ScoutBase UK

1st Farnsfield Scout Group

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Oct 26, 1996, 3:00:00 AM10/26/96

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The UK Scout Association has today launched its own Web Site to provide
a 24hours a day on line resource for Leaders and Scouts.

Chief Scout George Purdy said "Since becoming Chief Scout earlier this
year, I have had the opportunity to meet a great many people in various
parts of the United Kingdom. I am of course looking forward to meeting
a great many more in the years to come.

But as I go round the country I sometimes wonder if, despite the fact
that we are a truly 'worldwide' Movement, do we actually make enough
effort to encourage our young people to establish links with other
Scouts not only overseas but within our own counties or even countries?

This is one reason why I welcome the arrival of ScoutBase UK. It is a
very significant tool to encourage communications and develop national
and international links.

Currently we have no easy way to communicate directly with those Leaders
who week in and week out, provide the programme that helps young people
make the most of life. Through ScoutBase UK I expect there to be much
greater access to the latest news and information created by our
Movement. Hopefully too there will be much greater contact between the
volunteers on our national teams and committees who make the decisions,
the Leaders who implement them and the staff at Lancing, Gilwell Park
and Baden-Powell House, there to serve both.

The team behind ScoutBase UK are also volunteers. Busy people who run
Scout Troops, Cub Packs, Beaver Colonies or Venture Scout Units or whose
Group, County or District appointments enable them to help the people
who work directly with our young members. It is their initiative,
enthusiasm and skill which has created 'our' Web Site. I offer my
thanks to them for everything they have already done and all that they
are going to do in the future to promote and develop ScoutBase UK.

Please enjoy ScoutBase UK. Even better make a real contribution in the
form of news, views and information which can be shared with others."

Best wishes,
George Purdy
Chief Scout

The Scout Association's Web Site can be found at
http://www.scoutbase.org.uk and there are mirrors in the USA and
Australia
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Michael Caldwell

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Oct 27, 1996, 2:00:00 AM10/27/96

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> The UK Scout Association has today launched its own Web Site to provide
> a 24hours a day on line resource for Leaders and Scouts.

Well done the UK Scout Association. May be now,those at the sharp
end will be able to get the information needed to run sections
quicker and easier than before this announcement. If this is a sign
of George Purdy's leadership then I am impressed.

I look forward to lots of information becoming available especially
the factsheets related to the safe running of events and activities.

I know the number of scout leaders etc on line is small at the moment
and that there will be a need for traditional paperwork for many
years to come, but at least we now seem to have made a start with the
'future' in mind rather than wait until the the 'future' has become the 'past'.

Oh I forgot, well done Scoutbase for getting this off the ground.

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M.Caldwell
CSL 4th St Albans Scout Group

Scout Ldr

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Oct 27, 1996, 2:00:00 AM10/27/96

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I am pleased as well to see this official site come online.

Last night AOL's Scouting Online forum linked its users to The Scout
Association site: the US mirror site for those in the United States, and
the UK (ScoutBase) site for all other countries.

We link directly only to those sites that are officially serving the
national associations of WOSM or WAGGS.

Our thanks to George Purdy and to all the ScoutBase staff who have risen
to support him and The Scout Association.

Patrick Skelly <Scou...@AOL.com>
forum leader, AOL Scouting Online