[rec.scouting.*] Scouting on the Internet (FAQ 5)
Bill Nelson
Last-Modified: 10 July 2000
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FAQ #5 - Scouting on the Internet
To include IRC, JOTA/JOTI, and the Scouting mailing lists
See FAQ #6 for information on the World Wide Web.
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Subject: Official (WOSM & WAGGGS) lists
READY-NET is the mailing list associated with the Ready Project of the WOSM.
http://www.scout.org/ready/services.html
ADULT-SCOUTS A list about adults in Scouting. From the European office of WOSM.
http://www.scout.org/europe/diven/mailinglist.html
Eurofax - newsletter of the European Region of WOSM and WAGGGS
http://users.scoutnet.nl/~inter/eurofax.html
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Subject: International lists
Information on international lists and lists for many countries can be found at:
http://users.scoutnet.nl/~inter/mailinglists.html
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Subject: Global Scoutnet Mailing Lists
Different mailing lists, echos and chat rooms pertaining to Scouting
http://www.scoutnet.org/mlist/
Includes such things as:
CONTACT-ENG
International contact/friendship/Penpals
EVENT-ENG
Scout international events (including Jamborees)
SONGS-ENG
Scouting/campfire songs/lyrics
CHAT-ENG
Scouts chat area (about non-scout topics)
SCOUTS-ENG
Discussions on scouting
ANNOUNCE-ENG
Global Scoutnet news ans announcements - Low Traffic! Won't clutter your mailbox!
EUROFAX-EN
Eurofax distribution mailing list
EUROFAX-PDF-EN
Eurofax (in Adobe Acrobat format) distribution mailing list
Available in:
English
French
German
Italian
Esperanto
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Subject: BSA Specific Mailing Lists
There are a number of collections of BSA specific mailing lists available on the web. See:
http://users.scoutnet.nl/~inter/mailinglists.html
The NetCommish (look under Net Resources)
http://usscouts.org/netcommish/
Bowline lists
http://www.bowline.org/html/lists.html
Many great discussions regarding Scouting and Guiding are going on on the mailing list SCOUTS-L.
http://www.engr.tcu.edu/~eidson/scouts-l/
Archives can be found at:
http://listserv.tcu.edu/archives/scouts-l.html
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Subject: The Scouting-Europe listprocessor
Mailing list focussed on European Scouting
http://users.scoutnet.nl/~inter/scouting-europe.html
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Subject: Girl scout / girl guide mailing lists
A list aimed especially at Girl Scouting / Girl Guiding is WAGGGS-L.
http://www.cais.net/cwelch/gsrc/wagggs-l.htm
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Subject: Rovers-L
International Rovers Mailing List.
To subscribe, send email to majo...@nwis.bc.ca with the message
"subscribe rovers-l".
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Subject: Seascout-Net
List for sea-scouts (world wide, but mainly USA)
http://www.seascout.org/seascout-net/
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Subject: Woodbadge list
There is a Wood Badge mailing list (mostly U.S.A.) called WDBA...@AMERICAN.EDU
intended for people who have participated of staffed a Wood Badge course.
Subscribe through list...@american.edu with a message containing:
SUBSCRIBE WDBADGE-L Your Full Name
There is also a Woodbadge staff mailinglist. Seems to be specifically
for BSA Woodbadge, not international.
http://www.zobrist.com/woodbadge/
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Subject: Patch-L
A list especially aimed at patch trading
http://users.scoutnet.nl/~inter/patch-l.html
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Subject: JOTA-L
A list for scouters or radioamateurs, that want to share ideas,
plans or just want to hear whats JOTA (Jamboree On
The Air) is all about. This is where you can meet other people that have
the interest in radio-scouting.
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Subject: JOTI-L
A list where scouts can share ideas, plans or maybe just want to hear whats JOTI
(Jamboree On The Internet) is all
about.
End of FAQ #5
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