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Gear
See the logo page for more information. If you want a name tag, shoulder tabs, centennial ring rocker, back badge or rain gear you will have to order your own. See the name plate image for what the name plate looks like. I'll leave it to each of you to figure out what the morse on the back means. 1 March 2011: It has been confirmed with BSA International Division that IST will not receive a name plate as part of their package. If you want a name plate you must order one. The contingent units will receive their name plates in Sweden upon arrival. The initial ordering procedure found on the name plate ordering page was based on the procedure for National Jamboree which is council contingent based. Although early versions of the name plate order form say to turn it in to your council, this is not correct. Your council will *NOT* know what to do with it. Send or fax it directly to the address on the form. On 22 February 2011, BSA International sent out the Participant Guide. This page is a partial listing of what is on the official guide with a few other items of interest. If you haven't received it yet, you should receive shortly a catalog of WSJ gear from BSA. It is VERY IMPORTANT that you keep this catalog. On the back, it has your PIN and ID to get into scoutstuff.org on the WSJ page so you can order. Getting WSJ enabled on the scoutstuff.org page is not obvious. If you have an account, log in, if not, create an account and log in. Then, in "my account", down at the bottom, it asks for your WSJ PIN and ID. Enter the pin WITH dashes and the ID and that will enable the WSJ page, which will then show up every time you log into scoutstuff.org. Note: the WSJ Pin is the same number you were assigned in your registration and you can get it from your emails from BSA. Gear that will be supplied to you:
IST will receive a duffel and day pack that matches what the contingent gets. IST will not be receiving any raingear. Additional name plates can be ordered by filling out the form on scoutstuff.org and turning it in to your council. I have been assured by the scoutstuff folks your council will know what to do with it.
Note: This is a European style tent where you set up the rainfly first then attach the inner tent to the rainfly. Thanks to Neil Larsen for the site information. If you want to use a cot, it will need to be very short to fit inside the tent. However, if you open the door to the tent proper, turn the cot 90 degrees and stick it out into the vestibule, any size cot you can imagine will fit fine. You can also get a regular size cot into the tent at an angle corner to corner. You'd just put your gear inside the tent instead of in the vestibule. An inflatable pad may work better. There will be no laundry facilities available during the two weeks of Jamboree. Plan to wash things in the sinks in the adult camping area. Wellington boots would go well on wet days. Note: Unlike the muddy site for 2007 world jamboree, the Sweden site is sandy and has good drainage. There should not be issues with heavy mud as at the England site so the Wellies are definitely optional. All items should be marked with your name so that you can locate it if it gets mixed with gear from other IST. Gear List from BSA:Note on gear: If you go to the Preparation page, you will find a rough map of the Jamboree site. Buses will drop off at Tivoli, at the south end of the site. IST camp is at the north end of the site. Rumor is that Sweden will have buses to transport on site, so you may not have to lug your gear the full distance. Weight is, however, a very important factor to consider.
Here is the list from the participant guide with my notes: Camp Items Personal Items NOTE: Sweden's electrical current is 220 volt AC in 50 cycles, and prongs for outlets differ from those in North America, so jamboree participants should bring along transformers for electrical appliances such as hair dryers and shavers. Note: charging cords for things like computers and cameras usually have adequate transformer already in them so you only need a converter plug in many cases. Personal Clothing *Items are provided to each registered participant In my experience, more underwear and socks would be good to have so you don't have to wash things in the sinks too often. Two uniform shirts so you always have a clean one, and extra uniform pants for the same reason. A pair of work gloves would be a good idea for IST as well. In 2007, I had way too many shirts and not enough trousers, so I'll bring two scout pants and two work pants, and only a half dozen t-shirts at most. Probably should have a money belt for your valuables. Spare batteries for cameras, flashlights, etc. might not be a bad idea as well. I bring a GPS too. I found sandals a great choice for 2007 WSJ. Sure, the feet get a bit muddy, but the sandals don't need to be cleaned and you can avoid wearing socks that need to be washed. Similarly, swim trunks as your shorts works nicely as that avoids the need to wash more underwear. It is plenty warm enough for them. Another item I like to bring is a USA Flag. Looks good by your tent, though you may want to find a pole to use with it as you are unlikely to be able to find an unused branch in the woods. Near the end of jamboree, the flag is also a great trading item. |
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There will be *NO* IST badge from BSA for this jamboree. If you would like to show you are IST with a badge, you can wear mine on your right shoulder.
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