Hey guys!  OA Meetings started back up last night.  They are at North Boulevard Church of Christ at 7:00 every first Thursday of each month.  Here’s what we went over last night.

Chapter Elections

We have decided to do chapter elections at our next OA Meeting.  If you are interested in being a Chapter Chief, Vice-Chief, or Secretary, please show up!  Even if you’re not interested, we need you to show up and vote!  There will be pizza!!!

Be Active!

There are many events that we need a lot of participation at, whether it be any of the events below, or whether it be chapter meetings, or elections.  We need you guys to be active.  Please come to the next meeting to vote on new officers, or even go for one of the positions!  We could use a lot more people to show up.  I know we all get busy, but I encourage you all to stay active in the OA.

Fall Ordeal 

Fall Ordeal is coming up quickly.  It will be Aug 12th-14th.  If you are free that weekend, please come be an elangomat!  We always need elangomats, which are the people who guide the candidates.  You can sign up on the lodge website.  Also, if you are eligible, you can go through Brotherhood there.  The cost is $16.  You need to have been an Ordeal member for 10 months before you can go through Brotherhood.

Fall Fellowship                                                                       

Fall Fellowship will be Sept 16th-18th.  This is a really fun event guys!  This is where our lodge comes together and we have competitions and a ton of fun.  It’s pretty much one big lodge party.  The theme this year is “Godfather”.  We also elect new lodge officers there.  We need a lot of people to show up!!!  This is very important!  We need people to represent our chapter!  Please come out!

Winter Banquet

Winter Banquet will be Dec 3rd sometime in the evening, probably around 6:00 or 7:00.  This is another great event to go to.  We have great catered food, and this is where they give out awards.  Our chapter has gotten honor chapter multiple years in a row.  So come out, bring your family, and have some fun!

Winter Camp

Winter Camp is Dec 26th-30th.  This is pretty much the OA’s version of summer camp, but in the winter.  It is run by the OA, so come out and be staff if you’re not attending as a camper.  This is also a lot of fun to work!  You can sign up on the lodge website.  There are many areas you can choose from to work in.  All of them are fun!

Ceremonies

For the past few years, I think, we have tried to get a good ceremonies team together.  We tried really hard this year, but it just didn’t work out.  A lot of us are busy, and it’s understandable, but we’re gonna try extra super hard to have a team, if not more, for next year.  Ceremonies is a ton of fun!  You get to dress up like Indians, and memorize lines, and perform your part.  It’s definitely a great thing to get into.  But we need people!  Right now we have about 4-5 active people in ceremonies, but sometimes we can’t all make it.  We’ll talk more about ceremonies at a later time, but start thinking about it.

NOAC

NOAC (National Order of the Arrow Conference) only every few years.  The next one will be next summer.  Lodges from all over the nation come, and they offer different trainings, and have a lot of fun activities.  Last NOAC they had HUGE dodgeball games.  It will be at Michigan State University, and we will stay in the college dorms.  The cost is around $650, but you will not regret going!!! It’s a ton of fun!  There is even talk about stopping at a water park on the way there.

                                                                                                

Upcoming Events

 

Fall Ordeal- Aug 12-14

Fall Fellowship- Sept 16-18

Winter Banquet- Dec 3rd

Winter Camp- Dec 26-30

OA Website

www.wa-hi-nasa.org

 

Chapter Officers

 

Chief- Jack Adamson

Vice Chief- Jagur Klemann

Vice Chief- Stephen Duke

Secretary- Hadley Johnson