The Asociación de Scouts de México, Asociación Civil (ASMAC) is a
Scouting association in
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
. ASMAC was formed in 1920 and became a member of the
World Organization of the Scout Movement
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM ) is the largest international Scouting organization. WOSM has 173 members. These members are recognized national Scout organizations, which collectively have around 43 million participants. WOSM ...
on August 26, 1926. It was registered as a
Civil Association by the Mexican government on 24 February 1943. ASMAC claimed 33,509 members (as of 2011).
The ASMAC headquarters are located in
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and primate city, largest city of Mexico, and the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North Amer ...
.
Overview
Juan Lainé served on the
Boy Scouts International Committee of the
Boy Scouts International Conference from 1947 to 1949 and again from 1951 to 1957. In 1961, Lainé was awarded the ''
Bronze Wolf
The Bronze Wolf Award is bestowed by the World Scout Committee (WSC) to acknowledge "outstanding service by an individual to the World Scout Movement". It is the highest honor that can be given a volunteer Scout leader in the world and it is the ...
'', the only distinction of the
Boy Scouts International Conference, awarded by the
Boy Scouts International Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting. Other ASMAC 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). The highest rank is the ''Caballero Aguila'', literally ''Eagle Knight''. The name comes from the ancient
Aztec
The Aztecs () were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl ...
army. This program divides Scouts, depending on their ages, into the following sections:
Structure
The highest authority of the ASMAC lies in the ''General Assembly of Associates' '' which is called the National Assembly, which meets in an ordinary manner, once a year and in extraordinary sessions as many times as necessary.
The National Assembly
It is composed of the following '' 'Associates' '': the members of the National Council, the National Honor Court, the Surveillance Commission, the provincial presidents, the National Scout Chief (only if he is a volunteer), the elected by the provinces and those elected by the National Council. The sessions of the National Assembly are chaired by the National President.
National Scout Chief
The National Scout Chief is elected every three years by the National Council and can be re-elected. The Chief Scout can be executive or volunteer.
Recent Nationals Chief
* Raúl Arturo Sánchez Vaca (2002-2010): Elected National Scout Chief in a voluntary position, in 2005 CEN promoted him as National Executive Scout Chief, a position he held until 2010, taking office as Regional Director of the
WOSM of the offices of the
Interamerican Scout Region in Panama on April 1, 2010.
* José Adolfo López Sampsom Félix (2010-2011): Having held the position of National Scout Chief years ago, he was elected to the position in 2010, resigning on October 22, 2011.
* Ana Lorena Gudiño Valdez (2011-2015): Elected on October 22, 2011 by the National Council, she was the first woman to hold the position of National Executive Scout Chief. On February 7, 2015, she submitted her resignation under protest before the National Council. In a statement issued by the National Council on February 21, 2015, the termination of her employment contract and the dismissal of the position of National Scout Chief were announced as of February 17, 2015.
* José Luis Cárdenas Cortés (2015-2017): Appointed National Scout Head on a voluntary basis by the National Council on February 7, 2015.
* Currently Pedro Díaz Maya, holds the position of National Scout Chief.
Largest fleur de lis in the world
A Scout event held each year since 2000, originally organized to promote the 11th
World Scout Moot
The World Scout Moot is an event for senior branches of Scouting (traditionally called Rovers) and other young adult Scouts, gathering up to 5,000 people. Moots provide an opportunity for young adults in Scouting to meet, with the objective of ...
that was held that year in Mexico. More than 10,000 Scouts from all Mexico come to the main square of
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and primate city, largest city of Mexico, and the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North Amer ...
and draw a gigantic
fleur de lis
The fleur-de-lis, also spelled fleur-de-lys (plural ''fleurs-de-lis'' or ''fleurs-de-lys''), is a lily (in French, and mean 'flower' and 'lily' respectively) that is used as a decorative design or symbol.
The fleur-de-lis has been used in the ...
, the emblem of the
WOSM. It is drawn on a 10,000 m
2 area, and filled up with
aluminum
Aluminium (aluminum in American and Canadian English) is a chemical element with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than those of other common metals, at approximately one third that of steel. It ha ...
cans.
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 más Grande del Mundo'' was one of Mexico's gifts of peace.
Meztitla Scout Camp School
Owned by the ''ASMAC'' and located in
Tepoztlán
Tepoztlán () is a town in the central Mexican state of Morelos. It is located at in the heart of the Tepoztlán Valley. The town serves as the seat of government for the municipality of the same name. The town had a population of 14,130 inhabit ...
,
Morelos,
Meztitla is a scout camp school frequently visited by Scouts of Mexico and from all around the world as well by camping enthusiasts.
''Meztitla'' was originally property of Dr.
Paul E. Loewe, but in 1956 he donated the first lands for the campsite. The name ''Meztitla'' is a word derived from
Náhuatl
Nahuatl (; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahua peoples, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have small ...
, which literally means "''place near the moon''",
due to ancient
Aztec
The Aztecs () were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl ...
cave painting which depicts the moon, inside a cave on a hill in the surroundings.
See also
*
Scouting in Mexico
*
WOSM-Interamerican Region
Footnotes
External links
ASMAC Homepage(Spanish)
Meztitla Homepage(Spanish)
(Spanish)
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World Organization of the Scout Movement member organizations
Scouting and Guiding in Mexico
Youth organizations established in 1920
1920 establishments in Mexico