Australia says “Bravo and Well Done”

We got the letter form our Australian friends:
“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 [...]

Too shy to comment? Why?

Our new internet site is used more than one month. We have many visits every day (from 50 - 150) what is perfect. But we still have just couple of comments. I am wondering what goes wrong?
We try to be “network of adult scouts and guides active and visible to change the world to [...]

Martine’s Newsletter

Martine Levy, ISGF chairman, sent us chairman’s newsletter issue n°6.
“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 [...]

Who is paying for all those travels?

This was the question we have got as one of the comments to post from Leny Doelman’s travel in South America.
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 [...]

Leny reports from Ecuador

Leny Doelman is now in Ecuador and represents ISGF at the 23rd Interamerican Scout Conference in Quito. There are delegations from 30 countries from North and South America and also from the Caribbean.
Quito lies on an elevation of 2850 meters and I had to adjust for such a height coming from The [...]

Deuxième rassemblement africain de l’AISG/Second ISGF Africa Gathering

“Ce que nous faisons est historique dans l’AISG ; nous prenons notre destin en main”. (un des participants)
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 [...]

Looking for reporters!

Today we reached 2000 visits threshold. In less than one month! It means that our site is very popular. We have 50-150 visits per day, but on the other hand, we as a global movement, don’t have news, articles from all parts of the world. This should be changed.
We are looking for reporters!
Idea is to [...]

Leny from Argentina. On the way to Ecuador …

Leny Doelman, member of World Committee, on her way to the Western Hemisphere WOSM Regional Conference is now in Cordoba, Argentina, and she was welcomed by the Scouts y Guias Adultos de Argentina.
In the meantime we have driven more than 4.000 kilometers. It is very hot in Cordoba, around 33 degrees Celsius. The “Scouts [...]

World Conference 2008 will be in Austria!

According to postal vote the ISGF World Conference will be in Austria.
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 [...]

World Conference 2008 postal vote almost finished

The tellers will meet tomorrow, Tuesday 13th November 2007, at the World Bureau.
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 [...]