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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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  1. Western Region

    Sections, Lodges and local discussions

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  2. NOAC

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

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  3. Central Region

    Sections, Lodges and local discussions

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  4. Northeast Region

    Sections, Lodges and local discussions

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    Sections, Lodges and local discussion

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  2. District Merger Chapter Merger

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  3. OA Grace

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  4. OA Eagle Scout Ceremony 1 2

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  5. What does the OA cost? 1 2

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  6. Why? 1 2 3 4 8

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  7. Looking forward to Conclave

    By JosephMD,
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  8. Have had just about enough! 1 2

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  9. Scoutmaster O/A Sash 1 2

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  10. Returning Scouter after hiatus

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  11. so few left 1 2

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  12. Lodge Flag 1 2

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  13. Vote by peers the only way in? 1 2 3 4 5

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  14. Noise At Noac 1 2 3

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  15. Broken Arrow Memorial Ceremony

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  • LATEST POSTS

    • Tron
      My son crossed over this weekend and is on his way!

      By Tron · Posted

      Some MBC use blue cards, some use Scoutbook; either way the progress is recorded the same way, the MBC signs off on requirements as they are completed. Do the free MBC training at training.scouting.org to get a better picture of todays MBC process.
    • Armymutt
      My son crossed over this weekend and is on his way!

      By Armymutt · Posted

      We held our AOL crossover this weekend.  No reason to wait unto Feb with an 11 y/o and two 10 y/o who finished 4th grade in June.  Two of them went to a troop that is going to a merit badge weekend in January.  I need a little refresher/update on the merit badge process.  We never used blue cards in my day.  I think the Scout Handbook was our tracker for the Eagle required badges and we didn't really do others that couldn't be completed in a day.  With a district the size of England (and perhaps Iceland?) and no internet, merit badge counselors were hard to come by, even if we could figure out the requirements or notice that they existed.  If a Scout is working on a merit badge that can't be completed during an event, how does the progress get tracked, and by whom?     I was a little concerned initially by his lack of interest in reading the Scout Handbook a couple months ago.  After the crossover and on Sunday morning, he was in it, reading through the requirements for the Scout rank and making sure he knew the answers to everything.  Now the trick is to kindle that spark and build the fire.
    • Tron
      quality, commissioners, and more, oh my

      By Tron · Posted

      I get what you're saying here; that ties into constantly recruiting. DE's are constantly pushing recruitment of scouts for units but they never seem to push constantly recruiting district committee/commissioner corp. 
    • fred8033
      quality, commissioners, and more, oh my

      By fred8033 · Posted

      To clarify ... I've seen good district commissioners, roundtable commissioners and such.  My criticism is very specific aimed at the "unit commissioners".  I believe the concept of "unit commissioner" is fundamentally flawed. 
    • mrjohns2
      quality, commissioners, and more, oh my

      By mrjohns2 · Posted

      Our district has a pretty good commissioner corps. We are always short 2-4 unit commissioners and 1-2 roundtable commissioners. But we do have groups of both and we do get the job done. We seem to do a good job recognizing those with plaques and knots as appropriate. Our district is one of the top in the council, though. With 7 or 8 districts, ours sold 45%  of the popcorn in the council. 2 of the last 3 council commissioners came from our district and 2 of the last 3 council presidents came from our district. 
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