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 Join the Australian Contingent to the 2011 New Zealand Moot
Download the 2011 New Zealand Moot (Smooth Moot) flyer
Oz Moot is less than one month away !!!!
Rovering Towards 2020 Female help needed!
Scouts Australia is currently in the process of reviewing the Rover Section, a process that happens every decade or so. The Rover Review is well underway and has been renamed "Rovering Towards 2020" to highlight the desire to work towards the betterment of the Rover section in the future. The review will be completed by November 2011, with the implementation process in 2012.
Recently, the need for another Rover to join the team has arisen. It was identified that this person needs to represent the larger Branches. As such, we now seek nominations for (1) female Rover to be on the Review Team.
This Rover will provide an active role in the future of the Rover section. They will especially be looking at the 4th item of the Terms of Reference - working with the identification the perceptions of the Rover section that are held in contemporary Australian society and in the various sections & by leaders in the Scout community. They would also influential in the identification of the needs and desires of the current Rover population by liaising with those in the section.
As expected, they would also be required to liaise with other RT2020 team members, and provide advice and support.
Selection criteria:
- Be a current youth member of the Rover Section for the duration of the Review (finishing Nov 2011).
- Ability to attend team meetings (probably in Sydney) for the length of the review. Funding will be available for this. - Practical knowledge and experience in the Rover Scout Section.
- Good communication skills, including the ability to work as part of a team and to give input to a team.
- The ability to be innovative, creative and think laterally.
- An open mind to the future direction of Australian Rovering. - Ideas and opinions in relation to the Rovering Towards 2020 Terms of Reference (attached) but also an open mind to the new information and ideas collected.
- Sound knowledge and an understanding of the operation and functions of the Rover section in a large branch today including programming and the award scheme.
- Willingness to help with the collection and collation of data plus writing documents for the review.
- A desire to help build Rovers to become a dynamic and highly desired section of Scouting in 2020.
- Further information regarding my application For further information please email the chairman of the review, Graeme Fordham at glfordham@gmail.com.
This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the future of Rovers in Australia and the shape the way Rovers is run.
To nominate, please send an email outlining how you address each of the needs and a current scouting resume, and any supplementary references or letters of recommendation by Sunday December 12th to nrcchair@scouts.com.au.
Yours in Rovering,
Daniel "Princess‟ Smith
Chairman
National Rover Council
nrcchair@scouts.com.au
0407 894 970
Timor Leste Project
1.THE PROJECT – BACKGROUND INFORMATION
PREAMBLE
Rotary, Rotaract and Scouts share similar community service and leadership development ideals. Partnerships in a number of projects have the potential to provide an opportunity for our organisations to share resources and achieve outcomes more efficiently.
Scouts, Rotaract and Rotary are international organisations. All three have processes in place to support their members when engaging in service programs overseas.
Rovers are members of the Scout Association aged 18 – 25 who engage in a training program which may include establishing and implementing service programs in a country outside Australia. The motto for the Rover Section is “Service”.
As a pilot program, the three organisations are actively developing a project determined by a local community in Timor Leste with a focus, potentially, on education and/or health.
This project is supported by:
•Rotary and Rotaract having clubs in Timor - Leste with local knowledge of conditions and needs in Timor - Leste and strong links with Rotary in Australia.
•Timor-Leste Scouts’ membership in excess of 10,000 with a significant number in the 18-25 age group.
•Scouts Australia having young people aged 18 – 25 who have training or are undergoing training in relevant skills and a need for the Rover Program to engage in experiential learning.
•An approach which is based on local determination and ownership of the project, including local people engaged and local sourcing of materials.
•The program being in keeping with the aims of Rotary, Rotaract and Scouts in Timor Leste and Australia.
•The Timor Leste Scouts Association currently being supported by Scouts Australia to meet requirements for membership of the World Organisation of the Scout Movement.
•The project including a short-term visit, perhaps for a maximum of two weeks and practical in nature to provide experiential learning for Rovers, Rotaract and Rotary members from both countries.
Progress So Far !!
•The Partnership Program has been endorsed by Scouts Australia at the National level, with support from all Branches and the National Rover Council.
•Rotary Clubs in mid western NSW are keen to fund-raise and support the project.
•15 Rovers have so far have indicated an interest in the project.
•Verbal endorsement by the Advisor to the Secretary for the Department of Youth and Sport, Timor-Leste who is briefing his Secretary.
•A recommendation from the Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of Timor-Leste that he will seek a letter of support from President Ramos Horta.
•The Rotary Club and Rotaract Club of Dili are very supportive, as are Scouts in Timor Leste.
•Movement of materials (if necessary) from Australia to Timor – Leste can be supported through Scouts liaison with the Australian Department of Defence.
•During an exploratory visit in August 2010 to Dili by representatives of Scouts Australia and Rotary Australia, Warren and South Dubbo clubs, agreement has been reached for the project to move ahead involving Timor-Leste Rotary, Rotaract and Scouts.
•Rotaract and Scouts in Timor-Leste are approaching communities to seek their ideas and support for a project.
•A meeting was held in Dili on September 4, 2010 by Timor-Leste Rotary, Rotaract and Scouts and several communities and their projects were identified. A later meeting favoured the Tasi Tolu Bus Terminal and Scouts Timor Leste are awaiting further advice from Government on this site.
These are:
1.Kaitehin Primary School.The completion of a primary school in the Liquica / Bazartete district, at the village of Kaitehin. This school only has 97 students and 5 teachers, in 2 classrooms of cement brick block constructed in 2000, but the other 4 classrooms, although with a corrugated iron roof, have walls and doorways made of the Lontar Palm frond stalks (known as Bebak). The school is adjacent to the main road about 20 minutes drive from Dili. There is a water well on site. The idea would be to construct cement brick walls with proper windows and doors, and if possible build a toilet block for the children. This school also has an adjacent football field, where as the scouts representative mentioned, tents and a tented camp structure could be established for the duration of works.
2.Dare Primary School.The construction of a toilet block for the children of this school, which is attached to the 2nd/2ndWar memorial at Dare, about 9 Km on the hillside South of Dili. There is a water spring at this location, which flows most of the year (?)
3.Tasi Tolu Bus Terminal.The construction of a toilet block at this rather ill defined bus terminal, where all public buses to and from Kupang, or travelling to the West of Dili terminate or start. Many people congregate in this area each day waiting for their choice of bus route, and there is no public toilet in the area – men can cope by spraying the trees (?), but women have more difficulty in concealing their modesty! This would be a very public and good location for a Rotary badged community building, and if constructed Rotary Dili would probably have to employ someone to clean it daily, which is a bit on the negative side.
4.Mouboke Primary School.The construction of the schools kitchen and toilet block, complete with running water. Currently this school has 487 students and 12 teachers, housed in a 9 classroom bricks and mortar building, which is roofed with corrugated iron, but two of the classrooms do not have any ceiling fitted? The kitchen just needs fairly minor renovations, and there are currently two toilets, one of which is u/s. There is also a water tank attached to the school, but as yet no running water and maybe the town supply could be connected. This seems to be the simplest of all four proposals.
THE WAY FORWARD
As much as possible of the following should be done involving young people:
•Appoint a Rover (and Rotaract if required) Project Manager.
•The Dili group will identify a community and project and will inform their Australian Partners who will endorse the project provided criteria outlined above are met.
•Recruit volunteer personnel in Australia and Dili. The number of personnel will depend on the nature of the program, availability of accommodation etc.
•Probably visit Dili again prior to the project to meet with the community members, determine accommodation and logistics.
•Determine timing – potentially mid-year 2011 for approximately two weeks.
•Rotary Clubs in Dubbo and Warren NSW to raise funds – approximately $USA20,000.
•Determine logistics.
•Potentially recruit and pay for a project manager in Timor Leste to ensure effective use of the two weeks.
•Arrange travel, accommodation, media and extra activities in Timor – Leste.
Outcomes include:
•The development of friendship and mutual understanding between the two countries.
•The project providing a lasting benefit and ongoing ownership by the local community.
•The development of an ongoing partnership between Rotary, Rotaract and Scouts which can be extended to further programs in Timor-Leste with needs identified by the UN eg. HIV/AIDS, education of young people in Australia and abroad to support the abolition of child labour. Scouts already has a number of Memoranda of Understanding with UN agencies and organisations e.g. UNICEF, UNESCO.
2.ROLE STATEMENT – ROVER AND ROTARACT PROJECT MANAGERS
The Rover Project Manager will work in close liaison with and with the support of the National Project Commissioner, Partnerships, Rotary and Rotaract.
Skills should include:
•A sensitivity to working in partnership with people who celebrate different cultures from the Project Manager.
•An ability to work well as a leader and team member in another culture.
•Effective oral, written and communication skills across a variety of media.
•A capacity to plan, organise and deliver, in collaboration with others, a project of approximately two weeks in another nation.
Responsibilities will include but will not necessarily be limited to:
•Helping determine the project to be undertaken.
•Helping determine the timing of the project.
•Supporting the development of the logistics related to the successful completion of the Project.
•Communication and discussion with the Rotary and Rotaract personnel in Australia and Timor Leste involved in the project.
•Contacting all Rovers who have expressed an interest in the project to ensure they kept up to date with developments and are informed and supported regarding travel requirements, accommodation etc.
•Liaising closely with Rotary, Rotaract and the National Project Commissioner, Partnerships while in Timor Leste.
•Supporting the evaluation of the project and the further development of the partnership between Rotary, Rotaract and Scouts Australia leading to other international aid projects.
The role statement should be seen as a guide and may be modified if necessary in consultation with the appointed Rover and Rotaract Project Managers.
Applications.
Interested Rovers should send a brief written application based on the skills and responsibilities outlined in the Role Statement above to Graeme Fordham, email partnerships@scouts.com.au or glfordham@gmail.com by 30th October 2010.
Enquiries are welcome and should be addressed to Graeme Fordham at the above email addresses or phone 02 6775 2388 or 0402 598 107.
Graeme Fordham AM
National Project Commissioner, Partnerships
Scouts Australia
Vic Rovers help out with Bushfire relief
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15/02/2009 - The Rovers of Victoria are helping out in the wake of the recent bushfires in Victoria.
Check out the Victorian Rover Councils website for more information. |
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Join the Australian Contingent to the 2011 New Zealand Moot
Download the 2011 New Zealand Moot (Smooth Moot) flyer
Oz Moot is less than one month away !!!!
Rovering Towards 2020 Female help needed!
Scouts Australia is currently in the process of reviewing the Rover Section, a process that happens every decade or so. The Rover Review is well underway and has been renamed "Rovering Towards 2020" to highlight the desire to work towards the betterment of the Rover section in the future. The review will be completed by November 2011, with the implementation process in 2012.
Recently, the need for another Rover to join the team has arisen. It was identified that this person needs to represent the larger Branches. As such, we now seek nominations for (1) female Rover to be on the Review Team.
This Rover will provide an active role in the future of the Rover section. They will especially be looking at the 4th item of the Terms of Reference - working with the identification the perceptions of the Rover section that are held in contemporary Australian society and in the various sections & by leaders in the Scout community. They would also influential in the identification of the needs and desires of the current Rover population by liaising with those in the section.
As expected, they would also be required to liaise with other RT2020 team members, and provide advice and support.
Selection criteria:
- Be a current youth member of the Rover Section for the duration of the Review (finishing Nov 2011).
- Ability to attend team meetings (probably in Sydney) for the length of the review. Funding will be available for this. - Practical knowledge and experience in the Rover Scout Section.
- Good communication skills, including the ability to work as part of a team and to give input to a team.
- The ability to be innovative, creative and think laterally.
- An open mind to the future direction of Australian Rovering. - Ideas and opinions in relation to the Rovering Towards 2020 Terms of Reference (attached) but also an open mind to the new information and ideas collected.
- Sound knowledge and an understanding of the operation and functions of the Rover section in a large branch today including programming and the award scheme.
- Willingness to help with the collection and collation of data plus writing documents for the review.
- A desire to help build Rovers to become a dynamic and highly desired section of Scouting in 2020.
- Further information regarding my application For further information please email the chairman of the review, Graeme Fordham at glfordham@gmail.com.
This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the future of Rovers in Australia and the shape the way Rovers is run.
To nominate, please send an email outlining how you address each of the needs and a current scouting resume, and any supplementary references or letters of recommendation by Sunday December 12th to nrcchair@scouts.com.au.
Yours in Rovering,
Daniel "Princess‟ Smith
Chairman
National Rover Council
nrcchair@scouts.com.au
0407 894 970
Timor Leste Project
1.THE PROJECT – BACKGROUND INFORMATION
PREAMBLE
Rotary, Rotaract and Scouts share similar community service and leadership development ideals. Partnerships in a number of projects have the potential to provide an opportunity for our organisations to share resources and achieve outcomes more efficiently.
Scouts, Rotaract and Rotary are international organisations. All three have processes in place to support their members when engaging in service programs overseas.
Rovers are members of the Scout Association aged 18 – 25 who engage in a training program which may include establishing and implementing service programs in a country outside Australia. The motto for the Rover Section is “Service”.
As a pilot program, the three organisations are actively developing a project determined by a local community in Timor Leste with a focus, potentially, on education and/or health.
This project is supported by:
•Rotary and Rotaract having clubs in Timor - Leste with local knowledge of conditions and needs in Timor - Leste and strong links with Rotary in Australia.
•Timor-Leste Scouts’ membership in excess of 10,000 with a significant number in the 18-25 age group.
•Scouts Australia having young people aged 18 – 25 who have training or are undergoing training in relevant skills and a need for the Rover Program to engage in experiential learning.
•An approach which is based on local determination and ownership of the project, including local people engaged and local sourcing of materials.
•The program being in keeping with the aims of Rotary, Rotaract and Scouts in Timor Leste and Australia.
•The Timor Leste Scouts Association currently being supported by Scouts Australia to meet requirements for membership of the World Organisation of the Scout Movement.
•The project including a short-term visit, perhaps for a maximum of two weeks and practical in nature to provide experiential learning for Rovers, Rotaract and Rotary members from both countries.
Progress So Far !!
•The Partnership Program has been endorsed by Scouts Australia at the National level, with support from all Branches and the National Rover Council.
•Rotary Clubs in mid western NSW are keen to fund-raise and support the project.
•15 Rovers have so far have indicated an interest in the project.
•Verbal endorsement by the Advisor to the Secretary for the Department of Youth and Sport, Timor-Leste who is briefing his Secretary.
•A recommendation from the Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of Timor-Leste that he will seek a letter of support from President Ramos Horta.
•The Rotary Club and Rotaract Club of Dili are very supportive, as are Scouts in Timor Leste.
•Movement of materials (if necessary) from Australia to Timor – Leste can be supported through Scouts liaison with the Australian Department of Defence.
•During an exploratory visit in August 2010 to Dili by representatives of Scouts Australia and Rotary Australia, Warren and South Dubbo clubs, agreement has been reached for the project to move ahead involving Timor-Leste Rotary, Rotaract and Scouts.
•Rotaract and Scouts in Timor-Leste are approaching communities to seek their ideas and support for a project.
•A meeting was held in Dili on September 4, 2010 by Timor-Leste Rotary, Rotaract and Scouts and several communities and their projects were identified. A later meeting favoured the Tasi Tolu Bus Terminal and Scouts Timor Leste are awaiting further advice from Government on this site.
These are:
1.Kaitehin Primary School.The completion of a primary school in the Liquica / Bazartete district, at the village of Kaitehin. This school only has 97 students and 5 teachers, in 2 classrooms of cement brick block constructed in 2000, but the other 4 classrooms, although with a corrugated iron roof, have walls and doorways made of the Lontar Palm frond stalks (known as Bebak). The school is adjacent to the main road about 20 minutes drive from Dili. There is a water well on site. The idea would be to construct cement brick walls with proper windows and doors, and if possible build a toilet block for the children. This school also has an adjacent football field, where as the scouts representative mentioned, tents and a tented camp structure could be established for the duration of works.
2.Dare Primary School.The construction of a toilet block for the children of this school, which is attached to the 2nd/2ndWar memorial at Dare, about 9 Km on the hillside South of Dili. There is a water spring at this location, which flows most of the year (?)
3.Tasi Tolu Bus Terminal.The construction of a toilet block at this rather ill defined bus terminal, where all public buses to and from Kupang, or travelling to the West of Dili terminate or start. Many people congregate in this area each day waiting for their choice of bus route, and there is no public toilet in the area – men can cope by spraying the trees (?), but women have more difficulty in concealing their modesty! This would be a very public and good location for a Rotary badged community building, and if constructed Rotary Dili would probably have to employ someone to clean it daily, which is a bit on the negative side.
4.Mouboke Primary School.The construction of the schools kitchen and toilet block, complete with running water. Currently this school has 487 students and 12 teachers, housed in a 9 classroom bricks and mortar building, which is roofed with corrugated iron, but two of the classrooms do not have any ceiling fitted? The kitchen just needs fairly minor renovations, and there are currently two toilets, one of which is u/s. There is also a water tank attached to the school, but as yet no running water and maybe the town supply could be connected. This seems to be the simplest of all four proposals.
THE WAY FORWARD
As much as possible of the following should be done involving young people:
•Appoint a Rover (and Rotaract if required) Project Manager.
•The Dili group will identify a community and project and will inform their Australian Partners who will endorse the project provided criteria outlined above are met.
•Recruit volunteer personnel in Australia and Dili. The number of personnel will depend on the nature of the program, availability of accommodation etc.
•Probably visit Dili again prior to the project to meet with the community members, determine accommodation and logistics.
•Determine timing – potentially mid-year 2011 for approximately two weeks.
•Rotary Clubs in Dubbo and Warren NSW to raise funds – approximately $USA20,000.
•Determine logistics.
•Potentially recruit and pay for a project manager in Timor Leste to ensure effective use of the two weeks.
•Arrange travel, accommodation, media and extra activities in Timor – Leste.
Outcomes include:
•The development of friendship and mutual understanding between the two countries.
•The project providing a lasting benefit and ongoing ownership by the local community.
•The development of an ongoing partnership between Rotary, Rotaract and Scouts which can be extended to further programs in Timor-Leste with needs identified by the UN eg. HIV/AIDS, education of young people in Australia and abroad to support the abolition of child labour. Scouts already has a number of Memoranda of Understanding with UN agencies and organisations e.g. UNICEF, UNESCO.
2.ROLE STATEMENT – ROVER AND ROTARACT PROJECT MANAGERS
The Rover Project Manager will work in close liaison with and with the support of the National Project Commissioner, Partnerships, Rotary and Rotaract.
Skills should include:
•A sensitivity to working in partnership with people who celebrate different cultures from the Project Manager.
•An ability to work well as a leader and team member in another culture.
•Effective oral, written and communication skills across a variety of media.
•A capacity to plan, organise and deliver, in collaboration with others, a project of approximately two weeks in another nation.
Responsibilities will include but will not necessarily be limited to:
•Helping determine the project to be undertaken.
•Helping determine the timing of the project.
•Supporting the development of the logistics related to the successful completion of the Project.
•Communication and discussion with the Rotary and Rotaract personnel in Australia and Timor Leste involved in the project.
•Contacting all Rovers who have expressed an interest in the project to ensure they kept up to date with developments and are informed and supported regarding travel requirements, accommodation etc.
•Liaising closely with Rotary, Rotaract and the National Project Commissioner, Partnerships while in Timor Leste.
•Supporting the evaluation of the project and the further development of the partnership between Rotary, Rotaract and Scouts Australia leading to other international aid projects.
The role statement should be seen as a guide and may be modified if necessary in consultation with the appointed Rover and Rotaract Project Managers.
Applications.
Interested Rovers should send a brief written application based on the skills and responsibilities outlined in the Role Statement above to Graeme Fordham, email partnerships@scouts.com.au or glfordham@gmail.com by 30th October 2010.
Enquiries are welcome and should be addressed to Graeme Fordham at the above email addresses or phone 02 6775 2388 or 0402 598 107.
Graeme Fordham AM
National Project Commissioner, Partnerships
Scouts Australia
Jan & Feb APR Inbox
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14/02/2009 - APR inBox is the eNewsletter of the Asia-Pacific Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. It is published monthly by the Asia-Pacific Regional Office of the World Scout Bureau and has four main parts, namely: What's new; What's going on; What's upcoming; and Be prepared.
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29/01/2009 - The National Rover Council Executive for 2009 has been elected at the National Rover Council meeting, which was held in WA following the Escape Venture. Congratulations to:- Sophie Feint - Chair
- Libby Davison - Vice Chair
- Daniel Smith - Training and Development Officer
You can look forward to hearing from your new NRC executive soon about the Councils plans for 2009.
Meet the NRC Executive. |
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18/12/2008 - Scouts Australia will send an official Australia Contingent to the 13th World Scout Moot. The International Commissioner is seeking applications for the position of Contingent Leader.
To apply for the position of Contingent Leader you must be under the age of 26 at the time of the event. The position of Contingent Leader is not only available to Rovers but also young leaders who fit the age range.
To apply send your application to the International Commissioner and include a letter introducing yourself, outlining why you should be selected as Contingent Leader, a brief scouting resume and a brief outline of your plans for the Contingent.
Check out the Scouts Australia International site for more info or contact the NRC Chairman for more info, |
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05/12/2008 - APR inBox is the eNewsletter of the Asia-Pacific Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. It is published monthly by the Asia-Pacific Regional Office of the World Scout Bureau and has four main parts, namely: What's new; What's going on; What's upcoming; and Be prepared.
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10/10/2008 - APR inBox is the eNewsletter of the Asia-Pacific Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. It is published monthly by the Asia-Pacific Regional Office of the World Scout Bureau and has four main parts, namely: What's new; What's going on; What's upcoming; and Be prepared.
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| 09/10/2008 - 67th New Zealand Rover Moot, New Zealand, 9-13 April 2009 aka JAFA Moot. Are you interested in going overseas with a group of rovers and having a blast?
If so, then check out the New Zealand JAFA Moot!
Spend four days near Auckland having fun with Rovers from all over the world, and if you are interested, travel around NZ afterwards with the Aussie contingent. Find out about the New Zealand Moot at the Moot website http://www.jafamoot.com/
To apply contact the Australian Contingent Leader - Kelly Wilson: raggy_doll@hotmail.com |
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14/09/2008 - APR inBox is the eNewsletter of the Asia-Pacific Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. It is published monthly by the Asia-Pacific Regional Office of the World Scout Bureau and has four main parts, namely: What's new; What's going on; What's upcoming; and Be prepared.
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| 11/08/2008 - An update on all the Rover happenings from around Australia. View the update from the NRC Executive and Branch Rover Councils. |
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05/06/2008 - APR inBox is the eNewsletter of the Asia-Pacific Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. It is published monthly by the Asia-Pacific Regional Office of the World Scout Bureau and has four main parts, namely: What's new; What's going on; What's upcoming; and Be prepared.
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| 30/05/2008 - An update on all the Rover happenings from around Australia. View the update from the NRC Executive and Branch Rover Councils. |
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| 01/05/2008 - Indonesia are holding a Rover Moot 26 June 08 - 8 July 08
For more information or to register, check out the event info on the Scouts Australia International website. |
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| 21/04/2008 - An update on all the Rover happenings from around Australia. View the update from the NRC Executive. |
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10/03/2008 - The ACT Scouts of the World Award base are running an Indigenous Discovery over the ANZAC Day weekend.
For more information or to register, check out the Indigenous Discovery website.
Yours in Rovering
Hannah Lord
ACT Scouts of the World Committee |
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20/02/2008 - The Celebrating 90 Years of Rovering Project officers have been appointed. They are Gonzo McCoy (VIC) and Thannee Schaalje (NSW). It was decided by the NRC Executive that these two highly skilled and motivated Rovers would work together to undertake the task of coordinating the celebrations for 2008.
If you would like to know more, check out the 90th anniversary section of the AusRovers website.
Yours in Rovering
Alyssa Pears
Chair, National Rover Council 2008 |
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