Asociación de Scouts de México, A.C.

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flagicon|Mexico Mexico|f-date=1920|founder=
members=33,476 |chiefscouttitle=Headed by|chiefscout=National Scout Chief
Raul Sanchez Vaca National Scout President
Omar Lugo|website=http://www.scouts.org.mx

The Asociación de Scouts de México, A.C. (ASMAC, "Scout Association of Mexico") is the national Scouting association of Mexico. Scouting was founded in Mexico in 1920 and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in August 26, 1926. It was registered to the Mexican civil authorities on 24 February, 1943. ASMAC has 33,476 members (as of 2008).cite web |title=Triennial Report 2005-2008 |url=http://scout.org/en/content/download/11615/94838/file/Triennial_Report_EN.pdf |publisher=World Organization of the Scout Movement |accessdate=2008-07-13] The ASMAC headquarters are located in Mexico City.

Overview

Asociación de Scouts de México is a member of the World Scout Conference and the Interamerican Scout Conference.

Juan Lainé served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1947 to 1949 and again from 1951 to 1957. In 1961, Lainé was awarded the "Bronze Wolf", the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting. Other recipients include Macias Valadez in 1971, and Jorge Toral A. in 1975.

Program

Groups registered at ASMAC follow a development program called ENPE (Esquema Nacional de Programa Educativo). This program divides Scouts, depending on their ages, into the following sections:

The highest rank is the "Caballero Aguila", literally "Eagle Knight". The name comes from the ancient Aztec army.

Largest fleur de lis in the world

A Scout event held each year since 2000, originally organized to promote the 11th World Scout Moot that was held that year in Mexico. More than 10,000 Scouts from all Mexico come to the main square of Mexico City and draw a gigantic fleur de lis, the emblem of the WOSM. It is drawn on a 10,000 m² area, and filled up with aluminum cans. [http://www.scout.org/en/information_events/news/2006/mexico_city_scouts_break_guinness_world_record]

In 2007, the year of the World Scouting Centenary, a dove was incorporated into the original design as a symbol of Scouting as a universal movement of peace. In 2007 the "Flor de Liz mas Grande del Mundo" was one of Mexico's gifts of peace.

Meztitla Scout Camp School

Owned by the ASMAC and located in Tepoztlan, Morelos, Meztitla is the National Scout Camp School. Although Meztitla is frequented by Scouts of Mexico and the world, is also open to general public.

Meztitla was born thanks to Dr. Paul E. Loewe, who in 1956 donated the first lands which would become the campsite. With the passage of time more lands are acquired and it has become the biggest Scout Camp in Mexico.

The name "Meztitla" is a word derived from Náhuatl, whose original meaning is "Place near the moon", due to the cave painting presence, (of which there is one of course, representing the moon), in one of the cliffs in the hills that surround this place.

See also

* Scouting in Mexico
* WOSM-Interamerican Region

References

External links

* [http://www.scouts.org.mx ASMAC Homepage] (Spanish)
* [http://www.tepoz.com.mx/meztitla/ Meztitla Homepage] (Spanish)
* [http://www.scouts.org.mx/meztitla/index.html Meztitla (ASMAC website)] (Spanish)