Be sure to add www.isgf.org in your favourites. Renewing and updating a website is a huge task of work. The temporary weblog www.isgf.wordpress.com will be functional until we have officially launched the new website.

Nouvelle page d'accueil sur le site de l'AISG

L'AISG prépare son nouveau site web. Il sera opérationnel le 30 mai 2008.

Le Comité mondial a décidé de transférer le site actuel tournant sur Plone et dont l'adresse est www.isgf.org vers un site hébergé chez Joomla.  Joomla nous donne la possibilité de gérer le site web de manière plus simple.  Nous garderons les anciens dossiers et ils seront mis à jour au fur et à mesure. Nous avons mis en place tous les liens sur le nouveau site. C'est donc un tout nouveau site qui a été créé.

Pour ce site, nous avons fixé les critères suivants : chargement rapide, image agréable, convivialité d'accès aux informations. Bien sûr, au début, le site ne sera pas parfait mais vous pourrez accéder plus facilement aux documents que vous recherchez.

Ajoutez bien www.isgf.org à votre liste de favoris. Sachez que renouveler et mettre un site à jour exigent est une tâche gigantesque.  Le blog temporaire www.isgf.wordpress.com continuera à fonctionner jusqu'à la date officielle de lancement du nouveau site.

Leny Doelman

On behalf of the World Committee and World Bureau we congratulate you most happily with your 75th anniversary. We mark this important milestone in ISGF history and you hold the distinction of having the oldest guilds in the history of the International Scout and Guide Fellowship (ISGF).

This anniversary is commemorated after 100 years of Scouting where ISGF organized their special event "The Scout & Guide Spirit Flame" designed to pay homage to the spirit upon which Scouting was founded. Like any celebration, this anniversary gives us pause for reflection. You'll see your roots and the evidence of your growth. You'll see our founder did bring life to our vision.

On occasions such as this one, interesting observations are often made about achieving our aims at international level. Nevertheless, in a rapidly integrating world where we are all becoming ever more dependent on one another, it is vital that we put every effort into bringing them closer. It shows that the Danish guilds have made an undeniable contribution in developing our organisation at a global level.
We want you to enjoy celebrating your 75th anniversary.

Yours in Fellowship,

Martine Lévy
Chairman World Committee

International Scout and Guide Fellowship

He wrote: “It was one of the most remarkable achievements in my entire life. I realized that Jamboree was my “mother of Scout Life.”

He was working at a workshop on paper recycling in the World Village. The Scout master has to bring awareness about the paper waste and taught participants how wasted paper can be recycled with simply homemade equipments and use them for various purposes again. He tried to explore the creativity and raise awareness about environmental protection and preservation even in micro level.

All the visitors (120 averages per day) were exited and surprised to observe simple home made methods of paper recycling as they are used to recycle with use of sophisticated technology.

He is very grateful to all those directly and indirectly supported him for the program.

Leny Doelman

Those who visited the stand of Mauritania could better know this country through posters, photos, costumes, traditional jewels exposed in a traditional tent.

The workshop on plaits, the film showing a Moorish-African wedding ceremony, the dances of Mauritania led to many very rich discussions mainly on the culture of Mauritania and on the place of women in the country.

As regards Scouting, the stand allowed to highlight the actions of the Scout association of this country and its collaboration with the Scouts and Guides of France through humanitarian and cultural missions. In the tent of Mauritania, people could meet, cultures could meet.

Under the terms of our yearly financial support to WOSM, the annual grant was given to a young adult from Mauritania. ISGF made a generous contribution in order to make it possible that a young leader of the Scout and Guide organisation of Mauritania could join the Development Village of World Scout Jamboree 2007.

In French:

Dans les Villages du Monde, les participants au Jamboree pouvaient circuler a travers les stands des 152 pays présents, découvrir les différentes cultures, les différentes spécificités, et choisir une activité.

Les visiteurs au stand de Mauritanie pouvaient faire connaissance avec ce pays au travers des affiches, des photos, des costumes, des bijoux traditionnels exposés dans une tente traditionnelle.

L’atelier de tresses, le film présentant la cérémonie de mariage maure et négro-africain, les danses mauritaniennes ont été l’occasion de nombreux échanges particulierement riches, principalement sur la culture mauritanienne, la place de la femme dans le pays.

Sur le plan du Scoutisme, le stand a permis de mettre en lumiere les actions de l’association scoute de ce pays, et sa collaboration avec les Scouts et Guides de France au travers des missions humanitaires et culturelles. Cette tente était celle de la rencontre entre personnes, entre culture.

Dans le cadre de son soutien financier annuel à l’OMMS, la bourse annuelle 2007 a été donnée à un jeune adulte de Mauritanie. L’AISG a fait une généreuse contribution afin de permettre à un jeune responsable de l’Organisation Scoute et Guide de Mauritanie de venir au Jamboree Scout mondial 2007.

Martine Levy

ISGF was represented by a team of 15 members and experienced the Jamboree as international service team (IST) members.

Read more

Leny Doelman

• English version
• French version

We keep you informed.

We expect from you, your guilds, from your country:

• interesting news about Adult Scouting/Guiding,
• invitation on your events (which are open for international Adult Scouts and Guides),
• reports from your events,
• invitations to join your projects (which are open for international Adult Scouts and Guides),
• interesting things about impact of Adult Scouting/Guiding to your community,
• comments to others contributions.

We are sure that there must be a lot of interesting events, projects, activities in the community of almost 100.000 active people. Please make also small effort and share your thoughts with all of us. How? Go here and write.

Aleš Čerin

What I have seen during my stay in South America (Chile, Argentina and Ecuador) besides natural beauty, interesting cities and archaeological sites is the enthusiasm of our members on this southern continent.

Chile is working towards full membership and Argentina is growing very fast with members in different cities. They are working very hard towards associate or full membership. We have discussed the possibilities and they have taken the challenge with both hands. We are looking forward to welcome them.

The Interamerican Scout Conference in Quito, Ecuador, was a very tough conference where many resolutions were handled. ISGF was given much attention and we certainly opened their eyes when they watched the Scout & Guide Spirit Flame presentation. I received a long applause for this biggest project ever in ISGF history. In Ecuador we have only one member with whom I had a telephone call and he told me that he is working in excellent cooperation with the National Scout Organization.

I want to thank our members in Chile, Argentina and Ecuador with whom I had contact or spent some time. It was really very nice to have met you and build up the relationship and to have seen the enthusiasm of being a member of our organization.

Yours in Fellowship,

Leny Doelman

World Committee member

Central Branch coordinator.

I am sure you all know the Wikipedia. We can use this philosophy and modern technology to co-create Christmas Wishes together. In all languages.

How?

• Go to: isgf.wikispaces.com (not possible anymore, from 8.1.2008)
• Choose 'Edit this page', add your wishes, photos, ... change and/or make it looking better. Don't forget to save.
• Easy, simple, effective. Let's be creative and make big, warm Wiki Christmas Card together.

Here is Christmas wish from ISGF World Committee and ISGF World Bureau:

"For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill?
Seek him always with hours to live.
For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness.
And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed."
Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, Friendship

ISGF World Committee and ISGF World Bureau wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2008. Let's make a friendship all over the World and create better world for everybody.

"A quoi bon votre ami, si vous le cherchez afin de tuer le temps ?
Cherchez-le toujours pour les heures vivantes.
Car il lui appartient de combler votre besoin, mais non votre vide.
Et dans la douceur de votre amitié, qu'il y ait le rire, et le partage des plaisirs.
Car dans la rosée des petites choses, le coeur trouve son matin et sa fraîcheur."
Khalil Gibran, Le Prophète, Amitié

Le Comité mondial de l'AISG et le Bureau mondial de l'AISG vous souhaitent un Joyeux Noël
et une Bonne Année 2008. Faisons que l'Amitié soit tout autrour du monde et créons un meilleur monde pour chacun d'entre nous.

In the name of ISGF World Committee and ISGF World Bureau.

Au nom du Comité mondial de l'AISG et du Bureau mondial de l'AISG.

Aleš Čerin et Martine Lévy, pour la version française.

J’ai eu la chance d’aller à ce Jamboree.
Le lieu était immense et les chemins étaient toujours pleins de gens qui marchaient pour aller à leurs activités.

Je n’étais pas très occupée et en marchant le long des chemins, j’ai eu le temps de prendre des photos.

En effet, ces chemins étaient balisés de pancartes délivrant de simples messages aux passants.

Ces messages nous interpellent aussi très vivement. En voici quelques-uns concernant l’environnement et le développement durable.

Nous les laissons à votre réflexion.

English:

Thousands and thousands Scouts and Guides of the world, young and less young, attended the Jamboree of the Centenary, in August 2007, in UK.

I had the opportunity to go to this Jamboree. The place was huge and the paths were always full of people going to their activities. I was not very busy and walking along these paths I took the time to take some photos. Indeed, along these paths you could see posters delivering simple messages to the passers-by.

These messages do question us very much. Here are some dealing with environment and sustainable development.

I leave them to your thoughts.

Martine Lévy
Présidente du Comité mondial de l’AISGISGF /World Committee Chairman

"This letter is written on behalf of the members of the Australian Fellowship of Former Scouts and Guides.

Spirit Flame Project
We wish to congratulate the World Committee on the most successful outcome of this ambitious project. It has obviously taken a lot of time and effort by many people and appears to have created considerable interest and support in the countries through which the Flame travelled. What a wonderful Public Relations vehicle it became and we are sure the ISGF will benefit greatly for some time to come.

Australia says “Bravo and Well Done”."

Thanks dear friends from Australia.

On behalf of ISGF World Committee and ISGF World Bureau

Aleš Čerin

We try to be "network of adult scouts and guides active and visible to change the world to better", what is actually important part of our vision from Lillehammer 2005. Also with the help of internet communication.

This site is supposed to be interactive. We have nice opportunity to communicate on internet. Under every post you can find words "No comments". This means that nobody has commented yet and it is also invitation for you to say something. Just click it! Are you too shy?

Welcome to our site and please comment posts. It's easy. Start with this post. Just do it. For test only ;-) .

And you are mostly welcome to send news from your country. Click!

Aleš Čerin

Site Administrator

"Dear friends,
Time flies so fast! We have already reached the end of 2007, the year when we celebrated the Centenary of Scouting.

And I believe that ISGF can be proud of the way we have celebrated this Centenary with our porject "The Scout and Guide Spirit Flame".

You can download the whole letter in English and French.

English

French

This is very interesting question indeed, which deserves more than just a comment.

Here are the answers from Leny Doelman about this specific case and Brett Grant, explaining the ISGF World Committee policy about ISGF WCom members reimbursement.

Leny Doelman, Central Branch coordinator, member of ISGF World Committee:

"As you may know I am in the situation as Central Branch coordinator that I do not work anymore and my husband is now in the same position because of early retirement.

We like to explore the world before we get too old. We like to go to places that are not worldwide known and visited by all tourists. Moreover we arrange most of the travels on our own and without any help of a travel agency. We never book hotels as we want to travel as flexible as possible and stay in small family hotels.

On our list this year was Chile and Argentina so we thought it was a perfect combination to combine our visit with the 23rd Interamerican Scout Conference in Quito, Ecuador. As we wanted to see the north of Chile and Argentina, a visit to Fellowship members was appropriate. We were totally independent as we drove a rented car ourselves, so our visits to Fellowship members was very easy.

The landscapes and nature of both countries was so beautiful and totally different of the things we have seen in other countries. We drove more than 6.000 kilometers in 21 days.

In Ecuador I attended the Interamerican Scout Conference and my five minutes speech and the Scout & Guide Spirit Flame presentation touched the participants. I also had a phone call with the only member in Rio Bamba, Ecuador (many kilometres south of Quito) and he was very honoured to receive a call from me. I visited him some years ago and after the Conference we hired a car and went sightseeing in the north of Quito. My husband did not take part in the Conference but was roaming around in Quito and enjoyed the historical town on his own.

The only cost for ISGF is the cost of my flight ticket to Quito both ways and the hotel occupancy for one person together with the registration costs. These costs were already taken into the budget for 2007."

Brett D Grant, Finance Team, member of ISGF World Committee:

"There are several levels of reimbursement for the WCom representing the ISGF:

• Level 1 being the ISGF WCom meetings, WOSM and WAGGGS World and Regional Conferences are reimbursed in full. Except incidentals.
• Level 2 ISGF World Conference and select meetings are reimbursed to 75% of the cost. Except incidentals (taxi, buses, trains etc.).
• Level 3 Extra Regional and International visits/ meetings on ISGF business are not reimbursed.

This year, allowing for it being a special year, the WCom out of pocket expenses are estimated to be around 23,000 Euros. A normal year we would estimate 12,000 Euros . This would include the personal expenses such as phone calls, postage, printing, gifts, travel and accommodation.

An estimate can also be put on the loss of income for the WCom members who are still employed and are the sole income for their families, but we feel this is a private matter. We will say that it can entail being away from families and work for 2 -3 weeks a year.

There has been WCom members who have donated the cost of attending some of the events out of their own pocket even though being entitled to reimbursement."

Quito lies on an elevation of 2850 meters and I had to adjust for such a height coming from The Netherlands that lies under the sea level.

The delegates are very interested in ISGF and the chairman of the Interamerican Region from the USA offered to register himself and other members in his family as ISGF member right after my speech.

The presentation about the Scout & Guide Spirit Flame will also be presented this week as being a project of general interest for Scouting, Guiding and Fellowship. They cannot believe we did it, but as you know ISGF deleted the IM of the word "IMPOSSIBLE".

Greetings from Leny

Organisé par l’Amitié Nationale Scoute et Guide du Ghana, ce deuxième rassemblement africain de l’AISG s’est tenu à Accra du 2 au 9 novembre 2007.

7 pays de la sous région ouest africaine étaient présents; pays membres titulaires ou pays membres de la Branche centrale ou tout simplement pays observateurs; pays anglophones: Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone; pays francophones: Bénin, Côte d’Ivoire, Niger, Togo. Au total autour de 20 participants.Le Burkina-Faso et le Liberia, prévus, ont été excusés.

Des observateurs (5) du Royaume Uni et d’Italie étaient présents. Ainsi que Martine Lévy et Rigmor Lauridsen, de l’équipe Afrique du Comité mondial. Jean-François Lévy a assuré l’interprétation des discussions et la traduction des documents.

Et en effet, les très nombreuses discussions ont amené:

1. à la création de deux postes importants

· un coordinateur général pour l’Afrique (pour 3 ans, jusqu’au prochain rassemblement de 2010 : Eddie Mettle Nunoo du Ghana),

· un coordinateur pour la Branche centrale (pour 3 ans jusqu’au prochain rassemblement de 2010 : Marie-Gilberte Sonon du Bénin),

2. à la création prochaine d’une banque de données des compétences,

3. à une Loi et une Promesse de l’AISG qui seront proposées à l’approbation de la Conférence générale.

Tout le travail de développement de l’AISG en Afrique est à faire et c’est une magnifique aventure qui s’engage.

Martine Lévy

Présidente du Comité mondial de l’AISG

In English:

“What we are doing is historical in ISGF; we take our future in our hands.” (one of the participants)

Organised by the National Scout and Guide Fellowship of Ghana, this second ISGF Africa Gathering took place in Accra, from 2 to 9 November 2007.

7 countries of the West Africa sub region attended; full members or members of the Central Branch or even simply observers. English speaking countries: Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone ; French speaking countries: Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Niger, Togo. All together about 20 participants. Burkina Faso and Liberia excused.

Observers (5) from United Kingdom and Italy attended and Martine Lévy and Rigmor Lauridsen, from the World Committee Africa team. Jean-François Lévy was the interpreter; he also translated documents.

And indeed, the very many discussions led to :

1. Creation of two important posts
-a general coordinator for Africa (for 3 years until next gathering in 2010, : Eddie Mettle Nunoo from Ghana),
-a coordinator for the Central Branch (for 3 years until next gathering in 2010 : Marie-Gilberte Sonon from Benin)

2. Creation of a data bank on competences

3. The Law and the Promise for ISGF which will be proposed to the approval of the World Conference.

All the work for the development of ISGF in Africa is to be done and it is the beginning of a wonderful adventure.

Martine Levy

ISGF World Committee Chairman

אודיופיל: זמן להתקין את המחשב מחדש

תקציר: הגיע הזמן להתקין את המחשב מחדש, החלטנו להכין פרק מיוחד שיעזור לנו להחליט
איזה תוכנות כדי לנו להתקין על מערכת ההפעלה ואיזה תוכנות סתם מעמיסות לנו על המערכת
כל ההמלצות כמובן הם רק ע"י שימוש בכלים חינמיים, לכן נוכל לבחור ולהוריד את התוכנה הרצויה לפי הנושא שמעניין אותנו.

האזנה לחלק 1 חלק 2 חלק 3
שלב לפני התקנת מערכת ההפעלה [audio http://pod.icast.co.il/ac405049-8486-45e8-8b7d-da5a1b678fba.icast.mp3]
פעולות ראשונות אחרי ההתקנה [audio http://pod.icast.co.il/a2e58752-24ca-499b-94f6-16be2f9d422e.icast.mp3]
מהתקנה נקייה ליעילות [audio http://pod.icast.co.il/69136446-16a5-4a4b-b54f-ca1d4bebec0c.icast.mp3]

קישור למדריך
אורחים: יוסי וישניה בעל חברת Wcomp
פרומו: די.גי ארז דלל
משתתפים נוספים: גרשון אגסי, זאב רוסק.

We are looking for reporters!

Idea is to have at least one reporter in every NSGF country and CB group, who will regularly contribute news, invitations to events, projects, twinning, interesting things in scouting/guiding , ... to our new site. Goal is to have fresh news on the site at least every three days.

We are looking for people who can write articles. Short, interesting, attractive texts about scouting/guiding. With one nice photo. Let's make adult scouting/guiding visible.

We will give you special "status of author" of this site and after approval you will be able to publish your own texts. Welcome!

Daniel Scarlato, active scout and webmaster of nice Argenina's CB group website has given us good example. He is looking for reporter from his country now. I am sure that he will find somebody. Thanks Daniel!

Interested or any questions? Please contact: ales.cerin(at)skavt.net or Skype: alescerin.

One thing more: spread the voice about our new site with all means (mouth to mouth, on your sites, on your blogs, in your magazines, ...). Thanks.

Aleš Čerin

Site Administrator

In the meantime we have driven more than 4.000 kilometers. It is very hot in Cordoba, around 33 degrees Celsius. The "Scouts y Guias Adultos de Argentina" welcomed her and showed the city. We also had a dinner meeting with some members of neighboring cities today as they had a formal meeting and they elected a new chairman.

This fast growing organisation is still a member of Central Branch but is working very hard to obtain more members in order to become a National Scout and Guide Fellowship in the near future.

They are supporting the National scout and guide organisations and for the centenary of Scouting they placed a special monument in a park with a bust of Lord Baden-Powell. Tree planting is also one of their projects.

In Spanish:

Leny Doelman, miembro del Comite Mundial, en su camino a la Conferencia Regional de la OMMS en el hemisferio occidental se encuentra ahora en Cordoba, Argentina, fue recibida por los Scouts y Guias Adultos de Argentina.

Es una organizacion que crece rapidamente pero que aun es miembro de la Rama Central estan trabajando arduamente para optener mas miembros y asi convertirse en una Hermandad Nacional de Scouts y Guias en un futuro cercano.

Ellos colaboran la Asociacion Nacional de Scouts y Guias y para el centenario del Scoutismo ellos pusieron un monumento con un busto de Lord Baden Powell en un parque. La plantacion de arboles tambien es uno de sus projectos.

Greetings from Leny (on her way back to Chile for taking the plane to Quito, Ecuador on Friday Nov. 23.)

To be continued in Ecuador.

Results:

• Austria: 108 votes → 72,97 %
• Iceland: 32 votes → 21,62%
• Abstain: 8 votes → 5,40%

Please see detailed results of the postal vote in this document.

Thanks also to Iceland for being prepared to organise this big event.

We wish good organization of conference to our Austrian friends!

More info later... We keep you informed.

The results of the postal vote will be made known to our National Scout and Guide Fellowship (NSGFs) the same day and after the meeting.

In French
« Les scrutateurs se réunissent demain mardi 13 novembre 2007 au Bureau mondial.

Les résultats seront divulgués le même jour à toutes nos Amitiés Nationales Scoutes et Guides (ANSG) après la réunion».

Best wishes
Faouzia Kchouk, ISGF Secetary General

In the price of these Flame souvenirs we calculated a certain percentage for the benefit of the Flame project as we still need the money.

A special video DVD about the whole Spirit Flame project is in production stage and will be for sale at the end of this year. When ready an announcement will be made how and where to order.

Go to World Scout shop, buy nice things and support our project!

Leny Doelman

Leny, wish you good luck on your mission in South America.

Please Leny, sent us news from South America regularly!

From the very beginning of our new ISGF site we have excellent statistics of visit. Let me give you some details from today (3rd of November 2007):

• Average no. of visits per day: 98
• Total Views: 708 (from 26th of October 2007)
• Best Day Ever: 147

It is obvious that internet is needed in our community of Adult Scouts and Guides. It creates possibility to exchange ideas, experiences, projects. It gives us sense of international community all over the world.

And that is perfectly in the line with our vision statement ("The International Scout and Guide Fellowship will be a worldwide network, visible and active in making a better world."), which was approved in Lillehammer 2005.

But we need to to make our "internet home" interactive, interesting, attractive, inspirational.

With your contribution!

We expect from your countries, guilds and individual members:

• interesting news about Scouting/Guiding,
• invitation on your events (which are open for international Scouts and Guides),
• reports from your events,
• invitations to join your projects (which are open for international Scouts and Guides),
• interesting things about impact of Adult Scouting/Guiding to your community,
• comments to others contributions,
• ...

How to write a post?

Please go to "Add news!" and follow suggestions. We will "do our best" to publish it as soon as possible. Thanks for being prepared!

Aleš Čerin

member of ISGF WCom and site administrator

Photo: Spekulator, Indonesia, www.sxc.hu

Welcome to visit it, make contact and cooperate.

If you have links to your internet sites, that are not on the links list, please send them. We will add them on our site as soon as possible.

We encourage international cooperation.

Yours in Scouting/Guiding.

Aleš Čerin

member of ISGF WCom