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JOTA/JOTI 2019

Tech Guide

Jamboree-On-The-Air / Jamboree-On-The-Internet 2019 October 18th-20th

JOTA/JOTI 2019 is almost here, and there are so many ways that you can get involved! This Tech Guide can help you participate from home, at your local Scout Hall, or for when visiting a Base where you can participate in these activities and more:

• Campsite – a digital interface for Scouts and Guides from around the world to get started with what World Scouting have provided for JOTA/JOTI this year;

• Discord Chat – a text-based (also with setup for audio) chat system which is available via web browsers, Windows XP/7/10, MacOS, or a dedicated Android/iOS/iPadOS app;

• IRC (Internet Relay Chat) - a text-only chat system, active 24/7/365, through the online network ScoutLink;

• JOTA Calling Frequencies – a list of all JOTA frequencies that you can listen out for; • JOTA/JOTI Photo & Video Challenge – WOSM are running a global challenge for

Scouts to submit photos & videos. With gift boxes & prizes to win, be sure to enter; • NANO Challenge - Take part in the #Recycle4Trees challenge. For every 10 small

recycling acts, the NANO community will plant a tree in your honour; • Scout Radio – there are a range of different Scouting & Guiding radio stations that exist

all year, but run special programming over the JOTA/JOTI weekend. Connect with them via social media/Skype to talk, request songs, get involved in competitions, and more;

• Scout TV – using webcams, you can connect with Scouts and Guides from around the world to talk, and join in on a Digital Campfire;

• TeamSpeak - a voice-chat program like Skype, with chatrooms just for Scout and Guide users, moderated by Scouts and Guides;

• Web-Based Radio Receivers/Echolink – the ability to use a radio, without having a radio! Listen to the JOTA conversations, with JOTI resources;

There are also games that Youth and Leaders can get involved with, such as: • JamPuz – Every Base (even Scouts connecting at home can register to have their own

code) is able to get a Code, and you can trade them with others to what places that you connect with over the weekend;

• Minecraft - there are special Scouts servers that you can play on, but you will need your own copy of Minecraft to play (you need PC/MAC edition – Pocket Edition won’t work).

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(Is this all really too much? Click here for the short version.) Trusted Partners Programme In 2016, World Scouting created the Trusted Partners Programme, to help members from around the world to get involved online. In 2019, there are four partners: JOTI Radio, JOTI.tv, ScoutLink & ServiceKring. In addition, this guide also lists other Scouting providers with online resources to use during JOTA/JOTI. Everyone listed in this Guide are either part of World Scouting’s Trusted Partners Programme, or are groups that Scouts WA has investigated and made a decision to document and support our members to participate with. Regardless of the activities being done, Scouts & Guides should have an adult’s permission and supervision when going online. How can I get involved? Some Scouts will be on their own JOTA/JOTI Camps for this weekend, where they will be able to use amateur radios and computers to talk to Scouts and Guides globally. But you don’t have to be at a camp to access this - you can do it from home, and all of these services are active all year round (so if you want to play Minecraft more often or talk with your voice on Discord or Teamspeak, you can)! Bandwidth & Data When using the Internet (and especially for JOTA/JOTI), you need to account for bandwidth and data use:

• Bandwidth = the speed of data between your device and the internet. • Data = the total amount of data (measured in Megabytes & Gigabytes)

Some software will require a lot of bandwidth to use, such as streaming video from JOTI.tv, while others may not need that much, like IRC. If the computers are all not working all of a sudden, check to make sure that someone isn’t streaming YouTube/Netflix/Spotify when they shouldn’t be… Badges The event badge from JOTA/JOTI2019 can go onto the right-front of the Uniform, and should come off the uniform by January 20th, 2020 (3 months after the event, like all other event badges). For Scouts and Guides whose Leaders have organized a Base or have contacted a Base to register before arrival, there should be enough stock of Badges for them to get one. WA Scouts: Participate & need a badge? Contact bl.radiotechnology@scoutswa.com.au. WA Guides: Participate & need a badge? Contact Guide House Shop directly. Service Providers While all of these resources listed are provided for Leaders to use for setting up Bases and Activity Stations, it is strongly encouraged that Leaders look around at the different services to see what activities that you want to run, and what activities that you feel are suited to your Base. This may depend on factors such as bandwidth, the ratio of devices to youth, and more.

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Full List of all Registered JOTA/JOTI Bases for 2019 To see what Bases currently are registered for JOTA/JOTI 2019 across the world, you can find out more by going to https://www.jotajoti.info/directory. To register your location, there is a World Scouting Directory – and for the first time in 2019, an Australian Directory. If possible, please register at both locations.

• You can find the World Scouting Directory at https://www.jotajoti.info/jota_joti_components/sign-up.

• You can find the Australian Scouting Directory at https://vkjotijota.com/ and follow the links.

Base Commanders have already been sent the registration details at this point.

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Campsite

The Campsite is a digital playground to use during the JOTA/JOTI Weekend, with resources and activities to do with other Scouts and Guides. At https://www.jotajoti.info/campsite you can find this interactive island, along with a schedule for all the activities and more. You’ll need to log in to get full access during the event, with a Scout.org account.

By going to each section, you can find out more like:

• Challenge Valley – where there’ll be activities to complete for prizes to be won, • Safe From Harm Tent – learn more about World Scouting’s policies regarding child

protection, • Global Development Village – the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals and

World Scouting’s Partnership, WWF, HeForShe, KAICIID, Tide Turner’s Plastic Challenge, and more.

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Discord Chat

Discord is a text, image & voice chat software platform. ScoutWired, a group of Scouts & Guides, have created a special moderated server for JOTA/JOTI, and is also active all year round (like ScoutLink’s IRC). Scouts and Guides who have had their membership accredited by their National Scout Organizations moderate ‘ScoutWired Discord Chat’, and the server is setup to record all conversations, per child protection rules. Voice chats are in open ‘rooms’, to help protect everyone involved. While ScoutWired is supported by members of the International Team across Australia, it is not a member of WOSM’s ‘Trusted Partners’ Programme. To access ScoutWired’s Discord on any computer/device, go to http://discord.scoutwired.org/. If you want to download the Discord App for Windows/macOSLinux/Android/iOS/iPadOS, go to https://discordapp.com/download. When you first open the link, you’ll be asked for a Username:

To protect users, you’ll then needs to submit an email and password, so no one can misuse your username. There’s also a quick Guide from ScoutWired to help protect your Users by changing some of the basic settings. You can click on this link to read the short instructions (there are helpful photos too). There is a 10-minute wait for new accounts to start messaging to help prevent spammers, so don’t create your account at the last minute before your Base opens.

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IRC (Internet Relay Chat)

Currently, ScoutLink runs the only setup that uses IRC. ScoutLink use Scouts and Guides to run their servers and moderate them. But remember that a private chat with another user won’t have a moderator with you in that chat. This text-only setup allows for messaging in a Server or on a 1-on-1 basis, with servers setup for different languages, some for Leaders, an UNO game, and more. IRC has a ‘quick connection’ (using a web browser - no other software needed) and ‘advanced connection’ (requiring you to download and install software) set of instructions to access it. Both will get you connected, but it’s up to you to choose how you want to get online. Worth keeping in mind - the “…use of Internet Relay Chat (IRC) for online communications was established back in 1988 in Finland to extend the Bulletin Board System (BBS) to allow real time discussion. It is an open protocol that uses Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Transport Layer Security (TLS). However, the age of the system and lack of adaptability prevents it from being able to be secured to a level that would be acceptable for youth protection and online internet security policy from National Scouting Organisations. For the client-to-server leg of the connection Secure Socket Layers (SSL) might be used, and then messages cease to be secure once they are relayed to other users on standard connections….” In 2016, the Australian National JOTA/JOTI Conference determined that as a result of this, IRC was no longer a safe & secure medium for JOTI. Having said this, there have been requests on how to connect to this service. Therefore, this information is included here for the use of Leaders to make their own decision on what they choose to do. Setup: The ‘Quick Connection’ instructions

• Using a Web Browser (eg. Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Internet Explorer), go to https://webchat.scoutlink.net

• Enter a Nickname (this will appear to everyone

else online, so choose something anonymous - ‘RobbieKoala’, ’Scoutz1907’, it’s up to you!),

• Choose the Channel that you want to join, from the drop down list: there are language-based ones, some for leaders or youth, and more.

• Click the ‘Connect’ button • When the webpage loads, your page will look

like this:

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• Connected Channels are listed on the left; all connected users are on the right • To view all available channels, type /list and press enter. Connect to another channel

by double clicking on it. • To change between connected Channels, select the Channel from the Blue Column. • Congratulations! Welcome to ScoutLink!

The ‘Advanced Connection’ instructions You can download any IRC program or app onto your Windows/OSX/Linux/iOS/Android device, and set it up to connect to the ScoutLink servers using the details at https://www.scoutlink.net/guides/irc/. Connect using the Android App, from the Google Play Store Titled “ScoutLink IRC”, this works without having to do any setup. Go to https://goo.gl/baK8PZ, or search “ScoutLink IRC” on the Google Store. Tips for using IRC:

• To change your Nickname when logged in, type in /NICK yournewnickname • To see the list of all channels you can join, type in /LIST • To leave a Channel, simply close the tab with that Channel’s Title.

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JOTA Calling Frequencies

Scouts Victoria are keeping a list of all JOTA Bases this year, with the World Scout Calling Frequencies, Australian Scout Calling Frequencies, and more. This webpage is a great starting point to get your radio base up and going.

Go to https://www.sresu.asn.au/jota/jota-calling-frequencies to find out more.

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JOTA/JOTI Photo & Video Challenge

Submit photos and videos from your JOTA/JOTI weekend to enter the raffle to win a JOTA-JOTI gift boxes for your Scout group! World Scouting are wanting you to show the world how you, your group and your community are participating in JOTA-JOTI this year. Photos inspired by Scouts for SDGs will give extra chances to win – you can find out more by going to the website and learning about the Sustainable Development Goals. Each gift box will include several surprises like badges and scarves from JOTA-JOTI and World Scouting, to share with your Scout. Some of the contest rules are:

• You can use any kind of camera, including mobile phones. • Don’t add watermarks/logos. • Videos must be short clips, between 10 seconds and 1 minute. There is no need to edit

them. • Any video less than 5 seconds, or doesn’t show Scouting or JOTA/JOTI won’t be

considered. • Any photo that doesn’t reflect JOTA-JOTI or Scouting won’t be considered. • Competition closes October 23rd 2019 – any submissions after the deadline won’t be

considered. • The prize must be shared with the other Scouts from your group.

For more details and the full list of rules, you can read more here. To submit photos and video, go to https://fal.cn/PhotoVideoJOTAJOTI

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NANO Challenge The nano app is back and challenging Scouts this JOTA/JOTI to take part in #Recycle4Trees challenge. That means if 10,000 users complete 10 small recycling acts, the nano community will be responsible for an entire forest! Completing the #Recycle4Trees nano task will also increase your carbon offset based off of your recycling efforts. Whether at a JOTA/JOTI Base or at home, you can get involved in the nano Challenge. Apple’s App Store Link - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nano/id1387919403 Android’s Google Play Link - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cimple.nano

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Scout Radio There are a range of Scouting Radio Stations globally that participate in JOTI every year, and while JOTIRadio (UK) is the official provider set by World Scouting, if your base is interested to listen to a radio not in English, or with different music, then feel free to shop around! You can listen direct from their websites, or via a dedicated app.

JOTI Radio (UK)

Avon Scout Radio (UK) rebrands themselves annually over the weekend as JOTI Radio, broadcasting 24/7. With competitions, requests for music, shout-outs to listeners around the world and more, you can listen to them via their app or direct on their webpage at http://www.jotiradio.org/. Check out their website closer to the event to see their schedule and more. BINGO? JOTIRadio are running a Bingo Competition over the weekend. Click here to read the details, and click here for a Bingo Sheet.

Apps:

• To listen to JOTI Radio via an Android Device with an app, you can download the app from the Google Play Store at http://jotiradio.org/android/

• To listen to JOTI Radio via an iPhone/iPad with an app, you can download the app from the App Store at http://jotiradio.org/ios/

• To listen to JOTI Radio via a Blackberry Device with an app, you can download the app from Blackberry World at http://jotiradio.org/blackberry/

Scouting Radio (USA) Less Youth-Led than JOTIRadio but still with a variety of content, Scouting Radio is another service that you may wish to listen to during JOTI and afterwards too. While not a member of WOSM’s ‘Trusted Partners’ initiative, the content from these guys is fairly good and worth a listen to. Apps:

• To listen to Scouting Radio via an Android Device with an app, you can download the app from the Google Play Store at https://goo.gl/uUkgZ6

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Scout TV One of the World Scouting’s Trusted Partners for 2019, JOTI.tv is another option for you to have Scouts & Guides video chat online. You can choose between three different channels; ‘Australia’, ‘Asia Pacific’, or ‘World/. This is the first time that this platform is getting such coverage, and will be a new opportunity for your Youth to get involved here.

The digital campfire is a great way to setup a webcam to record your base, and have it transmit images every 15 seconds, to create an image of JOTA/JOTI Bases all around the world – if you’re interested to get involved with this opportunity. To learn more and see how you can connect, go to https://www.joti.tv/. Make sure that you register an account and test it before the weekend itself. However, you need to be aware of the following:

• Bandwidth + Data: this service will consume heaps of it over the whole weekend, if you choose to use the video chat option for lengths of time. You will need a broadband connection at the minimum to make it work with the bandwidth, without cutting out other Users at your site.

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TeamSpeak

ScoutLink provide audio chatrooms that Scouts and Guides can connect to and talk to other members, using software called TeamSpeak. This program can also connect you with JOTI Radio to talk on the air, and more. Setup:

• Have a microphone and speakers (a headset is helpful) • Download the latest version at http://www.teamspeak.com/en/downloads - for

Windows/OX/Linux/Android/iOS • Try and set this up before the weekend, and give it a test. • To help, create a bookmark for both services. You can do this by going to the top and

selection Bookmarks -> Add to Bookmarks

ScoutLink You can connect by clicking on ‘Connections’ -> ‘Connect’, then typing in teamspeak.scoutlink.net as the server address and adding your own Nickname (no password – leave it empty). Once you click ‘Connect’, double-click on the channel that you want to join.

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Web-Based Radio Receivers Commonly referred to as EchoLink, this is a great setup for bases that have JOTI and no JOTA - there are a range of resources that you can setup for Youth to engage with, to help have a well-rounded base. Please ensure that Leaders test all equipment before the event. To learn more about this from the World JOTA/JOTI Team, go to https://www.jotajoti.info/directory To download the Remoteham software, go to http://download.remotehams.com/ To learn more about Echolink in general, go to http://www.echolink.org/ For a list of frequencies that you can use to listen out for, go to https://www.sresu.asn.au/jota/jota-calling-frequencies

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JamPuz

Short for Jamboree Puzzle, JamPuz is way to swap identity codes with other JOTA/JOTI participants that you interact with during JOTA/JOTI. Each JOTA/JOTI location is issued with a JOTA/JOTI ID code (known as a JID) as part of the annual 'sign up' process. JamPuz is designed for participants to start a conversation with, not to be the only thing they ask for before they move on.

• Leaders register a Base at https://www.jotajoti.info/jota_joti_components/sign-up • There are printable resources like the JID Poster, Region Code Sheet, Country Codes,

Bingo Cards (like this one or that one), Suffix Codes, ‘Find the Words’, a Log Sheet, and more for Bases to use.

• Have some FAQs? https://www.jotajoti.info/jampuz-faq • Documents for the 2019 JamPuz Game will be available online to download at

https://www.jotajoti.info/jampuz-documents Only one person at each JOTA-JOTI location needs to register as JIDs are specific to the JOTA-JOTI location; not specific to each JOTA-JOTI participant. There are no prizes for collecting (or giving out) the greatest number of JIDs or for the variety of JIDs collected. After JOTA-JOTI we will ask each JOTA-JOTI location, however, to provide us with some statistical information on the number of JIDs collected and the number of JIDs issued. This will help us to record the success of JamPuz 2017, and further develop JamPuz for 2020. The World Scout Bureau also encourages us to post to Facebook and scout.org the photos of your JamPuz sheets.

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Minecraft

Minecraft – who hasn’t heard of it at this point?! These servers are active all year round, and have special activities around for the JOTA/JOTI 2019 Event. If you plan to use Minecraft during JOTA/JOTI, be sure to test it before the event, so you know it’ll work!

ScoutLink To access ScoutLink Minecraft, visit https://www.scoutlink.net/minecraft/about/ to get setup prior to the JOTA/JOTI Event.

ScoutWired To access ScoutWired Minecraft, visit http://www.scoutwired.org/minecraft/ to get setup prior to the JOTA/JOTI Event.

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- - - - - - - - - - - - What else can I do during JOTA/JOTI 2019?

• Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) o Be sure to post photos of your JOTA/JOTI 2019 event (with permission!) online

using the hashtags #JOTA/JOTI #scouts #worldscouting o Like, share, and comment on the posts of other groups and participants of

JOTA/JOTI 2019 – you may meet someone new and make a friend for life. o If you have some photos from your Base that we can publish (and you have the

permission of the people in the photo), email them to socialmedia@scoutswa.com.au with a small blurb to say what is happening.

I’m having issues with a service provider during the JOTI Weekend.

• JamPuz o If you’re having major issues, please email jampuz@world-JOTA/JOTI.info

• ScoutLink o For any issues regarding ScoutLink during the JOTI weekend (including IRC,

Minecraft and Teamspeak), you can contact the team via a ticket at https://www.scoutlink.net/contact/, or get live help by looking for an Op (Operator) on any main Channel.

• ScoutWired o For any issues regarding ScoutWired during the JOTI weekend (including

Minecraft and Teamspeak), you can contact the team via a ticket at https://www.scoutwired.org/contact-us/ or get live help in Minecraft by requesting a Team Helper.

I’m interested to join one of these services as an Operator That’s fantastic! However, for training purposes these services have their teams prepared and ready before the JOTA/JOTI weekend every year. If you ask to join during this weekend, the Moderators won’t be able to help you. However, after the event if you are still interested to be involved, then please contact them to learn more, and they should contact you after JOTA/JOTI 2019! How do I connect to WOSM during JOTA/JOTI? Online links to WOSM include:

• Website - https://www.scout.org/ • Twitter - https://twitter.com/worldscouting • Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/worldscouting/ • Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/WOSM.OMMS/

I want a whitelist to control what websites are used at my Base. Do you have one? Please ONLY use this if you know what you are doing…but sure… here are some that could be useful to whitelist (enable access) if you plan to run a base. These also include social media websites to let you post content online: *.scout.org/ *.wagggs.org/ *.twitter.com/ *.instagram.com/ *.facebook.com/ *.jotajoti.info/

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*.scouts.com.au/ *.scoutlink.net/ *.discord.com/ *.scoutwired.org/ The “OMG-this-is-too-much-I-just-want-the-short-version” version?

1. Click here to go to Discord Message Chat. 2. Click here to start listening to the JOTI Radio.

Now you’re connected to talk to, type with, and listen to other Scouts and Guides from across the world! 191018