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\par }{\b by R. Gary Hendra<hendra@macscouter.com>, WDL, Pack 92, Milpitas
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar {\b\ul 
\par }The {\b Information Superhighway }
is here!  And there are a lot of Scouting related things out there in Cyberspace.  In the Spring of 1994 there were a couple discussion groups, two or three FTP (File Transfer Protocol) sites, one USENET newsgroup and no World Wide Web pages related to sc
outing.  Today there are many discussion groups, many ftp sites, many bulletin boards, and countless Web pages -- the number of Scouting Web pages produced by Troops, Posts and Councils is growing exponentially.
\par If you can get a computer onto Internet, either through an ISP (Internet Service Provider) or one of the major services -- AOL, Compuserve, e-World, Prodigy, etc -- you should be able to access everything you read about in this paper.  
\par This is an introduction to what is out there.  It is not intended to provide any information on 
how to use specific applications -- you will have to work that out for yourself.  In particular, if you are having trouble getting onto Internet from AOL, Compuserve, Prodigy, etc, you will have to take that up with your provider.  One more thing:  I am a
 Macintosh person, so the PC information here may be somewhat sketchy.  If you can give me better information, I'll gladly accept it for the next revision.  If you need some Macintosh specific information, contact me at hendra@macscouter.com or hendra@bes
t.com.
\par My sincere thanks to a whole bunch of people who contributed to this -- in particular, Danny Schwendener <dannys@iis.ee.ethz.ch>, Alan Houser <troop24@emf.net>, Andrew Heath <heatha@yvax.byu.edu>, David A. Crow <cfi@aol.com>, Michael S. Holmes <HolmesWCW@
aol.com>, Rob Harper <harper@convex.csc.fi>, David Jansen <jansen@strw.leidenuniv.nl>, Russel Madere <rmadere@geology.uno.edu>, Daniel Kropveld, Amsterdam-NL <kropveld@AMC.UVA.NL, and Steve Bushore <bushore@toontown.ssd.loral.com>.  My apology if I hav
e plagiarized something without permission.
\par {\b\ul 
\par }\pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 1.0\tab The Basics
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
There are a variety of free and shareware applications available to support both Macintosh and Wintel platforms.  Some of them are listed below.  To obtain these, you will usually need to use an ftp client of some sort.  Anonymous ftp is performed by usin
g the word anonymous as the username and your e-mail address as the password, when logging onto an ftp server.  You can also perform ftp using a World Wide Web browser, such as Netscape or Mosaic.
\par {\b\ul 
\par }\pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 1.1\tab Macintosh Basics
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar For those of you who are using a Macintosh, there are several free or shareware applications that will make life easier, if your ISP supports them.  
\par 
\par {\b FTP and Archie Clients:
\par }There are two FTP clients, Fetch and Anarchie.  I am partial to Fetch.  The  original is available at:  dartvax.dartmouth.edu//pub/Mac/Fetch_2.1.2.sit.hqx.
\par Anarchie is an FTP and Archie client.  It will let you browse FTP sites, download files, or find them using an Archie server.  It is (in Peter Lewis's humble o
pinion) the easiest way for users with MacTCP to fetch a file with a partially known name or to browse around the anonymous FTP archives.  It includes a menu listing all the Archie servers, as well as FTP bookmarks for all the popular Macintosh FTP sites 
(including around 40 mirrors to UMich and Info-Mac).  It requires System 7 and MacTCP 1.1 or later.  Unfortunately many Archie servers are a bit on the flaky side, but don\rquote 
t worry, just try another server!  The Anarchie FTP client original is available at ftp://amug.org//mnt/ftp4/peterlewis/anarchie-140.sit.bin .
\par 
\par {\b Newsreader Clients:
\par }InterNews, a sophisticated USENET newsgroup reader is available at:   ftp://dartvax.dartmouth.edu//pub/Mac/InterNews_1.0.1.sea.hqx
\par A somewhat less sophisticated, but very usable newsgroup reader called NewsWatcher is available at: ftp.acns.nwu.edu//pub/newswatcher .
\par 
\par {\b Web Browsers:}
\par The hot one in Cyberspace right now is Netscape from Netscape Communications.  This World Wide Web browser is superb -- fast, versatile and it looks nice.  It can be obtained via anonymous ftp at:
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar ftp.netscape.com//netscape/Mac .
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar The Mosaic World Wide Web (WWW) browser is available at: ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu//Web/Mosaic/Mac .
\par {\b Gopher Clients:
\par }TurboGopher is the application of choice.  It is available via anonymous ftp at ftp://boombox.micro.umn.edu//pub/gopher/Macintosh-TurboGopher 
\par If you need help in using or getting started with gopher, send e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu, with, send usenet/news.answers/gopher-faq, in the message body.
\par 
\par {\b Terminal Emulator:}
\par The Telnet terminal emulator and ftp client is available at:  ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu//Mac/Telnet/Telnet2.6
\par 
\par {\b Electronic Mail Clients:
\par }
Eudora is a very nice offline mail client.  It requires a POP mail server running on a UNIX computer.  Eudora automatically logs onto the host, at predetermined intervals, and copies all pending mail to your computer.  Eudora comes in two flavors, a freew
are version, and a commercial version ($50/copy), from Qualcomm.  If you are interested in the commercial version,
 which does provide many enhanced functions, either contact Qualcomm or check out your favorite computer software catalog.  The freeware version of Eudora may be obtained via anonymous ftp at:  ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com//quest/mac/eudora
\par A Mac version of POPMail is available via anonymous ftp at:
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar ftp://boombox.micro.umn.edu//pub/POPmail/macintosh .
\par 
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar {\b Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Clients:
\par }
So far, I have come across two IRC Clients.  ircle and Homer.  ircle was written by Olaf Titz (s_titz@ira.uka.de), and modified by Onno R. Tijdgat (tijdgat@knoware.nl).  ircle is free, can be found many places, including ftp://ftp.undernet.org/undernet/cl
ients/macintosh/ircle . This is a small very simple application.  
\par Homer is a slick and sophistocated application, and can be found at ftp://ftp.undernet.org/undernet/clients/macintosh/homer . 
\par 
\par {\b Compression and Decompression Applications:}
\par Aladdin Systems ha
s two superb applications available to help with StuffIt archives and binhex encoding.  They are the freeware application Stuffit Expander, and the shareware application DropStuff. Aladdin Systems Stuffit applications can be found at: ftp://ftp.netcom.com
//pub/leonardr/Aladdin .
\par Compact Pro archives (.cpt) are probably the second most common type you will encounter.  Compact Pro applications can be found at any Info-Mac archive site, such as: 
\par \pard \qj\li720\widctlpar ftp://grind.isca.uiowa.edu//3/mac/infomac/cmp/compact-pro-151.sit
\par ftp://grind.isca.uiowa.edu//3/mac/infomac/cmp/cpt-expand-10.sea
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar If you find PC files in .zip archive format, you can unzip them using the Unzip utility, which can also be found at:
\par \pard \qj\li720\widctlpar ftp://grind.isca.uiowa.edu//3/mac/infomac/cmp/unzip-201.cpt
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
\par {\b Encoding and Decoding Applications:
\par }Many encoding and decoding functions are built into Mac applications.  As an example, AppleSingle, AppleDouble and Binhex are built into Eudora.  Fetch has BinHex, AppleSingle, and MacBinary II built in.
\par The BinHex 4.0, and BinHex 5.0 applications are available via anonymous ftp at any Info-Mac archive site, such as: 
\par \pard \qj\li720\widctlpar ftp://grind.isca.uiowa.edu//3/mac/infomac/cmp/binhex-40.sit
\par ftp://grind.isca.uiowa.edu//3/mac/infomac/cmp/binhex-50.sea
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar When you run across uuencoded files, you can uudecode them using either of the following utilities:
\par \pard \qj\li720\widctlpar ftp://grind.isca.uiowa.edu//3/mac/infomac/cmp/uu-undo-10.sit
\par ftp://grind.isca.uiowa.edu//3/mac/infomac/cmp/uutool-232.bin
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 1.2\tab PC Basics}
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar Most PC programs can be obtained at any of the major Internet archives, including but not limited to wuarchive.wustl.edu (fsp, gopher), ftp.cica.indiana.edu (ftp, fsp, gopher), oak.oakland.edu (ftp) and their mirror sites.
\par 
\par \pard \qj\fi360\keepn\widctlpar {\b FTP and Archie Clients:
\par }One ftp client is WS_FTP.  It is reportedly a very user friendly FTP program (point and click).  I haven't yet run across an Archie client.  If anyone out there knows of good FTP and Archie clients available on Internet, let me know.
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
\par {\b Newsreader Clients:
\par }The easiest to use newsreader is Wintrumpet by Peter Tattam peter@psychnet.psychol.utas.edu.au.  This shareware program is a bargain at $40 and evaluation copies may be obtained at all major archive sites.  
\par There is also a public domain newsreader called WinVN which is available at most archive sites that is quite capable, but not as easy to use as Wintrumpet.
\par 
\par {\b Web Browsers:}
\par The hot one in Cyberspace right now is Netscape from Netscape Communications.  This World Wide Web browser is superb -- fast, versatile and it looks nice.  It can be found at:  ftp.netscape.com//netscape/Windows .
\par The Mosaic World Wide Web (WWW) browser is available at: ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu//Web/Mosaic/Windows
\par 
\par {\b Gopher Clients:
\par }TurboGopher is the application of choice.  The DOS version is available via anonymous ftp at boombox.micro.umn.edu//pub/gopher/PC_client, and the Windows version is available at:  boombox.micro.umn.edu//pub/gopher/Windows 
\par If you need help in using or getting started with gopher, send e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu, with, send usenet/news.answers/gopher-faq, in the message body.
\par 
\par {\b Terminal Emulator:}
\par The Telnet terminal emulator and ftp client is available at:
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu//Telnet/DOS .
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
\par {\b Electronic Mail Clients:
\par }
Eudora is a very nice offline mail client.  It requires a POP mail server running on a UNIX computer.  Eudora automatically logs onto the host, at predetermined intervals, and copies all pending mail to your computer.  Eudora comes in two flavors, a freew
are version, and a commercial version ($50/copy), from Qualcomm.  If you are interested in
 the commercial version, which does provide many enhanced functions, either contact Qualcomm or check out your favorite computer software catalog.  The freeware version of Eudora may be obtained via anonymous ftp at:  ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com//quest/eudora/
windows
\par A PC version of POPMail is available via anonymous ftp at:
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar ftp://boombox.micro.umn.edu//pub/pc/popmail
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar The Wintrumpet Newsreader Client described above also provides Electronic Mail as an offline mail client via POP mail on a UNIX server. 
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar  
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar {\b Internet Relay Chat Clients:
\par }Following are a number of MSDos IRC Clients.  I don't know anything about them.  If someone can give me a critique of what is good and what is not, I'll annotate this list accordingly:
\par \pard \qj\fi360\li360\widctlpar ftp://ftp.undernet.org//pub/irc/clients/msdos/irc101.zip
\par ftp://ftp.undernet.org//pub/irc/clients/msdos/IRC142.ZIP
\par ftp://ftp.undernet.org//pub/irc/clients/msdos/IRCALL05.ZIP
\par ftp://ftp.undernet.org//pub/irc/clients/msdos/IRCTERM.ZIP
\par ftp://ftp.undernet.org//pub/irc/clients/msdos/meritIRC.zip
\par ftp://ftp.undernet.org//pub/irc/clients/msdos/myirc077.zip
\par ftp://ftp.undernet.org//pub/irc/clients/msdos/pcirc1b.arc
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar Windows clients require the WINSOCK software, which can be obtained various places in including:  ftp://ftp.undernet.org//pub/irc/clients/windows/winsock.  Here are Windows IRC Clients:
\par \pard \qj\fi360\li360\widctlpar ftp://ftp.undernet.org//pub/irc/clients/windows/intrchat.zip
\par ftp://ftp.undernet.org//pub/irc/clients/windows/ircii2-6.zip
\par ftp://ftp.undernet.org//pub/irc/clients/windows/irciiwin.zip
\par ftp://ftp.undernet.org//pub/irc/clients/windows/mirc30b.zip
\par ftp://ftp.undernet.org//pub/irc/clients/windows/winirc.exe
\par ftp://ftp.undernet.org//pub/irc/clients/windows/wsirc14e.zip
\par \pard \qj\fi360\keepn\widctlpar And, just for good measure, here are some OS/2 IRC Clients:
\par \pard \qj\fi360\li360\keepn\widctlpar ftp://ftp.undernet.org//pub/irc/clients/os2/irc10h.zip
\par ftp://ftp.undernet.org//pub/irc/clients/os2/irc2_010.zip
\par ftp://ftp.undernet.org//pub/irc/clients/os2/ircII-for-os2
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar {\b 
\par The One Stop Winsock Shop}
\par Lachlan Cranswick <lachlan@dmp.CSIRO.AU>, from Australia, has a single self extracting archive of all necessary Inte
rnet applications for a Windows computer.  This stuff is located at sol.dmp.csiro.au:/pub/internet/all/internet.exe (192.68.132.2).  HD disk images are located at sol.dmp.csiro.au:/pub/internet/floppy/internt1.exe, and internt2.exe .  There is a US mirror
 site at (expires in October) ftp://ftp.alumni.caltech.edu/pub/dank/internet-kit/internet.exe.  There is a Canadian Mirror at ftp://gwrp.cciw.ca/pub/internet .
\par The software in this kit includes the following:
\par Trumpet winsock - shareware TCP-IP software  (one of the best!)
\par WINQVT - mainly telnet (but has other services - i.e., POP mail, NEWS, FTP) (you can print telnet screens to printer with ALT F2)
\par NCSA Mosaic WWW client - old 16 bit version with picture viewer pre-installed. (easy to load).  A new fast 32 bit version is available but requires Win32s to be installed prior to use for Win 3.1 and 3.11.
\par HGOPHER - gopher client software
\par WINTRUMPET - presently the best user-friendly Usenet newsreader around (Also has decent POP Mail) (my opinion only).
\par WS_FTP - Very user friendly FTP program (point and click).
\par TRMPTEL - Simple no-frills VT100 telnet program.
\par Read the install.txt file for details on system requirements and how to install the software.
\par 
\par {\b Compression and Decompression Applications:}
\par An MS DOS version of a BinHex application is available at ftp://boombox.micro.umn.edu//pub/binhex .{\ul 
\par }PKZip is the archiver of choice, and version 2.04g is the latest.  It is free for personal use and is available at almost any ftp site as pkz204g.exe.  Registration gets you the added multiple disk compression and auto validation functions.
\par You should also get the latest shareware copies of arj and lha to handle those occasional files using these methods compression.  A few die-hards are using .arj and .lha(.lzh is the same thing).  These methods are sometimes used for distribution, usually 
as self extracting archives.
\par 
\par {\b Encoding and Decoding Applications:
\par }For DOS, the best choice is UDEC.EXE (udec1_0.zip) by Peter Liebel (liebel@cip.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de).  This universal decoding program handles UUENCODE, XXENCODE, MPACK(MIME), SHIP and HEXBIN files.  
\par For Windows, the decoder of choice is WINCODE (wmcode26.zip) by George.Silva@wadsworth.org which handles UUENCODE, XXENCODE, MPACK(MIME), and HEXBIN.
\par Both programs are FREEWARE and are available at most archive sites.
\par {\ul 
\par }\pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 1.3\tab Notes about File Transfers}{\b\ul 
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar Some
 of the files you will encounter on ftp sites are stored in some binary data encoding and/or compressed format.  Such files usually have a special suffix, as described below, to identify the type of encoding and compression.  That is not always the case. 
 Some applications, such as Fetch, will automatically detect most encodings and compressions and perform the proper opposite function.
\par Why are files encoded?  Because many computer applications, mail systems, and communication channels operate on 7-bit data
.  Encoding is done on 8-bit data files to pass them through 7-bit systems.  Where do 8-bit data files come from?  From many of the applications on your computer, such as MS Word, etc.
\par Why are files compressed?  Simply, to take up less room on a host computer.  A text or application file may be able to be compressed down to 60 or 70% of its original size.  A clipart file can often be compressed to 30 or 40% of its original size.  This i
s why you will find virtually all PC and Mac clipart files grouped together into folders (directories), and either compressed using PKZip on PC or StuffIt on Mac.
\par Remember to set your FTP transfer type to binary before downloading compressed files. Otherwise, you won't be able to uncompress them on your local machine.  Some of these suffixes and their respective 'native' applications or decompression applications a
re:
\par 
\par \pard \qj\fi-2520\li2880\widctlpar .bin              \tab MacBinary II (uncompressed Macintosh binary file)
\par .cpt              \tab Compact Pro archive (CompactorPro1.3 for Macintosh)
\par .dd               \tab DiskDoubler archive (DiskDoubler 3.7 for Macintosh) 
\par .exe              \tab Program or Self-Extracting Archive (PC/DOS/Windows)
\par .gif              \tab Graphics Interchange Format (GIFConverter for Macintosh or most PC drawing programs)
\par .hqx              \tab 
BinHex (BinHex 4.0 on Macintosh, xbin23.zip on PC, and mcvert on UNIX) (BinHexed files -- with the extension .hqx -- can be UnBinHexed with BinHex 4.0 or Stuffit Expander.  BinHex5.0 format is a MacBinary format, while BinHex 4.0 files are ASCII format.)

\par .pcx              \tab PC Paintbrush Graphic file (PC/Windows native, MacLink translators can convert .pcx files to PICT)
\par .pict             \tab PICT Graphic file (Macintosh native, MacLink translators can convert PICT files to .pcx)
\par .sea              \tab Self-extracting Stuffit Archive (Macintosh)
\par .sit              \tab Stuffit Archive (Stuffit Expander 3.5.2 on Macintosh)
\par .tar              \tab UNIX tar format (tar.zip(When using tar.exe for PC's, the order of option flags is important. For extraction, use tar -tvf <filename>), TarSpli
t, tarread.arc, extar10.zip, and tarv1.zip for DOS, UnTar2.0 for Macintosh and tar for UNIX)
\par .tif or .tiff     \tab TIFF (most graphical applications on all systems)
\par .tt               \tab Truetype font (Macintosh and Windows)
\par .txt              \tab Plain text file
\par .Z                \tab UNIX compress/uncompress (unpack on UNIX, no known applications for PC or Mac)
\par .uu or .UUE       \tab UNIX uuencode/uudecode (toaduu20.zip on PC,  uutool2.0.3 and UUundo on Macintosh)
\par .zip              \tab PKZip (PC/DOS, unpackers such as ZipIt also available for Macintosh, UNIX -- also, pkz110eu.exe for DOS and  UnZip1.1 for Mac)
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar {\ul 
\par }\pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 2.0\tab Discussion Groups and News Groups
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
There is a vast wealth of information and experience out there -- not only with Scouters in this country, but also Scouters from around the world.  With a computer and an Internet connection, you and your unit can benefit from discussions with other Scout
ers.
\par {\b\ul 
\par }\pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 2.1\tab The Scouts-L Youth Groups Discussion List
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar The Scouts-L Youth Groups Discussion List is an auto forwarding E-mail roundtab
le, of more than 550 people.  To SUBSCRIBE to the SCOUTS-L list you send your name and e-mail address to the list-server.  Doing so will allow you to receive all postings to the SCOUTS-L list as well as allowing you to post messages to SCOUTS-L.  To subsc
ribe you should send a 1 line e-mail message to listserv@tcubvm.is.tcu.edu without any extra headings or signature lines.  This message should be as follows:
\par SUBSCRIBE SCOUTS-L Your-First-Name Your-Last-Name
\par After you subscribe, you will receive more inform
ation about the server via E-mail.  To send mail to all SCOUTS-L members address your message to SCOUTS-L@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU.  The list server software can respond to various commands but be sure to send them to LISTSERV@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU, and not to the s
ubscribers of SCOUTS-L! 
\par The list server manages one of the largest archives of scouting related texts, clip-art, FAQ's, Hypercard stacks, etc.  It also contains notebooks of all previous postings to SCOUTS-L.  To get a list of these items, send the followi
ng in the body of a message to LISTSERV@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU: index Scouts-L .  Look for Macintosh related clipart in the group titled MACPICTS, and PC related clipart in the group titled SCOUTPCX. 
\par To learn more about Scouts-L, send an e-mail message to listserv@tcubvm.is.tcu.edu with the single line, GET SCOUTS-L WELCOME.  
\par 
\par \pard \qj\keepn\widctlpar {\b 2.2\tab The E-Scouts Discussion List
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\keepn\widctlpar The E-Scouts Discussion list is also hosted by tcubvm.is.tcu.edu.  This group of about 50 people, discuss the use of computers in Scouting.  The message traffic on this group is very sparse.
\par \pard \qj\fi360\keep\widctlpar 
When you SUBSCRIBE to the E-Scouts list you send your name and e-mail address to the list-server, which will allow you to receive all postings to the E-Scouts list as well as to be able to post messages to E-Scouts.  To subscribe you should send a 1 line 
e-mail message to listserv@tcubvm.is.tcu.edu without any extra headings or signature lines.  This message should be as follows:  SUBSCRIBE E-Scouts Your-First-Name Your-Last-Name .
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar When you want to post messages to the E-Scouts group, send e-mail to   E-SCOUTS@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU, not to the LISTSERV address.
\par Unfortunately, there is no E-Scouts Welcome file.  You can get an index of all E-Scouts files maintained on the Listserver, by sending a message of the form, INDEX E-SCOUTS.  Currently, the only files maintained on the Listserver are recent digests.
\par 
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 2.3\tab The ARROW-L Discussion List
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
There is a maillist similar to Scouts-L, centered on Order of the Arrow.  This is a separate subscription service restricted to members of the Order.  To subscribe, send an e-mail message to listserv@indycms.iupui.edu, with the message: subscribe Arrow-L 
Your-First-Name Your-Last-Name .  You will receive a reply that the list is closed, but your request will be forwarded to the listowner.  He will contact you in a few days, with several questions that can be answered by a member of the OA (thi
s determines you are a member of OA) and then you will be added to the list.  Future posting to the list will then be to <Arrow-L@indycms.iupui.edu>
\par Some people have reported long delays in signing on to Arrow-L.  You can also send subscription requests to Kevin Murphy <cs3murphy@apsicc.aps.edu> who is the List Owner for membership.  He is a college student (Yes a youth member of OA) and may be busy w
ith studies at certain times, but should respond reasonably promptly.
\par 
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 2.4\tab The Explorer-Net Discussion List
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar The Explorer-Net Discussion list is also similar to Scouts-L.  
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar explorer-net@erda.rl.af.mil
\par 
\par {\b 2.5\tab The SCOUT-GIRLS-L Discussion List
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar The following information is extracted from an automated reply to scout-girls-info@slic.cts.com.
\par This list was formed on October 7, 1994 to provide a forum for persons interested in Scouting Issues of particular interest to Girls.  Those involved with Girls Scouts of America (GSUSA) and/or Girl Guides should find this mailing list of interest.  This 
list may be useful for conversations which might be of lesser interest in the wider Scouting Forum of Usenet's rec.scouting.
\par This list, its listowner, and slic.cts.com are in no way connected with nor sanctioned by any official Scouting organization.
\par The list is operated as a digested mailing list.  Posts are processed overnight and all posts from the previous day are sent out by 0300 Pacific as a single letter to each member.
\par The archives of the list including member posts are in:  /pub/scoutgir.  These files can be ordered via MBAS b
y sending a letter to:  server@slic.cts.com .  In the message body on the first line enter: get /pub/scoutgir/v1oct94.zip .  MS-DOS Zip files will be sent uuencoded.  Or all files are available via FTP at ftp.cts.com:/pub/mikey/scoutgir .
\par Currently, this list's existence is not widely known.  Feel free to re-post or forward the info wherever you feel it might be most beneficial.  Remember, it's Scout-Girls-L NOT Scout-Girls-One.
\par The JOIN command causes WFS to add the originator of the e-mail to a mailing li
st.  The syntax for the JOIN command is:  join Scout-Girls-L .  Send that message to server@slic.cts.com .  The command is not case sensitive.  It is not necessary to include your name or e-mail address on the above line.
\par The UNJOIN command causes WFS to remove the originator of the e-mail from a mailing list.  The syntax for the UNJOIN command is:  unjoin Scout-Girls-L .  Send this message to server@slic.cts.com .
\par The MEMBERS command causes WFS to send a list of all members (subscribers) to the originator of this message.  The form is:
\par members Scout-Girls-l
\par quit
\par Other files of interest in /pub/scoutgir are: 
\par ANNOUNCE.TXT\tab Original Scout-Girl-L announcement
\par DIGEST.HLP\tab Using this Digest to Best Advantage
\par LISTINFO\tab \tab File sent to prospective members prior to subscribing
\par README\tab \tab Latest Information from the current WELCOME file (this file)
\par All Commands go to: server@slic.cts.com
\par All Posts to the list are sent to: Scout-Girls-L@slic.cts.com.
\par Automated informational file to: scout-girls-info@slic.cts.com
\par The Scout-Girls-l administrator is : listmaster@slic.cts.com
\par 
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 2.6\tab APO-L
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
This is a discussion group for Alpha Phi Omega (APO) fraternity members and interested other folk.  Send a message to: listserv@purccvm.bitnet.com, with the usual, SUBSCRIBE APO-L Your-First-Name Your-Last-Name .  The archive on APO-L contains Chapter lis
ts and other information.
\par 
\par \pard\plain \s19\qj\widctlpar \b\f3\fs18 2.7\tab The World Jamboree Mailing List
\par \pard\plain \qj\fi360\widctlpar \f3\fs18 This list is intended for scouts and leaders alike.  It is not limited to any one subject, but is open to anything remotely related to the Jamboree.  The language of this list is English.
\par To subscribe to the list, send mail to Toumas M. Tiovonen at tiovotuo@clinet.fi.  Include your name, e-mail address and some information about your scouting background and role in the Jamboree.  
\par 
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 2.8\tab Scouting-Europe
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar This is a discussion group for scouting in Europe.  Send message to : Listproc@ifipc01.uni-muenster.de, with the usual, SUBSCRIBE SCOUTING-EUROPE Your-First-Name Your-Last-Name .
\par 
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 2.9\tab Pfadi-liste
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar This is a discussion group in German, discussing German Scouting.  Send message to : Listproc@ifipc01.uni-muenster.de, with the usual, SUBSCRIBE SCOUTING-EUROPE Your-First-Name Your-Last-Name .
\par 
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 2.10\tab SCOUTS-NL
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
SCOUTS-NL is a mailing list for members and friends of Scouting Nederland.  The principle launguage is Dutch.  Although leaders will probably form the majority, youth members are also encouraged to participate.  A WWW-page about this list can be found at 
the following URL:  http://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/~jansen/scout/scouts-nl.html .
\par To subscribe to SCOUTS-NL, send an e-mail message to LISTSERV@NIC.SURFNET.NL .  The 'Subject:' of this message is ignored, and the message body should read:  SUBSCRIBE SCOUTS-NL Your-First-Name Your-Last-Name.  Keep in mind that the LISTSERV address is ha
ndled by a computer program, and not a human, so make sure this message contains no other text, such as signatures.  You will automatically receive a welcome text, explaining the use of LISTSERV.
\par Messages intended to go to 
all recipients of the list should be addressed to:  SCOUTS-NL@NIC.SURFNET.NL .  Users are encouraged to send an introduction, describing who they are.  All messages to this list are also archived in monthly notebooks, that can be retrieved by sending this
 command to LISTSERV`NIC.SURFNET.NL:  GET SCOUTS-NL LOGyymm SCOUTS-NL, (where yymm should be replaced by year and month for which you want the notebook, e.g. LOG9503 for march 1995).  For more information, contact David Jansen at jansen@strw.leidenuniv.nl
 .
\par 
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 2.11\tab The rec.scouting USENET Newsgroup
\par }\pard \fi360\widctlpar The newsgroup rec.scouting is a USENET Newsgroup dedicated to scouting. Use a USENET client to access the group. 
\par Rec.scouting has a wider audience than any mailing list (current estimates are around 20'000 readers worldwide) but the negative side of this is that it has a higher amount of 'noise' (i.e. contributions with little or no useful content) than in a mailing
 list. To cope with this fact, the most useful contributions are collected by a group of editors and c
ompiled in a group of FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions files) which is archived on a number of sites and posted on rec.scouting every month. Other items that did not make it into a FAQ file (because of their kind or size) are stored on the different FTP a
rchives.
\par One of the places where you can pick up the FAQ files is on the scouting archives at ftp.ethz.ch/rec.scouting/faq:
\par rec.scouting FAQ #0: Welcome to rec.scouting - General questions 
\par rec.scouting FAQ #1: Skits Yells And Campfires 
\par rec.scouting FAQ #2: Scouting around the World 
\par rec.scouting FAQ #3  Games 
\par rec.scouting FAQ #4: Unit Administration 
\par rec.scouting FAQ #5: Silk Screen Techniques 
\par rec.scouting FAQ #6: Cub Scout Leader Hints 
\par rec.scouting FAQ #7: Fund Raising Ideas 
\par rec.scouting FAQ #8: BSA/GSUSA official policies (gays in scouting) 
\par rec.scouting FAQ #9: Scouting on the World Wide Web
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar The easiest way to obtain these FAQs is to use a WWW Browser, such as Netscape, Mosaic or something similar, to access them at the URL http://www.cis.ohio-state.
edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/scouting/top.html .  Access the FAQs via Gopher at, gopher://gopher.ethz.ch:1070/11/rec.scouting .
\par 
\par 
\par \pard \qj\keepn\widctlpar {\b 3.0\tab Scouting Forums on the On-line Services}
\par \pard \qj\fi360\keepn\widctlpar 
In addition to the Discussion Groups and USENET Newsgroup described above, there are other on-line forums.  America On Line(AOL), Compuserve, Prodigy, GEnie, Delphi, the WELL, RIME, Apple's eWorld and Intelec are some of the existing services which provid
e a place for Scouting discussions.  Each one has a Scouting Bulletin Board or related discussion group or forum.  Below is a listing of how to get to them:
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 
\par 3.1\tab The AOL Scouting Forum
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
The AOL Scouting forum is accessed by KEYWORD: Scouting.  Our forum host Pat Skelly is a participant under the name Scout Ldr.  The forum includes an extensive library full of clip art, files, and software samples.  There are two message boards which serv
e not only Boy & Girl Scouts but a number of other youth organizations.  Every Sunday night we gather around the Virtual Campfire at Shade Tree for a live scouting chat at 9pm EST.
\par 
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 3.2\tab The Prodigy Scouting Forum
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar Prodigy:  Jump Service Clubs BB, click on "Choose a Topic" and select Boy Scouts.
\par 
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 3.3\tab The Compuserve Scouting Forum
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar Compuserve: Go OUTACT.  Choices of libraries or interactive discussion this Outdoor Activities forum.
\par 
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 3.4\tab Other Possible Scouting Forums
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar You may e-mail to Harold Stein, KPVP84C@prodigy.com to learn more about I RIME or Int
elec.  For GEnie, the Well, Delphi, eWorld and other On-Line services you can either post a query to the system operators, review indices or ask others who use the service where the Scouts are!
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 
\par }\pard\plain \s19\qj\widctlpar \b\f3\fs18 4.0\tab Internet Relay Chat (IRC){\b0 
\par }\pard\plain \qj\fi360\widctlpar \f3\fs18 
IRC is a multi-user online chatting system. It allows users to talk to other users all around the world via the Internet.  This is done by connecting a client program to a server.  You need a connection to any network connected to the Internet and running
 TCP/IP.  You have to select your preferred server (usually the nearest), as listed below. The port number used by IRC servers is usually 6667.
\par On IRC, users are identified by nicknames of their own choice.  Nicknames may be at most 9 characters long.  The nickname is set via preferences or the NICK command in your IRC client. If you choose a nickname already in use, you have to set a different n
ickname.  Some users have registered their nicknames with the NickServ database.  If you get a message from NickServ that your nickname is in use, you will have to choose another.
\par Communication on IRC is done via Channels and Private Messages. Channels have names starting with # (public channels) and & (local) and usually up to 12 characters long. You can see a list of the channels currently in use via the /LIST command issued to y
our IRC client. As soon as you join a channel with the /JOIN command, everything you type is sent to that channel and seen by all other users on that channel. You will see what the others type, respectively.
\par There are over 2000 IRC channels.  Of interest to us is the #scouting channel.  You can join the discussion by issuing a "/join #scouting" command to your IRC client.
\par There are a lot of IRC servers all over the world -- hundreds.  Below you will find a very few listed.  If you can get onto IRC from one of these, you should be able to get a list of servers closer to you:
\par \pard \qj\li720\widctlpar {\b West Coast United States:
\par }irc.ucdavis.edu  -- University of California, Davis
\par irc.ucsd.edu -- Univ of Calif San Diego
\par irc.netcom.com -- NETCOM Online Communications Services, Inc.
\par irc.portal.com -- The pothole in the information superhighway
\par w6yx.stanford.edu   -- Stanford University
\par merlin.acf-lab.alaska.edu   -- The "Patrick has a Glue Dream" Alaskan Server
\par irc.primenet.com  -- Primenet (Phoenix, Arizona)
\par 
\par {\b Other United States Sites:
\par }irc.colorado.edu -- Univ of Colorado Server
\par joyce.eng.yale.edu -- Yale College IEEE irc server, Connecticut
\par irc.gate.net -- CyberGate, Inc., Florida
\par irc.uiuc.edu -- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
\par irc.indiana.edu -- IU Campus-Wide Irc Server
\par irc.iastate.edu -- Iowa State Alternate Reality Server
\par irc.ksu.edu -- Kansas Regional IRC Server
\par t8.mscf.uky.edu -- The Hole in the Rock Server at the Univ. of KY
\par irc.digex.net -- Digital Express Group, Maryland
\par irc.delphi.com -- Delphi Internet Services, Massachusetts
\par 
\par {\b Servers outside the United States:
\par }wollongong.nsw.au.undernet.org -- Wollongong, Australia
\par uni-linz.ac.at -- Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
\par OtHelLo.UlB.aC.Be -- Ecole Polytechnique (ULB-Bruxelles, Belgium)
\par bud.tic.ab.ca -- The Internet Companion, Canada
\par regoc.srce.hr -- University Computing Centre, Zagreb, Croatia
\par irc.praha.cz -- Praga Caput Regni, Bohemia, Czech Republic
\par alk.iesd.auc.dk -- Aalborg University, IESD, Denmark
\par mopo.cc.lut.fi -- Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
\par Eurecom8.Cica.FR -- Institut Eurecom, France
\par isgate.is -- ISnet, Iceland
\par irc.cdc.polimi.it -- Politecnico di Milano Italia, Italy
\par hemp.imel.kyoto-u.ac.jp -- Kyoto University, Japan
\par fu-berlin.de -- Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany
\par irc.sch.bme.hu -- BME Technical University of Budapest, Hungary
\par akl.nz.us.undernet.org (202.14.100.2) -- New Zealand
\par solar.cc.nus.sg -- The "FINE FINE" Country, Singapore
\par hntp2.hinet.net.tw -- HiNet HUB Server, Taiwan
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar 
\par {\b 
\par 5.0\tab FTP Sites}{\b\ul 
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar There are several FTP Sites around the world:  PLUTO.UTDALLAS.EDU (currently not accessible from WWW browsers), and FTP.ETHZ.CH are the most important, and thus are described most fully in this section.  There are also some oth
er sites: FTP.IMP.CH, IQUEST.COM (Hyperinfo Solutions), and FTP.ITC.UNIVIE.AC.AT (small collection of scout logos) 
\par {\b\ul 
\par }\pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 5.1\tab Pluto}{\b\ul 
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
The anonymous ftp server called Pluto -- pluto.utdallas.edu -- is operated by Jeff Webb <jwebb@utdallas.edu>.  Pluto is the "official" BSA ftp site -- so called because it is the largest ftp archive of BSA related material in the United States.  I am part
icularly interested in this site, since I have uploaded the majority of things there.  You too can upload files to the /pub/upload
s folder, then send Jeff an e-mail message to tell him where to put the stuff.  Make sure application specific files are uploaded in a binary compatible format, such as .bin or .hqx for Mac, or .zip for PC.  Use your FTP client or Telnet in FTP mode, with
 'anonymous' as the username, and your e-mail address as the password.
\par The scouting section of this server is organized as follows:
\par 
\par \pard \qj\fi360\keepn\widctlpar                           pub/Scouting
\par                            /   |     \\
\par                           /    |      \\
\par             _____________/     |       \\___________
\par            /                   |                   \\
\par           /                  General                \\
\par          PC                /   |   \\                Mac
\par    _____/ | \\______      FAQs  etc  etc       _____/ | \\___
\par   /       |        \\                         /       |     \\ 
\par Docs      |     Software              artwork        |     Software
\par        Artwork                        /     \\       Docs
\par       /      \\                       /       \\
\par    pcx       gif                  BSADSK    (Other)
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
\par Currently, in pub/scouting/Mac/software you will find ImageCatalog -- a somewhat crude but useful way to catalog and use clip art.  It handles a variety of formats and can be used to catalog and then access from the catalogs, hundreds of images.  It only 
prints to Laserwriters and printing is crude.  You will also find the ftp client Fetch and the Aladdin Systems freeware Stuffit Expander and shareware Drop Stuff applications.
\par \pard \qj\fi360\keep\widctlpar The Macintosh clipart collection on P
luto is extensive.  There are over a thousand Scouting related images there, in the /pub/scouting/Mac/artwork directory.  The latest BSADSK set from National is there.  The artwork in the PC side is less extensive, but with time it will catch up.  The lat
est cool stuff there include the BSA Patrol Patches, 85th Anniversary clipart, Wood Badge Clipart and the 1994/95 Cub Roundtable clipart.
\par \pard \fi360\widctlpar 
\par \pard \widctlpar {\b 5.2\tab FTP.ETHZ.CH 
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar ftp.ethz.ch:/rec.scouting/ is the official home site for the rec.scouting FAQ files. You'll always fi
nd the newest versions here, often even before they get posted to rec.scouting.  This archive also contains over 500 files related to scouting -- hints, history information, how-to's, stories, recipes, songs, information about major scouting events, etc. 
 The clip-art directory is kept small due to ftp.ethz.ch's site policy.
\par This ftp site is operated by Danny Schwendener <dannys@iis.ee.ethz.ch>.  You too can upload files to the /rec.scouting/incoming folder, then send Danny an e-mail message to tell him wha
t the stuff is and where to put it.  Make sure application specific files are uploaded in a binary compatible format, such as .bin or .hqx for Mac, or .zip for PC.  Use your FTP client or Telnet in FTP mode, with 'anonymous' as the username, and your e-ma
il address as the password.  
\par The site is also a gopher server, with the path, gopher://ftp.ethz.ch:70/1ftp%3Aftp.ethz.ch@/rec.scouting/ .
\par Here's a description of the sub-directories in /rec.scouting:
\par incoming -- If you have an interesting contribution to this archive, upload it to this directory and drop Danny Schwendener a mail message at dannys@iis.ee.ethz.ch describing its contents (if it isn't a text file).
\par admin -- This directory contains hints and information related to the  administration of a pack or a troop: budget planning, forms, certification programs,...
\par alpha --  This directory contains prerelease's of upcoming Frequently Asked Questions Files for the rec.scouting FAQ series and miscellaneous material that will be included in future releases of
 the current FAQ series. You may copy and print these files for your own use, but please don't forward them to other people and don't make them available on other sites, BBSs or networks. These are raw prerelease's with no version information and we try t
o avoid any version confusion.
\par art --  The rec.scouting archives at ftp.ethz.ch are not the place to send scouting-related clip-art files (our site policy does not allow clip-art archives on this machine). There are other sites (such as
 pluto.utdallas.edu) that explicitly welcome scouting-related clip-art. Sometimes people upload clip-art files despite of my warnings and it breaks my heart to delete these files without any comment ;-). So they end up here, but they may disappear  for go
od without any warning any day.
\par bsa -- This directory holds information relating to the Boy Scouts of America. This is the place to find tips on the Philmont resource, eagle project information or the official BSA merit badge requirements, among others.
\par eurofax -- This directory holds back issues of Eurofax, an electronic newsletter published by the European Region office of the World Organization of Scouting Movement.
\par faq -- This is the place where you will find the original rec.scouting FAQ files.  There are currently nine FAQ files, stored in rec.scouting/FAQ with more to come:
\par \pard \qj\fi360\li360\widctlpar 0_faq-intro-and-charter
\par 1_skits/part1
\par 1_skits/part2
\par 2_scouting-around-the-world
\par 3_games/part1
\par 3_games/part2
\par 3_games/part3
\par 4_unit-administration
\par 5_silk-screen
\par 6_cub_leader-hints
\par 7_fund-raising
\par 8_USA-official-policies
\par \pard \fi360\li360\widctlpar 9_Scouting-on-the-WWW
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar The files are posted monthly on rec.scouting, news.answers and rec.answers, at a rate of one to three files every 5 days.
\par first-aid -- This is where to get more information on first aid techniques for scouts.
\par games -- This directory contains a whole lot of games and game collections.
\par history -- This directory holds files relating to the history of scouting.  Want to know where the left handshake comes from? Here's the place to find out.
\par jamboree95 -- Look here for information on the Worldwide Jamboree '95 in Holland. Kudos to Olaf Tuinder for most of the information in this directory.
\par leader-hints -- Here's where you will find hints for scout leaders that do not fit into a more specific category (outdoors, administration, games, first-aid, etc). Sample topics that fit into this area are: coping with 'spirited' children or with special 
situations such as bedwetting or the death of a relative, patrol/unit activities, special tricks, etc.
\par maintainers -- This directory contains information of interest for people volunteering (or wishing to volunteer) as maintainers of one of the rec.scouting FAQ files. 
\par misc -- Well, all those files which don't have an appropriate director end up here. 
\par outdoors -- This directory hosts contribution on outdoor activities such as pioneering or environmental information. Outdoor games can be found in the directory rec.scouting/games. Patrol activities (including outdoor ideas) are stored in rec.scouting/lea
der-hints. 
\par personal -- This directory contains files I need to maintain the archive. the contents of this directory cannot be accessed.
\par pointers -- I collect information on other scouting-related sites on the Internet. If you look for a specific site and don't remember the name, chances are high that it is mentioned here.
\par recipes -- Several collections of campfire and Dutch oven recipes are stored here.
\par reports -- Reports about events or scouting task force meetings are stored here.
\par skits-campfires -- This is where you should look to organize great campfires. Next to many skits (short sketches), you'll also find several files on how to make your campfire a very special event.
\par songs -- This is a collection of song texts from around the world.  A sub-directory of a hundred Word-5.0-formatted files has been provided by Teja, a local scout unit.
\par spiritual -- The files in this directory aim at the spiritual development of the scout. This is the place to find prayers or starters for items to think upon. Another place you may want to lo
ok is the directory rec.scouting/stories, some of the stories there can be used as a starter for ethical and moral discussions.
\par worldwide --  This is the complement to the rec.scouting FAQ#2 if you are looking for information on how scouting is run in other countries, for contact addresses and for a list of upcoming international scout events and of camps welcoming international g
uests. There are also a few worldwide scouting GIF files here.
\par wosm -- This directory will host files of interest to the worldwide scouting community provided to us by the World Scout Bureau in Geneva, Switzerland.
\par 
\par \pard \widctlpar {\b 5.3\tab FTP.IMP.CH
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar This site is basically a mirror for {\b FTP.ETHZ.CH.  }
The only discernible difference is the inclusion of some PCX clipart.  in the /scouting/pcx directory are the scouts1.zip, scouts2.zip and scouts3.zip clipart files.  [These files are also available on Pluto and Scouts-l, in both PCX and PICT.]
\par 
\par \pard \widctlpar {\b 5.4\tab IQUEST.COM (Hyperinfo Solutions)
\par }\pard \fi360\widctlpar The IQUEST.COM site originates the Scouting Front Door WWW Home Page.  The FTP site there contains a small amount of clipart and a few documents.  These directories are:
\par \pard \qj\fi360\li360\widctlpar /hyper/Scouts/bsaclipart
\par /hyper/Scouts/bsapubs
\par /hyper/Scouts/bsareqts
\par /hyper/Scouts/misc_clipart
\par /hyper/Scouts/projects
\par \pard \fi360\li360\widctlpar /hyper/Scouts/usscouts
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar The old BSADSK01 - 18 Clipart set is contained in /hyper/Scouts/bsaclipart.  GIF files of all merit badges and BSA ranks are provided in /hyper/Scouts/usscouts.  These images are available in pcx on Pluto and Scouts-L.
\par \pard \fi360\widctlpar 
\par \pard \keepn\widctlpar {\b 5.5\tab FTP.ITC.UNIVIE.AC.AT 
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\keepn\widctlpar The anonymous ftp site, ftp.itc.univie.ac.at, contains a few pieces of clip art, in four different formats.  These files are:
\par \pard \qj\fi360\li360\keepn\widctlpar /pub/scout/bsa_lilly.gif
\par /pub/scout/bsa_lilly.ras
\par /pub/scout/bsa_lilly.tif
\par /pub/scout/bsa_lilly.xbm
\par /pub/scout/czech_lilly.gif
\par /pub/scout/czech_lilly.ras
\par /pub/scout/czech_lilly.tif
\par /pub/scout/czech_lilly.xbm
\par \pard \qj\fi360\li360\widctlpar /pub/scout/eaglefeathers.gif
\par /pub/scout/eaglefeathers.ras
\par /pub/scout/eaglefeathers.tif
\par /pub/scout/eaglefeathers.xbm
\par /pub/scout/international_lilly.gif
\par /pub/scout/international_lilly.ras
\par /pub/scout/international_lilly.tif
\par /pub/scout/international_lilly.xbm
\par /pub/scout/norsk_lilje.gif
\par /pub/scout/norsk_lilje.ras
\par /pub/scout/norsk_lilje.tif
\par /pub/scout/norsk_lilje.xbm
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar The above list is the only Scouting related material that was found.
\par 
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 5.6\tab FTP.CTS.COM
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar The following information was obtained from the ftp log when I signed onto ftp:ftp.cts.com/pub/mikey:  
\par The files available in this directory are primarily of interest to Casio BOSS owners, DOS Wafflers, Boy/Girl Scouters, Amateur Radio Operators (Hams) and Pretty Good Privacy users.  
\par Due to system constraints, files in this directory may be of a transitory nature, "here today; gone tomorrow".  
\par The Scouting directories at FTP.CTS.COM are:
\par \pard \qj\fi360\li360\widctlpar /pub/mikey/scouting  - general scouting site (small amount of information)
\par /pub/mikey/scoutgir  - scout-girls-l list archive, and general list info
\par /pub/mikey/smate     - Scoutmate information (see section 6)
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar The archive is maintained by mikey@cts.com
\par {\ul 
\par }\pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 5.7\tab SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU and NIC.SWITCH.CH
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
It was reported that the info-mac FTP archives at sumex-aim.stanford.edu carry a couple of scouting-related graphics. After some investigation, it appears these files have been deleted.  Small, unreadable files remain there which may be links to someplace
.  The files are: 
\par \pard \qj\fi360\li360\widctlpar ftp://sumex-aim.stanford.edu//Graphic/cub-scout-clip-art.hqx
\par ftp://sumex-aim.stanford.edu//Graphic/cub-scout-emblems.hqx
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
\par \pard\plain \s19\qj\widctlpar \b\f3\fs18 5.8\tab FTP.NETCOM.COM/PUB/JN/JNELSON/CUBS
\par \pard\plain \qj\fi360\widctlpar \f3\fs18 This ftp site contains a few pieces of Cub Scout related clipart in .pcx format.
\par 
\par \pard\plain \s19\qj\widctlpar \b\f3\fs18 5.9\tab SETON.COR.NET
\par \pard\plain \qj\fi360\widctlpar \f3\fs18 
This site is maintained by Brian Davis <brian@seton.cor.net>.  The /pub/scouts directory contains general purpose materials relevant to the Scouting movement.  Your contributions are welcome.  Place any uploaded files in /incoming and mail a short e-mail 
message containing a brief description of the file to Brian at the above address.
\par The directory, /pub/scouts/clipart/bsapcx, contains the BSADSK PCX files.  These files are unzipped and ungrouped.  This means, if you need a few pieces
 of clipart, not the groups, this is a good place to get them.  Remember to downlaad these in binary format.  Scattered throughout this very long list of files are the images from Aids to Scoutmastership and other sources.  Five of the BSADSK disk images 
are here, as are .zip files of most other non-BSADSK clipart groups.  It is difficult to tell if there is anything here that is not available on Scouts-L or pluto, because it is disorganized.
\par The directory, /pub/scouts/textfiles, contains many of the FAQ files available elsewhere.
\par 
\par \pard\plain \s19\qj\widctlpar \b\f3\fs18 5.10\tab FTP.US.NET//PUB/SCOUT
\par \pard\plain \qj\fi360\widctlpar \f3\fs18 This is the home of the Scoutware 1.0 software.  See paragraph 6.1.  The files there are:  /pub/scout/scoutw.exe, /pub/scout/setup.lst, and /pub/scout/sw_upd.exe .
\par {\ul 
\par }\pard \qj\keepn\widctlpar {\b 6.0\tab Scouting on the World Wide Web}{\b\ul 
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\keepn\widctlpar 
The World Wide Web is the hottest thing in Cyberspace these days.  The amount of stuff out there is growing at an enormous rate.  The amount of Scouting related stuff out there is growing at the same rate.  If you are not familiar with terms like HTML, HT
TP, URLs and hyperlinks, you will be soon.
\par If you do not have access to the Web, you can retrieve any URL by sending
\par <SEND "URL address"> to <listserv@info.cern.ch> .
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar {\b\ul 
\par }\pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 6.1\tab Places to Start Browsing}{\b\ul 
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
There are a few very good places to begin Scouting on the Web.  This section will give you some of those starting places.  The number of Scouting related Web home pages is increasing daily, so that there is no way to exhaustively catalog them.  Go browse 
for yourself.
\par 
\par {\b Boy Scouts of America:
\par }The official BSA starting 
place is the Boy Scouts of America, Inc, WWW Pages for the Boy Scouts of America and Member Units.  The URL for this home page is http://www.almaden.ibm.com/scouting/ (also at the following URL:  http://www.scouting.org/scouting).  This home page contains
 links to the following:
\par 
\par \pard \qj\li720\widctlpar B.S.A National Telephone Numbers:
\par B.S.A. Councils Home Pages
\par Cub Scout Units Home Pages
\par Boy Scouts Home Pages
\par Explorers Home Pages
\par Order of the Arrow Lodges Home Pages
\par Other Scouting Resources Home Pages
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
\par {\b The US Scouting Front Door:
\par }The US Scouting Front Door is a home page located at http://iquest.com/~hyper/usscouts.html.  This Web page contains links to a variety of things not available on the BSA Home page.  Such things as:
\par General BSA Information -- This page contains general information including links for a description of the Boy Scouts of America, National Headquarters location, BSA operated Philmont/HighAdventure Camps information, local council addresses, the OA, and J
amborees. 
\par Cub Scout Home Page -- For all information on Cub Scouts, Tiger Scouts and Webelos. 
\par Boy Scouts / Varsity Scout Home Page -- Here is the starting pointing for vast amounts of Boy Scout and Varsity Scout information and fun. 
\par Explorer Home Page -- For older audiences (14 and up) check out Explorers. 
\par OA Home Page -- For information regarding the Order of the Arrow. 
\par International Scouting -- For information regarding the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). 
\par Other Sources for Electronic Scouting -- Try here for information on other scouting web sources, news groups, mail servers, ftp sites and BBSs which support and serve Scouters. 
\par Links of Interest -- Try here for links to places of interest to Scouts/Scouters. 
\par 
\par Some of the links on the US Scouting Front Door home page (described above) are listed below:
\par \pard \qj\li720\widctlpar <http://iquest.com/~hyper/Scouts/games.html>  games
\par <http://iquest.com/~hyper/Scouts/haphilmont.html>  Philmont
\par <http://iquest.com/~hyper/Scouts/index.html> Scouting Front Door
\par <http://iquest.com/~hyper/Scouts/oahistory.html>  OA history
\par <http://iquest.com/~hyper/usscouts.html>  BSA Home Page
\par <http://iquest.com/hyperbin/councils>  Council information
\par <http://skypoint.com/members/srtobin/>  NetWoods Virtual Campsite
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar 
\par \pard \qj\fi360\keepn\widctlpar {\b World Guiding and Scouting Resources:
\par }Another interesting place to browse is the World Guiding & Scouting Resources home page at http://www.clinet.fi/~toivotuo/wogusr/index.html
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
\par \pard \qj\fi360\keepn\widctlpar {\b The InterNETional Scouting Home Page:
\par }The InterNetional Scouting Home Page is located at the following URL:  http://eems.strw.leidenuniv.nl/~jansen/scout.html .  This is a good starting place to learn about scouting in Europe and elsewhere.
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
\par \pard \qj\keepn\widctlpar {\b 6.2\tab Major US Sites
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\keepn\widctlpar 
A prototype of a Council level home page has been done by the Tidewater Council (VA/NC).  The address for this server is:  http://www.infi.net/~sipe/scouts.  There is also a link to Troop 65 of Tidewater Council at http://www.infi.net/~sipe/scouts/65home.
html.   Additional pages are the home pages for the Council and Blue Heron Lodge (their OA Lodge).  
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar There are now many councils with home pages.  You can find links to them at http://www.almaden.ibm.com/scouting/ .
\par Another major US site is the Berkeley Troop 24 home page, provided by Alan R. Houser, Scoutmaster.  This home page can be found at http://www.emf.net/~troop24/t24.html .  Besides providing a lot of information about their troop, this home page provides a 
link to the Mount Diablo Silverado Council home page.
\par There are now a lot of Boy Scout Troops with their own home pages.  You can find some links at http://www.emf
.net/~troop24/scouting/otherbsa.html , and http://www.almaden.ibm.com/scouting/ .  There are also links to OA Lodge, Explorer and other unit home pages at these sites.
\par There are even some Cub Scout Packs that have home pages.  There are links to them at http://www.emf.net/~troop24/scouting/cubs.html .
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 
\par 6.3\tab Some other interesting places go to on the Web
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar There must be hundreds of Scouting related URLs by now.  One gets that feeling particularly when browsing pages on non-US servers, because they provide many 
scouting links I've never heard of before.  Thanks to David A. Crow<cfi@aol.com>, CFInc, Braddock Heights, Maryland, and Michael S. Holmes, for the following information:
\par 
\par {\b Special Interest:
\par }The Knotting Dictionary of K\'8annet can be found at the following URL:  http://www.ida.his.se/ida/~jan/knopar.eng.html .
\par Scouting Patches on the World Wide Web can be found at  http://www.emf.net/~troop24/scouting/patches.html .
\par The On Line Where to Go Camping Guide, maintained by Steven Crawford <crawf_s@cs.odu.edu>, is located at the following URL:  http://www.odu.edu/gnusers/src/Scouting/scouting.html .
\par The 10th World Moot will be held 15-26 July 1996, in Ransberg, Sweden.  There is a home page for this meeting at the following URL:  http://www.lysator.liu.se/~dahlen/moot.html .  Peter Dahl\'8en, an Applied Physics student at the University of Link\'9a
ping, Sweden, is associated with the Moot page, and can be found at:  <http://www.lysator.liu.se:7500/~dahlen>
\par The Eurofax scouting letter can be found at URL:  <http://fmatdds01.tu-graz.ac.at/guertl/scout/international/Eurofax.html>
\par The Scouting Repository, operated by Paul D Traynier, is located at the following URL:  http://http2.brunel.ac.uk:8080/~cs92pdt/scout> .
\par The Boundary Waters Canoe Area home page can be found at URLs:   information<http://sowhat.micro.umn.edu/~steve/bwcaw.html>  or 
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar <http://walleye.forestry.umn.edu:10000/bwcaw/> .
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar A list of sites and addresses is located at the following URL:  <http://www.aston.ac.uk/~tappengp/other.html> . 
\par The 1995 World Jamboree homepage can be found at the following URL:  <http://www.clinet.fi/~toivotuo/jamboree.html>  
\par 
\par {\b Various Countries:}
\par The Icelandic Scout Assositaion has a home page at the following URL:
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar http://www.ibm.is/~gpalsson/scout
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar The Scouts of Finland have a home page at the following URL:
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar http://www.clinet.fi/~toivotuo/wogusr/index.html .  
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar The Scouting in Denmark have a home page at the following URL:
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar http://www.switch.ch/div/scouting/worldwide/denmark.html
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar The Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen (PP) of Austria home pages is at the following URL:  http:/fmatdds01.tu-graz.ac.at/guertl/scout/ppoe_eng.html
\par The Dutch language home page to promote Scouting in Amsterdam at the following URL:  http://www.ddd.nl/~scouting . There is also an English language home page to get information about Scouting in Amsterdam at the URL:   http://www.dds.nl/~scouting/scadam.
html .  One of the interesting features on this service is an interactive Scouting Quiz (in Dutch).
\par Guest Book, and the Amsterdam Scouting Agenda (diary, calendar ???)The Scouting in the Netherlands home page is located at the following URL:  
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar http://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/~jansen/scout/sn/SN.html
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar A home page for the Austria Scouts and Guides, can be found at URL:  <http://fmatdds01.tu-graz.ac.at/guertl/scout/ppoe.html>  
\par Bushwalking in Australia is presented at the following URL:  <http://www.anatomy.su.oz.au/danny/bushwalking/index.html> .
\par The Scout Association of Australia has a home page at the following URL:
\par \pard \widctlpar http://turnpike.net/metro/ahoneybu/index.html .  At this site there is also a list of Australian Scouters, at the following URL:  <http://turnpike.net/metro/ahoneybu/emailadd.html>
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar The Durham University Scout And Guide Group (United Kingdom) home page is located at URL:  http://www.dur.ac.uk/~dds8sgg .
\par BUGS - Bath University Guides and Scouts home page is at the following URL:  http://www.bath.ac.uk/~su3bugs .
\par The unofficial Scotish Scouting page was set up and maintained by Colin Chaplin, an Assistant Scou
t Leader in the 50th Dundee Scotland Scouts.  This very new site, created on 8 Marche 1995, is located at the following URL:  http://www.tay.ac.uk/~mcscs1cc/scouts.html.  Some interesting subjects on this site:  
\par \pard \qj\li720\widctlpar A list of the UK proficency badges 
\par A list of camping sites 
\par A usenet link to Rec.SCouting 
\par A Selection of scouting games 
\par A List of campfire stunts and skits 
\par A List of campfire songs
\par A Discussion of the most straightforward route to the Chief Scouts Award
\par A guide to the pathfinder award 
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar 
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar {\b Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity:
\par }
There is a geographic listing of APO chapters at URL:  <http://sparc10_work1.utsi.edu:8000/fuzz/aphio/heirarch.html> .  At the same site, you can find information on the University of Southern Indiana APO Chapter, at URL:  <http://sparc10_work1.utsi.edu:8
000/fuzz/aphio/sec52aa.html> 
\par 
\par {\b Philmont:}
\par Kevin A. Hogan, a 20-year-old second-year student at the University of California, Berkeley, has a series of magnificient Philmont photographs at URL:  <http://ucsee.eecs.berkeley.edu/~kahogan/philmont.html> .
\par Bret Martin from Yale University also has  nostalgic feelings and photographs of his Philmont experience at the following URL:  <http://minerva.cis.yale.edu/~bamartin/philmont.html> .
\par Mark's Philmont home page presents a number of photographs of "Scouting Paradise", at URL:  <http://info.pitt.edu/~mxnst/philmont.html>  Philmont
\par Yet another Philmont experience pagek, by  Brian Vincent  at the University of Michigan, is located at URL:  <http://www.engin.umich.edu/~vinn/phil.html>.
\par 
\par {\b Various BSA Units:}
\par Troop 24, Cincinnati, OH, has a home page at the following URL:  <http://ucunix.san.uc.edu/~combsje/troop24.html> .
\par Pack 328 has a home page at the following URL, but there is no information there about the Pack:  http://www.halcyon.com/jmm/Pack328.html> .
\par Troop 361, Pacific Harbors Council, NOPI-SOKI District, in Federal Way, WA, has a home page at:  http://www.halcyon.com/jmm/Troop361.html> .
\par The BSA Tidewater Council has a home page at the following URL:
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar http://www.infi.net/~sipe/scouts .  Troop 65 in this council has a home page at:  <http://www.infi.net/~sipe/scouts/65home.html> .
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar Explorer Post 486, Champaign, IL, can be found at:
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar <http://192.17.6.70/Post486/Post486home.html>  
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar Troop 117 (Texas) provides a "Camp Finder  Service" at the following URL: <http://circle10.cor.net/scouts/t117.html>
\par The Explorer Post 500 home page can be found at the following URL: <http://erda.rl.af.mil/EP500/> .  Also, the Explorer Net is located at URL:  <http://erda.rl.af.mil/EP500/E-Net.html> .  To get o
n the list, send email to  <explorer-net-request@erd.rl.af.mil> .
\par 
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar 
\par \pard \qj\keepn\widctlpar {\b 7.0\tab Scouting Software Available on Internet
\par }
\par {\b 7.1\tab ScoutWare 1.0 for Windows 
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\keepn\widctlpar [The following was posted to the Scouts-L Youth Groups Discussion List by Craig Everett <Craig_Everett@WYATTCONSULT.COM>]
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar This is a response to the several people who have asked where ScoutWare for Windows can be downloaded from.  The following is the standard description that we post in response to inquires we receive on the Internet.
\par ScoutWare 1.0 for Windows is a
 comprehensive shareware program for tracking scout troop information.  Includes personal info for scouts and Scouters, point and click advancement and merit badge tracking, leadership history, and several reports.  Unlimited number of records allowed in 
all database tables (up to maximum 2 gigabytes for entire database).  Requires IBM compatible 386 or better, 8 MBytes RAM, 5 MBytes space on hard drive.
\par  ScoutWare 1.0 is available for download via anonymous FTP from ftp.us.net.   The directory is  /pub/sco
ut  and the file name is scoutw.exe.  This is a self-extracting executable (2.7 megabytes, so make sure you have a fast modem) containing the ScoutWare setup files.  After extracting, run setup from the program manager as you would for any other Windows p
rogram.
\par 
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 7.2\tab Cubmate V1.2 Evaluation Copy. 
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar The distribution Zip file is available for download from:  ftp:pluto.utdallas.edu/pub/scouting/pc/software .  The size is 238,431 bytes.
\par This is a complete program for tracking activities/acomplishments of boys/le
aders/adults in a pack/den.  Very comprehensive.  Best of all, the cost is just $35 plus $4 s & h.  To order, call 718-919-2082 to order C.O.D. ($5 extra) or send the amount in a check or money order to:
\par Kevin Coleman <kcoleman@pipeline.com>
\par Bushwick Finance Station
\par P.O. Box 210574
\par Brooklyn, NY 11221-0010
\par (this package is in no way affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America)
\par 
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 7.3\tab Girl Scoutmate V1.04 Evaluation copy.
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar The distribution Zip file is available for download from:  ftp:pluto.utdallas.edu/pub/scouting/pc/software .  The size is 253,325 bytes.
\par This is a complete program for tracking activities/acomplishments of girls/leaders/adults in a troop(s).  Very comprehensive.  Best of all, the cost is just $35 plus $4 s & h.  To order, call 718-919-2082 to order C.O.D. ($5 extra) or send the amount in a
 check or money order to:
\par Kevin Coleman <kcoleman@pipeline.com>
\par Bushwick Finance Station
\par P.O. Box 210574
\par Brooklyn, NY 11221-0010
\par (this package is in no way affiliated with the GSUSA)
\par 
\par \pard \qj\keepn\widctlpar {\b 7.4\tab Scoutmate v3.12
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\keepn\widctlpar The distribution Zip file is available for download from:  ftp:pluto.utdallas.edu/pub/scouting/pc/software.  The size is 240,615 bytes.
\par Introducing Scoutmate v3.12 -- the last scouting software you'll ever need!
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar Scoutmate is what you've been waiting for in comprehensiveness, user friendliness and complete user upgradability.  It is also the least expensive of the major scouting software packages.
\par \pard \qj\fi360\keepn\widctlpar Look at all Scoutmate offers:
\par \pard \qj\fi-360\li720\keepn\widctlpar *\tab 8 page
s of information on each scout (including personal and parent info, merit badges, other awards, positions held (incl. history), ranks (and requirements completed), up to 52 weeks of dues paid (attendance), medical info, camping, etc.)
\par \pard \qj\fi-360\li720\widctlpar *\tab Adult leader tracking which tracks personal and business information, awards, positions, training and group/committees.
\par *\tab Global Update allows you to "batch" update the database (merit badges and dues).
\par *\tab Merit badge Counselor Module which tracks information on merit badge counselors including merit badges they counsel, days and times available.  You can also query the database for counselors available for certain badges between certain times.
\par *\tab Troop Inventory and Merit Badge Book Library modules which track the inventory of the troop, if it's lent out and to whom, etc.
\par *\tab Financial Module tracks up to 5 accounts that the troop may have.
\par *\tab Several reports are available including Advancement Progress Reports, Roster, Phone List, and more.  Scoutmate also allows you to "PAINT" r
eports which means that you can CUSTOMIZE your own reports.  So now the combinations are limitless.  Samples are included (including a General Worksheet Form).  Individual Progress reports (suitable for sending to district offices) are available also.

\par *\tab Permission Slips can also be printed.
\par *\tab Mail Merge allows you to type the letter once and send it to all or select adults and/or scouts.
\par *\tab You can form projects/groups/committees in Scoutmate.  You can then assign adults and scouts to these groups, and then send mail merges (or reports, etc.) only to people assigned to these groups.
\par *\tab You have complete control over defaults.  You can easily modify patrol names, group/committee names/codes, colors, troop and adult positions, return addresses and default City/State/Zip Code/Area Codes.
\par *\tab You can add or delete merit badges effortlessly.  Do other programs allow this?  Merit badges are in official BSA order, but can be printed out within Scoutmate in either official BSA number OR alphabetical order.
\par *\tab Ability to query the database for things such as scout's that have (or don't have) merit badges, rank, in certain patrols, in certain group/committees, paid dues on a certain date.
\par *\tab Ability to mark badges as unawarded with the touch of a button (make grocery lists).
\par *\tab Scoutmaster notepad and deluxe calendar with alarm
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar Best of all, the cost is just $35 plus $4 s & h.  To order, call 718-919-2082 to order C.O.D. ($5 extra) or send the amount in a check or money order to:
\par Kevin Coleman <kcoleman@pipeline.com>
\par Bushwick Finance Station
\par P.O. Box 210574
\par Brooklyn, NY 11221-0010
\par (this package is in no way affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America)
\par 
\par 
\par \pard \qj\keepn\widctlpar {\b 8.0\tab Other Resources}{\b\ul 
\par 
\par }{\b 8.1\tab What Kind of Access is there from the On-line Services?
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\keep\keepn\widctlpar The following table is from ComputerLife Mar 95 :
\par 
\par {\b                 Compuserve  American Online   Prodigy  Genie    Delphi
\par }e-mail          yes             yes             yes     yes      yes
\par newsgroups      yes             yes             yes     mid 95   yes
\par ftp             yes             yes             no      mid 95   yes
\par gopher          Mid 95          yes             no      mid 95   yes
\par telnet          mid 95*         end 95          no      mid 95   yes
\par web             mid 95          end 95          yes     no       yes**
\par \pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 
\par 8.2\tab Publications}{\b\ul 
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar The premier edition of Scouter's Journal has an excellent series of ongoing articles about Scouting resources on the Internet.  
\par 
\par \pard \qj\keepn\widctlpar {\b 8.3\tab Boy Scouts of America On-Line}{\b\ul 
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\keepn\widctlpar Boy Scouts of America (SCOUTING-DOM)
\par Boy Scouts of America (NET-BSA) BSA   198.102.98.0
\par PO Box 152079
\par Irving, TX 75015-2079
\par 
\par Netname: BSA, Netnumber: 198.102.98.0
\par Coordinator:  Ross, Robert  (RR)  [No mailbox], 210 496-9870
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
\par Domain Name: SCOUTING.ORG
\par Administrative Contact:  Griefer, Al(AG70)  griefer@ALMADEN.IBM.COM
\par    (408) 927-1753
\par Technical Contact, Zone Contact:  Engehausen, Roy  (RE30) <enge@ALMADEN.IBM.COM>, (408)-927-2704 (FAX) (408)-927-4033
\par 
\par \pard \qj\keepn\widctlpar {\b 8.4\tab Scout Related Bulletin Boards}{\b\ul 
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\keep\keepn\widctlpar Scouting Bulliten Board Systems (BBS) are not Internet resources, but they are important resources to communic
ate Scouting ideas.  Many of these boards are known to participate in one or more National networks (or echo conferences). They share the messages on their individual BBS systems, with other boards in their network, around the country, and the world.   Th
e end result is, you can log onto whatever BBS is closest to you, and see messages left on many other boards around the US, Canada, England, Australia, Switzerland, Netherlands, ...  The tool to make this possible is the Global ScoutNet.  Contact one of t
he BBS with a * to get further information about this international scouting network.
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar Following is a partial list of Scouting BBSs.  For a more complete list, obtain the following file via ftp:  ftp.ethz.ch/rec.scouting/pointers/scoutbbs-list .{\fs20 
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar\tx3600 
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar {\b S BBS Name                Data Number       City, State             Networks
\par Australia
\par }  Cupscout BBS            ++61-3-8943002    Nunawading, VIC        3:633/154
\par   OzWorld                 ++61-2-891-1886   Parramatta, NSW        3:713/601
\par   The Singing Wire B      ++61-47-54-4113   Springwood, NSW        3:713/810
\par   Far Northern News       ++61-70-33-1393   Cairns, QLD            3:640/???
\par   Far Northern News       ++61-70-33-1553   Cairns, QLD            3:640/531
\par   The Blue Max            ++61-70-38-2658   Cairns, QLD            3:640/501
\par   AMPAK NorthGate BB      ++61-78-91-5486   Brisbane, QLD          3:640/205
\par   ZYGOnet! BBS            ++61-72-97-0254   Brisbane, QLD
\par   Channel 1               ++61-73-54-8873                        - PCRelay -
\par   SIGMA                   ++61-78-16-1333   Ipswich, QLD           3:640/298
\par   Happy Rocks BBS         ++61-79-78-3477   Gladstone
\par 
\par {\b Austria
\par }* Scout-Box               ++43-1-93544445   Vienna                71:431/100
\par * Bifurcation BBS         ++43-662-627509   Elsbethen             71:435/100
\par 
\par {\b Belgium
\par }* FSC BBS                 ++32-2-5121666    Brussels              71:320/100
\par 
\par {\b Canada
\par }* The OUTDOOR Store       ++1-204-669-1774 Winnipeg, MB           400:4204/0
\par * Twilight Exchange       ++1-204-878-9616 Winnipeg, MB         400:4905/202
\par * Innovative Solutions    ++1-416-287-2534 Toronto, ON          400:4905/203
\par * Project Genesis         ++1-519-576-4528 Kitchener, ON          400:4519/2
\par * Briter BBS              ++1-519-974-6829 Windsor, ON            400:4519/1
\par * Imperial Ballroom BBS   ++1-705-328-0232 Lindsay, ON          400:4905/102
\par * Scouts Canada Burlingto ++1-905-333-5216 Burlington, ON         400:4905/1
\par * Tiny Sinex              ++1-905-357-2852 Niagara Falls, ON      400:4905/5
\par * The Rip in Time BBS     ++1-905-567-5768 Mississauga, ON      400:4905/200
\par * Hogan's Alley IV        ++1-905-682-1123 St. Catherines, ON     400:4905/6
\par * South Lake Simcou Distr ++1-905-895-0810 Newmarket, ON           1:250/924
\par 
\par \pard \qj\fi360\keepn\widctlpar {\b S BBS Name                Data Number       City, State             Networks
\par Germany
\par }* RLL BBS                 ++49-69-3088162   Frankfurt               71:490/0
\par * Graft BBS               ++49-40-7337031   Hamburg               71:490/100
\par * Pfadi-Box               ++49-711-3414872  Nellingen             71:490/110
\par * Scouter's Heaven        ++49-61-98500524  Eppstein              71:490/210
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar * Scouter's Heaven        ++49-69-3088162   Fulda                 71:490/220
\par * Libori BBS              ++49-5246-961451  Verl                  71:490/300
\par * BDKJ-E                  ++49-201-8274853  Essen                 71:490/400
\par 
\par {\b Italy
\par }* Jamboree                ++39-35-720537    Colzate, BG         1907:391/100
\par * Venus                   ++39-382-575369   Pavia               1907:391/102
\par * Thea                    ++39-2-26149622   Milano              1907:391/200
\par * The_Desert_Storm_VirNet ++39-10-6443038   Genova              1907:392/101
\par * IRENE_BBS_[PeaceLink]   ++39-586-815000   Livorno             1907:392/102
\par * ATS-Link                ++39-575-984158   Arezzo              1907:392/103
\par * Fido_VI                 ++39-445-531020   Schio               1907:393/101
\par * The_Wolf's_Hole_BBS     ++39-474-554423   Brunico             1907:393/102
\par * Magic_BBS,Torino        ++39-11-884724    Torino              1907:394/101
\par * MAUI_for_Amiga          ++39-862-311039   L'Aquila            1907:395/102
\par * Dark_Phoenix            ++39-75-5004079   Perugia             1907:395/106
\par * Neuromante              ++39-85-4518741   Pescara             1907:395/107
\par * The_Bible's             ++39-81-5046375   Aversa, CE          1907:396/100
\par * The_Golden_Boys_1       ++39-825-683678   Mercogliano, AV     1907:396/102
\par * The_Modem_Soft          ++39-91-6518519   Palermo             1907:396/103
\par * ]\\[IB!_LINK_for_Amiga   ++39-99-4730385   Taranto             1907:396/200
\par * Prometheus              ++39-80-5515278   Bari                1907:396/203
\par * The_Ghost               ++39-80-5023688   Bari                1907:396/205
\par * Video_Smile_Service     ++39-80-8954582   Putignano, BA       1907:396/206
\par * Radiomissiolandiarife   ++39-825-683678   Mercogliano, AV     1907:399/100
\par * Golden_Boys_2           ++39-824-61557    Benevento           1907:399/101
\par * Golden_Boys_3           ++39-825-72710    Avellino            1907:399/102
\par * Golden_Boys_4           ++39-6-3220328    Citta del Vaticano  1907:399/103
\par * Golden_Boys_6           ++39-35-543941    Alne', BG           1907:399/105
\par * Golden_Boys_7           ++39-2-9068541    Mombretto di Med.   1907:399/106
\par * Golden_Boys_8           ++39-10-587924    Genova              1907:399/107
\par * Golden_Boys_9           ++39-373-966355   Spino d'Adda, CR    1907:399/108
\par 
\par {\b Netherlands
\par }* Scouting BBS            ++31-23-243951    Haarlem               71:310/100
\par * The Broomcupboard       ++31-20-6362575   Amsterdam             71:310/103
\par * Carrier BBS             ++31-20-6365600   Amsterdam             71:310/104
\par * Flying Dutchman         ++31-78-413763    Papendrecht           71:310/105
\par * SDA-BBS #1              ++31-55-788070    Apeldoorn             71:310/106
\par * Kings Cross Station     ++31-4125-3299    Heesch                71:310/107
\par * Count Reinaldo          ++31-85-634842    Arnhem                71:310/108
\par * Pegasus Interlink       ++31-70-3555807   Den Haag              71:310/110
\par * Scouting BBS            ++31-10-4719131   Schiedam              71:310/200
\par * Easy Board              ++31-4780-12484   Venray                71:310/400
\par * Joop BBS                ++31-50-736738    Groningen             71:310/300
\par * Herman de Jager         ++31-3417-56007   Ermelo                71:310/301
\par 
\par {\b Puerto Rico
\par }  Island Sun I BBS        ++1-809-783-9542  San Juan                8:999/14
\par   Island Sun II BBS       ++1-809-793-3923  San Juan
\par   The Island Rover B      ++1-809-793-6121  Puerto Nuevo            1:367/16
\par 
\par \pard \qj\fi360\keepn\widctlpar {\b S BBS Name                Data Number       City, State             Networks
\par Switzerland
\par }* ScoutBox                ++41-54-7703012   Matzingen, TG         71:410/201
\par * Pfadi Box Zuerich       ++41-1-3501609    Zuerich, ZH           71:410/210
\par * MHS Systems             ++41-72-653421    Guettingen, TG        71:410/401
\par * Deal-It BBS             ++41-52-2040505   Winterthur, ZH        71:410/215
\par * LemaS Oschwand          ++41-63-661463    Oschwand, BE          71:410/220
\par * Chinchilla Box          ++41-71-800080    Arnegg, SG            71:410/421
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
\par \pard \qj\fi360\keepn\widctlpar {\b United Kingdom
\par }* Out of the Blue         ++44-171-7240783  London                71:440/100
\par * Atlas InterNet          ++44-171-5809510  London                71:440/101
\par * Scoutnet UK             ++44-1704-834832  Liverpool             71:440/102
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
\par {\b United States of America
\par }* StarBase                ++1-203-339-0220  Lodi, CA              400:4209/0
\par * ASCII Tipi              ++1-203-934-9852  West Haven, CT        400:4203/0
\par * The Dart Board RBBS     ++1-303-882-2360  Dolores, CO           400:4303/0
\par * Scouter's Heaven        ++1-412-488-8968  Pittsburgh, PA         1:129/186
\par * Land Of The Lost        ++1-412-746-3592  Canonsburg, PA        400:4412/2
\par * Eagle's Landing         ++1-415-386-0124  Presidio San Fran, CA 400:4415/0
\par * The Final Frontier      ++1-415-397-1422  Treasure Island, CA   400:4415/2
\par * The Time Machine        ++1-607-785-5688  Endicott, NY          400:4607/0
\par * On My Honor BBS         ++1-615-674-8741  White Pine, TN        400:4615/0
\par * Grand Illusion II       ++1-717-896-9127  Halifax, PA           400:4717/1
\par * Battlefield District Sc ++1-804-599-2818  Mechanicsville, VA    400:4804/0
\par * Cyclops BBS             ++1-813-925-3776  Sarasota, FL          400:4813/0
\par 
\par Those whose node number begins with an '8' are part of RBBS-Net, or Network net, while those whose node number starts with a 1 to 6 are a part of the Fidonet network. Those whose node number begins with 
'71', '400' and '1907' are part of Global ScoutNet,the worldwide Scouting-Network...
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar\tx3600 {\b 
\par }\pard \qj\widctlpar {\b 8.5\tab The Roadmap Internet Workshop}{\b\ul 
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar [The following was announced on the Scouts-L Youth Groups Discussion List, by James A Lindberg <jal@TED.CRAY.COM>]
\par Here is a good course, available entirely via E-mail/ftp to learn a lot of the ins and out of the Internet.  Learn why when you post a personal message it is sent to everyone on the list, what WWW is, how to ftp even if you only get E-mail.  The following
 is from the Roadmap Workshop originator, Mr. Patrick Crispen:
\par If you would like to participate in the Roadmap workshops, please send an e-mail message to LISTSERV`UA1VM.UA.EDU with the command GET MAP PACKAGE F=MAIL in the body of the message.  If you want to GET copies of the Roadmap lessons, send a message or mess
ages to the listserver, of the form:  GET <filename> <filetype> F=MAIL.  Use  the following filenames and filetypes in your messages:
\par 
\par WEEK1:\tab {\ul filename  filetype  description
\par }\pard \qj\fi360\li1080\widctlpar MAP01     LESSON    WELCOME
\par MAP02     LESSON    LISTSERV FILE SERVER COMMANDS
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
\par WEEK2:\tab MAP03     LESSON    LEVELS OF INTERNET CONNECTIVITY
\par \pard \qj\fi360\li1080\widctlpar MAP04     LESSON    E-MAIL
\par MAP05     LESSON    LISTSERVS
\par MAP06     LESSON    OTHER MAIL SERVERS
\par MAP07     LESSON    NETIQUETTE
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
\par \pard \qj\fi360\keepn\widctlpar WEEK3:\tab MAP08     LESSON    USENET
\par \pard \qj\fi360\li1080\keepn\widctlpar MAP09     LESSON    SPAMMING AND URBAN LEGENDS
\par MAP10     LESSON    INTERNET SECURITY
\par MAP11     LESSON    TELNET (PART ONE)
\par MAP12     LESSON    TELNET (PART TWO)
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
\par WEEK4:\tab MAP13     LESSON     FTP (PART ONE)
\par \pard \qj\fi360\li1080\widctlpar MAP14     LESSON     FTP (PART TWO)
\par MAP15     LESSON     FTPMAIL
\par MAP16     LESSON     FTP FILE COMPRESSION
\par QUIZ1Q    LESSON     POP QUIZ
\par MAP17     LESSON     ARCHIE
\par MAP17B    LESSON     FTP SITES
\par QUIZ1A    LESSON     POP QUIZ ANSWERS
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
\par \pard \qj\fi360\keepn\widctlpar WEEK5:\tab MAP18     LESSON     GOPHER (PART ONE)
\par \pard \qj\fi360\li1080\keepn\widctlpar MAP19     LESSON     GOPHER (PART TWO)
\par MAP20     LESSON     BOOKMARKS AND BOOKLISTS
\par MAP21     LESSON     VERONICA
\par MAP22     LESSON     GOPHERMAIL
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
\par WEEK6:\tab MAP23     LESSON     WWW (PART ONE)
\par \pard \qj\fi360\li1080\widctlpar MAP24     LESSON     WWW (PART TWO)
\par QUIZ2Q    LESSON     POP QUIZ
\par MAP25     LESSON     ADDRESSES SEARCHES AND FINGER
\par NEAT      LESSON     MAP-EXTRA: NEAT STUFF TO CHECK OUT
\par ADVERT    LESSON     MAP-EXTRA: ADVERTISING ON THE INTERNET
\par MAP26     LESSON     IRC/MUDs/MOOs AND OTHER "TALKERS"
\par SMITH     LESSON     GUEST LECTURE -- RICHARD SMITH
\par QUIZ2A    LESSON     POP QUIZ ANSWERS
\par MAP27     LESSON     THE FUTURE ...
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
\par You can now also get the lessons e-mailed to you in one-week blocks, simply by sending an e-mail letter to LISTSERV@UA1VM.UA.EDU with the command GET WEEK# PACKAGE
 F=MAIL in the body of your e-mail letter, replacing the # with the week number of the block that you want to retrieve.  For example, to get all of these "WEEK2" files e-mailed to you all you have to do is send an e-mail letter to LISTSERV@UA1VM.UA.EDU wi
th the command GET WEEK2 PACKAGE F=MAIL in the body of your e-mail letter.  After you send your letter, a computer at the University of Alabama will process your letter and will -- usually within 24 hours -- e-mail you the particular one-week block of les
sons that you request.
\par 
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar\tx4320 Patrick Douglas Crispen\tab The Views Expressed In This Letter Do Not
\par pcrispe1@ua1vm.ua.edu\tab Necessarily Represent The Views Of The
\par The University Of Alabama\tab University Of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
\par \pard \qj\fi360\widctlpar 
\par The Roadmap Internet Workshop is \'a9 Copyright Patrick Crispen 1994. All Rights Reserved.
\par }8H ‚