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Article #1658Re: Help on "Scouting Proud Around the World"
From: Dominick V. Zurlo
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:38
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:38
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In article <1993Jan15.193221.22208@den.mmc.com> snorman@den.mmc.com writes: >World Scouts and Scouters: >The Denver Area Council, BSA, has chosen the theme "Scouting Proud Around the World" >for it's one-day Scout Show on May 15th 1993. This show involves Cub Scouts, >Boy Scouts, as well as Explorer units. Last years attendance was ~25,000 people. >From the program plan: >"The 1993 Denver Area Council Scout Show brings together highlights of cultures from >around the world. By showing the diversity of Scouting organizations from countries >like Australia or Norway we hope to demonstrate to our home community that we can >all live together in peace and harmony while maintaining the basic values of the >Scout Oath and Law." > >"The show will have Scouting units demonstrating what they have learned about other >countries. It will also show what their unit is doing locally to assist our cultural >diversity" >--------------------- >As I sit on the Program Planning committee, I am seeking any and all suggestions >on activities, booth themes, and anything else you would like to offer up. >Some of the ideas that have been bounced around already: (many ideas deleted) >* Cultural Entertainment >Our Council representative (Jeff Cozart, 303-455-5522) is already in contact with the >International Branch of the BSA. We also have a copy of the International Scouting FAQ. >I am hoping to drum up some "grass-roots" help via this forum. Reply >either by re-posting or directly to "snorman@den.mmc.com". Hmm, are the Queer Scouts being invited to show the "diversity" here? (Note: this is not a flame, I'm quite serious...As other countries do allow for lesbigays in their programs, if this show is to include other programs, why not other opinions as well?)> **************************************************************** * Dominick V. Zurlo * "If the world's an * * WWW * oyster, why am I * * Eagle Scout '87 * allergic to Mollusks?" * * blacklisted '88 * * ****************************************************************
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!lynx.unm.edu!carina.unm.edu!anthropo From: anthropo@carina.unm.edu (Dominick V. Zurlo) Newsgroups: rec.scouting Subject: Re: Help on "Scouting Proud Around the World" Date: 21 Jan 1993 18:38:01 GMT Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Lines: 40 Message-ID: <1jmqi9INN4v8@lynx.unm.edu> References: <1993Jan15.193221.22208@den.mmc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: carina.unm.edu Keywords: World Scouting, Scout Show, BSA