Journey to Excellence: Information Webinars for Lodge Leaders

During the first week of December, the Order of the Arrow will host four webinars to review with lodges the new Journey to Excellence program. Even though each region is assigned a specific date, choose the date that best fits with your calendar.

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Next Stop: NOAC 2012 – Road Warrior

The national events planning and promotions committee have developed the Road Warrior program, designed to recognize lodges whose NOAC 2012 contingents meet attendance goals. Road Warrior lodges could win special seating at shows, OA High Adventure scholarships, or a special meet-and-greet time with the national chief and vice chief.

Learn more about your lodge's attendance goals, and how to promote NOAC...

Lodge Recharter Process

The process for rechartering lodges in 2012 has changed. It is important that the Lodge Key 3 secure the instructions sent out in October to each council's Scout Executive and complete the steps prior to the December 31st deadline..

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Ask the Chairman

Q. I have heard that if we send in a question to the Chairman of the Order of the Arrow, he will answer it. How do I do that?

A. You may contact the chairman, Ray Capp, at ray.capp@oa-bsa.org

Each week, he will select a question which hasn't been answered in our literature, and do his best to answer it. You may leave your name if you wish and he will credit your name as the one who submitted it, if you leave it for that purpose.

Additional Ask the Chairman questions and answers can be found here

Best Practice: Elangomat Worksheet

Provide your Elangomats with the information they need to ensure that candidates have a positive Ordeal experience. Use the Elangomat worksheet to improve your program.

Section Advisers Collect Best Practices at 2012 National Planning Meeting

During the 2012 National Planning Meeting, the section advisers will compile a list of lodge best practices to add our online database. Be sure that your section adviser is aware of the tools and processes that your lodge and chapters use to achieve success in delivering the Order of the Arrow program so they can be shared with other lodge leaders around the nation.

Think about a successful idea your lodge uses and submit your "Best Practice" to ChapterResources@oa-bsa.org.