Rover Reps Meeting - August 2011
In August 2011 Alexa Hamblett, our Rover Representative, travelled to Finland to help plan the programme for Roverway in 2012. Here is her report:
"Between 26th-28th August myself and representatives from 8 other countries spent the weekend in Finland in order to discuss different elements of Roverway and also allow us to sample Finnish culture. We were given the opportunity to look around the campsite on the Friday which sits in the middle of one of the largest continuous forested areas in southern Finland, and is the recreational forest of the local town of Hämeenlinna. I think that it shall provide a brilliant new experience as we shall be camping in-between trees rather than on open fields like most people will be used to.
On the Saturday we spent several hours discussing different elements of Roverway, as the planning committee wanted our opinion on their recent decisions and future plans. After spending time looking at how social media will be used to help participants and their Patrols bond with other international groups in their Tribe, we also discussed the Roverway Momentum
project which patrols shall carry out after the camp finishes. More information about which can be found atRoverway.fi/momentum.
During the camping stage all participants will have the opportunity to take part in activities themed around water, nature, creativity, self, and others. What will be great about Roverway is the amount of input we were able to contribute towards to planning of these participant activities, as all of our discussions about our own/organisations favourite activities were
recorded both on paper and on video. Hopefully the participation of both myself and other youth representatives shall ensure that everyone will find something to involve themselves in that they will enjoy.
One of the most prominent experiences of the weekend was the generosity and friendly attitude of our Finnish hosts. On the Sunday we had the chance to talk to Finnish Rovers who were all very excited to take part in Roverway and to meet all the international participants, which assured me that we shall all receive a warm welcome in July!"
"Between 26th-28th August myself and representatives from 8 other countries spent the weekend in Finland in order to discuss different elements of Roverway and also allow us to sample Finnish culture. We were given the opportunity to look around the campsite on the Friday which sits in the middle of one of the largest continuous forested areas in southern Finland, and is the recreational forest of the local town of Hämeenlinna. I think that it shall provide a brilliant new experience as we shall be camping in-between trees rather than on open fields like most people will be used to.
On the Saturday we spent several hours discussing different elements of Roverway, as the planning committee wanted our opinion on their recent decisions and future plans. After spending time looking at how social media will be used to help participants and their Patrols bond with other international groups in their Tribe, we also discussed the Roverway Momentum
project which patrols shall carry out after the camp finishes. More information about which can be found atRoverway.fi/momentum.
During the camping stage all participants will have the opportunity to take part in activities themed around water, nature, creativity, self, and others. What will be great about Roverway is the amount of input we were able to contribute towards to planning of these participant activities, as all of our discussions about our own/organisations favourite activities were
recorded both on paper and on video. Hopefully the participation of both myself and other youth representatives shall ensure that everyone will find something to involve themselves in that they will enjoy.
One of the most prominent experiences of the weekend was the generosity and friendly attitude of our Finnish hosts. On the Sunday we had the chance to talk to Finnish Rovers who were all very excited to take part in Roverway and to meet all the international participants, which assured me that we shall all receive a warm welcome in July!"
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