[rec.scouting.*] Scouting on the Internet (FAQ 5)

Archive-name: scouting/internet
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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
intended for people who have participated of staffed a Wood Badge course. 
Subscribe through [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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. 





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