[FARC] JOTA Volunteers?

[David Kindred]

Bob and Jim,

Thank you both for your willingness to help! I hope we can really get
the kids interested. I need to order some brochure packages from ARRL,
and get in touch with the local girl scouts so we can make sure we have
lots of kids coming through. 

I'm still trying to track down some folks who have participated in JOTAs
in the past, but haven't had any luck, so far. Everyone seems to point
me in a different direction, but I'll find someone!

73,

--David, KB3NAI

-----Original Message-----
From: Devilbiss Jim [mailto:devilbiss at hermes.hood.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 1:22 PM
To: david at retroscape.com; Frederick, Maryland ARC
Subject: Re: [FARC] JOTA Volunteers?


As far as I know I will be in town and would be very glad
to help. Jim WA3FUJ


On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:30:40 -0400 (EDT)
 "David Kindred" <david at retroscape.com> wrote:
> Bob,
> 
> I want to do something very modest. The JOTA is
> officially scheduled for
> the third weekend in October (18th and 19th). It
> apparently starts 12 AM
> Saturday and extends 'til 11:59 PM Sunday.
> 
> I haven't nailed this down yet, but was thinking we could
> do it for 4
> hours on the Saturday. That would give a fairly wide
> window for the kids
> to come, and not exhaust volunteers too much (I hope).
> I'd, of course,
> make sure we had snack items around. I'm always motivated
> by the presence
> of food, at least. :-D
> 
> I just really want the kids to see that there are communications 
> methods available outside of the Internet, that there's a
> community of GREAT
> people involved in it, that there are service
> opportunities available
> within the hobby, and, most importantly, that ham radio
> is FUN!
> 
> 73,
> 
> --David, KB3NAI
> 
> On Wed, September 17, 2008 10:53 am, Bob Moroney wrote:
> > David,
> >
> > What date(s) and time(s) do you have in mind?
> >
> > 73, Bob K9CMR
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > David Kindred wrote:
> >> Howdy, all.
> >>
> >> My son has volunteered us to organize his boy Scout
> troop's Jamoboree on
> >> the Internet (JOTI) this year. It appears to be an
> Internet equivalent
> >> to
> >> the Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) that has been around
> for 80 years. I'm
> >> just
> >> coming up to speed on these two jamborees, never
> having attended an
> >> example of either in the past. I was hoping to combine
> the JOTA and JOTI
> >> in one session, since they occur on the same day. So,
> this is a one day,
> >> multi-hour event.
> >>
> >> The purpose of JOTI is to introduce scouts (boy and
> girl) to various
> >> forms
> >> of Internet communication, including e-Mail, Internet
> messaging,
> >> Internet
> >> Relay Chat, videoconferencing, and the like. JOTA is
> similar in hoping
> >> to
> >> introduce children to all forms of ham radio (SSB, CW,
> digital modes,
> >> APRS, fox hunts, etc.). JOTI information can be found
> at www.joti.org.
> >>
> >> So, I definitely will have to do something for JOTI,
> but wondered if
> >> anyone here might be willing to volunteer time and/or
> equipment to have
> >> simultaneous JOTA activities? I thought the kids would
> like to see APRS
> >> in
> >> action, use PSK31 and see it as IM equivalent, try
> their hand at SSB or
> >> CW
> >> communication and thought they really might get a kick
> out of a fox
> >> hunt.
> >> I think there's potential for showing a number of kids
> how much fun ham
> >> radio can be.
> >>
> >> My intention is to invite Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and
> Girl Scouts. I'd
> >> hope
> >> that FARC folks would send folks over, as well. I
> don't know what kind
> >> of
> >> turnout we'd get, but I thought anything we could do
> to introduce ham
> >> radio to younger folks could be beneficial.
> >>
> >> Would anyone have an interest in helping with JOTA
> activities? I'm going
> >> to hold the event at our house, because we already
> have a number of
> >> computers we can use for the JOTI functions.
> >>
> >> I don't yet have details, because this was just kind
> of sprung on me.
> >> Being a dad can have its unexpected events!
> >>
> >> 73 to all,
> >>
> >> --David, KB3NAI
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> 
> 
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