applications should have had the endorsement of the applicant’s NSO, but it was the case that our systems were not always robust enough to ensure that this always happened. We apologise to any NSOs that had difficulty because we did not always do this correctly. The different categories within the Jamboree Team developed over time and generally worked fairly well, although the final structure did become somewhat complicated. In particular, the distinction between Jamboree Organising Team and Jamboree Delivery Team was not clear to everyone. The categories and numbers in each by the time of the World Scout Jamboree were as follows: Jamboree Management Team
(JMT)
6
Jamboree Core Team
(JCT)
15
Jamboree Organising Team
(JOT)
274
Jamboree Delivery Team
(JDT)
533
Off Site Team - Gilwell Adventure and Splash!
(OST)
Approximately 1,000
Ceremonies Cast
130
Jamboree Build Team - Build and Take Down
(JBT)
Approximately 9,000 ‘people days’
Jamboree Staff Team
(JST)
22
The Jamboree Management Team (JMT) reported to the 2007 Steering Group and was responsible for all of the planning and preparation of the 21st World Scout Jamboree. For EuroJam, several members of the JMT were in charge of Jamboree Core Team (JCT) areas as well as being members of the JMT. This was changed for the World Scout Jamboree, so that there was a person in charge of each JCT area and they reported to a member of the JMT. The JMT consisted of 6 people, as follows:
During the Jamboree itself, the JMT became the Jamboree Operations Management Team and one person was the Duty Jamboree Operations Director (DJOD) for a 24 hour period, with full responsibility for all operational aspects of the Jamboree. Three members of the JMT were allocated to the DJOD rota and they were Byron Chatburn, Nigel Coopey and Stephen Peck. This meant that at any particular time, one of these was on duty, one was on standby (to assist or provide back up for the DJOD) and one was off duty. In addition, the DJOD could call upon any of the other 3 members of the JMT to help out with a particular issue. This system worked well because there was always a single person who was in overall charge, but they were only in this role for 24 hours and they always had the support of other key colleagues.
Jamboree Core Team (JCT) When the team was originally established, there were only 7 Jamboree Core Team (JCT) areas, although by the time of EuroJam, this had been increased to 14. Following the review and evaluation of EuroJam, a further adjustment was made and the JCT then consisted of 15 people, each of which headed up a team of volunteers with responsibility for a specific area of the World Scout Jamboree. Each member of the JCT reported to a member of the JMT. During the Jamboree, members of the IST were allocated to work with one of the JCT areas. The JCT areas for the World Scout Jamboree were as follows:
Bill Cockcroft, Jamboree Director (volunteer) Nigel Hailey, Deputy Jamboree Director (volunteer) Byron Chatburn (volunteer) Nigel Coopey (volunteer) Stephen Peck, Director of Programme and Development (staff) Aidan Jones, Jamboree Manager (staff)
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21st World Scout Jamboree
27 July to 8 August 2007
Contingents Support – this team was responsible for providing support to the NSO Contingents from all over the world. This included overall responsibility for the World Scout Centre, Heads of Contingents meetings, Problem Management Centre, containers / warehousing and simultaneous translation / interpretation. Sub Camps – this team was responsible for creating a home for every participant in one the 16 Sub Camps and delivering exciting Sub Camp activities that everyone was able to participate in. Human Resources – this team was responsible for recruiting, preparing and inspiring more than 8,000 members of the IST
Report to the 38th World Scout Conference