14th to 16th October 2005

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The weekend is going well with 15 computers set up on the internet in our 3 ICT suites. You can view 2 webcams at the moment on the ICT suite in the hall and the voice chat pc. You can chat to us on the joti teamspeak server as well as msn messenger.

Contact Us Via:

E-mail: (joti@stotfoldscouts.org.uk)

SMS Text message: (07790 070298 or +447790070298)

IRC Internet Chat: Nicknames of Stotfold?

Post: (Scout Hut, Baldock Road, Stotfold, Hitchin, Herts, SG5 4PB)

Webcam (Live over the weekend): Take a look at what the group are up to over the weekend via our web cams. All Web Cams (Looped play) Voice Chat ICT suite ICT suite 2

Fax: 08701 307284

MSN Messenger ID: joti@stotfoldscouts.org.uk (With video)

Guest book Leave a message in our guest book

Have a look at the contacts we have made so far this weekend.

JOTI Communications Weekend

The 1st Stotfold Scout Group are holding a Group communications weekend this October. A weekend offering all members of the 1st Stotfold Scout Group the opportunity to communicate with Scouts from all over the world, using a variety of technologies. The weekend coincides with world event called JOTI (Jamboree on the internet) and JOTA (Jamboree on the air) where Scouts from all over the world can talk and communicate together.

We are organising set times on both 15th & 16th October where each of the Beaver colonies and Cub packs can visit and will provide activities for 1 hour where they will be able to use all of the facilities as well as craft activities on the theme of communication and global challenge. All of the activities will count towards their badge work.

Both Saturday & Sunday
10am to 11am Cherokee Cub Pack
11:30am to 12:30pm Comanche Cub Pack
1pm to 2pm Chickasaw Beaver Colony
2:30pm to 3:30pm Cheyenne Beaver Colony

4:00pm to 10:00pm Ridgway Scout Troop

Other Activities

Scouts will be camping at the Scout hut over the weekend. Times will be allocated to Beaver and Cub sections to visit and take part in the activities.

We will connect all of the Scout Hut network to the internet for IRC chat and email. The event will end on the Sunday evening with a live broadcast on our internet radio station.
Responsibilities will be given to Scouts over the weekend to supervise and managed all of the communications.

• Radio Hike
• Produce a JOTA newspaper outlining the people we have spoken to.
• Make a radio programme,
• Evening activity for the Scouts will be the Radio Hike as well as IRC chat.
• Build simple electronics kits. (Crystal radios)
• Keep a large world map of people that we have contacted and area weather details.
• Scouts fill out cards with details of people they have spoken to and add it to the world map.