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Pagina in het Engels, omdat de meeste belangstelling hiervoor van buitenlandse scouts komt.

Once a Scout, always a Scout. When I was young, I was a cubscout and boyscout, but left Scouting when I was 12yo-ish. In 2012 my son (then a boyscout) asked me if I wanted to be his scoutleader, since his current leaders were more into games than into Scouting techniques. So I became an active Scout again. 😀

My Scouting resumé

Sometimes people ask me what I do in Scouting, the answer can take some time.... 🤣 So, I listed below what I did/do in Scouting, sorted by starting year:

Lots of small things, like giving workshops related to roles above, are omitted. Then I can better just post my calendar here. 🤡

In the future I hope to be IST at the 2027 World Scout Jamboree in Poland. No better way to spend your summer vacation than camping with 1000+ other Scouts. 🥰

Jamboree on the Air

I am a scout and a HAM Radio operator, callsigns PC5E and WC5E. So I regularly am part of an international JOTA station, as you could read above. You can check out my PC5E HAM Radio site if you want to know all JOTA stations I participated in.

Qualifications

At Scouting Nederland we have an extensive set of qualifications, of which I hold:

  • qualified leader (beavers/cubs/scouts)
  • qualified teamleader (beavers/cubs/scouts)
  • camping qualification (scouts/explorers)
  • qualified development mentor
  • qualified instructor (level 1 trainer)
  • qualified Scouting Method specialist
  • qualified sailor level 3 (CWO 3, external qualification)
  • qualified First Aider, including AED and First Aid for children (external qualification by Orange Cross)
  • qualified HAM Radio operator Full (external qualification)
  • qualified Marcom A (maritime General Operator Certificate, external qualification)

Wood badge is not a qualification you get by doing all applicable trainings, but you receive wood badge after doing a personal Gilwell coaching course. Since I did a couple similar ones in my working life, I still did not do the Gilwell course. Hmmm.... 😏

Awards and appreciations

On 10th of October 2020 I was awarded the badge of appreciation for special merit from Scouting Nederland. This award is intended for volunteers who have made an above-average contribution to Scouting Nederland for a short period of time, for example by supporting a national, regional or local project. It came with a medal, I could wear on special occasions... The badge I wear on my uniform, the medal I keep in my Scouting collection.

This award is part of an extensive appreciation system of Scouting Nederland.

My scarf collection

On the wall of my livingroom I have a part of my scarf collection on display.

Part of my Scouting scarf/necker collection, hanging on the wall in my livingroom. It contains neckers from most recent Scouting groups I am a member of and events I attended. Scouting Polaris, Scouting FRET, 2x WSJ, Roverway, Intercamp, Nawaka, Radio Scouting and more.