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Jamboree on the Internet

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186:(JOTA) was launched, and it has been a popular event which today involves more than half-a-million Scouts and Girl Guides who communicate with each other on the third weekend of each October by amateur radio and related technology. In the mid 1990s the means for international electronic communication became available to virtually anyone with a computer. Scouts have been among the first to use every technological development to "get together" electronically. The spontaneous and overwhelming involvement of Scouts on the Internet is proof that it is a viable way of bringing Scouts together in ways that Baden-Powell probably would have wanted to use to the fullest. 978: 403: 365: 178:, noting that Scouting already had a considerable presence on the Internet, there was already an informal and rapidly growing Jamboree on the Internet, decided that JOTI should become an official international Scouting event, it should be held on the same weekend as the Jamboree on the Air (JOTA), the third full weekend of October each year, starting at 00:00 hours local time on Saturday and concluding 48 hours later at 24:00 hours local time on Sunday. 64: 155: 55: 201:' team, which are a County Active Support Unit for Avon Scouts and provide broadcast radio services within the Scouting movement worldwide. JOTI Radio is now part of the annual JOTA-JOTI weekend. In 2014, over 2,300 different computers were used to listen to JOTI Radio over the course of the weekend. 181:
Special Internet Jamborees may also be organized in conjunction with local, national and international Scouting events which are held at other times of the year. Getting together does not always require a physical presence. In 1957, the concept of the World Scout
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JOTI was pioneered in 1995 by Queanbeyan Rovers when one Rover, Norvan Vogt was on a student exchange in the Netherlands, with the home crew in Australia coordinated by Brett Sheffield. They connected
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activity held annually. Participants, through the use of designated Chats from all over the world, can contact their fellow Scouts by means of the
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In 2015, participants using IRC increased to 80%, while use of TeamSpeak decreased to 28% and 80% used Scouts can speak.
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JOTI.org reports that JOTI had over 4,000 participants online at one time in 2005. 2011 saw the first ever '
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In 2014, almost 80% of participants used Scouts can speak, while 60% used the
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Scouts at their computers during Jamboree on the Internet
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Infobox recurring event
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Scouting
Internet
IRC
VOIP
Jamboree on the Air
World Organization of the Scout Movement

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Queanbeyan
IRC
World Scout Committee
Jamboree on the Air
JOTI Radio
Scout Radio
Avon Scout Radio
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TeamSpeak
Jamboree on the Trail
Jamboree on the Air
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