Selecting Adults

[cathyjh]

How are Adults selected for Order of the Arrow? Can female leaders be selected?

 

[nolesrule]

When unit elections are held, as long as at least one youth is elected, then the unit committee can nominate 1 adult for every 50 (or fraction thereof) registered youth in the unit (and must be approved by the Scout Executive). The adult must meet the same camping requirements as youth, and should be chosen to help fulfill the purpose of the OA, not as a recognition of service.

 

Female leaders can be selected as long as they meet the camping requirements.

 

The camping requirement can be waived for district and council level nominations.

[Lisabob]

Hi Cathy,

 

I asked the same thing last fall, and got some very helpful responses. You might want to check this thread:

http://www.scouter.com/forums/viewThread.asp?threadID=191393

[regi]

Cathy,

 

nolesrule has pretty much given you all you need.Your OA elections team should supply you with adult form's.You don't need to be concerned about the Scout Executive approval at the unit level, that comes up in the application processing and it's rare that candidate approved by unit committee will be denied.Would need to be a special circumstance.Also the District or council nominees are separate from your unit limit.