Re: World Moot 2000
Patrick LAM (plam@cs.mcgill.ca)
Mon Jan 18 17:18:10 1999
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Alex Chacko John Neroth wrote:
> At the Jamboree, I talked to one of the Mexican Organizers of the 2000 World
> Moot, and she
> told me that again, BSA is not planning to send a contingent "because we don't
> have
> Rovers." I agree; it's completely ridiculous. In order to attend the Moot,
> one must be a
> Rover between 18 and 25 or an adult leader between 18 and 25. The BSA has
> Venturers (who
> are between 14 and 21) and adult leaders (who are 18+). I see absolutely no
> reason why we
> can't send a contingent composed of Venturers and adult leaders who are between
> 18 and 25.
I think this is completely ridiculous too. At the last World Moot there
were 3 BSA people (who weren't part of an official BSA contingent,
because there was none). Note that the United Kingdom Scout Association
has no Rovers but sends a contingent anyway, consisting of older Venture
Scouts and younger leaders.
Note that Jam des Neiges, which is a winter jamboree to be held in Dec
1999-Jan 2000, had to remove the option of Rover participation (as youth
members) so that BSA would send a contingent. This slightly irks me.
It would be great to see more BSA representation in Mexico.
pat
