13th JOTI 2009

The 13th Jamboree On The Internet will take place on 17 and 18 October 2009.

More details are available on joti.org

The logo can be downloaded from this web site in various formats now, see below.

JOTA-JOTI logo

Download the new logo here:


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Languages

Life would be so much easier, but perhaps less interesting, if every Scout spoke the same language. But this is not the case. How can we help Scouts to communicate with fellow-Scouts that do not speak their language? Here are a few ideas:

The translator machine:

There is a free translation service available at the internet. You can enter up to one page of text in one language and ask it to translate it into another. It has over 20 different languages available. Last year, several JOTA groups used it to translate radio messages on the spot. It may not be very fast, but it is fun to do and it does help. You could even prepare a standard message for your Scouts in many different languages. Click on the 「 translate」 button and it will get you to the translator machine.

The J-Code:

The J-code is a tool that enables a very basic conversation in those cases where there is no common language between the youngsters. The J-code is simply a set of abbreviations similar to the Q-Code used by radio amateurs. It is NOT a code intended to hide the contents of the transmissions, quite the opposite, it is intended to enable communication. As such it can be used over amateur radio and in internet chat contacts. The J-code is available in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Brazilian-Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, German, Norwegian and Chinese (more to follow) and can be downloaded from the library at the radio-scouting web site.

Sign up for a free JOTA-JOTI account

By using a JOTA-JOTI account Scout groups have access to several services. For example, the group can search for the location of other stations and can get additional contact details like email addresses, radio call signs or IRC nicknames. Furthermore, they can validate a JOTI contact by special online cards, generate their own participation certificates and get a special email address that prevents them from being bothered by junk mails later. Allthough one can register as an individual, the JOTA-JOTI account is primarily meant to be used by Scout groups. The service is offered to WOSM Scout groups. WAGGGS guide units are invited to join as well.

Click here to get your JOTA-JOTI web account (Open from September 2009 onwards).

National JOTA - JOTI Stories

With your help, the World Scout Bureau can compile a world-wide overview of the weekend and make it avail-able to all participants. Of course, the information has to come from the participating Scout groups in your country. So you may want to ask them to prepare for that and send a short story of their activities to their National Organizer after the event.

Good (colour) photographs will help to illustrate the event. Ask the help of a Scout photographer at your station. National organizers are kindly requested to send "the story" of their country to the World Scout Bureau soon after the event. Please write us your ideas and comments, suggestions for future programmes and a descrip-tion of the most exiting contacts. To help you compile your story, a form will be available for download from the NJaC-network web server. A paper version can be send to you upon request. Please contact the World Scout Bureau should you want to receive the paper form.

The figures that are requested on the form will be used to compile some statistics. A reasonable estimate would be appreciated if they cannot be specified accurately. Photographs showing Scouts in uniform at the microphone or keyboard and of other activities like electronic kit building, foxhunting, semaphore, map plotting and the like are most welcome. Please note that we do not need all your photographs (some Associations sent CD's full of them in the past), a selected set of e.g. the 5 best ones is greatly appreciated. So are clippings of local newspapers carrying the story of JOTA - JOTI in your local community.

To note also the on-line web log service where Scout groups can document their participation details. A web log is a on-line diary which is displayed in journal style on a website. Reports and photos can be added here as well as special JOTA-JOTI information like longest or interesting contact. Since Scouts do have a powerful tool with the web log software, documentation of the weekend is very easy. National Coordinators can use the web log as a source for making their National JOTA-JOTI story. Also, the World Scout Bureau will be able to use it to supplement the world report.
The on-line weblog service will be available during and after teh JOTA-JOTI event. A direct lnk will be available here on this page.

We look forward to receive your input before the publishing deadline of: