Serving On The Michigan International Camporee 2008 Staff

The Michigan International Camporee Steering Committee invites Scouts, Venturers, and leaders from all around the world who will be 18 or older on August 1, 2008, to join us as part of the 2008 Michigan International Camporee staff.  The MIC 2008 Staff Application lists the wide variety of staff positions that are available.  Serving on a Michigan International Camporee staff is a unique opportunity to meet Scouts and adults from over 20 countries and to help them experience the friendship and fellowship of international Scouting.

The MIC 2008 staff will be composed entirely of volunteers who are registered members of their national Scout associations.  Each MIC staff member must pay a U.S. $100 staff fee to cover the cost of staff meals and camporee items.  Any MIC staff member who would like to be housed in a Northwoods cabin with bunk and mattress will be given a space in one of the cabins.  Those who prefer to bring their own camper/trailer or tent can do that.  MIC staff members will eat their meals in the camp dining hall.

To apply for a position on the MIC 2008 staff, complete the Michigan International Camporee Staff Application electronically and submit it.  Electronic submission is necessary to get your information into our staff database.  Also print and sign a copy of your application and mail it with a U.S. $100 check made out to CHIEF OKEMOS COUNCIL BSA to Michigan International Camporee 2008, PO Box 244, ST JOHNS MI 48879, USA.  Applicants from other countries who have difficulty submitting payment in U.S. $ should contact us by email for other options.  In accordance with Youth Protection, the council office of each U.S. staff applicant and the International Commissioner of each international staff applicant will be contacted to verify the applicant’s qualifications.

Staff applications will be considered until all staff positions are filled.  The $100 fee will be refunded to anyone not selected to be on the MIC staff.

Michigan International Camporee Staff Guidelines

  1. All adults involved in Michigan International Camporees serve in staff positions.  There are no adult "participants."  All staff members have specific staff responsibilities that they are expected to fulfill.  There will be some free time scheduled for every staff member.  However, staff responsibilities will sometimes prevent staff members from being at camporee events and activities they would like to attend.
     
  2. Michigan International Camporee program activities are for participants.  There will be very few opportunities for staff members to participate in camporee program activities.
     
  3. All Michigan International Camporee staff members are expected to have the willingness and ability to adapt to changing and unexpected situations and to work with participants whose primary language is not English.
     
  4. All Michigan International Camporee staff members must wear their Scout uniforms morning, noon, and evening, on duty and off duty.  For U.S. staff members, this may be either the Class A uniform with official Scout shirt and shorts or the Class B uniform with a Michigan International Camporee T shirt or polo shirt and official Scout shorts.  The only exceptions are swimwear at the waterfront and work clothes worn by the ranger’s crew.  Staff members from other countries will wear the uniforms of their Scout Associations with similar T shirt options.
     
  5. All Michigan International Camporee staff positions are non-smoking positions.  We fully support the BSA position that "Adult leaders should support the attitude that young adults are better off without tobacco and may not allow the use of tobacco products at any BSA activity involving youth participants."  There are no smoking areas at Northwoods.  Anyone planning to serve on the Michigan International Camporee staff agrees to be a non-smoker for that week.
     
  6. All Michigan International Camporee staff members will be aware of the rules and laws established for this event by the BSA, the state of Michigan, the Chief Okemos Council, and the Michigan International Camporee, will follow those rules and laws, and, in all their dealings with troop leaders and youth participants, both US and international, will support and help enforce those rules and laws.
     
  7. All Michigan International Camporee curfews and quiet time rules apply to staff members as well as participants.  Except when on duty, staff members must be in their campsite or cabin area during all times that camporee participants are required to be in their campsites.
     
  8. While a 16-17 age category is included in the Michigan International Camporee Staff Application, there are very few staff positions open to 16 and 17 year olds.  All program staff must be at least 18 years old except 16-17 year old members of the Northwoods summer camp staff who have special shooting sports or waterfront skills.  16 and 17 year olds are encouraged to be camporee participants.
     
  9. The April 2008 orientation and site inspection weekend at Northwoods is required for all staff members who live in Michigan.  It is not required for out-of-state and international staff members, but staff members from nearby states are encouraged to participate.
     
  10. We welcome staff (international service team) applications from other countries.  International staff members are an important part of a Michigan International Camporee.  We do, however, require that each staff member from outside the US be a registered member of a WOSM-affiliated Scout Association and either receive approval from his/her country’s WOSM International Commissioner to serve on our camporee staff or come as part of a contingent that have been approved by a WOSM International Commissioner.  We also require that all international staff members be fluent in English.
     
  11. All MIC staff members must have completed BSA Youth Protection Training between August, 2006, and the date of the camporee.  BSA Youth Protection Training is available online at http://olc.scouting.org.  In addition to Youth Protection Training, Venturing Youth Protection Training is important for MIC staff members because it covers working with coed groups.  Venturing Youth Protection Training will be conducted as a group at the April, 2008, staff weekend at Northwoods and can be viewed online.
     
  12. HEALTH HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION FORMS - BSA requires Health History and Physical Examination forms for all youth and adults who participate in a week-long camp.  This includes MIC 2008 staff members. There are two Chief Okemos Council forms, the Adult Health and Medical Record Form and the Youth Health and Medical Record Form.  Anyone who will be under 40 at the time of the camporee must have had a physical examination, with a doctor’s signature, within 3 years of the event.  Anyone who will be 40 or older at the time of the camporee must have had a physical examination, with a doctor’s signature, within 1 year of the event.

    The first two pages of the Chief Okemos Council forms are identical to the BSA PERSONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RECORD CLASS I AND CLASS II. That form and BSA Health and Medical Record Forms used for other camps and activities that have the same information as the first two pages are acceptable.  If different BSA forms are used, staff members 18 and older also need to complete page 3, “ADULT VOLUNTEER FORM,” on the Chief Okemos Adult Health and Medical Record Form and parents of staff members under 18 also need to complete page 3, “Camper Release Form” on the Chief Okemos Youth Health and Medical Record Form.

    Photocopies of these forms are acceptable.  In order to enable our Health and Safety staff to prescreen MIC participants and make the MIC 2008 check-in day run more smoothly, your unit’s completed Health and Medical Record Forms should either be brought to the April 25-27 MIC 2008 Planning Weekend at Northwoods or mailed to MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL CAMPOREE 2008, PO BOX 244, ST JOHNS MI 48879 by May 1.
     
  13. MEDIA RELEASE FORMS - We need permission for Scouts and adults who participate in MIC 2008 to appear in photos, videos, etc., of the event. Staff members who are 18 or older should fill out the Adult Media Release Form. For staff members who are under 18, parental permission is needed and you should use an Individual Scout/Venturer Media Release Form.  Please submit your media release form with your Health and Medical Record Form.
     

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