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What is Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI)

When Scouts want to meet young people from another country, they usually think of attending a World Jamboree. But few people realize that each year more than a million Scouts and Guides "get together" over the airwaves for the annual Jamboree-on-the-Internet (JOTI).

Modern technology offers Scouts the exciting opportunity to make friends in other countries without leaving home. JOTI is an annual event in which Scouts and Guides from all over the world speak to each other by means of the Internet. Scouting experiences are exchanged and ideas are shared via Digtal data send via the world wide net. Since 1996 when the first Jamboree-on-the-Internet was held, millions of Scouts and Guides have met each other through this event. Many contacts made during JOTI have resulted in Facebook pals and links between Scout troops and Guides units that have lasted many years. With no restrictions on age or on the number of participants, and at little or no expense, JOTI allows Scouts and Guides to contact each other by Internet. The Internet services are operated by teams of computer operators the main teams are scoutwired, scoutlink, Jota TV ,Avon scout radio and others. Many Scouts, leaders and Guides help run the services and give you their time to build and run the services.

JOTI Teams

ScoutLink

ScoutWired

Avon Scout Radio

JOTI TV


JOTI History

ScoutLink the first JOTI team officially came into existence about 1995 a year before JOTI Started . Many scouts/guides had used the #scouting channel on Undernet for approximately a year before this, but external messages were beginning to be a hassle, and it was about this time that they were asked by Dennis Brocken to come across to what is now ScoutLink. The Swiss & Germans also had their own #scouting on Efnet and merged in about two years later.

All #scouting channels had participated in JOTI with #scouting on internet being the “official” network of the World Organisation of the Scout Movement. This changed, however, in 1997, the first year ScoutLink was the official network for JOTI.

In about 1998, a little experiment called KwekNet (QuackNet) was conducted, for kids only, which attracted Dutch users and lasted approximately a year.

Globalbridge was a camp which was born out of a maverick idea of Daniel Saxer. Only one camp, held in 1997 occurred, in the Netherlands. Mr Saxer tried to set up a website with the Globalbridge name and Scouting Spider. It was him who owned bit.com the original host of Scoutlink. He unfortunately went bankrupt and the projects died. It was at this point that Scoutlink began to farm out to host servers.

For a few years a server in Basel, Switzerland was the ScoutLink hub. It is now a server in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. Scoutlink now consists of approximately 20 servers and several hundred users. JOTI is ScoutLink’s main event, and preparations are constantly underway during the year. It is over this weekend that ScoutLink attracts its highest numbers.

In 1998, the first NorthAm, an IRL (In Real Life) meeting/camp for North American users of ScoutLink, was held. A similar camp for Australian, Asian and New Zealand users of ScoutLink, called OZANZ, was also held the same year and has been held several times since. IRC camps in Europe started with Waddecar (UK) in 2000, and have been held every year ever since in different countries across Europe. The UK ScoutLink term also organise ‘New Years’ Bash’ annually, which rotates around locations in the UK and which all ScoutLink members are welcome to attend.


Ways we can communicate at JOTI

Index

Scoutlink Services

Internet Relay Chat (IRC)

TeamSpeak

Minecraft

ScoutWired Services

TeamSpeak

Minecraft

Heroes of The Storm (e-sport competition)

JOTI TV Services

JOTI TV

JOTI Cafe

Digital Camp fire

Avon Scout Radio Services

Avon Scout Radio

Non Scout/Guide Run Services

Social Media

Email

Websites

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IRC logoScoutlink Services

Scoutlink is were scouts and guides from around the world come to talk to each other and share ideas and good will

IRC logoInternet Relay Chat (IRC)

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a program that facilitates communication in the form of text. The chat process works on a client/server system. IRC clients are computer programs that a user can install on their system. These clients communicate with chat servers to transfer messages to other clients. IRC is mainly designed for group communication in discussion forums, called channels, as well as chat and data transfer, including file sharing. Client software is available for every major operating system that supports Internet access.

see Scoutlink for more information

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IRC logoTeamspeak

TeamSpeak is what it names says: it allows members of a team or group to speak to each other or other scouts and guides for JOTI. There are many ways of doing that, but TeamSpeak makes it easy and interesting even when the people are scattered around the globe. It uses Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) and the Internet to connect Scouts and guides through the world. This can be achieved for free. Dozens, hundreds and even thousands of people can communicate in real-time using this tool.

TeamSpeak offers voice communication trough server software and clients. As an individual or a group, you connect to the JOTI servers year round for free.

see Scoutlink for more information

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Minecraft is a sandbox video game originally created by Swedish programmer Markus "Notch" Person and later developed and published by Mojang. The creative and building aspects of Minecraft enable players to build constructions out of textured cubes in a 3D procedurally generated world. Other activities in the game include exploration, resource gathering, crafting, games, and combat. Multiple game play modes are available, including survival mode where the player must acquire resources to build the world and maintain health, a creative mode where players have unlimited resources to build with and the ability to fly,. The PC version of the game is the only version supported for JOTI. the server is policed by the dedicated Scoutlink Minecraft team who are often in game and will help users with whatever they can.

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Services

Scoutwired is were scouts and guides from around the world come to play online games and talk about games with each other

IRC logoTeamspeak

TeamSpeak is what it names says: it allows members of a team or group to speak to each other or other scouts and guides for JOTI. There are many ways of doing that, but TeamSpeak makes it easy and interesting even when the pepoal are scattered around the globe. It uses Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) and the Internet to connect Scouts and guides through the world. This can be achieved for free. Dozens, hundreds and even thousands of people can communicate in real-time using this tool.

TeamSpeak offers voice communication trough server software and clients. As an individual or a group, you connect to the JOTI servers year round for free.

see Scoutwired for more information

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IRC logo

Minecraft is a sandbox video game originally created by Swedish programmer Markus "Notch" Person and later developed and published by Mojang. The creative and building aspects of Minecraft enable players to build constructions out of textured cubes in a 3D procedurally generated world. Other activities in the game include exploration, resource gathering, crafting, games, and combat. Multiple game play modes are available, including survival mode where the player must acquire resources to build the world and maintain health, a creative mode where players have unlimited resources to build with and the ability to fly,. The PC version of the game is the only version supported for JOTI. the server is policed by the dedicated ScoutWired Minecraft team who are often in game and will help users with whatever they can.

see Scoutwired for more information

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More informasion at about the game at www.us.battle.net/heroes/en/

ScoutWired is preparing to host our own e-sports competition!.

Scouts are able to play with or against other scouts from around the world in friendly play or as part of our e-sport competition season, and special events.

The game is designed so that no matter who you are, how long you have played, or how good/bad your internet is, everyone is balanced.

to find out more check out ScoutWired for times dates and more informastion.

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IRC logo JOTI TV Servcies

JOTITV YouTube Channel

JOTI.TV, we let you see JOTI. That is our main goal.


JOTI Cafe

With JOTIcafe you can connect to other Scouts by video. You can choose between three different channels; your own country, your continent or the world. In the “continent” and “world” channel you must talk English. In the “country” channel you can talk in your own language.

See JOTI TV for more information

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Digital Camp Fire

The image from your webcam is capture into a photo every 15 seconds. After the photo is taken its automatically been send to JOTI.tv. After JOTI.tv receives your photo your photo is places in the gallery. Together with all other Scouts that are sending photos you are part of the biggest gathering of Scouts world wide.

See JOTI TV for more information

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Avon Scout Radio Services

IRC logoAvon Scout Radio/JOTI Radio

Avon Scout Radio operates an on-line radio station from studios (a Scout HQ) in Bristol, in the south west of the UK. All those involved with Avon Scout Radio are volunteers, and are members of The Scout Association. As an on-line radio station, the broadcasts can be heard via computer, smart gadgets and smart phones. In addition to being able to listen via www.avonscoutradio.org.uk you can also listed via #tune in#

There are live broadcasts most evenings, with a selection of music played when no presenters are in the studio.

On Mondays evenings are shows are broadcast from the studios of BCfm, a Bristol community radio station. The show is broadcast through the Avon Scout Radio website as well as through BCfm's online radio station. The show is also broadcast on FM (93.2 FM) in the Bristol area.As part of Avon Scouts we attend a variety of events in the county to interview young people to create content for later broadcast.

Annually the team at Avon Scout Radio operate an online radio station - JOTI Radio - for JOTA-JOTI, World Scouting's Jamboree on The Air - Jamboree On The Internet. JOTA-JOTI is the largest event in World Scouting.

Avon Scout Radio is a Scout Active Support Unit within Avon Scouts. The team of volunteers that lead Avon Scout Radio are supported by both adults and young people. Some of our programmes are broadcast entirely by young people.

see www.avonscoutradio.org.uk for more information

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Non Scout/Guide Run Servcies

IRC logoSocial Media

Social Media is used by scouts and giudes as part of JOTI services such as Youtube, Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat. Scouts and guides can communicate pictures, videos and storeys to scouts and guides all over the world

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IRC logoEmail

Scouts and guides can communicate using email or electronic mail with other groups from around the world

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IRC logoWeb sites

Some scout and guides can visit other groups web sites to find out about scouting and guiding in other places via the groups website.

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