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1 DATES TO REMEMBER In this edi on May 18 Kanyanya • 24-25 Darling Downs Region Scout Standards Scouts in Ac on Week—Page 4 Camp 25-26 Youth Ac vites Camp • Night Howl—Page 13 31 Appointment of Badge Secretary Cards Due • Royal Commission Ar cle—Page 28 31 Authorized Trading Officers Forms Due
31 Finance Returns Due • SISEP Ar cle—Page 29 June • 1 Brisbane North Region Joey Scout Big Gone Home—Peter Charles Snow— Page 30 Day Out 02 Queensland Branch Rover Council Annual General Mee ng • Memorandum from the Chief Commissioner— 05 World Environment Day Group Support Commi ee Rules—Page 31 07 Queensland Scout Founda on Grants Open 28 –1 Triple SSS • Memorandum from the General Manager— 28—6 Brisbane Gang Show Property and Facility audit—Page 31 29—6 Queensland Venture 30 Youth Awards Submission Deadline FACT SHEETS (BP, QS and ASM for 2013 Presenta on) New fact sheets are being developed to assist all Leaders. These will be made available on the website through an icon named FACT
July SHEETS. The second fact sheet is now available. This month is 12-14 Region Commissioners Conference PromoƟng Good Behaviour. Use the content wisely.
13 Gold Goast Region Junior Kokoda Challenge Kirsty M Brown OAM 18 Brisbane North Region Coaching Chief Commissioner Session REPORT CHILD PROTECTION Deadline for the next issue CONCERNS AND ABUSE! The next deadline for submissions
All suspicions, concerns or allega ons about 31 May 2013 criminal ma ers or child protec on ma ers should be reported directly to the General Manager on 07 Submit your ar cles to 3870 7000. Once we receive a no fica on, the [email protected] Associa on will make an immediate report to the relevant authori es. Queensland Scout Centre Scout Supply Centre
Business Address: Office Hours: Business Address: If an individual has made a report to the relevant 32 Dixon Street Monday 32 Dixon Street Monday authority, they should also report the ma er to the Auchenflower Qld 8.30am-4.00pm Auchenflower Qld 9.00am - 4.00pm General Manager. The Associa on will then make 4066 4066 direct contact with the relevant authority about the Tuesday Tuesday to Friday Postal Address: 8.30am-5.00pm Postal Address: 9.00am - 5.00pm ma er. PO Box 520 PO Box 520 Toowong Qld 4066 Wednesday Toowong Qld 4066 Saturday Repor ng to the Associa on enables the 8.30am-5.00pm 9.00 am - 3.00pm Associa on to work directly with the authori es in Phone: Phone: 07 3870 7000 Thursday 07 3721 5724 Except during School managing the ma er. It enables the Associa on to 8.30am-5.00pm Holidays and closed take immediate ac on under its policies, in Fax: Fax: Public Holidays consulta on with the authori es. 07 3870 4960 Friday 07 3870 4960 8.30am-5.00pm
2 INTERNATIONAL ADVENTURES par cipa on in a Global Development Village workshop, where Salam Pramuka! scouts viewed displays from NGOs, sharing ideas about Scouts Australia sponsored 3 par cipants to a end the Environment, Youth and Popula on and Health. Par cipants Interna onal Scout Peace Camp held in Indonesia from 24th-30th discussed scou ng’s role as a catalyst for social change and March. The camp was an ini a ve of the Messengers of Peace contribute to society’s development. Unfortunately I was unable to project, which involves individuals and NSOs in peace-building a end the last three program days, however, my fellow par cipants ac vi es. 135 Interna onal par cipants from 31 countries met assured me of their success. with 485 scouts from across Indonesian in Cibubur, Jakarta, to expand and develop the Peace Network by promo ng interna onal Scou ng in Indonesia is structured quite differently to Australian friendship and increasing scou ng in that it is a gender-segregated school-based movement. par cipants’ cultural It is a religious organiza on whose principles promote Na onal understanding. loyalty, and par cipa on by school students is compulsory. Local scouts were delighted to engage in badge swapping and were The camp began with a fascinated by stories of scou ng overseas, as many have never had three-day off-site ac vity the financial means to travel. where par cipants were transported across Java to The Peace Camp was a unique once-in-a-life me opportunity to three different villages for a meet Rovers from across the globe and to experience an authen c cultural immersion side of Indonesian culture. Our hosts showed great kindness and experience. My group travelled to Sukaratu village in Banten generosity, and with such an environment of friendship, learning province, about 5 hours south-west of Jakarta, where we received a and cultural acceptance, the camp certainly lived up to its theme of grand recep on: smiling villagers lined the streets, including hoards ‘Scou ng Builds Peace’. of neatly-dressed school children, laughing and waving as we passed. A er a whirlwind of welcome dances we were allocated to Laura Powe (Kite) –Rover – St John’s Wood Rover Crew, and a homestay family. Mrs Ti , a dressmaker, and her thirteen-year- Assistant Scout Leader - Wilston Scout Group. old daughter welcomed my Indonesian friends Rie, Sherly and I into ND their modest home, where we were happily absorbed into their 2 TOOWOOMBA daily lifestyle. We slept on roll-out mats in the lounge room, SCOUTS TO FEATURE embraced the 4am call-to-prayer rou ne, and were treated to flavorsome home-cooked cuisine. Ea ng salty-sweet fried rice and IN VIDEO FOR fish for breakfast did take some ge ng used to! UNESCO.
A diverse ac vity program had us traversing the countryside on On 19th April Mr Haniff from many adventures with our new scou ng friends. For the Culture the Pure Land College Mul - component of the program, we milked the cows before sunrise, faith Mul cultural Centre wandered through tranquil tea fields, tried our luck at fishing, visited 2nd Toowoomba. His assistant and himself came to interview played local instruments, and twirled into the night with lessons in the Scouts for a Video that will be presented in Paris at the tradi onal dance and mar al arts. In a pilgrimage to nearby Padang upcoming UNESCO. Mountain, we climbed the steps to the breathtaking historical mountaintop, sca ered with rectangular stones older than the Mr Haniff said the (Pure Land Learning College) have been invited pyramids of Giza. In true scou ng style, I also enjoyed a memorable to The UNESCO peace conference in Paris At the Conference we ride on a buffalo plough through a rice paddock in knee-deep mud. are sharing what there is in Toowoomba. We are showcasing our A er all, what would a scout City as a good model of peace and harmony. Hence we are camp be without muddy producing a video clip. We will be taking clips of others as well such an cs? as teachers and community leaders.
We visited a local school as Mr Haniff commented that Last Friday’s Scou ng event had a lot to part of our Community show, "character development in the making, family unity, and Service, where we walked community spirit. In Toowoomba we note, the scouts, community on s lts and played organisa on, our schools and leaders are all doing their bits to build tradi onal schoolyard games this city that thrives on trust and harmonious living. A video can with the young children. The Western visitors were constantly carry this message.” approached in the streets for photographs, and even autographs. The remote village rarely receives travellers, let alone hundreds of 2nd Toowoomba Scouts encourages its members to be ci zens of scouts, so we were instant celebri es. the wider community and being part of this project is very exci ng.
The second phase of the program was a Peace Forum and
3 MACKAY CITY CENTRAL ADVENTURES SCOUTS IN ACTION WEEK 2013 – SCOUTING IN Cub Scouts and Joey Scouts from THE COMMUNITY Mackay City Central and Banksia Scout Group gathered at the This year’s Scouts in Ac on Week is all Banksia Scout Den, Fernleigh about ge ng out into the community Avenue, to hold a Fun Ac vity Day and partnering with other community with the Theme “Fun at the Fair.” organisa ons. Groups or Sec ons could work on a community project There were clowns and fairies with the local Lions or Rotary Clubs. conduc ng the ac vi es at bases You might like to run a weekend camp for the youth members to try out. for another organisa on that does not Face Pain ng, colouring ac vi es, have camping equipment or have never experienced camping peg throwing, frizzbies, three- before. Joey Scouts could join up with other Mobs and collect food legged jous ng, bocce, wet and other items for the local animal shelter and everyone could sponge throwing, balloon earn their Caring and Sharing badge or Buddy Scheme Badge but burs ng, bubble blowing, incorporate something that involves an organisa on outside of catapults, match s ck puzzles Scou ng. were all ac vi es on offer for the Cub Scouts and Joey Scouts. How about the Troop running a camp or a program for disadvantaged youth or Venturer Scouts and Rover Scouts working Grey Wolf Award Presenta on on a joint project that will benefit the local community, it could be When Cub Scout Jade Tomlinson of Sarina Scout Group was service based or something for the environment. presented with her Grey Wolf Award on Saturday it was truly a family affair. Jade’s Grandmother Sandra Tomlinson Group Leader AJ2013 built 160 picnic tables for the community, what about of Bauple Scout Group presented her with her badge, cer ficate ge ng an organisa on like Men’s Shed to help build tables or and a special gi of a Grey something else you can donate to the local community. Wolf head woggle. The op ons are endless, so let’s get out there and show the Present at the celebra on community what we are about. This is a great way to promote were her mother Kelly Scou ng. Tomlinson, Joey Scout Leader, Sarina Scout Group, To register go to www.scoutsinac onweek.com father Mark Tomlinson who is relieving as the Scout Leader, Uncle Bre GLENNIE HEIGHTS SCOUT GROUP PADDLE FOR Tomlinson, Group Leader Sarina Scout Group, grandfather former ADVENTURE Leader Graham Tomlinson, along with siblings, fellow Cub Scouts, Six scouts from Glennie Heights group as well as Region Commissioner Dougal McWhinney, some Region in Warwick undertook an Explorer Leaders, and Cub Scout parents. level hike at Leslie Dam on 27-28 April. The Scouts, Jacob, Max, The highlights for Jade in scou ng has been, a ending Future Scout Jennifer, Leesa, Caitlin and Jacqui Day at AJ2013 at Maryborough in January, and a ending Cuboree carried everything they needed for an 2012 at Seeonee Park, Rockhampton. overnight camp in their canoe including tents, cooking equipments, Her Grey Wolf presenta on was held at food and clothing. The scouts paddled the Apex Park in Sarina, a er a feast of from the sailing club near the dam sausages washed down with billy tea. A wall around the port side of the dam special celebratory cake was cut for the through to Rocklands reserve at the occasion. Jade joined the Sarina Scout far end of the dam. Here they set up Group as a six year old Joey Scout in 2008 camp, and had a great social me. and will soon progress to the Scout The next morning they cooked breakfast before travelling back over Sec on. the morning to where it all began.
ANZAC DAY Although they were supervised on the water by Rover Scouts and A endance of scou ng members at Anzac Leaders, they did all of the work themselves and have every right to Parades in the Central and Coastal Region be very proud of themselves. Well done. was very pleasing to see.
4 BAANYA 2013 – WIVENHOE WANDERINGS Patrol while the Last weekend the Brisbane encouragement award North Region held its annual went to Marlaine camp at Lake Wivenhoe Carter from Grovely with 110 scouts and over 30 Mitchelton Rosella Leaders a ending. The Patrol. The boys’ race theme for the weekend was saw Daniel Johns from based around water Kalinga Penguin Patrol ac vi es with most scouts successful in winning comple ng the prac cal while the component of their water encouragement award was a e between Zhengkai Fang and safety badge at the Albert Michelle both from TMT Dingo Patrol. appropriate level. Scouts also undertook canoeing, The final segment of the camp saw a team of Leaders pi ed ra building and against a team of Scouts in a ra building compe on. The orienteering on the Leaders did have a win but eventually their ra sank from the Saturday. combined forces of the Scouts.
Saturday night saw the Congratula ons to all Scouts for their efforts over the weekend judging of their Patrol flags and a big thank you to all the Leaders for a ending. A special which had been designed thank you to my team of District Leaders and created during the first who worked relessly to bring the whole 24 hours of the camp, along weekend together to make it a success. with their two course meal. The standard of meals was LEADERS HAVE FUN TOO outstanding and really At a recent DTM in Nambour the Leaders impressed the judges. prac ced some of the games the youth members might enjoy. I think these two Kalinga Penguin Patrol was Leaders had way too much fun. placed first while TMT Dingo was placed second in the flag compe on while AGOONOREE EXPRESSION OF INTEREST NOW Kalinga Penguin also won the meal compe on with AVAILABLE Kalinga Llama placed Calling all SCOUTS, VENTURER SCOUTS, second. ROVER SCOUTS and LEADERS, A er tea Scouts competed Agoonoree expression of interest 2013 in a wide game followed by forms are now available. Forms can be downloaded from the a camp fire where every one brand new Agoonooree website agoonoree.scoutsqld.com.au . of the 21 Patrols Why wait, Agoonoree is your answer to fun these September par cipated. The night was school holidays. For more informa on on the camp or to get in finished off with a well contact with our execu ve team head to Agoonoree website! organized Scouts Own by the Patrol Leaders.
The final day saw a small rega a held on the lake. SSS 2013
Each patrol was When—Friday the 28th June to Monday 1st of represented in one of the 7 July 2013 canoe races with the final Where being won by the Wilston BP Park, Samford, Brisbane Roadrunner Patrol. How to be part of the fun Expressions of interest are in the March edi- An Iron Scout compe on was held where par cipants had to on of Encompass and online at complete a course of approximately 600 m involving two www.sss.scoutsqld.com.au swimming legs, two running legs and a short waterpolo drill in the water. The girls’ race was won by Kate Davidson from TMT Dingo
5 Chief Commissioner of Queensland Kirsty M Brown OAM
The new Scou ng year has just begun and Ac on for Growth is our thanks and best wishes to Abdullah Rasheed for his well and truly on my mind this month. involvement in World Scou ng notably in the Asia-Pacific Region during the last 11 years. I have worked with J.R. on many occasions It is extremely pleasing to note that at 31 March 2013 there is a overseas and find him to be a true professional and very competent 12.7% growth on last year’s numbers in Queensland Branch. While in what he does. we have a long way to go to grow the Branch we have validated evidence that Queensland has begun this task. Now it’s up to J.R. Pangilinan previously held the posi on of Director, Program & everyone to ensure we retain all these members and deliver what Community Development at the Asia-Pacific Regional Office of the we promise. The 2013 Sign On Day has contributed greatly to this WSB before returning to the Boy Scouts of the Philippines where he growth but we need to keep this momentum going. served as Director of Field Opera ons, Assistant Secretary General and, since 2003, Secretary General. Be er Scou ng for More Young People While the growth of our Movement is ul mately the result of J.R. holds a Master of Arts degree with a major in Administra on delivering high-quality Scou ng, haphazard growth is not and Supervision. He also holds the rank of Commander in the sustainable. The factors affec ng the growth and development of Philippines Coast Guard Auxiliary. Throughout his career, J.R. has the Queensland Branch varies from one town or suburb to another, developed and maintained a strong network both regionally and but whatever the situa on, offering be er Scou ng to more young interna onally. people requires a strategic focus. Having spent more than 20 years serving Scou ng, J.R. received the Through be er recruitment, reten on, improved transi on Loyalty Award from the Boy Scouts of the Philippines in 2009 and processes and a reduc on in the number of young people on the Gold USA Award in 2012. He also holds numerous awards from wai ng lists, Scou ng can ensure greater social impact. other Na onal Scout Organiza ons in the Asia-Pacific Region.
Keep up the momentum that we have begun and retain those We extend a warm welcome to J.R. Pangilinan as he prepares to 12.7% young people and grow the membership further through take up his new responsibili es for World Scou ng. 2013. Adults in Scou ng Adult Recogni on Awards Over the weekend 20-21 April, I par cipated in the Na onal Adults The awards panel met on 11 April and approved or not approved In Scou ng Commi ee mee ng where we spent considerable me the numerous submissions received. Many submissions did not refining the process of Adult Development Plans which is a vital meet the criteria laid down by the Na onal Associa on and as a part of the Adults in Scou ng process (reappoint, reassign, re re). result were not accepted before we have to forward them to the Na onal Associa on for final acceptance. The ADP is an opportunity for the adult member to self-reflect and set a personal plan of achievement to do their best for the future. It is extremely important that when a person writes submissions We have begun the process by se ng the ADPs for the Branch and that they actually check the criteria for the possible award. Has the Region teams and this will soon be reintroduced at District and person completed the required training if a uniform member? If a Group level. You will undertake your ADPs every three years or non-uniform person, do we have adequate informa on on what when you change roles. they have been doing beyond the role they hold? If they hold a previous award have they met the addi onal criteria since their last Remember, all Leader appointments are for three years only and of award? Is the cita on strong enough to warrant the award? These course all members are able to be reappointed a er they have awards are not Long Service Awards, which is a separate process undertaken this review. en rely. Well managed review processes are a cri cal part of an Adult Regardless of the few that could not be considered I am hopeful of Member’s growth. Managed in the right manner they can become a great result from the Queensland Branch for 2013 awards. something that is looked forward to and valued. They should never be seen as a necessary evil for the giving of construc ve feedback New Regional Director for the Asia-Pacific Region can be the greatest gi of all. In agreement with the Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Commi ee, Sco Teare, Secretary General of the World Organisa on of the Scout APPROVED EVENT BADGES FOR UNIFORM Movement, has appointed Mr. J. Rizal Pangilinan, 50 years old, from Morong, Rizal, Philippines, as the new Regional Director for Name of Badge Date Approved Date to be the World Scout Bureau Asia-Pacific Regional Office. removed AJ2013 Badge 21 December 2012 21 March 2013 J. Rizal Pangilinan – known to many as “J.R.” – will take over from Abdullah Rasheed in July 2013 when Rasheed re res and returns to Maroon Name 1 April 2014 the Maldives. We would also like to take this opportunity to extend Tapes
6 Branch Commissioner Joey Scouts David Cruse [email protected]
Joey Scout Jaunt is fast Groups in your District/Region to provide a number of ac vi es on a approaching, have you base. booked it into your long range calendar? This year’s event There has been some wonderful thought and design work gone into will be held on Saturday 3 developing this year’s Joey Scout Jaunt badge which can be seen in August 2013 commencing at the picture below, great job everyone. The badges cost $3.00 and 10.00 am with a parade and can be pre ordered with registra on on the form available on the concluding a er our campfire Scouts Qld Website which will start at 2.30 pm. The theme is ‘CARTOON QUEENSLAND JOEY SCOUTS SURVEY 2013 CHARACTERS’ – this theme Have you remembered to complete the Queensland Joey Scout will provide Leaders with an Survey 2013? If you haven’t, it is important to have your say in what opportunity to develop a host of wonderful and exci ng bases – just training format we can assist you in developing in your role as a let your imagina ons go wild. Joey Scout Leader. Without your valued input, we will only have some informa on when determining what we can provide – have At this year’s Joey Scout Jaunt we will have the Scout shop from your say, this is your opportunity. QSC, St Johns First Aid, the Fire brigade, Environmental Base, a rock wall, screen prin ng, a rope bridge and much more. The Scout RED BOOK Museum will be open providing an ‘Cartoon Character’ theme for What is Red Book? Red Book is a set of documents developed back those visi ng, and for those Leaders and Parents requiring in March 1999 by the then Branch Commissioner for Joey Scouts – something a bit stronger then water or so drink, a coffee van will Wilma Everingham. Wilma invited Leaders from across Queensland be available again for you to buy a variety of coffees to refresh to send in program ideas which were then collated and developed those weary limbs. as resource material for Joey Scout Leaders. These resources covering weekly programs and mob holidays have resurfaced and Last year’s event was a great success with increased numbers and are now available on our website in the members area under bases for youth members to enjoy and have fun. For this year’s ‘sec on’ then ‘Joey Scouts’. Print or save these documents and they event to be just as successful it will require the same commitment should help in those moments when ideas for programs are not from those faithful, reliable Leaders and also for those Joey Scout flowing. Leaders who in past years have enjoyed those excellent bases, to Any problems finding the resources, email me through my BC email step up and provide a base with which other youth members, their address and I will help you locate the documents. Leaders and parents can enjoy. Upcoming dates for 2013 This is your opportunity to be part of something great, with Mothers’ Day – 12 May 2013 excellent rewards from seeing Joey Scouts experiencing and Joey Scout Jaunt, BP Park Samford – 03 August 2013 benefi ng from your hard work. If you do not feel confident or wish Skillarama, Redcliffe Show Grounds – 07 September 2013 to provide a base by yourself, why don’t you team up with other Fathers’ Day – 08 September 2013
HANDS ACROSS THE WATER All Mobs are invited to par cipate in the Hands Across the Water Program. All Mobs that par cipate in this program are eligible to purchase the Hands Across the Water blanket badge. Aim of the Badge To make two overseas contacts (2 separate groups over 12mth) with Joey Scout-age children, swap Scou ng items and run a typical mee ng provided by the overseas Mob.
How to apply. For more details register today for HATW by emailing your details to [email protected]
7 Branch Commissioner Cub Scouts Robyn Devine (Rikki) [email protected]
8 Branch Commissioner Scouts Steve Marshall (Wolf) [email protected]
I can get a bit anal some mes when it comes to numbers, perhaps services all over the country. I’ve heard many a story of Scouts that’s the Engineer in me. The good thing about numbers is that ge ng up early to a end a dawn service then fron ng up again for they are unbiased and not influenced by conjecture, unless a the march and morning service. Many of the Scouts are involved in sta s cian gets involved somewhere. providing service as part of their local ceremonies. Congratula ons to you all for taking a couple of hours to honour the sacrifices made The chart below shows the numbers of Scouts moving into and out by others. of the Scout Sec on. The number that is displayed is a moving average. This done to remove all of the li le ups and downs from To raise the awareness of Scouts to our Veterans there is the month to month and shows the general trend. opportunity to earn the “Their Service – Our Heritage” badge. There is a different badge every year and it can only be worn during the There are a couple of trends occurring that we should all be able to year in which it was presented. To earn this badge requires take some pride in, the main one being reten on (blue line). This is par cipa on in three relevant ac vi es. a major problem for Scou ng as a whole and is a direct reflec on on the programs and leadership opportuni es we are providing to Some sugges ons are: our Scouts. • Take part in an ANZAC Day march or ceremony • Take part in Remembrance Day It’s fantas c to see that this has now dropped to below 100. While • Invite a Veteran to your mee ng to talk to you its great to see this figure improving it is s ll quite sobering to think • Visit a Veterans Home or the local RSL that we are failing to meet the needs of almost 100 Scouts each • Maintain your local Memorial month. It can be likened to 4 whole Scout Troops being lost each • Visit a Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and every month. I’m sure that a li le brain storming at the next Troop Council will Movements to and from our neighbouring Sec ons has had its ups come up with plenty more ideas. and downs but generally it has been reasonably constant. Currently both of these trends are showing a slight increase and I’d like to Scout In Ac on Week challenge you to keep the upward trend going. Scouts in ac on week is on again this year from the 19th to the 25th of August. The theme this year is “Scou ng in the Community” and It’s extremely important that we maintain a close rela onship with it is aimed at encouraging our Scouts to be involved in working with our neighbouring Sec ons so that we can provide progressive other community groups towards a project that benefits the local development. Do you have any ac vi es planned this term with community. Visit www.scoutsinac onweek.com to register and other Sec ons? Do you or your Patrol Leaders visit Cubs regularly? receive updates. Programs from previous years are also available Does your Troop know your Venturer Leader or Unit Chairman? Are from this site. linking and going up ceremonies planned in your Group Councils? Is the going up special for each Youth Member? Scout Out Scout Out will be on this year from the 12th-13th of October at BP Park. This is a hands on training weekend for Scout Leaders where we get to play like Scouts ourselves. As this is a weekend for you please let me know if there are any special topics you would like included in the program. More details will be available closer to the event but please make sure you put it into your calendar now.
“The Scout Oath and Law are our binding disciplinary force..” Sir Robert Baden-Powell
ANZAC Day It’s great to see the Scout movement involved in ANZAC Day
9 Branch Commissioner Venturer Scouts Phil McNicol [email protected]
Recrui ng New Venturer Scouts So there you go – find out about how Venturer Scouts can earn the It is a fact of life that Venturer Scouts con nue to turn eighteen cer ficates and what the cer ficates can do for the Venturer Scouts, years of age and leave the Unit, and hopefully move on to Rover even if they are clearly not going to rely on them in their careers – Scouts. In the average Unit, every departure cons tutes a significant and make this informa on known to the parents of Cub Scouts and drop, in percentage terms, of the size of the Unit. This leads to Scouts in your Group, to Scouts who are candidates to start their some opportuni es (arranging transport to ac vi es can be easier) Venturer Scout Link Badge, and the general public whenever you but it presents more challenges, especially to the long term viability can create the opportunity. Scou ng prides itself on being a training of the Unit. Clearly what all Units need to do is gain new members organisa on. Let’s tell the community what that really means. at the same or be er rate than they lose members. The challenge is how to do this, and keep doing this. Dates (a par al list)
I have recently posted an item on the Venturer Scout forum about May this year’s Scouts in Ac on Week. The theme this year is Scou ng in 3 – 5 May Venture – Karingal campsite, Mount Co on the Community and it is intended to establish partnerships, either 18 – 19 Opera on Archer – Mulgowie short or long term, with other community groups to showcase the 22 Branch Venturer Scout Council Mee ng – Skype relevance of Scou ng to the community. Any increase in the 26 Unit Management Course – Eagleby den community’s posi ve awareness of Scou ng can lead to new membership. We have an excellent program for 14 to 18 year olds June and it is a con nued source of frustra on to me that so few of this 9 Unit Management Course – St Johns Wood den age group, and their parents, appreciate this fact. Please have a 26 Branch Youth Venturer Scout Council Mee ng – Skype look at the item on the Venturer Scout forum and challenge your 29 Queensland Venture 2013 commences Venturer Scouts to get involved with other community groups, even just for a short while. Who knows what spin-off benefits may arise. [See h p://venturerforum.scoutsqld.com.au for details of these ac vi es.] An obvious source of new members is the Scout sec on, though this is so obvious that it is o en taken for granted. Why else do approximately 75% of Scouts fail to be Venturer Scouts? There are many ideas for when and how Venturer Scout Units can promote themselves to Scouts, and I am frequently impressed by the things that I hear Units do do. Maybe this would be a good topic for sharing on the Venturer Scout forum. One idea I want to suggest today is in rela on to the VET (voca onal educa on and training) accredited cer ficates that are on offer to Venturer Scout.
I am sure you are all aware of the Cer ficate II in Business and Cer ficate II in Leadership Support that can be issued a er a Venturer Scout a ains the Venturer Award – and the descrip on of this in the front of the Venturer Scouts record book. Hopefully you all understand how, in Queensland, these cer ficates relate to a Venturer Scout’s Queensland Cer ficate of Educa on. If you’d like to refresh your memory, search for “level 2 vet cer ficates” in the Venturer Scout forum. The point is, I suspect that many Scouts and their parents are not aware of these opportuni es. I have heard of parents who are also leaders in the Scout sec on be adamant that a aining the Australian Scout Medallion will translate to credit on the Queensland Cer ficate of Educa on. Boy, are they in for an unhappy surprise.
For many Venturer Scouts the cer ficates and the credit that they equate to are not terribly relevant to their plans for when they finish grade 12. This is fine as the Venturer Scouts are old enough to have an idea of where they are going and what they need to get there. For Scouts though, I would argue that the picture is much less clear. Just imagine the poten al value a Scout parent may see in this opportunity.
10 Branch Commissioner Rover Scouts Gavin Brady [email protected]
them before 26 April.
WAM – PERTH –Dec 2013-Jan 2014 Applica ons are open for the 19TH Australian Rover Moot in Perth and Expedi ons have now been officially released.
This fee includes the following: BASH IS BACK ! All meals for the 12 days of the event, It is with great pleasure, that we announce that Scouts Queensland Accommoda on for 12 nights, Heaps of On has been successful in securing insurance for Banana Bash for the and Off site day ac vi es spread out over 6 next financial year. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls - Bash is ac on filled days, Night me entertainment, back!. Following approval by the Chief Commissioner, the following including live bands and New Years Eve party, Opening & Closing documents outlining key details in rela on to the use of Banana ceremonies, Transport to/from day ac vi es, Shu le bus to Bash vehicles were announced at the April QBRC mee ng: Fremantle 1. Rover Motorsport 2013 - Key Details
2. Banana Bash Manual - Approved April 2013 (includes vehicle Payment Schedule: specifica on & event rules) Par cipant $850 - Deposit of $450 due by 1-Apr-13; Final Payment 3. Approved Queensland Branch Scou ng Instruc on (QBSI) for of $400 due by 1-Jul-13 Rover Motorsport Expedi on Fee of $TBA will be due by 1-Oct-13
The documents can be found on the Queensland Rover Website for Staff $650 - Deposit of $350 due by 1-Apr-13; Final Payment of your perusal. (You will need to be a member of the website) The $300 due by 1-Jul-13 QBSI will also be published in Encompass next month. Expedi on Fee of $TBA will be due by 1-Oct-13 We cannot stress enough the importance of Rovers reading and observing all aspects of the new policies. For now this means you Expedi ons: can start working on your car, you can start it up, move it, put it on Every Par cipant and General Staff* will get to select and the trailer, but you can’t do any driving/ par cipate in a five day four night expedi on. Explore the tes ng. expedi ons available and then head to your applica on and make
your selec ons. The following expedi ons ranging in costs from Applica ons for a Chair of Banana Bash are $250-$1000 have been announced: now open. QBRC have also called for expressions for interest for other Bound for Southbound | Perth on a Budget | Sun Soaker | South- commi ee roles. Please read through the West 4WD Adventure | High End Adventure Tour | Diving a ached documents for more informa on on this. Consistent with 101 | South-West Dive Adventure | Vastly Rickety Rover Rally Race past prac ce, any event Chair applicant will need to be approved by Meet | Pampered in Perth | Sailing on the Swan | Ro o Rampage | QBRC a er an interview, and any proposed date, venue, budget Perth Coastal Explorer | Rock 'N' Hole | Hungry Hungry Hippos Go and other key details regarding any Bash event will also need to be Gourmet |Dwellingup Adventure Tour | Northern Exlporer | approved by QBRC. Southern Explorer | South-West Safari | Munda Biddi Mountain
Biking | Hike with Ease | Bibbulmun Bushwalkers | West Coast We want to stress that it is unlikely that the next event will follow a Waves tradi onal bash format, as it has been several years since the last event. Late Applica ons
A late fee of $100 will be added onto the Moot fee for new This is an excep onal and exci ng result achieved through the hard applica ons received a er 30th September 2013. work of a great number of people. More details will be released in the near future. In the mean me, please direct all ques ons to the Other costs to consider are: BC Rovers at [email protected] This e-mail address is Travel to/from Perth (flights, fuel, train cket), Spending money, being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to Any pre or post moot adventures you seek. view it
FUTURE DATES QBRC ELECTIONS QBRC Mee ng – 19 May QSC – 7PM Nomina ons have closed and ballo ng will take place during April/ QBRC June Conference – 24 May – 26 May May closing on 3 May 2013 for all QBRC posi ons except chairman. QBRC AGM – 2 June QSC - 7Pm (Under QBRC rules, deputy automa cally goes on to become chair in the following term.) Your region representa ve is responsible for co-ordina ng the votes of Rovers within your region. Make sure to (Continued on page 20) contact your Region Representa ve, if you haven’t heard from 11 JOEY SCOUT CUB SCOUT PROMISE CHALLENGE GREY WOLF AWARD
Ariel McIntosh Maroochydore Scout Group Lara Walker Glennie Heights Scout Group Brendan Blain Bayview Scout Group Tabatha Levi Underwood Scout Group Kadyn Downes Capalaba Scout Group Cameron Gillespie Underwood Scout Group Charlee Webb Wahminda Park Scout Group Nathan Barro Caboolture Scout Group Holly Campbell Wahminda Park Scout Group Dylan Cornale Mount Co on Scout Group Samuel Teis Wahminda Park Scout Group Emma Dyson The Gap Scout Group Joseph Francisco Sunnybank Scout Group Jack Wilson The Gap Scout Group Mitsuki Todd Nerang Scout Group Jacob Locke The Gap Scout Group Dominic Johnston Grovely Scout Group Anastasia Zatorsky Karana Scout Group Jayden Ryan Goodna Scout Group Madeline Denny Karana Scout Group Jack Walker Millbank Scout Group Saoirse Jibson Highfields Scout Group Nikolai Dunstan Millbank Scout Group Zoe Patch Redbank Plains Scout Group Ma hew Dibben Pimlico Mundingburra Scout Group Alexandra Lutzke Beenleigh Scout Group Abby Frith Karalee Scout Group Benjamin Hennessy Narangba Scout Group Seth Brooks Majes c Park Scout Group Emily Neilson Narangba Scout Group Calen Leitch Majes c Park Scout Group Ma hew Williamson Raceview Scout Group Jared Farrugia Majes c Park Scout Group Andrew Thomson Aspley Scout Group Jack Peterson Lowood Scout Group Oliver Smith Aspley Scout Group Anthony Wilson Lowood Scout Group Lucas Milton Aspley Scout Group Jack McKindley Sarina Scout Group Tracey Lakeman Manly Lota Scout Group Elise Langler Greenbank Scout Group VENTURER SCOUT Zali Gough Hemmant Scout Group QUEENS SCOUT AWARD Claire Richter Kareeba Scout Group Cub Scout Grey Wolf Award Andrew Parnell Scoutreach Lones Scout Group 350
Liam Hogan Rangeville Scout Group 300
AUSTRALIAN SCOUT 250 MEDALLION 200
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Bri any Summerville Queens Park Ipswich Scout Group 100 Algester Scout Group Alex Stevens 50
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Wood Badge PLEASE NOTE: 70 The following forms are required to be submi ed for the Youth 60 Award badges to be processed and issued:
50 • D9—Joey Scout Promise Challenge Applica on • 40 D8—Request for the Grey Wolf Award • D7— Australian Scout Medallion Nomina on Form 30 • D1—Queens Scout Award Recommenda on 20 • D10—Nomina on for the Baden Powell Scout Award
10 All forms are available in the Members Only Area of the Scouts
0 Queensland Website. The Scout Supply Centre is unable to provide these badges directly.
13 Dates are subject to change throughout the year
14 Dates are subject to change throughout the year
15 General Manager Ian Lightbody [email protected]
Outdoors Compe ons With the survey data, we need to then come up with a plan. Some There are three exci ng compe ons run by QORF, the Queensland buildings will need a en on; hopefully this can be done locally and Outdoor Recrea on Federa on (Scouts are a member are low cost. However, there may be a need for more substan al organisa on), that Scouts need to be aware of: work requiring grant funding or dona ons, and we can help with 1. Queensland Young Adventurer scholarship for a young that. person or group of young people (16 – 26 years old) up to $2500. Fancy any funding for an exci ng expedi on? The highest priority is that the buildings are safe. Thank you for 2. “It’s be er Outdoors” Photo Compe on: there are seven your an cipated support and assistance with this project. categories of this Please consider those people you know who may be interested and/or eligible to take part. Bunk Bed Legisla on 3. Visioning the Outdoors Short Film Compe on: entries will As part of the “Queensland Branch Property and Facili es Audit close 21 June, 2013. 2013” the state of bunk beds is being assessed. In October 2012 new bunk bed legisla on came into force, and Scout campsites Our members are ideally placed to apply and enter. Please promote have taken measures to ensure that our bunk beds are either them within your area; we have so many members, there should be disabled (for bunk rooms used by those under 9 years of age) or more Scout entries. For more informa on on these compe ons, compliant. At present, Camp Cooroora (Cooroy) and Tyamolum please check out the QORF website www.qorf.org.au. Campsite (Mt Crosby) are the only two campsites to be assessed as being compliant; others will follow. 2014 Calendar – photos and sponsorship Scouts Queensland is also looking for some great photos too. We The Fair Trading website provides the following advice on bunk bed are planning to produce a 2014 Scouts Queensland calendar. If you safety: have any photos of Scout ac vi es that you would like us to • Only children over nine years of age should use bunk beds. consider for inclusion, please let the Marke ng and Promo ons (but no Joey Scouts or Cub Scouts) Manager (marke [email protected]) know. • Consider using single beds as a safer alterna ve to bunk There is also an opportunity to adver se in a calendar that will be beds. distributed across the state. If you belong to a business or • Don't allow children to play on bunk beds. organisa on which may be interested in adver sing in the calendar, • Allow at least two metres of clearance between ceiling fans please let the Marke ng and Promo ons Manager and bunk beds. (marke [email protected]) know and we will provide • Ensure the ladder is firmly fixed to the bunk bed. details on the adver sing rates. • Ensure there are no gaps of between 95mm and 230mm that could trap your child's head. Membership Fees • On the top bunk, make sure that the top of the guardrail is at By the me this Encompass edi on is out, the invoices for least 160mm above the top of the ma ress to prevent membership renewal fees will be with the Group. Please take steps children rolling out. to have all the renewal fees paid on me (30 day terms). All exis ng members (as at 1 April) are invoiced a renewal fee, which is lower It is important to restate that there is now a policy that all Joey than previous years. There is an increase for new members but this Scouts and Cub Scouts are prohibited from using the upper bunk of reflects the actual cost of enrolment. This is the new membership bunk beds. We understand that the new legisla on will restrict the fee structure for the Branch. number of sites that can be used by medium to large sized Joey Scout Mobs and Cub Scout Packs but we are bound by the Safety and Compliance legisla on and this policy. Thank you for your understanding. It is essen al that our proper es are safe and compliant with legisla on. To ensure that this occurs, and iden fy and address any A BIG THANK YOU!!! issues that may exist, we are embarking on an important mul I would like to express my sincere thanks to the work being done by stage project, star ng with a Branch-wide survey. We are also our growing volunteer army at the Queensland Scout Centre. It is taking this opportunity to gather data on our proper es for making a real difference and making a valuable contribu on to the insurance purposes. Insurers will be able to provide lower organisa on. If you can help in the office, spread mulch or weed the premiums if we can provide be er informa on. garden, plant trees or help as a weekend warden at one of our campsites, please let us know. The first step is the “Queensland Branch Property and Facili es Audit 2013”. Recently a paper copy was sent to all forma on Many of you will know Shaun Sandilands, our Marke ng and leaders (GLs, DCs, RCs, etc) with a link to the online “survey Promo ons Manager. He finishes up in this role on Friday 10 May to monkey” version, so that the data can be collated efficiently. We further his chosen career but will con nue in his volunteer are asking that every “Scout” building is inspected with reference to posi ons. Shaun has been a dedicated and enthusias c member of the survey ques ons. I understand that this is a big project, please staff. We thank him for his fine efforts and wish him all the very make it a team effort and share the load. I would encourage best for the future. Farewell. everyone to ask others to assist. 16 ADVERTISING RATES FOR UNKNOWN BLUE CARDS RECEIVED We have received Blue Card ENCOMPASS informa on from the Commission for the following people, however there is no $120 full page record of their involvement with Scou ng as a Member or an Adult Helper. If any of the people listed below are a ached to your per issue Forma on please contact the Membership Support officer immediately on 3721 5733 or [email protected] . Failure to determine where these people are a ached to will result in $60 half page advice to the Commission of their non involvement with Scou ng in per issue Queensland.
Barry Benne David Hogan Space is available for your business to adver se within Gary Hollis Karen Wicherson-Hollis Encompass each month. Adver sing is for commercial Derek Waikato Peter Bernardos organisa ons only. Scout Groups and ac vi es will Tina Waikato Daniel Morris con nue not be charged for submission of content. Please note terms and condi ons do apply. For more Belinda Turnbull details download the adver sing guidelines from the Branch website at h p://www.scoutsqld.com.au IMPORTANT: SUBMISSION OF ADULT MEMBER CHARTERED FORMATIONS FORMS AND BLUE CARD APPLICATIONS/ The following Forma ons have become Chartered or CONFIRMATIONS rechartered during the month: Please note, All Adult Member Applica on forms and Adult Helper/ Majes c Park Scout Group Badge Examiner Forms require a Working with Children Blue Card Applica on Form or Confirma on of a Valid Blue Card Form to be submi ed with them. Failure to a ach this will result in the applica on being returned. POSITION AVAILABLE The posi on of District Commissioner for Fort Ly on Applica ons for Working With Children Blue Card Forms cannot be District in Brisbane South Region is available. For processed without the accompanying Adult Member/Supporter further informa on please contact Ian McPhee, Region Form a ached. Failure to a ach this will result in the applica on being returned. Commissioner on [email protected]
REMINDER: SMOKE ALARMS Don’t forget to check that smoke alarms exist in UPDATED FORMS your scou ng building. The following forms have been updated on the Scouts Queensland Website in the Members Only Area. To download Also remember to check the ba eries are current. these forms you need Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Form Descrip on Issue Date ENROLMENT FEES A5 Youth Member Registra on Form 24 04/13 Please remember the fees for signing up new Youth Members for the month of April is $170.00. Members joining in May 2013 will be A12 Adult Development Plane 10 04/13 $162.00. A71 Diploma Applica on Form 13 04/13 G4 Air Ac vi es Course Applica on Fomr 4 04/13 NOTICE OF MEETING The 27th Interna onal Scout and Guide Fellowship World conference will be held in Sydney from 11th-15th October2014. The main objec ve of the fellowship is to support local communi es in need including Scou ng and Guiding.
17 BATTLESHIPS AND MINEFIELDS CUB SCOUT BOOMERANG (SILVER) TEST 10 – Equipment—Blindfolds DISCOVERY Instruc ons—All but one member of one Six are blindfolded and Make a simple colour wheel stand in a line (the Ba leship), one behind the other, with hands on and show when rotated how the hips of the Cub in front of them. The remaining Six member is the colours blend to form a the Captain of the Ba leship. All other Cubs sit (without blindfolds) white colour around the floor, or some por on thereof (the Minefield), of the Resources hall, far enough apart so that the Ba leship can easily pass between • Cardboard discs (8cm dia) any two, but in a way that there is no clear path from one end of • (Strong) thread or fine the minefield to the other. The Captain must guide his Ba leship string through the Minefield giving only instruc ons comprising a • Paper colour wheel Compass Direc on and a Number of Paces. The 'Mines' of course, templates must remain very quiet throughout, lest they reveal their posi on • Coloured pencils, crayons to the Ba leship. Set a me limit for the passage. or felt pens • Scissors or circular cu er BALLOON BOUNCE • Paper glue Equipment—One inflated balloon for each Six (or team) Instruc ons Instruc ons—Members of each Six 1. Colour in a colour wheel template. form a close circle around their Sixer. Two different templates are provided. One has 14 divisions, to be The Sixer holds the balloon. At a given coloured in using the seven basic colours of the rainbow (Red, signal, each Sixer taps his or her Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet). Colour two wheel balloon into the air. The object of the divisions (either adjacent or opposite segments) in each colour; game is to keep the Six's balloon in The second template is divided into 6 segments, and is also divided the air by tapping it upwar. No Cub may touch the balloon twice in radially with 4 concentric rings. This template can be used to a row; there must always be an intervening tap from another Cub. If observe the effects of mixing different combina ons of colours (e.g. a Six's balloon touches a Cub from another Six, the Cub touched Red + Blue, Red + Yellow, Blue + Yellow); must drop out. Cubs from one Six can interfere with Cubs from 2. Cut out the coloured wheel, using either scissors or a circular another Six as long as they don't touch the other's balloon. As soon cu er. as a balloon touches the floor, all members of that Six must drop 3. Using a small amount of paper glue, a ach the coloured wheel to out. The last Six le is the winner. the cardboard disc (just a dab in the centre of the wheel is all that is required—it can then be easily changed); CATCH IT—HEAD IT 4. Using a pin or the point of a compass, punch two holes, to match Equipment—Ball the two outer holes in the cardboard disc, in the coloured wheel; Instruc ons—The Pack stands in a circle 5. Thread a piece of strong co on or fine string (~1 metre) through with a player/Leader in the middle. The the two outer holes (not the centre hole) in the colour wheel and person in the middle throws the ball to e the two ends of the string together; anyone in the circle, shou ng "Catch It!" or 6. With fingers through the looped ends of the string, on either side "Head It!". If the player in the circle catches of the disc (colour wheel), wind (or have someone wind for you) the the ball when the order was to head it, or disc around several mes. vice versa, they are out. 7. Pull the string gently with both hands, drawing away from the colour wheel—the wheel should begin to turn. Now, here’s the trick… Just as the thread becomes fully unwound, and with the colour wheel spinning, release the tension on the string just enough that the colour wheel can con nue to turn and wind the NEED INSPIRATION? string in the opposite direc on.
Just as the colour wheel stops spinning, pull gently again on the Have a look at the string, as before—the wheel should then start spinning in the New Ac vi es box on the opposite direc on (faster than before).
home page of Eurekit for Again, just as the thread becomes fully unwound, release the newly published ac vi es. tension on the string, and allow the colour wheel to keep spinning and winding up the thread again. By gently pulling and then releasing the tension on the string, as described above, you should be able to make the disk spin to and fro. Watch what happens to the colours on the colour wheel as it spins.
18 TEAMWORK / CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY ESTIMATING HEIGHT Build a tower, as tall as possible (the Ar st’s Method finished structure must be en rely self At the base of the -suppor ng) in the given me (30-45 object to be minutes), out of drinking straws and measured, place an s cky tape. ar cle (such as a Resources staff or person) of • Plas c drinking straws known height. • S cky tape Stand well away from • Scissors the object, Instruc ons then, holding a pencil 1. Hand out a packet of straws (at or twig at least 150), a roll of s cky tape and a arm’s length, arrange pair of scissors to each team; for the p of 2. Tell the teams that the aim of the the pencil to be in line exercise is to build the tallest, free- with the top of the staff or person and the thumb to mark the standing tower, using the materials ground level. Next, es mate how many mes this distance will go provided, in the me given (30-45 minutes), and let them at it; into the height of the object, and mul ply by the height of the 3. Depending on the experience of the Cubs, you may provide hints ar cle. to assist. Lumberman’s Method Hints include: Stand well away from the • Encourage teamwork—idle hands are wasted hands. The most object and hold a pencil or efficient approach is to iden fy individual tasks and to have twig at arm’s length from everyone doing something, all the me, although not necessarily your body. Arrange the twig the same thing all the me. If s cky tape is provided without a so its p is in line with the dispenser (a good idea), for example, someone can dedicate their top of the tree (or object) me to cu ng off pieces of s cky tape for others to use in being measured. Arrange the construc ng the tower (this task can be rotated if this is not pencil of twig so its p is in perceived to be an interes ng task); line with the top of the tree (or object) being measured, • Build the tower in a modular fashion, so that individuals or pairs and move your thumb up or of individuals can work on modules which can ul mately be down un l it’s in line with the base. Now swing the twig through a connected together. It is usually difficult for more than one or two right angle (90°), keeping your arm steady, so that your thumb people to produc vely work on the final assembly process at once. remains level with the base of the tree (or object). Observe the In this way, younger Cubs can work with older, more experienced point on the ground at right angles to the tree (or object) where the Cubs, or they can simply copy the work of an older Cub at their own p of the pencil or twig now appears to rest. The approximate pace, with input from an older Cub as and when required; height of the tree (or object), your es mate, can be measured by pacing the distance from the base of the tree (or object) to this • Use triangular elements as much as possible, as they are the most point. rigid. One very successful approach is simply to make as many 'straw triangles' as possible in the first 10-15 minutes, then for one or two team members to start assembling these individual DO YOU HAVE AN components into a ver cal structure. Choosing the most efficient way to integrate such components then becomes the real ACTIVITY TO SHARE? challenge; Did you know that you can submit your ac vi es through Eurekit to share with other Leaders? • Take care to make individual triangular or modular components consistently, otherwise they will not fit together well, and the tower will become unstable as it grows. If care is taken, it is possible to build a stable tower of 3-4 metres on a simple triangular base. The more careless the construc on, the bigger the base will need to be to support a given structure.
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19 Deputy Chief Commissioner Special Duties
Iain Furby dcc.specialdu [email protected]
Great love has no-one, except the one who gives up their own life could hear the rumble of the train now, and he took hold of the for their friends. A er having a ended several Anzac Day lever and leaned backward to apply his weight to it, locking the commemora ons, I have had cause to reflect on those who gave bridge. He kept applying the pressure to keep the mechanism their lives in order that we might enjoy a life of rela ve freedom locked. Many lives depended on this man’s strength. and peace. Then, coming across the bridge from the direc on of his control shack, he heard a sound that made his blood run cold. “Daddy, There was once a bridge which spanned a large river. During most where are you?” His four-year-old son was crossing the bridge to of the day the bridge sat with its length running up and down the look for him. river paralleled with the banks, allowing ships to pass through freely on both sides of the bridge. His first impulse was to cry out to the child, “Run! Run!” But the train was too close; the ny legs would never make it across the At certain mes each day, a train would come along and the bridge bridge in me. The man almost le his lever to run and snatch up would be turned sideways across the river, allowing a train to cross his son and carry him to safety. But he realized that he could not it. A switchman sat in a small shack on one side of the river where get back to the lever. he operated the controls to turn the bridge and lock it into place as the train crossed. Either the people on the train or his li le son must die. He took a moment to make his decision. One evening, as the switchman was wai ng for the last train of the day to come, he looked off into the distance through the dimming The train sped safely and swi ly on its way, and no one aboard was twilight and caught sight of the train lights. He stepped to the even aware of the ny broken body thrown mercilessly into the control and waited un l the train was within a prescribed distance river by the on rushing train. Nor were they aware of the pi ful when he was to turn the bridge. He turned the bridge into posi on figure of the sobbing man, s ll clinging ghtly to the locking lever but, to his horror, he found the locking control did not work. long a er the train had passed.
If the bridge was not securely in posi on it would wobble back and They did not see him walking home more slowly than he had ever forth at the ends when the train came onto it, causing the train to walked: to tell his wife how their son had brutally died. jump the track and go crashing into the river. This would be a passenger train with many people aboard. If we comprehend the emo ons this man felt, we can only begin to understand the feelings of those whose families have been affected He le the bridge, turned across the river and hurried across the by warfare. Those who gave up their lives in service of their bridge to the other side of the river where there was a lever switch country, those whose sacrifice has given you and me the freedom he could hold to operate the lock manually. to live the lives we live.
He would have to hold the lever back firmly as the train crossed. He Lest we forget
(Continued from page 11) The Australian Model Railway Associa on Queensland Branch ROVER RED AND WHITE POLO SHIRTS Inc The famous RED and WHITE Rover polo shirts are back in stock a er losses during the A not for profit Associa on Incorporated in January floods. Queensland Presents Orders for shirts can be sent to Model Trains of all types & sizes [email protected] •Large range of train shops and layouts HAVE YOU OR YOUR CREW JOINED THE QLD ROVER WEBSITE •Steam trains for your backyard If you have not joined the Queensland Rover Website, it’s easy to •Interac ve displays for children join, just log onto the Qld Rover Website and follow the simple •Thomas ride on train for children instruc ons. If you have any problems logging on or aren’t receiving •Demonstra ons on “How to” emails, contact communica [email protected] •Lego train layouts and sales
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20 Deputy Chief Commissioner Youth Program Peter Blatch [email protected]
ADVANCE WARNING- THE NATIONAL YOUTH PROGRAM COMPETITION From August this year, Na onal will be running an Australia wide compe on to find all of the best weekly programs. There will be I know we all spend lots of me planning, delivering and evalua ng great prizes for your whole Mob, Pack, Troop, Unit or Crew to exci ng weekly programs that will meet the needs of young people enjoy, and prizes will be awarded on a sec onal basis (best Joey in our sec on. Now is the opportunity to share one of your best. Scout program, best Scout program etc). Later this year, our na onal organisa on, Scouts Australia, is holding a compe on to enable all leaders to share their best The focus will be on weekly programs that include developing one weekly programs. Imagine- having access to some of the best and or more of the Areas of Personal Growth. Ideally in accord with the most crea ve Scout programs wri en by us- the leaders of principles of scout programming, they should have been developed Australia. in collabora on with or en rely by youth members or young adults (e.g. individuals, Troop and Unit Councils, Crew Execu ves). I know we all have lots of fantas c weekly programs and it will be probably difficult to select one- so submit two. Maybe you and your The programs will also be uploaded to Scout Central team can create a new one especially for the compe on based on (central.scouts.com.au) for everyone to share, and to try out in your the best of your best. Maybe we don’t know what makes it so own sec on. For 2013 the compe on will be about weekly fantas c, but we know the youth members enjoy it. programs (a program that covers what you do on one mee ng with your sec on); and in 2014 it will move in to being about the whole Now for our Scou ng check of that program: term program. • Does it have that WOW factor, a part that makes it so ACE • Is it using the Scout Method (uses a small group, So BE PREPARED. Start planning to enter the compe on. You can adventurous, fun, safe, links to the award Scheme etc.) share a forthcoming weekly program with members throughout • Does it provide for the development of young people in one Australia. Check you have all the gear and instruc ons documented. or more of the Areas of Personal Growth- social, spiritual, You may like to use the template for your sec on as appears in your physical, emo onal, intellectual, building character sec on handbook. Make sure you get images to show how WOW that program is. Then this is the compe on for you!
21 Branch Commissioner International Paul Rollason bc.interna [email protected]
Scou ng is a worldwide Movement The Air-Internet Jamboree is a regional event established in 2004 in with over 30 million Scouts in 160 which Scouts contact each other by means of amateur radio and countries. Interna onal Scou ng is through the Internet aimed at crea ng an For more informa on visit the official event website. If you wish to understanding of other cultures as be involved please contact the Na onal Coordinator who is the well as promo ng peace and Scouts Australia contact for this event. tolerance through our common JOTA-JOTI Australia mailing list understanding of the Scou ng Subscribe to JOTA-JOTI Australia mailing list and we'll keep you up Aims and Principles. Interna onal Scou ng involves rela onships to date by email with the latest news and announcements about with other Na onal Scou ng Organisa ons JOTA-JOTI, internet, radio, Na onal and Interna onal Scou ng, plus ( NSO’s) around the world.the rela onships lots of other exci ng opportuni es throughout the year to contact involve interna onal events and projects, Scouts all over Australia and the world. the Scouts Interna onal Student Exchange To subscribe send a blank email to jota-jo -australia- Program (SISEP), Jamboree of the Air/ [email protected]. Jamboree of the Internet (JOTA/JOTI),and Australia Radio and Internet ScouƟng Forum the Interna onal pen Pal Program. Interna onal Scou ng is also This is the forum to exchange news, views and to share related about developing Scout’s awareness of their place within the informa on with like minded people from Australia and other worldwide movement. na ons. Major topics include the World Scout Jamboree On The Air and Jamboree On The Internet (JOTA-JOTI), a monthly World Scout "When you join a Patrol you become part of a worldwide Net on echolink, ScoutLink all year round, plus your own ac vi es. brotherhood in which every member has promised to keep the Scout Youth and adult members and supporters are welcome to Law. Because of this it doesn't ma er if they speak different subscribe. languages, are of different colours or hold different religious beliefs. When you meet Scouts at large gatherings, remember that they are To subscribe send a blank email to Australia-radio-internet-scou ng your brothers and show by your ac ons that you regard them as [email protected] friends." - Lord Robert Baden-Powell, Founder of ScouƟng MANFEILD PARK - FEILDING - NEW ZEALAND The 20th New Zealand Scout Jamboree will 30th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Jamboree be held from 28th December 2013 to 6th The 30th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Jamboree January 2014 (30APRSJ), which also held as the 16th Nippon Jamboree is open to all New Zealand Scouts Jamboree (16NJ), will be held in 2013 in Kirara- years 6-10 (New Zealand School years) hama, Yamaguchi, Japan. The 30th APRSJ/16NJ in 2013, or for Interna onal Scouts, please refer to your own will be a great opportunity for the Scouts from Scout Associa on for age requirements up to age 15 as at Day 1 of the world to learn about Japan and moreover Jamboree. feel the unity of the scout movement by The theme for this Jamboree is to provide ‘the experience of their sharing the experience with Scouts from many different countries. Scout me’ with the main emphasis being on the eMPoWeRment Date: 1 August to Wednesday, 7 August 2013 (MPWR) of the Patrol system and support for our awesome Patrol Venue: Kirara-hama, Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan Leaders. Fee: Overseas APR NSOs Jamboree Website Site: Par cipants & ISTs on Category A & B: JPY 25,000 (approx. h p://scouts.net.nz/Jamboree/ USD325.00) Senior Youth Facebook Site: Par cipants &ISTs: Category C & D JPY 45,000 (approx. USSD585.00) h p://www.facebook.com/groups/NZScoutJamboree.Youth/ Other NSOs: JPY50,000 (approx. USD650) This site is for youth 13plus. It will have some addi onal youth Please note that the Jamboree fee should be paid in Japanese yen. specific info that is not on the Public pages. It will also give senior Any difference on the amount paid against the registra on fee will youth the chance to make contacts ahead of Jamboree. This site is be se led upon the arrival of the con ngent at the Jamboree site. part of the MPWR approach of this Jamboree which has as a core Theme: Wa - a spirit of unity. aim the empowerment of PL's and APL's. Patrol Leader informa on will also be posted to the Adult Leader h p://www.scout.or.jp/e/event/30APRSJ_16NJ/index.ht Group site so younger Patrol Leaders can have access, via their ml Scout Leaders, to informa on specifically targeted to the Jamboree Patrol leaders. WOSM and the Asia-pacific Region are pleased Adult Leaders Facebook Site: to announce the 9th Asia Pacific Regional Air- h p://www.facebook.com/groups/NZScoutJamboree.Adults/ Internet Jamboree to be hosted by Bharat This site will have significant addi onal leader info including:High Scouts & Guides, India from 3 - 4 August 2013. res Promo onal Video
22 Powerpoint presenta ons for Parent/Youth "Jamboree Interna onal secretary: [email protected] (Julia Novitskaya) Informa on" gatherings Video/Presenta ons on what to expect as Jamboree chief: Solominina Svetlana (the chairwomen of the Board a leader in a Jamboree troop. of Perm Scout Center) You can send your applica on via e-mail ll 01.03.2013. Leader & YST general info Test yourself! Measure your abili es on the Jamboree "Ural For staff roles at Jamboree suppor ng the Jamboree Troops dimension". Ability to post ques ons and get answers on what ever you want to know about Jamboree Canadian Scout Jamboree Note: Only warranted leaders will be given access to this site. Are you looking for fun, Please include your warrant number and correct name in the adventure and challenge? Look comments when reques ng access. This will be validated before no further than the Canadian the request is approved. Scout Jamboree 2013 (CJ'13) YST Facebook Site: being held in Sylvan Lake, h p://www.facebook.com/groups/NZScoutJamboree.YST/ Alberta from July 6 to 13, 2013. The Youth Service Team (YST) is a group of about 150 young people CJ'13 will bring youth, leaders from Yr 12 (in 2013) to 26 years old. These people come from and volunteers from across the country and from venturer units all over the country and some may be from around the world together for the ul mate Scou ng experience. overseas. Scouts will share friendship and adventure while experiencing personal development that only a jamboree experience can bring. For further informa on and if you have any ques ons you can send Visit this site o en and subscribe to our RSS feed and blog for an email to con [email protected] addi onal informa on and updates as we countdown to the big event. Welcome to Scouts Canada's Canadian Scout Jamboree! Applica ons opening soon. Online registra on is now open! hƩp://www.scouts.ca/cj13/index.html
23rd World Scout Jamboree 2015 Japan The Jamboree will be located on Kirarahama or Kirara Beach in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The Japanese word "kirara" means mica: Kirara Beach offers a beau ful landscape in front of which the At Moot Canada 2013, par cipants will be the makers of their own Seto Inland Sea gli ers in the sunlight just like mica. programming. Months ahead of their arrival in Canada, each APPLICATIONS par cipant will create his own Moot experience by making a series Online Registra ons are now open on the APPLY NOW page of the of choices individually or with their interna onal patrol. By offering website. Follow the link and be sure to select 23rd World Scout each par cipant the opportunity to build their own programming, Jamboree from the menu. h p://www.wsj2015.scouts.com.au Moot Canada 2013 wishes to establish new grounds for future All youth members that will be aged between 14 and 18 are interna onal scou ng events. eligible to a end (i.e. born between 9 August 1997 and 27 July Canada, Country of Blue Gold 2001 inclusive) The 2-3-1-3-2 formula Adult members are eligible for selec on as a Line Leader or as a The Par cipant’s Experience: Choose your Path member of the Interna onal Service Team (IST). Find your Path If you are eligible to a end and would like to be kept informed of The Urban Challenge: an inspiring service opportunity the latest informa on as it becomes available, please send an email The Awacamenj Mino base camp to wjcon [email protected] your Name, Scout Patrol Life: an Interna onal Experience Group and Contact Details. Contact Con ngent leader Pete Favelle [email protected] for more informa on. Na onal Organiza on of Russian Scouts and Perm scout center are happy to invite you to What: Na onal Scout Jamboree for The 7-th Russian Na onal Scout Jamboree "Ural Norwegian Guide and Scout dimension" Associa ons and guests Where: Stavanger Jamboree "Ural dimension" will be held 14- When: 6th to 13th of July 2013 23.07.2013 in Perm. Jamboree – is a celebra on, an adventure, a Price: 265 € - The price includes all food, ac vi es and excursions challenge, a game. Jamboree field is situated on the picturesque during the camp (like the trip to the Pulpit Rock). Expenses related bank of the Kama river. For 10 days it'll become a home for more to travel, visa, travel insurances and accommoda on in Norway than 2000 scouts from Russia and from abroad. apart from at the Jamboree are not included in the camp fee. For whom: Norwegian and Interna onal Scouts, girls and boys, Look for more informa on about Jamboree "Ural dimension": turning 11 by the end of 2013 h p://jamboree.ru, h p://permscout.ru, h p://nors-r.ru How to register: Interna onal guests can now register here [email protected] Jamboree e-mail: [email protected] (Continued on page 24)
23 h p://www.stavanger2013.no/contact/interest Pen Pals Required We have around 38 Mobs currently wan ng links with Australian We will make sure that you and/or your local group will be Scouts. For more details or to register now for the pen pal program contacted and given more informa on about the Na onal Scout contact Interna onal Pen-Pal Program –Susan Rogers Queensland Jamboree in Norway next year. Coordinator at [email protected] The planning has already started. From the 6th to the 13th of July in 2013, there will be a memorable Na onal Scout Jamboree in See the exciƟng events we have in the Asia-Pacific Region. Stavanger with the aim to host 15 000 scouts from Norway and 2013 abroad. We're thinking BIG, and look forward to present a week BSA 2013 Na onal Scout Jamboree packed with experiences, spectacular nature, good food and a lot of Venue: - Summit Bechtel Na onal Scout Reserve, West Virginia, new friends. U.S.A. Date: 15th July - 24th July, 2013 Scout Interna onal Student Exchange Program For patrols of Scouts ( 8 Scouts and 2 Leaders) - 14 to 20 years of In this month’s edi on, you will find part 3 of Mitchell Eickenloff’s age report of his experience in England. Auchengillan Interna onal Jamboree ( Scotland) Applica ons for 2014/15 have now Venue: Auchengillan Outdoor Centre, S rlingshire, Scotland opened and interested Venturers have Date: 27th July - 3rd August 2013 un l 31st March 2014 to lodge their (for Scouts and Guides) Expression of Interest Forms with me. The sooner this is done, the sooner you can 30th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Jamboree / 16th Nippon Na onal fundraise and the easier it is to put money aside for this great Jamboree experience. Interested Venturers who want to par cipate in the Venue: Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan Scout Interna onal Exchange Program for 2014/15, must be a Date: 31st July - 8th August, 2013 Venturer and do not turn 18 un l a er January 2015. All the Venturers who have par cipated agree that it is the best me and 14th World Scout Moot experience and well worth the effort – Applica ons for 2014/15 Venue: Ontario and Quebec Provinces, Canada close 31st March 2014. Date: 8th - 18th August 2013 The 5 Families who will be Hos ng Danish Scouts this year have all 2014 been in contact with their visi ng Danish Scout and establishing World Scout Conference their rela onships and experience together. Our visitors will be 14th July-18th July, Slovenia arriving towards the end of June and leave early in August. 2015 ANZAC Centenary Celebra ons, Turkey For more informa on on the Program both as a poten al 2016 Exchangee or Host Family, please New Zealand venture email [email protected] you will be sent more informa on and Expression of Interest Forms. In Closing Hope to hear from you soon. Being part of a world-wide brother and sisterhood is really exci ng. Sco Edwards You don’t have to leave Australia to feel part of it. You can Youth Program Support Branch Advisor (Interna onal) – SISEP par cipate in interna onal Scou ng right here at home! There are Coordinator - Qld plenty of op ons, and here are just a few ideas: (Scout Interna onal Student Exchange Program) SISEP (Scout Interna onal Student Exchange Program) –Sco [email protected] Edwards SISEP Coordinator Queensland [email protected] Host Families and Host Corp Team Host families and Host Corp Team- We are always on the lookout for host families and Sandra Hemming ,Queensland Coordinator people to be a part of the Host Corp Team. ba.interna [email protected] This may be anywhere from hos ng a visi ng JOTA & JOTI – Albert Shelley- Queensland Coordinator Interna onal Scout or Leader for a few hours, to [email protected] show them local Australian Scou ng, to 1-2 days whilst they are Interna onal Pen-Pal Program –Susan Rogers Queensland here on holidays, and up to several weeks if they are on exchange. Coordinator [email protected] Most of our requests are for 3-4 hours to meet local scouts or at Hands Across The Water Program (Joey Scouts) least meet them at the airport. [email protected] Being a host is a wonderful and fulfilling experience. For more informa on about being a host contact If you would like to know more about what is happening Sandra Hemming, Branch Advisor-Interna onal, Queensland interna onally in Scou ng or would like to par cipate in an Coordinator , Host Families and Host Corp Team overseas event, visit Scouts Australia’s Website at ba.interna [email protected] www.interna onal.scouts.com.au and it will open up many more links for you to explore? If you have Interna onal stories and pictures to share , or require further Interna onal informa on please contact Paul Rollason, BC Interna onal, via Branch or E-Mail bc.interna [email protected] or visit the Queensland website at www.scoutsqld.com.au and click on “Events” and then “Interna onal”.
What are you wai ng for???? GET INVOLVED NOW and ENJOY.
24 Branch Commissioner Air Activities
Laurie Radcliffe bc.airac vi [email protected]
AIR ACTIVITIES VISIT CAIRNS Cairns Interna onal Airport was the venue for the Far North Re- gions first Air Ac vi es Day for several years. Youth Members were able to experience the thrill of a flight in one of the North Queens- land Aero Club's Cessna C172 aircra . Pilots Alex and Grant were kept busy throughout the day with 32 Scouts and 7 Cubs taking to the air. Visits from the Australian Federal Police (including a guest appearance by 'Jasper' the explosives detec on dog) and the Air- port Rescue and Fire Figh ng Service fire truck kept the Scouts busy when they were not flying. Other ac vi es included a visit to the Emergency Management Queensland Helicopter Base and an POSITIONS VACANT inspec on of some Infra-Red Detec on Equipment used in the Joey Scout Sec on Leader Customs Service aircra . Special thanks to all involved with making Joey Scout Sec on Assistant Leader this a successful day for the Scouts. Good luck to all the Scouts in Cub Scout Sec on Leader the comple on of their Target Badges. By Bill Ken sh (KESTREL) Cub Scout Sec on Assistant Leaders Scout Sec on Assistant Leader Venturer Scout Sec on Leader Email bc.airac vi [email protected]
Remaining Available Course Dates Please note all Cub Scout Courses for the year
have reached full capacity.
Joey Scout Course— Maximum 25
Saturday, 27 July 2013 25 spaces available Saturday, 17 August 2013 20 spaces available Saturday, 7 September 2013 25 spaces available Saturday, 19 October 2013 25 spaces available Saturday, 9 November 2013 25 spaces available Saturday, 30 November 2013 25 spaces available
Scout Day Course - Maximum 40 On the 27Th April Far North Saturday, 1 June 2013 40 spaces available Queensland Carried out an Saturday, 10 August 2013 30 spaces available Air Ac vi es day at Cairns Saturday, 31 August 2013 40 spaces available airport, which will now be Saturday, 12 October 2013 40 spaces available an annual event. The Branch Saturday, 2 November 2013 40 spaces available Team are now planning an Saturday, 23 November 2013 40 spaces available Air Ac vi es weekend Early October at Roma for surrounding Groups, please email bc.airac vi [email protected] with any inter- est, further details in coming issues
25 Branch Commissioner Environmental Education
Judy Seymour
“The man who is blind to the beau es of Nature has missed half the pleasure of life.” - Lord Robert Baden-Powell World Environment Day - June 5th
This year ……..Help Save the Bilby
The Queensland bilby popula on is the most threatened and gene cally dis nct popula on in Australia. It has declined in range during the past 10 years and is con nuing to do so. A campaign raised the funds needed to build a 25sq km Bilby Fence at Currawinya Na onal Park, near Cunnamulla in Queensland. The fence was built with dona ons from many thousands of supporters whose con nuing contri- bu ons assist the recovery program to maintain the fence and expand the opera ons to Help Save the Bilby. The fence was recently breached by flood waters and feral cats devoured many baby bilbies. The project needs funds to fully repair the fence.
How can you help? * Plan an ac vity night based on the bilby. * Have a fund-raising event and donate to the bilby fund * Purchase Bilby Badges and sell as a fundraising event
Find ac vi es and more at h p://www.savethebilbyfund.com/
ENVIRONMENT ACTIVITY DAYS AVAILABLE May 11 - Eprapah - now available for booking Venturer Scouts 25-26 Eprapah – book now!
June 8 - Eprapah - now available for booking CS 15 Eprapah - available for booking JS 22 Eprapah - available for booking
July 13 - Eprapah – now available for booking 20 - Eprapah - now available for booking
* * dates in August also now available for bookings
Eprapah Bunkhouse is now available (with power connected!) Book a mob/pack weekend – combine it with an environment program - at ac [email protected] Eprapah Bunkhouse is now available (with power connected!) Book a mob/pack weekend – combine it with an environment program - at ac [email protected]
Submi ed by Environment Educa on Team member Jean Howell
ASHMORE SCOUT GROUP TURNS 30 NATIONAL YOUTH COUNCIL DISCUSSION The Scouts Australia Na onal Youth Council (NYC), at the request th 30 Birthday Celebra ons of Peter Blatch, the Na onal Advisor for Special Needs, is currently considering the discussion topic Scouts with special needs. The 2nd June 2013 focus ques ons are: should youth with special needs be ac vely or passively recruited to the movement; what assistance should be 10 am – 2 pm offered within the movement; and what, if any, badge work modifi- ca ons/exemp ons are appropriate? Any input from leaders or ASHMORE SCOUT DEN parents is welcome.
1 Community Drive, Ashmore Please send all input to [email protected].
Ryan Kidd Past Members Welcome (NYC Olympia Patrol Leader and QLD Branch Appointment)
26 Branch Commissioner Youth Activities Kerry Tully bc.youthac [email protected]
Youth Ac vi es Team Camp Scouts / Venturer Scouts / Rovers “Communica on” Theme Start your training NOW for the upcoming Scouts, Venturer Scouts and Rovers bike hike that runs from Beaudesert to With communica on being so important to people all across st the globe in today’s world, what be er way to reinforce the Christmas Creek on Saturday the 1 of June 2013. Please con- scou ng way then by a ending this years’ first camp held by sider that youth member fitness and stamina will be tested in the Qld Branch Youth Ac vi es Team at BP Park from Saturday this ac vity as they will be riding approximately 40 kilometres 25 May to Sunday 26 May. This camp has been specifically over the course of the day. There will be ac vi es run by mem- designed to cater for youth members from the Joey Scout sec- bers of our team approximately every ten kilometres, and one on right through to the Venturer Scout sec on. Be the first to of our Leaders will be riding with the try out some of our newly acquired equipment, and test your youth members over the en re journey. teamwork and communica on skills at the same me. This is a great This camp will feature elements of badgework embedded in a opportunity to fun manner for both the Cub Scout and Scout sec ons. There get out and will also be a range of other challenging and fun ac vi es, in- about and have clusive of: abseiling, water ac vi es, and a return of the disa- some fun! bility awareness base that has been raved about for years.
We can’t wait to see you there!
SCOUT CAMPSITES AND PACK HOLIDAY SHELTERS
Have you booked your next camp or pack holiday? There are plenty of Scout facili es on offer; below is just a sample. Your patronage of the facili es assists Scou ng. Please check out the Branch website or the individual camp websites for more informa on.
Some of these are Scout Campsites around Queensland, there are plenty of others too:
Name Address Contact number Aldershot Ac vity Centre and Campsite 23817 Bruce Highway, Aldershot via Maryborough (07) 4122 3352 Allawah Campsite Allawah Road, CHUWAR (07) 3202 1431 Baden Powell Park 68 Cash Avenue, Samford (07) 3289 2599 Barrabadeen- Atherton Tablelands Danbulla Road, Tinaroo (Atherton Tablelands) (07) 4091 4387 Brownsea Water Ac vi es Centre 89 Allpass Parade, Shorncliffe (07) 3721 5737 Dunethin Rock Water Ac vity Centre Lake Dunethin Rd, Maroochy River (07) 5446 6246 Eprapah Campsite 424 Cleveland-Redland Bay Road, Victoria Point (07) 3721 5737 Karingal Campsite Karingal Road, MT COTTON (07) 3721 5737 Murrenbong Campsite 135 Scout Road, KURWONGBAH (07) 3285 5408 Rocky Creek Campsite 3246 Old Gympie Road, LANDSBOROUGH (07) 5494 1195 Rowallan Park 282 Glendaragh Road, MACKAY 0408 195 834 Seeone Park Rockhampton-Yeppoon Road, ROCKHAMPTON 0407 766 130 Tyamolum Campsite Flaggy Creek Rd, Mount Crosby 0487 173 743 Wirraglen Campsite Wirraglen Road, off Crows Nest Road, KLEINTON (07) 46333374 Wyper Park Campsite 1460 Isis Highway, SOUTH BINGERA, BUNDABERG (07) 4151 4264
27 SCOUTS AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS THE ROYAL children sensi vely COMMISSION about these Scouts Australia welcomes the Prime Minister’s announcement of issues. Ideas the Royal Commission’s terms of reference and the appointment of to improve six highly regarded Australians as Commissioners. safety for The six Commissioners provide the necessary diversity of children are always welcome and Scouts looks forward to assis ng experience to deliver a meaningful and thorough approach to the Commission. achieving the Royal Commission Ins tu onal Responses to Child Sexual Abuse’s objec ve - to effect na onal changes to the systems Scouts is grateful to the many thousands of Leaders, parents, which protect children. volunteers and supporters of Australian Scou ng who work relessly to mentor and to enrich the lives of so many children in Scouts Australia has zero-tolerance for abuse of any kind, and we the community through our personal development and educa onal will work closely with the Commission to share all records and programs and ac vi es, whilst also ensuring their safety and informa on in order to achieve this crucial objec ve. protec on.
Scouts Australia has established the Royal Commission Advisory For counselling support please contact Lifeline 131114 – 24 hour Commi ee, led by Chief Commissioner Reg Williams, that includes helpline service. representa ves from Scouts’ youth, state and territory leadership. The Advisory Commi ee will coordinate Scouts Australia’s Scouts Australia welcomes any member of the community providing par cipa on in the Royal Commission across the en re informa on regarding any child protec on ma er – please call organisa on, and will provide all necessary support to the Scouts Na onal Office on 02 9413 1133. community. Further updates and informa on on the Royal Commission can be The Advisory Commi ee is supported by a volunteer legal advisory found on the Na onal Scout website www.scouts.com.au/ panel which includes, former NSW Supreme Court Judge and NSW royalcommission and at the Australian Government Royal Mental Health Review Tribunal President, The Hon. Greg James AM Commission site at www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au. QC, Mr John De Wijn QC, and Mr Craig Ray. Mr James will lead Scouts Australia’s prepara on and representa on to the Royal Commission.
Scouts has had a policy and prac ce to report allega ons of child abuse to Police, and has made records and files freely available to the Police and other child protec on authori es.
Scouts conducts compulsory Child Protec on Police Checks in every State and Territory, has compulsory leader training for all adult supervisors on the child protec on policies and procedures and reinforces procedures for how Scouts responds to child protec on allega ons.
Scouts hopes that the Commission’s scru ny of current community organisa ons’ policies and prac ces will lead to more rigorous and stringent processes for groups to report suspected child abusers across the en re community.
A serious and deep a en on to repor ng in every organisa on should help to create greater confidence to report sexual abuse ma ers.
Scouts believes that during the past 20 years it has become easier to encourage reports and to take ac on against suspected child offenders. However, there is s ll a long way to go, especially to gain the confidence of vic ms that they will remain safe and be taken seriously by the Australian community and authori es.
Scouts has developed robust and vigilant child protec on policies in all States and Territories working with the full range of Child Protec on Agencies. There are mandatory Police checks for all adult volunteer Leaders and compulsory training to maximise child safety. Scouts is a family based organisa on and we strongly encourage as many parents as possible to be ac vely involved in all our programs.
We urge all parents to familiarise themselves with the child protec on policies in their community organisa ons and to talk to 28 SISEP Adventure by Mitchell Eickenloff – Goodna Venturer them, I went to Baden Powell House to start a week of fun and trav- Week 5 - 8 of SISEP el with sixteen other venturers from around Australia. Sunday 23rd December to Saturday 19th January 2013 So, a er mee ng everyone and Week 5 of SISEP having a group mee ng about The Week of Christmas everything in London, we finally On Christmas day we woke up at went to dinner at this li le Italy 9.00am. It was fun experiencing the restaurant. It was great to talk to different style of Christmas in the everyone about our adventures in morning. Santa gave me a lot of the United Kingdom and Den- scou ng things and some fun mark. things like chocolate and thermals. I need the thermals. Day two, so it starts with Churchill Bunker, which are war rooms for At dinner me we only had the fam- a history lesson. Then we walked ily and Ellio , which is Bethany’s thru the park to Parliament boyfriend over for a roast dinner. I House, where we got a VIP tour can’t really remember having a around the grounds. We went on roast dinner at Christmas me in the train to the Eye where we had Australia. It was so nice and there lunch and then to Leicester were a lot of different styles of Square, Oxford Street for some cooking. A er dinner and dessert shopping and also Camden mar- we watched some Christmas mov- ket. A er, we had dinner at Noo- ies and when to bed about 3.00am. dle box, we went and looked around Oxford Street for onesies. Week 6 of SISEP The Week of New Year On the third day of London, it was A er having a lovely Christmas with very interes ng because we then the family but not a white Christ- went to The Crystal, which is our mas I helped out around the house. future built on sustainable ci es, We helped set up the house for showing people how the world their New Year Eve Party. I had a would be in 50 to100 years me. lot of fun with everyone and we A er taking a cable car to the Lon- went to bed at 7.30am on the don Olympics Stadium, we went morning of the 1st of January. and got some food from the Bor- ough Markets. Week 7 of SISEP The Final Week with the Host Fami- A er the markets we went to the ly Tower of London, Tower Bridge and the amazing Monument. A er This week is my final week of being today’s history lesson we went to an underground comedy place with the family and what an awe- and laser force. some week it was. For starters, I didn’t go to college for the whole On the fourth day, it was just the week, instead I went to work expe- best day because we went to rience at AirMed. This is an Aircra Harry Po er World and spent Company that helps medically ill hours there. We then went back people with their supplies and helps to Oxford Street for lunch. At with emergency evacua ons. I night we went on a Scary Jack learnt so much in only 4 days and I the Ripper Tour around London also received a reference from which we learnt so much about them, which is great. the history of London Police.
On Friday, it was my last day at college and I had so much fun. First I On the fi h day in London, we started the day by going to Ma ’s have to do my power point about Australia and the students loved Secrets Place, which is the Sixth Floor. It is an awesome place to just it. They also thought that it was very interes ng, they all want to go chill and to get a great view of the city. We then climbed the Tower to Australia now. A er saying my goodbyes to everyone from col- of London, which was crazy. Then we had lunch and went to the lege we went to Winter Camp. It’s like a Jamboree but with only 500 real Shakespeare Globe which is awesome and then we paid a visit venturers and scouts, but it was a lot of fun. There was everything to Ma ’s University and went to an open Mic Comedy Night. from flight simulators to a disco to white water ra ing. I have so much fun for the whole two days and got so muddy too. Sadly on the fi h and final day we spent the whole day packing, just packing and cleaning up the rooms. Throughout the week, I have Week 8 of SISEP had so much fun and Ma was the coolest guy to show us around The Final Week in London London. So thanks Ma for the me of our life. One day I hope to A er saying thanks to the family for everything and sadly leaving see you again, hopefully in Australia.
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GONE HOME—PETER CHARLES SNOW Easter camping holidays with dad in the 1960’s were amazing, As 28-11-1924—12-03-2013 might be expected, the heavy canvas and mber gear was carefully packed in the trailer in readiness for a pre-dawn departure. (Dad Born in Brisbane, Peter Charles was the only son of re red watch- ensured the Snows always arrived anywhere in me for breakfast— maker, church organist and ‘Chief’ of the Scout Movement in it was a sin to ‘waste the day’) Queensland. Charles Snow and Una Gibson—a member of a pio- neering family in this state’s sugar industry—who was a gi ed pia- The camp as set up.. Once dad even cut bracken for us so we could nist. sleep on browse beds… a latrine dug, the meat safe hauled high and perishables set to cool in the creek. It was the only me in our lives His adored younger sister Anne Stone has predeceased him Togeth- we ever saw our father cook anything and the food was all the er, the siblings spent what Dad always described as an idyllic child- more delicious for that. Dad was rejuvenated by the smell of wood hood at Redland Bay. The family home, ‘Vailma’ was built by smoke and loved to boil a billy whenever he had the opportunity. Charles and had a lovely garden overlooking the Bay and its fore- shore, which the Snow children came to regard as their own. To the end of his days, a hot strong cup of tea with at least 2 sugars was a surefire restora ve. If out, Dad always had to be home by ten As a boy, Dad became a Cub and met Lord Baden Powell when BP to put the ke le on . His only complaint about his hospital care was visited the Eprapah Scout grounds at Wellington Point in 1931. Dad the temperature of the tea. made his first visits to Toowoomba to stay with the visionary Dr Tom Price in South Street. Dr.Prices scou ng name was ‘Eagle’ and Delivered at the celebra on of Life Service by Sheena, Malcolm, dad was taken to see the ‘Eagles Nest’ camp site for penniless swag- David, Peter and Jonathon. men Dr Price had established below Webb Park in the 1930’s.
Since becoming a Cub in the first Cleveland Scou ng Group, Dad was keenly associated with the Scou ng movement his whole life. A sea scout in his teenage years, he recalled sailing on Sydney Har- bour when he a ended the Australia Jamboree there in 1938.
He was later warranted as a Scouter and served as an Assistant Scoutmaster and Scoutmaster at Hendra, Enoggera and Ascot, while also comple ng his Woodbadge training. He took the name of ‘Wirra’ and received his beads and parchment from his father, the Chief Commissioner for training in April 1950.
A er moving to Toowoomba, Dad held a number of Senior Leader- ship roles in Scouts. From 1953 un l 1972 he was variously the Dis- trict Commissioner for Scouts, Assistant Training Commissioner, Assistant Deputy Camp Chief, and AAC (training) for Darling Downs, running a number of Woodbadge training camps in Queensland.
An undoubted highlight of Dad’s life occurred when he led the Queensland con ngent of 10 Scouts, including 5 local boys, to the World Jamboree in Idaho in 1967—his first overseas trip. It was a life changing event for him.
As with all subsequent trips taken by our parents, Dad relished each moment and remembered every detail of every place visited with photographic precision. On his travels, the scenery was para- mount for Dad. Despite spending his working life in and about prop- erty. Dad was not one for urban landscapes when he was overseas. As far as he was concerned, ci es were transit stops. The Alpine meadows or the lakes or the woods in the fall were the thing.
In 1966, Dad was instrumental in developing the Wirraglen Scout Campgrounds at Meringandan which are named in his honour. Sheena remembers him sketching the floor plan of the bunkhouse on a used envelope during a concert at the City Hall.
Dad was awarded Scou ng's Medal of Merit and in February 1998 was one of the first recipients of the Silver Emu from the Governor General and Chief Scout ‘ for sustained and excep onal service to the Scou ng movement’ For 10 years up to 2000, he was the Chair of the Darling Downs Area (non uniform) and he was a staunch sup- porter of the Eprapah Fellowship and BP Guild.
30 THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER MEMORANDUM
GROUP SUPPORT COMMITTEE RULES
In March 2010, the former Chief Commissioner of Queensland sent a memorandum to all Group Leaders and Leaders-in-Charge advising of the updated process for Group Commi ee Rules. I would now like to remind Groups of this process. Please note that these rules have now been renamed to Group Support Commi ee Rules as per issue 8 sent in October 2012.
All Groups must adopt the Group Support Commi ee Rules at an Annual Report Presenta on (previously called Annual General Mee ng) which must be held by 31 May each year. Groups must also complete sec on 3.3.1 in rela on to quorums for Special Mee ngs. These Rules are important to ensure all Groups are holding appropriate Annual Report Presenta ons and so that Group Support Commi ees and Group Support Execu ve Commi ees know how to conduct their roles and responsibili es appropriately.
Once these rules are adopted at the mee ng they must be signed by the Group Secretary, Chairman and Group Leader. A er signing the document it is to be forwarded to the District Commissioner (if applicable) and Region Commissioner for their recommenda on. The Rules must then be sent to the Branch Headquarters for the Chief Commissioner’s final approval. On receipt of the completed Rules, a copy will be sent to the Group along with an Annual Approval Sheet which must be kept with the Group’s records.
At all subsequent Annual Report Presenta ons, Groups must con nue to table the Group Support Commi ee Rules, but it is not neces- sary for a full set of rules to be re-signed and submi ed to Branch each year. Instead the Group Secretary, Chairman and Group Leader must instead sign the Annual Approval Sheet to record that the rules have been adopted.
If a new issue of the Group Support Commi ee Rules are published, Groups must adopt them at the next Annual Report Presenta on and resubmit them to Branch for approval. A copy will be returned to the Group for their records. A nota on should be made against the An- nual Approval Sheet to show when a new issue of the Rules have been adopted. Please note this is a new procedure. If you have previous- ly resubmi ed the Rules we apologise if they were returned to you. Groups must keep a copy of the original approved Rules along with the latest version of the Rules with their records so that they can be referred to when needed.
Should you have any ideas or sugges ons for these Rules, please discuss them with your Region Commissioners so that further discus- sions can be held at future Region Commissioners Conferences.
GENERAL MANAGER MEMORANDUM
PROPERTY AND FACILITIES AUDIT
The Branch currently has records for each building used by Scou ng in Queensland. However with changes in legisla on and new addi- onal ques ons from insurers we are reques ng each Forma on to complete a property and facili es audit for each of their buildings.
The informa on collected with this audit will not only assist with the future nego a ons for the Branch’s insurance policies but will help iden fy the areas of improvement needed. There may be opportuni es for grant funding and the reduc on of costs in areas where bene- fits can be gained from a coordinated approach.
The audit is designed to be completed once for each building that is on the site. Complete the audit online at h ps:// www.surveymonkey.com/s/8LC6PDN. If you are unable to complete online a copy of the audit in PDF format can be obtained from the Queensland Branch website or request a copy from the Queensland Scout Centre.
Your assistance with this ma er is greatly appreciated. It is requested that the survey be completed by 31 May 2013.
Yours Sincerely,
Ian Lightbody GENERAL MANAGER
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