[Arthalion]

You're going to Britain? Lucky dog...my son will miss the minimum age cutoff by one year, or we'd be going as well. That will be a once in a lifetime event!

[Scoutmaster]

Yes, I'll be in Great Britain for the 2007 World Jamboree, and I'm blessed to be a Scoutmaster for one of the Southern Region BSA Troops (to be formed), although I would go in any staff position I could get. I believe it was the '99 World Jamboree in Chile that a full-bird Air Force Colonel's staff job was cleaning toilets. I'd tell you that you wouldn't believe how excited and proud he was to do the job but, let's face it, he was a full-bird Colonel still involved in Scouting. That's just the kind of man and Eagle Scout he was.

For those of you who don't know, the 2007 World Jamboree will be the Centenary of Scouting, and will be held in England. I'll post information later about where you can contribute to help Scouts from less-developed nations attend the World Jamboree (there are National Scouting programs in 150+ countries; 140+ of those are in the World Organization).

We'll postpone the National Jamboree for one year, to 2010, to celebrate the Centenary of Scouting in the United States.

The next five years for Scouting are going to be big.