How the Danish JOTA/JOTI committee works

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How the Danish JOTA/JOTI committee works

• JOTA / JOTI the Danish way

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Danish scout/guide organisation
The four Danish scout/guide organisations work
side by side organizing the annual JOTA/JOTI
event, which is one combined event in Denmark
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KFUM-Spejderne

• YMCA-Scouts founded September 28th 1910
• WOSM founding member in 1922
• Lutheran association
• co-ed in 1982. Both boys and girls in WOSM
• Today there are more than 30,000 members and
  approximately 40 are girls

Claus tinge are members in this association
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DDS - Det Danske Spejderkorps

• The Danish Guide and Scout Association
• Founded November 19th 1909 (boys) and October
  10th 1910 (girls)
• Merged January 1st 1973
• 1922 WOSM founding member 1928 WAGGGS founding
  member
• Boys in WOSM, girls in WAGGGS
• Non religious association
• Today there are more than 30,000 members

Niels Kristian is member in this association
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De grønne pigespejdere

• The Green Girl Guides (former YWCA Girl Guides)
• Founded May 4th. 1919
• 1928 WAGGGS founding member
• Lutheran association
• Girls only
• Today there are more than 8,000 members

Marianne Linda are members in this association
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DBS - Danske Baptisters Spejderkorps

• The Danish Baptist Guide and Scout Association
• Founded (boys) July 2nd 1930, and (girls) July
  6th 1932
• Accepted as scout/guide associations in 1948
• Merged in 1973
• Boys in WOSM, girls in WAGGGS
• Baptist association
• Today there are more than 1,500 members

Laurits is member in this association
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ScoutLink

• The Internet Relay Chat network for scouts and
  guides worldwide
• scandinavia elected the first Region Coordinator
  (RC) in February 2001
• The scandinavia Region covers all 5 Nordic
  countries
• RC was invited to Danish JOTA/JOTI-committee in
  April 2002
• Scandinavian RC adopts channel russian and
  region is expanded to Russia

tinge is the ScoutLink Coordinator For Russia and
the 5 Nordic countries.
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Things the Danish JOTA/JOTI committee does

• Plan a new opening station each year, and choose
  a person to make the opening speech on air and
  internet
• Promote JOTI and JOTA as one single event, not
  two different ones
• Maintain a web page for the event with online
  sign up. www.jotajoti.dk
• Keep contact with participants, signup info,
  badges, payment, certificates
• Send annual JOTA/JOTI rapport to all participants
  and organisations

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Stuff the Danish JOTA/JOTI-committee do with
others

• Make annual badge with all 5 Nordic NJOs or
  committees
• Make a new puzzle-game every 5th year to the
  participating Nordic stations
• Participate in Nordic JOTA/JOTI seminar
• Participate in European JOTA/JOTI seminar

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Responsibilities, substance

• The 4 scout- and guide organisations formed the
  DSP Council (Danish Scout- and Guide Programme
  Council)
• the DSP is superior to the Danish
  JOTA/JOTI-committee
• The single JOTA/JOTI-committee members ensure
  that their own organisations opinion is met in
  the JOTA/JOTI activities planned

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Responsibilities, finance

• The JOTA/JOTI-committee is self-sufficient
  financially
• JOTA/JOTI participants pay a 10 fee each group
• The 4 organisations pay for travel expenses to
  their own committee members
• The ScoutLink member is paid by his/her offline
  organisation, since ScoutLink is not an
  association in Denmark