Scouting Jamboree on the Air and Internet

Greetings American Legion CSM Gary W. Crisp Post 289 along with their Amateur Radio Club KC4TAL will host JOTA this year. The COST is free for this event it is not a Campout just classes and more about the Ham Radio. Lunch will be barbequed Cost is $5.00 this year All Scouts Cub Scouts and Adults are more than welcome to attend. If you would like to help out or if you have a Ham Radio and want to set up a display or your station you are welcome to.I am asking for all adults be certified in the Free BSA Youth Protection Training On Line Class its free and takes about one hour to complete. If you would like to help out please call me Ernest A. Schmidt 931-624-8564 or email me at [email protected]. leave a message ill call you back.

What is JOTA-JOTI?

A Jamboree is a large gathering of Scouts either global or national and traces its roots back to the early days of Scouting in the last century. The first World Scout Jamboree was held in 1920 and it still takes place every four years.

As ham radio became popular among Scouts the idea of holding a Jamboree remotely using ham radio: the “Jamboree on the Air” was born and first held in 1957. Later when the internet became increasingly popular the “Jamboree on the Internet” was created in 1995. Today the two events have merged into a single experience called JOTA-JOTI.

What Is Jamboree-on-the-Internet?

Jamboree-on-the-Internet or JOTI is an annual international Scouting event sponsored by the World Organization of the Scout Movement. Each year during the third weekend in October Scouts from around the world gather online to learn about other cultures and the activities in which other Scouts participate. They communicate with each other using Internet-enabled devices such as computers laptops tablets and mobile phones. Each year JOTI has nearly 16000 Scouts and leaders from over 145 countries registered in the worldwide JOTA-JOTI database!

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Host or Publisher Ernest Schmidt