[SFDXA] The 54th JOTA 2011

[Robin Terrill]

Mark is in need of amateur radio volunteers to help out with the JOTA.
Please call Mark AC4UV at 954 961-2642 if you can help out this Saturday and
or Sunday.

 


The 54th JOTA 2011


The 54th Jamboree On The Air will take place on 15 and 16 October 2011.
This year's theme is: Peace, Environment and Natural Disasters.

An exciting activity that focuses on the strength of Scouting: to act and
support in unforeseen circumstances. Scouts are prepared.

How  can  the  use  of  modern  means  of  communication help save lives?
How  can  each  Scout  prepare  to  intervene  to  save his or her fellowman
or woman during great natural   or   climatic   disasters?    During   the
earthquakes   and   Tsunamis  that  affected  Thailand  in December  2004,
Haiti   last   year  or  more  recently  Japan,  Scouts have shown that they
know how to quickly  and efficiently  react . Scouts  are  often  the  key
contact people for professionals that work in the field,  thanks to their
self-sacrifice  and  determination;  they  are  often  in  the  front  line
during disasters that affect their immediate environment.

To  act  accordingly to prepare youth to be confronted to difficult
circumstances and reinforce the existing partnerships with  National or
International Humanitarian Organizations, the National Scout Organizations
are  invited  to  organize  activities  in  partnership  with  locally
active NGOs which operate in these three areas (Peace, Environment and
Natural Disasters).

This year's JOTA activity is enjoying the specialist support of the
International Amateur Radio Union (  <http://www.iaru.org/> IARU), material
made available by the International Telecommunications Union
<http://www.itu.int/en/Pages/default.aspx> ITU and the UN Refugee Agency (
<http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home> UNHCR), as well as support
from various amateur radio emergency communications teams. Representatives
of these organizations can be involved at the National and local group
level.

This  year  the  2011  Cub  Scout  JOTA  event  will be at Plantation
Heritage Park with the attendance of approximately 500+ Cub Scouts. 

The  Date   is  October  15th  2011 and we will need  operators from 7 AM
set up time to 3PM knock down time.    We  will   also   need  mentors to
talk to kids and explain the story of radio  / amateur radio to them and
let  them  talk  on  the   radio   with   encouragement...   If  interested,
please contact  Mark Lavallee, AC4UV at 954 961-2642