Minutes of the State Mindari  meeting held at 8:30am on 13 February 2010 at Pennant Hills Scout Centre are attached.

"Nature study is the key activity in Scouting and Guiding." - Baden-Powell

The  World  Scout  Environment  Badge seeks  to create  an awareness  of  personal  responsibility for  the  environment.  The  badge encourages Scouts to connect with nature, think about how we interact with the environment and take action to protect it. The environment is a global subject and the badge focuses on learning about local and global issues and how taking local action can help both of these.

For more information and guidelines on how to earn the World  Scout  Environment  Badge please read the attached document.

You can join Scouts across Australia and be part of the very first Scouts in Action Week, an annual national activity where every Scout from all corners of Australia will be able to participate in programs specifically targeting a skill that Scouts can use in their day to day lives.

The first Scouts in Action Week will focus on first aid, and if you’re looking for a way to incorporate first aid into your program, it doesn’t get much easier than this!

For more information visit the Scouts in Action Week website.

It is important that the MAIN risk factors/details must be on the form and not in an attachment. This is for very strong legal reasons in that, in the event of an accident, we have to prove they got the information. Attachments are easily claimed to have not been received. However it's acceptable to use an attachment for other minor non risk info.

The 13th  Annual Jamboree on the Trail is on during 8th May 2010.

Jamboree on the Trail is an annual day for the World Scout Movement to hike together. All Scouts, whatever their age and wherever they may be in the world, are invited to participate in whatever way they can.

Scouts Australia has been invited to attend the Jamaica Centenary Jamboree
2010 to be held from 20 to 29 July.

Scouts Australia has been invited to participate in the 3rd Thailand International Scout Youth Forum from the 7th to the 12th of April 2010.

Scouts Australia is not sending an official Australia Contingent to this event, however the following information is provided to members who may wish to organise a Contingent to this event.

Scouts Australia has been invited to attend the ICCS (International Catholic Conference of Scouting) Scout Jamboree in Thailand. The event will be held between 27 December 2010 and 4 January 2011 with the theme Scout as a Servant of the Gospels.

Scouts Australia will not be sending an official Australian Contingent to this event.  Any member of Scouts Australia wishing to attend this event or who are interested in leading a contingent should contact the International office for more information.

ADVANCED SCOUT LEADERSHIP COURSE 003 Springwood, Blue Mountains 27th and 28th March 2010 APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN!

Do you want to be challenged? Are you already a good leader, but want to be better? Do you want to be part of the latest leadership initiative?

At the November State Scout Youth Council, Brendon Kingdom, Alan Blunt and Anne Marie Van Duin were thanked for their great work in establishing Scout Youth Councils across the State. Their positions have now been re-elected for 2010. Meet the new Executive for the State Scout Youth Council for 2010.