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Discussions for OA Members and those interested in Scouting's Honor Society. Also includes a private sub-forum for OA Members only.

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    Been to NOAC? Heading there? Chat about the Order's bi-annual gathering

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  2. Troop Pressure for OA 1 2

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  3. Museums Close Native American Exhibits 1 2

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  4. OA Camping/Joining [Adult]

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  5. Final paycheck

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  6. What does Order of the Arrow do?

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  7. NOAC and AIA

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  8. OA Nat Volunteer Position?

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  9. It's finally come to this 1 2 3 4 11

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  10. Elections for Dummies 1 2 3 4

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  11. Philosophy on Camping Nights for OA Eligibility 1 2

    By InquisitiveScouter,
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  12. I'm Looking for the Following Leather Stamps - Does your Troop have extras?

    By BigDale,
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  13. In the beginning...

    By Oldscout448,
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  14. Unit refuses to hold elections 1 2 3 4 16

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  15. Abandoned Ring

    By Oldscout448,
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  • LATEST POSTS

    • DannyG
      Scouting America

      By DannyG · Posted

      All I can say is keep up the good work. What do you and your scouts want to get out of the program? Awards?  Ranks? Badges? Or is it about learning life skills? Encourage them to pursue Wilderness Survival in addition to Eagle requirements (7 MBs are elective). If your scouts don't like your district Klondike stop going. Find another one. Keep building skills, ranks and awards will come. 
    • Eagle1993
      Scouting America

      By Eagle1993 · Posted

      18 Eagle required MBs can be done fully/nearly fully indoor while 4 (cooking, camping, hiking and cycling) have substantial outdoor requirements.  BSA lost me on "scouting is outdoors" when they added Citizenship in Society merit badge. Most of my Eagle Scouts have said Wilderness Survival should be Eagle Required but yet BSA went with another discuss/research/report type badge. In addition, my Troop was the only one to camp outdoors during our recent district's Klondike.  In the past the Patrols camping outdoors would be awarded more points...not this year.  In fact, the Patrols who did cabin camping were able to work on sled decorations (earning trail points) and eat in the dining hall while my patrols cooked their own their own meals outside.  They were happy to campout but clearly the pressure and awards are emphasizing indoor cabin camping. Heck, look at summer camps and the near complete loss of patrol cooking options.  We struggle to find camps that support outdoor patrol cooking. BSA may say outdoors but their program, district and councils are all pushing more activities indoors (and in some cases away from the patrol method).  Their advertising looks great but not aligned with 90% of what BSA has become.
    • PACAN
      Coed Troops

      By PACAN · Posted

      So will there only be one handbook for coed troops?
    • DannyG
      Scouting America

      By DannyG · Posted

      You must be doing it wrong. 75% of scouting is outing.
    • HICO_Eagle
      Coed Troops

      By HICO_Eagle · Posted

      I remember boys hiking the 3+ miles from the Boy Scout summer camp to the nearby Girl Scout summer camp in the evenings in the late 1970s.  As was said earlier, "where there's a will, there's a way" -- but we don't have to make it easier for them. I personally felt there was a place for -- nay, a need for -- single-sex instruction in some things.  The vast majority of teenage boys I knew -- from the time when I was a teenager myself until present -- don't focus well when there's a teenage girl nearby.  Or rather, they focus well but not necessarily on what I need them to focus on.  Having said that, I resigned myself to having lost that battle (and several others) years ago which is why I am now retired from Scouting.

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