, word and deed. We use a rhyme to remember the laws: "Trusty, loyal, helpful, Brotherly, courteous, kind, Obedient, Smiling, Thrifty, Clean in body and mind" *** Swedish Scout Law (english translation, with no warranties) 1. A Scout is reverent to God and His word. 2. A Scout is honest and trustworthy. 3. A Scout is friendly and helpful. 4. A scout is considerate and a good companion. 5. A scout overcomes difficulties with humour. 6. A Scout learns to know and protects the Nature. 7. A Scout accepts responsibility for herself/himself and others. *** Swiss Scout Law (english translation, with no warranties) A scout is honest towards him-/herself and the others A scout stands to his/her belief [whichever it is] and respects the belief of others. A scout takes care of the nature and all living beings A scout helps wherever he/she can A scout is a good companion A scout keeps his/her self-control A scout can integrate him-/herself in the community A scout overcomes difficulties with humor A scout can renounce A scout is ready [willing] to take responsibility. *** UK Scout Law 1. A Scout is to be trusted. 2. A Scout is loyal. 3. A Scout is friendly and considerate. 4. A Scout belongs to the world-wide family of Scouts. 5. A Scout has courage in all difficulties. 6. A Scout makes good use of time and is careful of possessions and property. 7. A Scout has self-respect and respect for others. *** UK Cub Law Cub Scouts always do their best, think of others before themselves and do a good turn every day. *** UK (& other?) Cub Law (F.S.E.) The Cub honours his parents and obeys his leaders, Always does his best and is a friend to all. *** UK (& other?) Scout Law (F.S.E.) 1. A Scout's honour is to be trusted. 2. A Scout is loyal to his Queen, his Country, his Scouters, his Parents, his Employers, and those under him 3. A Scout's duty is to be useful and to help others. 4. A Scout is a friend to all, and a brother to every other Scout, no matter to what country, class or creed the other belongs. 5. A Scout is courteous. 6. A Scout is a friend to animals and to all other created things. 7. A Scout obeys the orders of his parents, Patrol Leader, or Scout Master without question. 8. A Scout smiles and whistles under all difficulties. 9. A Scout is thrifty. 10. A Scout is clean in thought, word and deed. *** USA Scout Law (Boy Scouts of America) A Scout is... Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent. *** USA Scout Law (Girl Scouts of the USA) I will do my best: to be honest to be fair to help where I am needed to be cheerful to be friendly and considerate to be a sister to every Girl Scout to respect authority to use resources wisely to protect and improve the world around me to show respect for myself and other through my words and actions *** Rover Prayer By the spirits of the just, Made perfect in their suffering, Teach us in our turn Oh Lord, To serve thee as we aught, To give and not to count the cost, To fight and not to heed the wounds, To toil and not to seek for rest, To labour and not to seek for any reward, Save that of knowing that we do thy will. ------------------------------ End of rec.scouting FAQ #2 **************************