The World Scout Committee, at its meeting in September 2009, considered the Governance Review Task Force's paper on WOSM Membership.
The paper contains a number of recommendations. The World Scout Committee considered these and decided as follows:

• Recommendations 1-3 on Federations: A roundtable meeting will be organised, in collaboration with the GRTF and the Constitutions Committee, to be attended by some WSC members, at which NSOs (Federations and single Organizations) may express their views on the recommendations concerning future policy on Federations. A report on the outcomes of these discussions will be made to the next World Scout Committee meeting to inform the Committee's consideration of the Task Force's recommendations on this issue, with a view to putting a clear proposal to the next World Scout Conference.
• Recommendations 4-7 on National Scout Organizations: These recommendations were accepted (Recommendation 5 on Accredited Scout Organizations being accepted in principle). Proposed amendments to the Appendix to the WOSM Constitution on Accredited (National) Scout Organizations – and possibly the Constitution itself – will be prepared based on the recommendations.
• Recommendation 8 on National Minorities: This recommendation was accepted. An amendment to the WOSM Constitution will be prepared based on the recommendation accepted by the World Scout Committee.
• Recommendation 9 on Dissident Associations: This recommendation was also accepted.
• Recommendation 10 on Compliance with WOSM Constitution: This recommendation was also accepted.
• Recommendation 11 on Scout and Guide National Organizations: This recommendation was also accepted. A comprehensive, updated description of a Scout and Guide National Organization (commonly referred to as a "SAGNO") will be prepared for use by WOSM, reflecting its own policies and practices on the matter. This will be shared with the Constitutions Committee and the WAGGGS/WOSM Consultative Committee before it is brought to a future World Committee meeting for approval.
• Recommendation 12 on Constitutional Amendments: This was accepted. The Constitutions Committee will supervise the work identified above that involves amendments to the WOSM Constitution.

The 39th World Scout Conference will be held from the 10th to 14th of January 2011 at Estação Embratel Convention Center in Curitiba, Brazil. Built in 2004, it's a state-of-the-art, world-class convention center with 25,000 square meters of fully air-conditioned space able to host events for up to 5,000 people .

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The 38th World Scout Conference was held 14-18 July 2008 on Jeju Island, Korea. It was attended by 1189 participants from 150 countries. Hosted by the Korea Scout Association, The Conference was officially opened by Dr. Han Seung-soo, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea.

Aside from the official sessions and workshops, participants had the opportunity to take part in a varied evening programme and an educational tour of Jeju Island on the Wednesday afternoon.

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