[SMCARA] Boy Scout Jamboree

[Grant Graessle]

Ren and June-
I will be out of town that weekend, on my way to South Carolina to watch
the eclipse, and hopefully make a few QSOs during the totality!

Three notes:
I know Walt.  Good man.  We should support him anyway we can.  Wish I could
take the lead, but see previous note.

With regards to the "child safe" course Ren referenced, better known as
"Youth Protection Training".... the training is available online at '
my.scouting.org.'  the training is only a 1/2 hour long and rivals anything
that NMCI and NKO has produced. Seriously, it's good quality but an easy
online course. There is often temptation to just click through it like a
standard NKO course.   But we as a club don't have to take it. We are
invited quests under the supervision of trained leaders. The leaders must
take it. The key thing to remember is "two deep."  If you have one child,
then have two adults.  If you have one adult, then have two children.  Past
that, always keep the cubs in sight of another adult and another scout.
And that is the sum of YPT.
Also, if we were to set up like Field Day, or just simply run stations at
the museum, scouts and public are invited to join us if they wish... then
we do not need YPT.
A Girl Scout leader may try to tell you differently, but the GSUSA have
different rules, and this is a BSA event.  Actually it's a World Scouting
Organization event, but that's a different story....

Jamboree on the Air has been combined with Jamboree on the Internet.  This
is out of recognition that so many places have poor HF/DXing capability,
and have often harnessed the capability of Echolink, D-Star, IRLP and all
that other ways that you can link to people over the internet.  no need to
set up a station.  If you can take a couple of laptops, link to various
known nodes and talk to the world.  It is JOTI just as much as JOTA.

I can tell you that if you want to set up some sort of node for use on any
of the internet capable programs, then I will send word to K2BSA.  I can
tell you that there are clubs out there that will try to contact you even
if you only have one Echolink node.

Hope that helps.
73/ N4PGG
Grant


On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 2:31 PM, Ren Ramirez <w3bnyren at gmail.com> wrote:

> June et.al.
>
> We have gotten this request every year and we dont as a club act on it.
> Grant does.  The main reason why we do not do this is that there is
> specific "child safe" training that any and all volunteers have to complete
> as well as a background investigation before we can show up and setup.  If
> you still wish to do something I would suggest getting in touch with Grant
> Grassele (Grant...you there?  Maybe you could chime in and add info with
> this) who would know all the rules and regulations surrounding any outside
> people assisting with the Scouts.
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "June Entzi" <jdentzi at hotmail.com>
> To: "smcara at mailman.qth.net" <smcara at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: 8/7/2017 2:26:18 PM
> Subject: [SMCARA] Boy Scout Jamboree
>
> I received this email and would like to pass along the information.
>> 73
>> June
>>
>>
>> Hi- my name is Walt Nilsson and I am a Webelos leader for Pack 2819.
>> Does your ham radio club participate in jamboree on the air? If not would
>> you be interested? The dates are Oct 20-22 but we are only looking to do it
>> for a few hours.
>>
>> https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2017/08/03/2017-jamboree-a
>> ir-jamboree-internet-dates-set/
>>
>> You would be welcome to set up at Cornerstone Presbyterian Church if we
>> need a space 23101 Town Creek Dr Lexington Park, MD 20653.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Walt
>>
>>
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