Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI)

Printer friendly version - 2006 - Where to start: www.joti.org.

Starting in 2005 the Jamboree-on-the-Internet, or JOTI, became an annual Scouting event sponsored by the World Scout Bureau of the World Organization of the Scout Movement and the Boy Scouts of America. JOTI is an international Scout meeting on the Internet that takes place on the third weekend of October. During that weekend, Scouts from all over the world meet and communicate with each other over the Internet.

Most of the communication takes place via e-mail and in a chat network called IRC, the Internet Relay Chat. JOTI allows you to build friendships with Scouts in other countries and to find out more about their civil and Scouting life. Often, these contacts last for years and build the base for upcoming group trips and enterprises.

As with JOTA, patches and participation cards for JOTI will be available August 1, 2006. The price for the patch is $4.00. Participation cards are free and there will be no charge for postage on either of these items.

If we have raised your interest, please click HERE (2006 JOTI details) for more information on the rules and regulations for participation in this event.

You can read about the 2006 World JOTI at www.scout.org.