2024 Fall Fellowship Award Nominations

Join the Lodge Leadership Team for 2025!

Are you interested in getting involved in amazing leadership activities with the Lodge? These range from running an event, making publications, being a part of service, and even running this very website.

You can get involved by filling out this form and submitting your information to join the Lodge Executive Committee for 2025!

Adults (21+) can also fill out this form to show interest in mentoring these youth in their chair positions.

Chair Positions are Described Below:

  • Winter Camp – Run the once-a-year MTCBSA Winter Camp at Boxwell
  • Vigil – Lead the lodge’s vigil team to select and honor members with the highest honor in the OA (Must be a Vigil honor member)
  • Spoke – Retain the knowledge of the lodge by gathering best practices and lessons learned from all the chairs
  • Construction – Plan and execute construction projects for the lodge
  • Spring Shindig – Plan and run the lodge spring training event
  • Conclave – Coordinate the lodge’s contingent to the E3 Section Conclave
  • Cracker Barrels – Plan and run the four summer camp cracker barrels at the lodge on Wednesday nights
  • Fall Fellowship – Plan and execute the lodge’s fall fellowship event
  • Winter Banquet – Plan and run the end-of-year lodge celebration banquet
  • Induction Weekends – Plan and execute both of the Induction Weekends at Boxwell where new members join
  • Elangomat – Coordinate and train Elangomats to serve at both Induction Weekends
  • Brotherhood – Coordinate the elevation of members to the Brotherhood honor (Must be a Brotherhood or Vigil honor member)
  • Kitchen – Run the kitchen at all four events at Boxwell and serve up amazing food
  • Ceremonies – Coordinate the lodge’s ceremonies teams to conduct ceremonies at events (Must be a Brotherhood or Vigil honor member)
  • Service Crew – Manage the behind-the-scenes team that helps make events happen
  • Unit Elections – Help the Chapter Chiefs schedule and conduct unit elections at the local level to allow new members to join the OA
  • Unit Relations – Help establish positive relationships between the OA and units in the Council
  • Flying Eagle – Publish newsletters that go out to all the lodge members
  • Website – Manage the website and lodge’s Google account
  • Social Media – Run the lodge’s Facebook and Instagram
  • eNews – Publish monthly emails with Lodge news that go out to every lodge member
  • New Member Guide – Publish the guide for all new members to receive after their induction
  • Slack – Manage the lodge’s Slack workspace
  • Trading Post – Create and sell new items in the lodge trading post
  • Awards – Manage the selection committees and procurement of awards for the lodge Winter Banquet
  • Registration – Manage the lodge registration team at events

Join the Lodge Leadership Team for 2024!

Are you interested in getting involved in amazing leadership activities with the Lodge? These range from running an event, making publications, being a part of service, and even running this very website.

You can get involved by filling out this form and submitting your information to join the Lodge Executive Committee for 2024!

Adults (21+) can also fill out this form to show interest in mentoring these youth in their chair positions.

Chair Positions are Described Below:

  • Winter Camp – Run the once-a-year MTCBSA Winter Camp at Boxwell
  • Vigil – Lead the lodge’s vigil team to select and honor members with the highest honor in the OA (Must be a Vigil honor member)
  • Construction – Plan and execute construction projects for the lodge
  • Spring Shindig – Plan and run the lodge spring training event
  • Conclave – Coordinate the lodge’s contingent to the E3 Section Conclave
  • Cracker Barrels – Plan and run the four summer camp cracker barrels at the lodge on Wednesday nights
  • Fall Fellowship – Plan and execute the lodge’s fall fellowship event
  • Winter Banquet – Plan and run the end-of-year lodge celebration banquet
  • Induction Weekends – Plan and execute both of the Induction Weekends at Boxwell where new members join
  • Elangomat – Coordinate and train Elangomats to serve at both Induction Weekends
  • Brotherhood – Coordinate the elevation of members to the Brotherhood honor (Must be a Brotherhood or Vigil honor member)
  • Kitchen – Run the kitchen at all four events at Boxwell and serve up amazing food
  • Ceremonies – Coordinate the lodge’s ceremonies teams to conduct ceremonies at events (Must be a Brotherhood or Vigil honor member)
  • Service Crew – Manage the behind-the-scenes team that helps make events happen
  • Unit Elections – Help the Chapter Chiefs schedule and conduct unit elections at the local level to allow new members to join the OA
  • Unit Relations – Help establish positive relationships between the OA and units in the Council
  • Flying Eagle – Publish newsletters that go out to all the lodge members
  • Website – Manage the website and lodge’s Google account
  • Social Media – Run the lodge’s Facebook and Instagram
  • eNews – Publish monthly emails with Lodge news that go out to every lodge member
  • New Member Guide – Publish the guide for all new members to receive after their induction
  • Slack – Manage the lodge’s Slack workspace
  • Trading Post – Create and sell new items in the lodge trading post
  • Awards – Manage the selection committees and procurement of awards for the lodge Winter Banquet
  • Registration – Manage the lodge registration team at events

Change for New Lodge Members in 2019

On June 2, 2019 at the June Induction Weekend Lodge Executive Committee meeting, it was announced that newly inducted members in 2019 receive half off (50%) of Fall Fellowship registration. That’s just $18 for new members!

This is a change from members inducted in 2018 who may obtain their Brotherhood for free in 2019, the year immediately following their Ordeal. Members inducted in 2018 are not be eligible for the 50% off Fall Fellowship registration.

For any questions about this change, please contact lodgechief@wa-hi-nasa.org

Immediate National Policy Changes – June 2019

On June 07, 2019 the national OA committee approved several, significant policy changes. The most relevant of these changes to general membership is the reduced waiting period for brotherhood membership from ten (10) to six (6) months.

  • Brotherhood Requirements: Effective immediately, the waiting period between induction and eligibility for Brotherhood membership has been reduced to six (6) months. All other requirements are unchanged.

The full list of changes and the original post can be found here: https://oa-bsa.org/article/national-committee-immediate-policy-changes