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 * Feb 01, 2006 - Traditional Scouting movement refers to a back to basics effort that returns Scouting to a scheme intentionally based on Baden-Powell's (BP) own model of Scouting; rejecting the world-wide trend to "modernize" Scouting in order to appeal to more youths. This movement is very popular in Canada and certain parts of America (BSA). The movement began in 1970 in Britain and is closely associated with the Baden-Powell Scouts; although not all Traditional Scouting units are members of the Baden-Powell Scouts.
 * Note: this was our first one, placed in the portal when the portal was created on Jan 28, 2006.

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 * Feb 28, 2006 - Jamboree on the Internet, known by its acronym JOTI, is an international Scouting activity held annually. Participants, through the use of designated Chats from all over the world, can contact their fellow scouts by means of the Internet. Common communication methods include ScoutLink (IRC), e-mail, and VOIP. This provides the Scouts with a means of learning about fellow scouts from around the world. The event is held on the third weekend in October in conjunction with JOTA. JOTI.org reports that JOTI had over 4,000 participants online at one time in 2005.

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 * Mar 31, 2006 - Owasippe Scout Reservation (OSR), located in Twin Lake, Michigan, is the resident camp operated by the Chicago Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. It began in 1911 as Camp White on 40 acres of land on Crystal Lake donated by the White Lake Chamber of Commerce, and bills itself at the United States' longest continuously operating Boy Scout camp. At its peak of use the reservation covered 14,000 acres and served over 10,000 Scouts per summer, but the overall decline in Scouting nationwide has seen yearly attendance fall to approximately 2,700 Scouts. Previous property consolidations have left the camp at 4,800 acres in size, and the council is now attempting to sell the camp.

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 * Apr 30, 2006 - Organized Scouting spread to South Africa only a few months after its birth in Britain in 1907. At one point, Scouting in South Africa was split into four race-based groups.  Today it is fully racially integrated, and open to girls. South African Scouting can trace its roots prior to the founding of Scouting and has had a significant impact on Scouting traditions: the Siege of Mafeking was one of the inspirations for the movement, and the Wood Badge is based on the necklace of Zulu chief Dinizulu.

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 * May 31, 2006 - The Scout Association of Japan, formerly the Boy Scouts of Nippon (BSN), opened its doors to female members in all sections in 1995. Membership in all sections in 2001 was 165,544. There also exists a separate national Japanese Girl Scouts association, the Girl Scouts of Japan, a member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts serving 88,331 girls. Scouting was introduced to Japan in the autumn of 1909 by a Japanese educator who had visited England the previous year. He organized a Boy Scout troop at his school, but this did not last long and dissolved when the educator left the school a few years later. A Japanese translation of Scouting for Boys was published as early as 1910, and several troops sprang up without cohesion, initially. In 1911, General Maresuke Nogi went to England in attendance on Prince Yorihito Higashifushimi for the coronation of King George V. The General, the "Defender of Port Arthur" was introduced to Lord Baden-Powell, the "Defender of Mafeking, by Lord Kitchener, whose expression "Once a Scout, always a Scout" remains to this day.

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 * June 30, 2006 - Scouting in the Australian Capital Territory is a branch of Scouts Australia in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australia. The Branch is divided into five Scout regions, each headed by a Regional Commissioner: Brindabella, covering the district of Tuggeranong; Ginninderra, covering the district of Belconnen; Gungahlin, covering the district of Gungahlin; Molongo covering the districts of South Canberra, Weston Creek, Woden Valley and North Canberra.  There are 28 Scout Groups including three Sea Scout Groups, an Air Scout Group, a Police Scout Group and a Mountain Scout Group.  The Air Scout Group traces its roots back to 1925, as the 2nd Canberra (formed 1925) and the 1st Yarralumla Groups merged in 1961 to give the LaTrobe Park Group, which later became the Air Scouts Group. The Police Scout Group was formed more recently in 1999 as an experiment to attract young people who were not in Scouting. As well as the normal program it has an interest in crime prevention and police awareness.

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 * July 31, 2006 - Philmont Scout Ranch is a large, rugged, mountainous ranch located near the town of Cimarron in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of northern New Mexico. The ranch, formerly the property of oil baron Waite Phillips and now that of the Boy Scouts of America, is currently in use as a National High Adventure Base in which crews of Scouts and Venturers take part in backpacking expeditions and other outdoor activities. Of the three national high adventure bases operated by the National Council of the BSA, Philmont is the most highly regarded. Philmont is also home to the Philmont Training Center, which is the main center for BSA's national-level training for volunteers and professionals.

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 * August 31, 2006 - Explorer Scouts (shortened to Explorers), a section of the Scout Association in the United Kingdom for 14 to 18 year olds, was introduced in 2003 replacing Venture Scouts (for 16 to 21 year olds). This was part of a greater change in programme, including the introduction of Scout Network for 18 to 25 year olds. Explorers follow on from the Scout Troop (10-14 year olds) and move on to the Scout Network or leadership positions. Similar programs exist in other countries. They are all designed to give older Scouts more challenging activities that will help keep them involved in Scouting.

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 * September 30, 2006 - The National Scout Organization of Thailand (NSOT, คณะลูกเสือแห่งชาติ) is the national Scouting organization of Thailand. Scouting was founded in Thailand in 1911 and was among the charter members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922. The organization has 1,240,609 members (as of 2004) and is open to boys and girls from ages 8-25. Scouting in Thailand is unique in that Scouting is integrated into the school system and it is the only Scouting program directly founded by a monarch. Five Thais have received the Bronze Wolf award.

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 * October 31, 2006 - Gilwell Park, the hallowed ground of Scouting, is a campsite and activity centre for Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, and school groups, and a training and conference centre for Scout Leaders. The 44 hectare (109 acre) site is located in the Epping Forest in Chingford, London. Its recorded history goes back over 400 years, beginning as a farm, growing to a wealthy estate that fell into disrepair towards 1900. It was given in 1919 by Scout Commissioner William De Bois Maclaren to The Scout Association of the United Kingdom to provide camping facilities to London Scouts, and training facilities for Scouters. As Scout Leaders from all countries of the world have come to Gilwell Park for their Wood Badge training, it is one of the great landmarks of the world Scouting movement.

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 * November 30, 2006 - Scouting Nederland is the national Scouting organisation of the Netherlands with approximately 78,000 youth members and 35,000 adult members (leaders and non-leaders), 11% of them are Sea Scouts (as of 2005). Scouting Nederland is co-educational and open for everyone irrespective of belief, race, skin colour, handicap, political context or sexual preference. Dutch boy scouting started in the summer of 1910 when the first Scout troops were formed, and for girls about a year later. The Dutch scout organizations were among the founding members of the WAGGGS in 1919 and the WOSM in 1922. During World War II all Scouting movements were prohibited, although many continued their activities secretly. Scouting Nederland organized the World Scout Jamboree twice, in 1937 the 5th, the last to be attended by Baden-Powell himself, and in 1995 the 18th. The official patron of Scouting Nederland is Princess Máxima, the wife of the Dutch heir to the throne.

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 * December 31, 2006 - [[Image:WikiProject_Scouting_BSA_Eagle_Distinguished_device.png|right]] Notable Eagle Scouts are Eagle Scouts who have attained a high degree of notability in society as an adult. Since it was first awarded in 1912, Eagle Scout has been earned by more than one and a half million young men. The Distinguished Eagle Scout Award (DESA), is a special award, awarded only to Eagle Scouts, for distinguished service in his profession and to the community for a period of at least twenty-five years after earning the Eagle Scout rank. Since its introduction in 1969 by the National Eagle Scout Association, the DESA has been awarded to just under 2000 Eagle Scouts.