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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:

• 2012-2018: Leader/teamleader Scouts at Scouting van Maasdijk Heerenveen
• 2013-now: member and from 2016 on chairman of the Friese Regionaal EHV Team, a first aid Scouting group
• 2013-2015: co-author of the Dutch Scouts Pocketbook at our NSO Scouting Nederland
• 2016-now: member and from 2021 on chairman of the Speladviesteam, a national team advising national Scouting events on the Scouting Method
• 2016-2018: development mentor at Scouting van Maasdijk Heerenveen
• 2016: presenting workshops at the regional Scout Out event
• 2017: presenting workshops at the national Scout-In event
• 2018-2019: IST at the 2019 World Scout Jamboree, assisting Dutch troops before and member of the NA1WJ JOTA staff at the WSJ
• 2018-2024: coördinator at the HIT (Hikes, Interesse en Trapperskampen) national yearly event, location Heerenveen
• 2018: dispatcher first aid and security at the Roverway international camp and Nawaka seascouts national camp, both consecutive and at the same location in the Netherlands
• 2018-now: founding member, development mentor, board member and until 2020 teamleader Scouts at Scouting Polaris Heerenveen
• 2019: presenting workshops at the national Scout-In event
• 2019-2020: IST for the 2020 European Jamboree (which was cancelled due to Covid)
• 2021: member of the projectteam Blended Learning at Scouting Nederland
• 2021-2023: IST at the 2023 World Scout Jamboree in South Korea, assisting Dutch troops/IST before and member of the 6K25WSJ JOTA staff at the WSJ
• 2022: head of on-site activities at the international Intercamp camp in France
• 2022: running the JOTA activity as PC22NWK at the Nawaka seascouts national camp
• 2022-now: member of the projectteam Scouting Academy 2.0 at Scouting Nederland
• 2023: subcamp chief at the international Intercamp camp in Germany
• 2023-now: development mentor and assessor for the (national) Scouting Method merit badge at Scouting Nederland
• 2023-2024: patrol mentor for patrol Kjeshode for, and IST at, the 2024 international Roverway camp in Norway
• 2023-now: member of the projectteam Merit Badges 2.0 at Scouting Nederland
• 2023: attended the World Scout Education Congres in Paris on behalve of Scouting Nederland
• 2024: IST for On-site Programme at the international Intercamp camp in Poland
• 2024: presenting workshops at the regional Scout Out event

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.