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Venturing Crew 369:
Our Principals:
Our Creed:
6 Experience Areas of our Program
Venturing Crew 369's Equipment
The Venturing Code:
Boy Scouts of America
UNIX Classes
Basic UNIX For Programmers Course
Community Service
Donations

Venturing Crew 369 specializes in:
UNIX for Programmers,
UNIX System Administration,
& Web Design
through a program based on
six fundamental experince areas.

New class registration on September 19th, 2000
Contact Us for more information.

Basic UNIX For Programmers Course

Perl 5 comming 09/19/00

Our program is designed for the student that excels in computers and is looking for an avenue to continue their growth in the compuer information science field of Engineering.

Classes are taught by experienced adult leaders: Senior UNIX System Administrator of Nationwide Insurance (Retired), Co-Author of the O'Religh Perl 5 book... Anual Membership fee is $25.00 There is a lab fee for each class, to pay for books. The Basic UNIX For Programmers course's, lab fee is $25.00.

All of our Advisors are experinced professionals that are dedicated to the Scouting movement and believe that it is imperative that they pay back to the program by lighting the proverbial torch of knowledge in the future leaders of the computer industry.

Community Service

Crew & Troop 369 participates in the "One New Toy" program where by they help distribute toys to over 4,000 needy children. Troop & Crew 369 helps Saint Stephens feed over 3,000 families Christmas Dinner. Crew & Troop 369 each year maintains an abandon grave yard. Crew & Troop 369 volunteers for COSI's Halloween Unmasked...

Boy Scouts of America

Venturing Crew 369 is closely associated with Boy Scout of America Troop 369. The Cub Pack, Troop, and Crew meet in the same building at the same time. Venturing Crew 369 fulfills its "Outdoor" requirements by camping with Troop 369.

Venturing Crew 369 wears the Venturing Scout, Dark Green uniform.

Venturing Crew 369's Equipment

Venturing Crew 369 teaches their "Basic UNIX for Programmers" classes on AT&T 3B2 equipment while the intermediate classes are taught on NeXT machines. The Crew utilizes Sun equipment as NIS, an Auspex 6,000 for NFS, and a Sun 690 for a computer server.

Our Web Page is served from a Sun Ultra-10 300MHz w/768M of RAM and ~44G of disk space on an OC3 line.

As our program is geared towards the serious design and implementation of large scale computer networks, no Intel or Microsoft products are utlized.

Venturing Crew 369:

Venturing Crew 369 was chartered on December 31, 1994 to the Reformation Lutheran Church.

Venturing Crew 369 specializes in UNIX for Programmers, UNIX System Administration, & Web Design while emphasizing a deep theme of Engineering Computer Information Science.

Membership in Venturing Crew 369 is open to young men and women between the ages of 14 [and in high school] and not yet 20. Annual Membership fees are $25.00.

Venturing Crew 369 produces The Adventure, an international monthly newsletter now in three countries.

Our Creed:

Exploring: Enthusiasm, Energy, & Excellence.

6 Experience Areas of our Program

• Develop a better understanding of America's social, economical, and government systems.
• Gaining some insight and practical experience in careers.

• Instilling stable personal values firmly based on religious concepts.
• Developing skill in dealing with all people and encouraging a sense of family and community responsibility.

• Encouraging a sense of pride to our American Heritage
• Preparing to give leadership and fulfill our responsibility to American Society and to the people of the world.

• Developing a degree of self reliance based on courage, initiative, and resourcefulness.
• Understanding and appreciating the wise use of resources and the protection of our environment.

• Encouraging the skill and desire to help others.
• Gaining a keen respect for the basic rights of others.

• Improving mental and emotional fitness.
• Enhancing physical fitness and an appreciation for sports.

Our Principals:

• Honor before all else.
• The difference between a winner and a looser is that the winner tried one more time.
• K.I.S.M.I.F.

The Venturing Code:

As an Scout:

• I believe that American's Strength lies in her trust in God and in the courage and strength of her people.
• I will, therefore, be faithful in my religious duties and will maintain a personal sense of honor in my own life.
• I will treasure my American Heritage and will do all I can to preserve and enrich it.
• I will recognize the dignity and worth of my fellowman and will use fair play and goodwill in dealing with them.
• I will acquire the Venturing attitude that seeks the truth in all things and adventure on the frontiers of our changing world.

Donations

Donations are always sincerely appreciated. We are currently in need of 25 Sun SLC, ELC, IPC, or IPXs...