From: hay@shannon.ee.wits.ac.za (Angus Hay)
Subject: DISCO '93 - District International Scout Camping Competition
Date: 6 Jun 93 17:12:30 GMT

Announcing the first ever international Scout camping competition to
take place on every continent simulateously.

Not every Scout gets to go to an international (or even a national
jamboree). JOTA, through amateur radio, gives many more Scouts the
opportunity to participate across the world. However, to the best of
our knowledge, nobody has ever tried to run a single camp in many parts
of the world at once, linked by the Internet, FAX, phone or any of the
other instant means of communication at our disposal today.

Delta District of Johannesburg, South Africa, and 
Headington District of Oxfordshire, England,

have joined forces to create DISCO, the District International Scout
Camping Competition.

DISCO is not meant to be a large event. Within each District, it is to
be a single weekend's camping competition, at a local camp ground.

Scouts will camp and compete as Patrols (preferably existing Patrols
from each Troop). It will be open to all Patrols in each of the
participating Districts.

We are looking for a maximum of ONE other District from each continent
to participate in DISCO '93.

Although Troops within each District will compete on camping skills and
standards - layout, construction, cooking, inspections, activities etc
- the importance of DISCO lies in international participation. The aim
is NOT to beat every other Troop in your District, at all costs, but to
compete fairly, to have fun, and to be part of a worldwide camp.

The programme, scoring and so on for each camp is to be the same. We
intend to pass information such as scores, descriptions of activities,
greetings etc between the various Districts, over the net, or via fax
or similar, during the camp.

Photographs, badges etc can be exchanged afterwards, via conventional
(snail) mail.

Each District involved is to provide:

- a campsite 
- firewood 
- indemnity and insurance as usual 
- an organiser 
- an international liaison officer (who may be the organiser) who must
have access to international electronic mail or, failing that, fax
facilities
- enough Leaders to provide 3 judges for each item; judges on each
panel to be from 3 different Troops

Further details, logos and badges will be forwarded to those Districts
participating. There is still a lot to be done, and any assistance will
be appreciated.

DATES: 24-26 September 1993             VENUE: Your local camp ground

Local time will be used at all campsites, for obvious reasons. Running
a camp programme across various time zones will be half the fun (just
as with JOTA).

If your District is interested, please contact:

Angus Hay, Troop Scouter, 1st Greenside Scout Troop:
					  hay@nyquist.ee.wits.ac.za

or Michele du Plessis, Assistant Scout Leader, 10th Oxford Scout Troop:
					  dup@vax.ox.ac.uk

           (There's always something new out of Africa)

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