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Service to America. National Bulletin Check out the lat- Access. Check out est information the OA web site for available for pro- current informa- motion and receiv- tion. ing recognition. see page 6 see page 3 Order of the Arrow Boy Scouts of America Volume L, Issue 4 December 1998 - February 1999 Chief Scout Executive Receives Distinguished Service Award Jere B. Ratcliffe, Chief Scout over a period of years. The Order Executive of the Boy Scouts of presents a limited number of these America, was presented the awards each year, and only Distinguished Service Award at the Arrowmen whose record of service National Executive Board meeting is truly exemplary may qualify. in Irving, Texas, on October 14, The Distinguished Service 1998. Ratcliffe has been an active Award is a unique recognition in supporter of the Order of the Scouting as it is the only award Arrow since his early days in that may be presented to youth Scouting, and he has continued to members and adult volunteers and support the Order throughout his professional Scouters. In the 58 professional career as Scout execu- years since it was first presented, tive, regional director, and now as only about 500 Arrowrnen have the Chief Scout Executive. been selected to receive the award The national Order of the and this is out of more than one Arrow committee presents the million members who have served Jere Ratcliffe, center, with OA National Chief Mat Milleson, left, and the Distinguished Service Award only in the Brotherhood of Cheerful newly elected national Venturing president, Jonathan Fulkerson, right. to those Arrowmen who have con- Service. tinued to give outstanding service The focal point of the with another arrow running comes suspended from a white to Scouting and to the Order on a Distinguished Service Award through it, aimed upward over the neck ribbon adorned with red sectional, regional or national basis medal is a sterling silver arrowhead wearer’s left shoulder. The medal embroidered arrows. Leadership National Service New Lodge Summit Award Created Recharter The Order of the Arrow Deadline by Ryan Miske program in the council. Every lodge has received its will hold a National Each lodge also will be asked Leadership Summit at 1999 recharter packet. To be Beginning in 1999, the to provide a detailed description Colorado State University in eligible for Quality Lodge national Order of the Arrow com- of the largest and most meaning- Fort Collins, July 31 to August recognition, all recharter fees mittee will recognize two lodges ful service project it completed 3, 1999. The purpose of the and paperwork must be in each region that provide out- summit will be to introduce during the past year. This will received by the national office the Order’s new strategic plan standing service to their local allow the national selection com- by December 31, 1998. to its key lodge, section and council. The winners will be mittee to base its decision upon region leadership. Training selected based upon the service factors other than just the number and workshops for participants performed. Lodges will be asked of hours of service a lodge has on how to implement the new to provide a detailed record of rendered. During the evaluation, Revised OA plan in their home council will their service on the National the size of the lodge will be be part of the four-day sum- Guide for mit. Every lodge, section and Service Award application they taken into account, as will the region Key 3 will be encour- will receive. Lodges will impact of the project and the Officers and aged to attend and participate describe each service project, the number of hours provided to the in the summit. number of hours dedicated, and local council. Advisers Section chiefs, national the date the service was per- For more information about The new printing of the Order officers, national committee formed, along with any addition- this new National Service Award, of the Arrow Guide for members and other invited al information that would be be sure to look in the Lodge Officers and Advisers, No. participants will develop the helpful to the selection commit- Support PAK that all lodges will specifics of the summit during 34997A, will be available tee. Service for this award will receive after they have rechar- the 1998 OA national planning from the national Supply meeting in December. be defined as any project that has tered for 1999. Division after April 1, 1999. directly benefited the Scouting

Get Your Ideabook, page 2 Chiefly Speaking, page 2 OA & Council Camping Committee, page 5 Go on the OA Voyage, page 3 Arrow Tech: Training, page 4 Burning Issue-OA’s new Logo, page 6 Philmont OA Trail Crew, page 3 Around the Nation, page 4 National Bulletin Distribution, page 6 Training Corner, page 5 Goodman Scholarship, page 5 OA’s Strategic Plan The National Bulletin recently spoke with national OA committeeman Randy Cline, who gave leadership to development of the OA’s new strategic plan. Implementation of the plan, which was announced publicly at the 1998 National Order of the Arrow Conference, will be the focus of the National Leadership Summit next summer in Colorado. The complete plan is posted on the OA web site at: http://www.oa- bsa.org. National OA Committeeman Randy N.B.: Randy, what exactly is a Cline strategic plan? Cline: Strategic planning is a long-range visioning process. We took a good look at ourselves and our situation, what we do well and what we could do better. We developed a vision of the Order of the Arrow of the future--and then we detailed specific strategies and actions necessary to Fellow Arrowmen, move toward that vision.

It would be impossible to say that this past year has been anything N.B.: Why develop a strategic plan? but an overwhelming success. The fire of the Order is clearly burning as Cline: The plan will serve as our road map over the next five years. The its 50th anniversary as an official BSA program draws to a close. We path will lead us to provide greater service to Scouting in the coming cen- reflect fondly on the many wonderful memories from visiting with you tury. Increased service to Scouting is central to our strategy. We devel- at conclaves, fellowships, National Leadership Seminars, and, of course, oped our plan to support the Boy Scout Division’s 21st century initiatives at the 1998 National Order of the Arrow Conference. We thank you for as well as the BSA’s National Strategic Plan, released this past summer. having extended us your friendship and the honor of serving as your national officers. Each of you will forever remain in a special place N.B.: When did work on the plan begin? Who has been involved? within our hearts. Cline: Development of this plan has been one of the national commit- The past year witnessed historic and profound changes within our tee’s priorities since Ed Pease was appointed chairman in 1993, but we Order. The strategic plan outlined at the national conference is blazing a did not start work on it until 1996. About 150 people have been involved clear path to the next century every day as we become known as youth and adults, section chiefs, lodge advisers, Scout executives and Scouting’s national honor society. Remember that the success of our other professionals, as well as national OA committee members. visions for the future lies with you! We must continually reexamine what the OA sash means to each of us--is it a burning desire to serve N.B.: Part of the plan was the introduction of a new logo, replacing the and a thing of the spirit, or is it merely another decoration? Indianhead with the arrowhead from the OA sash. Are there other We leave you with the closing challenge presented at the national changes planned that will affect the American Indian component of the conference. Let us dream, let us endeavor, let us imagine, but most of OA’s program? all, let us live out our admonition! Cline: Absolutely not. In fact, the plan does not change any aspect of our American Indian programming. These activities and our ceremonies are Your friends and brothers, among the most appealing, enriching and colorful aspects of the Order. Yet, through our discussions we realized that the symbolism of the old logo was limiting. It did not represent significant aspects of our program Mat Milleson that we intend to emphasize in the years ahead--service, leadership devel- 1998 Order of the Arrow National Officers opment, camping and high adventure and development of the individual. The arrow symbolizes these aspects much more effectively, as articulated Do you have an so eloquently in our ceremonies. N.B.: Will camping continue to be emphasized? IDEABOOK? Cline: You bet. The OA has no intention of reducing its focus on camp- by Josh Souza ing or the out-of-doors. The plan calls for rather dramatic expansion of Imagine a book filled with tons of our efforts in this area. great program ideas for your section, lodge or chapter. At the 1998 National N.B.: What happens next? When will lodges receive more information? Order of the Arrow Conference, the Cline: Early in 1999 a packet about the plan will be released to the Key 1997 national officers introduced the 3 of every section and lodge. It will include a formal printed brochure, Ideabook, a collection of dynamic camera-ready clip art of the logo and a timetable outlining future actions program ideas from OA Trail Crews, related to the plan. lodges and chapters throughout the country. The Ideabook has been writ- ten in an easy-to-read, fun format. N.B.: Will participants at the National Leadership Summit get all the But wait--there is more! It is a step-by-step, month-by-month plan details? for awesome lodge and chapter programs, and new ideas. It contains Cline: Correct. The summit will help prepare each lodge’s leadership to more than 100 program ideas for conclaves. From action-packed mid- implement elements of the strategic plan back home in their council. ways to parachuters for the show, your only limitation is your imagina- Those attending also will be involved in work groups, helping to design tion. some additional elements of the plan that will be introduced in the coming The sections of the book cover subjects like Web pages and commu- years. We are off to a great start, but there are lots of components to the nications in the lodge. The book even contains a Scoutmaster survey for plan--too many to accomplish all at once. We will be implementing parts unit leader feedback on how your lodge or chapter can best assist troops. In addition, by using the Officer Idea form provided, future offi- of the plan over the next five years. cers may record their successes and mistakes to help out the next guy. How do you get a copy of the Ideabook? Lodges that attended the N.B.: It all sounds really exciting. 1998 NOAC should already have a copy. Feel free to make photocopies Cline: It is exciting, and when we are done, the Order of the Arrow will and give them to all your officers and advisers year after year. If your be more fully integrated into Scouting--from the smallest troop to the lodge has not received a copy of the Ideabook, then log on to the largest council. We will be doing this to enrich and enhance the Scouting Western Region’s Web page at http://oawest.mswin.net, and print out a program, helping to extend Scouting to more of America’s youth. copy. It’s free! 2 Explore the Boundary Service Waters on the OA Voyage to The adventure of a lifetime!

by Jason Accola within the Boundary America Waters. The How would remaining expedi- by Tony Fiori you like to spend tion is spent on a two of the best canoeing adven- As the Service to America program enters its weeks of your life ture that is second year, the Order of the Arrow continues to canoeing, camp- planned and cho- support Scouting by providing the necessary promo- ing, and living in sen by the partici- tion to all local council packs, troops, and teams. In the U.S.-Canadian pants in the pro- order to assist our lodges, promotional materials Boundary Waters gram. In other were mailed with lodge recharter packets to all with some of the words, each crew lodges and sections for use when visiting these most experienced plans its own voy- units. The materials contained updated information Arrowmen in the age! However, the on the program as well as additional copies of cur- nation? Better yet, program is not how would you simply portage rent promotional items. like to do all of trail work, camp- this for only ing and canoeing. Updates to the Service to America program: $100? Now, you The OA Northern can! Tier Wilderness 1. A Service to America promotional video will be Beginning in Voyage is ultimately sent to all lodges to help them spread the word summer 1999, 140 Order Wilderness Voyage. The a journey that challenges on this program. of the Arrow members 13-day program is Scouts mentally, physical- from throughout the coun- inspired by the traditions ly and spiritually. 2. Unit and Personal Service Hours Commitment try will have the unique of the French and For complete informa- forms will be included in the new materials to opportunity to experience Canadian voyageurs who tion on the OA Voyage help units and Scouts track the service hours per- backcountry adventures traversed the northern program, and to download formed by all Scouts and Scouters. on the OA Northern Tier wilderness during the an official application, 1700s and 1800s. please visit the following 3. Units are encouraged to log their hours on their Northern Tier Traveling thousands of homepage: 1998 Quality Unit Award Application and 1999 1999 Sessions miles by water and http://host.scouter.net/ Unit Recharter Form. portage, these voyageurs oavoyage. 4. All lodges and sections are encouraged to apply June 9-21 were hired to haul goods This Internet site also for their respective Service to America Awards. June 16-28 and furs to trade with has a link to the Charles American Indians and L. Sommers Canoe Base Applications were sent with the lodge recharter June 23-July 5 Europeans. Web site, which contains packet. June 30-July 12 In the spirit of these pictures and additional July 7-19 adventurers, Arrowmen information about the The Order of the Arrow would appreciate any July 14-26 will embark on a twofold Northern Tier National feedback on the program as it begins its second year. July 21-August 2 voyage. One-half of the High Adventure Please direct any comments to Clyde Mayer at the July 28-August 9 OA Northern Tier Programs. Applications BSA national office, phone 972-580-2440, so that he August 4-16 Wilderness Voyage focus- are available at your local may forward them to the national OA committee and August 11-23 es on portage trail and council service center. the Service to America Task Force. campsite maintenance Join the OA Trail Crew in 1999!

by Todd Turner trail. Following this, you have the the project. These individuals opportunity to go on a weeklong make excellent resources to find 1999 OA Trail By now, many of you have trek that your crew personally out more about the OATC or Crew Dates heard of the hallmark experience designs. During your Philmont Philmont. They will be able to awaiting you at Philmont Scout experience, you will be able to share with you the many memo- Session 1 June 13-27 Ranch this summer. For a fifth share stories over a campfire din- ries they have of the Philmont Session 2 June 20-July 4 summer, the Order of the Arrow ner and admire the sunrise at the wilderness or of the excitement of Session 3 June 27-July 11 and Philmont are teaming up to top of the Tooth of Time. What building trail with other Session 4 July 4-18 offer the OA Trail Crew for other program in the Order gives Arrowmen from throughout the Session 5 July 11-25 Session 6 July 18-August 1 Arrowmen between the ages of 16 you the opportunity to provide country. Session 7 July 25-August 8 and 21 years old. There will be service while backpacking in the So, whether you are a past Session 8 August 1-15 nine two-week sessions this sum- splendor of the Philmont wilder- participant or staff member, or if Session 9 August 8-22 mer, and the adventure costs only ness? you are interested in learning $100. Since there is a limited As you may already know, more about the project, contact Cost: $100 for two weeks number of participants for each with participants paying for there have been nearly 1,000 par- your local council service center their own transportation. two-week adventure, be sure to ticipants in the OATC project or Carey Miller at the national send in your application early. since its inception in 1995. Odds office, phone 972-580-2455. Requirements: At least 16 The OATC is an experience are that someone in your area has Don’t get left behind. Join the years of age by the beginning of program, but not 21 that begins with a week of trail been through or has had the OA Trail Crew next summer! by its conclusion. building along the Tooth of Time opportunity to serve on staff for 3 Haunted Fund-Raising

by Bobby Kunstman A second lodge, Konepaka Ketiwa Imagine walking on a trail, in the mid- Lodge, also took dle of the woods, being scared out of your advantage of the mind and having fun at the same time. Halloween season by Every year in October, the O-Shot-Caw creating its own Lodge turns this fantasy into a reality by haunting event to raise creating a haunted forest in the South funds. In its sixth year, by Brock Ostrander Florida Council, Miami Lakes. HALT, or Halloween At Loud Thunder, Wihinipa Hinsa Lodge, Bay Area Council, Galveston, This grand event lasts only one has enabled lodge members to work in Texas, is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 1998. The evening, but the lodge organizes a fellow- cooperation with the Illowa Council of lodge held a lodge chief reunion at a recent fellowship. ship weekend to set up and take down the Davenport, Iowa, to provide a weekend of Web page: http://www.bacbsa.org/WihinipaHinsaLodge haunted forest. The haunted forest has fun, haunting, midway stations. Nentico Lodge, Baltimore (Maryland) Area Council, come a long way since its beginning For HALT, each of the 10 buildings at helped Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation cele- seven years ago when it raised only Camp Loud Thunder is turned into a brate its 50th anniversary of serving youth. The lodge pro- $3,000. Now, with more than 6,000 visi- vided Arrowmen to help staff the reservation’s 50th unique haunting station. It takes a staff of anniversary camporall. tors to this event, over $17,000 has been more than 125 lodge members to serve the Web page: http://www.intandem.com/nentico raised for the council’s Joseph Aaron nearly 2,000 Scouts who will visit camp Abbott Campership Fund. This fund was for the day and who will help raise Tankiteke Lodge, Fairfield County Council, Norwalk, Connecticut, has merged with Arcoon Lodge of the established for underprivileged Scouts $4,000. Quinnipiac Council in Hamden. (A new council, who would otherwise be unable to attend Konepaka Ketiwa Lodge members Connecticut Yankee Council, was formed January 1998.) summer camp. also worked out an agreement with the This year’s fall fellowship, “In the Morning of a New Day,” Each of the 11 chapters is responsible NOAC Shows staff to take home the marked the selection of a new lodge name, Owaneco for a section of the haunted trail, and for incredible replica of a famous New Lodge. creating midway carnival games. In addi- Orleans cemetery that was used in the Web page: http://www.geocities.com/yosemite/rapids/6313 tion to the trail and games, there is a con- 1998 NOAC theme show. The NOAC set, Na Mokupuni O Lawelawe Lodge, Aloha Council, cession stand at the event to satisfy all of created by artistic director Jon Jones, now Honolulu, Hawaii, is celebrating its 25th anniversary in the hungry and thirsty visitors to the has a permanent home as an addition to 1998. haunted forest. Web page: the lodge’s midway stations. http://www.hei.com/~kdoyle/acbsa/acnamol.html The O-Shot-Caw Lodge has created an Congratulations to the members of innovative way to raise money and to Konepaka Ketiwa Lodge on their success- Otahnagon Lodge, Baden-Powell Council, Freeville, New have a ton of fun for a great cause. O- ful fund-raiser and quick thinking in tak- York, recently instituted an OA Brotherhood Trail Program. The trail includes a hike two miles long during which Shot-Caw Lodge can be found on the ing the NOAC set back to their lodge. Brotherhood candidates are tested for Brotherhood. It Internet at http://o-shot-caw.seastar.net. ends with the Brotherhood Ceremony. The program is a symbolic representation of the OA journey toward Brotherhood. Arrow Tech: A New Wahpekute Lodge, Twin Valley Council, Mankato, Minnesota, will be celebrating its 25th anniversary in 1999. Web page: http://www.wahpekute.home.ml.org Leadership Training Concept Tutelo Lodge, Blue Ridge Mountains Council, Roanoke, Virginia, is celebrating its 25th anniversary in October. At by Tee Pruitt Robert’s Rules of its fall fellowship, events included a lodge officers’ reunion, Order. Once competitions, a birthday party and a patch auction. How graduation is Web page: http://www.bsa-brmc.org/arrow.htm does an complete, Yo-Se-Mite Lodge, Greater Yosemite Council, Stockton, Arrowman California, is merging with Sumi Lodge on October 10, all alumni 1998 (10/10), at exactly 10:10 a.m. to form Toloma receive the have the Lodge. The new lodge number was selected by subtract- technical or nuts- option to specialize ing 278 from 342. The time and date were chosen by and-bolts knowledge to adding 6 and 4. and take additional classes in Web pages: become effective in his position? How one of the Arrow Tech colleges. After this http://mariposa.yosemite.net/t94/ysm278/ysm_278.html does a lodge secretary actually learn how specialization, the alumnus may become a http://www.inreach.com/scouter/oa/sumi_1.htm to design a lodge newsletter, or to take faculty member. Wiatava Lodge, Orange County Council, Costa Mesa, great minutes at a lodge business meet- For the latest information on Arrow California, is celebrating its 25th anniversary. In commem- oration, the lodge has issued a special set of lodge flaps. ing? Where do lodge chiefs learn how to Tech, check out the SR 5 Web site at Web page: http://www.ocbsa.org/ocbsa/scouting_pro- preside at executive committee meetings? www.bsa.net/sc/sr5. gram/oa/wiatava.htm At the Southern Region’s Section 5 Lo La’Qam Geela Lodge, Crater Lake Council, Central Dixie Fellowship Conclave in April, the Point, Oregon, was created five years ago from the merg- council of chiefs approved a plan to estab- Goals of Arrow Tech ing of Makualla Lodge and Mazama Lodge. Both lodges lish a section training conference to be formed in 1948, so Lo La’Qam Geela Lodge is celebrating 1. Create the opportunity for personal 50 years of service to Scouting in southern Oregon and called Arrow Tech. The goal of this train- development through the Order of northern California. ing conference is to focus on the nuts and the Arrow. Section W 3B is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 1998. bolts of lodge and section operations. The 2. Create the opportunity for contin- The section held an anniversary conclave where a new first Arrow Tech was held on the campus ued interactions between youth section chief, Greg Frith, was sworn into office, and section adviser Ray Lenord was appointed. of the University of South Carolina, leaders and adult advisers. November 6-8, 1998. 3. Create a better-informed, more Section W 5A has established the Josh Sain Scholarship knowledgeable membership of fund. The scholarship is available to all W-5A Arrowmen, Like college students, Arrowmen will and it is based upon one’s involvement throughout choose a “college” and “major” in areas your lodge. 4. Allow youth members to partici- Scouting and the OA. The scholarship will be presented at such as lodge program, lodge administra- the Section W-5A Conclave each year. For more informa- pate in a college prep experience, tion about the scholarship, contact Brock Ostrander tion and inductions. An advisory relations from both the teaching and learn- through the National Bulletin. segment will help advisers learn the ing perspective. Wa-Hi-Nasa Lodge, Middle Tennessee Council, Nashville, details of their responsibilities. To suc- 5. Allow the maximum number of Tennessee, celebrating its 60th anniversary, has a 1998 cessfully complete graduation require- youth and adult Arrowmen to Brotherhood conversion rate of 61.2 percent for the 1,244 member lodge! ments, Arrowmen must also take general become active in the daily work- Web page: http://www.edge.net/boyscout classes such as Lodge Structure and ings of the lodge.

4 Get Them to Sit Back, Relax, and Enjoy the Training

by Michael McCrea points. 4. Use common vocabulary. During a training session, it is important to 5. Be specific, not vague. keep the attention of your audience members 6. Eliminate unnecessary words and phrases without making them nervous. People learn the in your presentation. most when they feel comfortable with the 7. Stress the importance of the new skill but speaker, the material, and their surroundings. try to remove fears about learning the mate- Everyone has had the nerve-wracking experi- rial. ence of being called on and not knowing the 8. Define technical terms and jargon. answer to a question. As a trainer, you should 9. Define all acronyms (e.g., the BSA, or Boy be confident that your audience members Scouts of America). understand everything you tell them. 10. Do not overwhelm the trainee with your expertise. Here are a few quick hints to remember when 11. Stimulate interest by explaining the advan- operation. Don’t rush the trainees or the learn- preparing for your next training session: tages of being able to perform the skill or ing process, especially if there is a lot of in- 1. Greet trainees in a friendly manner. understand the new concept. depth material. 2. Consider the educational level of the partic- If you find out what the trainees already Make training fun--for yourself and your ipants. know, you have a much better idea where to audience! Look for more tips in the next issue 3. Use short sentences as a way to emphasize start. Show the trainees how the new skill or of the National Bulletin. information is related to the job or the whole Goodman Scholarship Helps OA and the Council Camping Those Called to Serve Committee: A Partnership by Ron Boller and color of by Chad Heflin serving as the OA legend OA director The Order of the Arrow lodge is as we strive to The E. Urner Goodman at the nation- an extension of the council camping retain and dis- Scholarship program was estab- al office. committee. This is appropriate since play the lished in 1982 to assist OA He fond- the OA’s roots were formed at sum- American members who are preparing for a ly remem- mer camp. From the viewpoint of Indian life are professional Scouting career. bers learning the council camping committee, the important to Grants are provided to help ful- of his initial principal purpose of this extension council opera- Ron Boller fill the financial obligations of selection as a Stephen T. Hoitt is communication! tions. their college education. The recipient The council camping commit- The camping committee is most scholarship fund is a meaningful from long-time OA national tee’s primary objective is to deter- effective when it embraces the OA living memorial to the founder of committee member Bill Slesnick. mine the summer camp programs lodge as its primary “advertising” the Order. Its purpose is to help “The scholarship was an for the coming year. The active agency for summer camp atten- perpetuate recruitment of high- immense help. It enabled me to young men of the lodge are the best dance. This is done through the par- caliber, service-minded individu- go straight through college in testimony of the value of a Scout ticipation of the lodge adviser and als who are dedicated to profes- four years,” says Stephen. attending a BSA resident camp. lodge chief with the council camp- sional Scouting service. In this After graduating from There is a magical moment when a ing committee. issue of the National Bulletin, Plymouth State College in 1991, Scout hears of camping adventures As a Scout executive, I am very we are profiling Stephen T. he immediately entered profes- from an Arrowman who has had grateful for the valuable support our Hoitt. sional Scouting as a district multiple firsthand experiences. council’s lodge provides the camp Stephen T. Hoitt of executive in the Green Mountain Local councils invest countless each year in cooperation with the Manchester, New Hampshire, is Council, Waterbury, Vermont. material resources into camping properties committee. Utilizing the an Eagle Scout, Vigil Honor Since that time, he has served as properties, and the OA camping OA is the most effective way to member, Founder’s Award recip- senior district executive, and as promotion teams serve as very valu- communicate directly with Scouts ient, past lodge chief of district director. Stephen current- able assets to the marketing plan of for camp promotion. Passaconaway Lodge, and a two- ly serves as finance director. filling camp with Scouts. In addition, local councils that time Goodman Scholarship If you would like additional The Order of the Arrow is need assistance in other areas should appreciated for other skills as well recipient. Stephen first became information about the E. Urner not hesitate to approach their OA (service both at camp and in the interested in professional Goodman Scholarship program lodge because the OA is also capable community. The OA’s ability to sup- of fulfilling many other leadership, Scouting at the 1986 National or to obtain an application, plement the leadership and skills service and support roles. Order of the Arrow Conference, please contact your lodge adviser development of a Scout as he par- where he heard a presentation by Ron Boller serves as the Scout or the national office. ticipates in OA functions is valuable executive of the Northwest Texas Allen Mossman, who was then to troop development. The mystique Council in Wichita Falls, Texas.

Youth Coordinator Organization/Policy Editor Dear Readers: Jason Accola Jim Schwab We have received numerous arti- cles and photographs for publication, Lead Adviser Program/Events Editor and will continue to welcome them. Jack Butler Brian McGrath However, in the case of some photographs we have received inadequate Vice Chairman of People/Recognition Editor information or quality. If you are submit- Communications and Alex Rhodes ting pictures for publication, please Marketing Copy Adviser adhere to the following guidelines: Ken Grimes (1) Provide names and lodges of David Garrett all individuals in photographs. Identify National Chief Layout Editor the people from left to right, starting with Mat Milleson Clay Capp the front row if there are multiple rows. Official Publication of the National Vice Chief (2) Those in the photograph Layout Adviser should be in complete uniform, unless National Order of the Arrow Craig Salazar the activity captured does not require Boy Scouts of America National Chairman the complete uniform (such as the Photo Editor Ed Pease Philmont backcountry). Whit Culver (3) If an action photograph, pro- The National Bulletin is published quarterly. If you have an article OA Director vide a description of the activity and Graphic Artist and/or picture (with caption) for submission, please send it to Clyde Mayer possible caption. Jim Lewis (4) The photographs must be Jason Accola, 401 Montgomery Avenue, East Dubuque, IL, 61025; Associate OA Director usable. They cannot be overexposed/ or e-mail it to [email protected]. The next submission Carey Miller underexposed or too light/too dark to deadline is January 3, 1999. see. 5 Irving, TX 75015-2079 P.O. Box 152079 Boy Scouts of America 1998-1999 Planning Calendar

1998 November 30 OA Service Grant Applications Due December 1 Lodge Program Support PAK Available December 26-29 National OA Planning Meeting - Westlake, TX December 31 Lodge Recharter Deadline

1999 January 15-17 Central Region NLS - Rochester, IN March 5-7 Western Region NLS - Whitter, CA March 26-28 Northeast Region NLS - Alpine, NJ April 9-11 Central Region NLS - Rochester, IN April 23-25 Northeast Region NLS - Alpine, NJ July 31- August 3 National Leadership Summit- Colorado State University September 10-12 Southern Region NLS - Wirtz, VA September 17-18 Northeast Region NLS - Schuylkill Haven, PA September 24-26 Western Region NLS - Pheonix, AZ October 1 OA Charter Renewal Kits Available October 15-17 Southern Region NLS - Marianna, FL OPOI ORG. NONPROFIT EMTNO. 616 PERMIT October 29-31 Southern Region NLS - Conroe, TX U.S. POSTAGE IRVING, TX

November 5-7 Central Region NLS - Ashland, NE PAID November 19-21 Western Region NLS - Portland, OR November 30 OA Service Grant Request Due Decamber 1 OA Lodge Support PAK Available December 31 Lodge Recharter Deadline

National Burning Issues with John Bicket Officer Question: Why did the Order of the Arrow change its ceremony. By taking the arrowhead from the arrow on Directory logo? the sash as our logo, we unify our image and strength- en the identity embodied in our name, the Order of National Chief Answer: To quote from the OA strategic plan: “We the Arrow.” Mat Milleson will adopt a new logo; one focused on the arrow To read more about the OA Strategic Plan, check PO Box 83829 Waco, TX 76798 rather than the Indian. The arrow is easily the most out the OA Web site at http://www.oa- e-mail: recognizable symbol that has its origin in our first bsa.org/other/splan. [email protected] National Vice Chief National Bulletin Improves Access Central Region Chief Ryan King You may wonder why you receive the National 314 Russell Street West Lafayette, IN 47906 Bulletin or--more importantly--how you can make e-mail: [email protected] sure that you keep receiving it. There are several ways to ensure that you receive a copy. Northeast Region Chief Jason Kuder During the lodge recharter process, each lodge Calvert House has the opportunity to provide the names and 2401 Calvert Street NW Washington, DC 20008 addresses of 20 members who will then be placed e-mail: [email protected] on the National Bulletin direct mail list for one year. All section, region and national officers and Southern Region Chief Mark Angeli advisers also receive a copy of the National 4538 Creek Wood Circle Bulletin. Kennesaw, GA 30152 e-mail: Each local council receives numerous copies of [email protected] the National Bulletin for distribution by the lodge.

Western Region Chief Starting this year, the National Bulletin may also Brandon Fessler be viewed electronically by visiting the national 4415 West Lander Way OA Web site: http://www.oa-bsa.org. Kearns, UT 84118 e-mail: [email protected]