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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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    Sections, Lodges and local discussions

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    Sections, Lodges and local discussion

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582 topics in this forum

  1. how are advisers registered?

    By Proud Eagle,
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  2. OA election - 50% of troop 1 2 3 4 5

    By ps56k,
    • 62 replies
    • 8.1k views

  3. NLATS

    By maddog96732,
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  4. Ahem....

    By Guest OldGreyEagle,
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  5. Brotherhood conversion ratios

    By ps56k,
    • 7 replies
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  6. anyone remember anyone from Chickasah #406

    By ekitchens,
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  7. youth protection, lodge mailing lists, and other fun stuff

    By Proud Eagle,
    • 3 replies
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  8. Adults at OA meetings

    By scoutldr,
    • 5 replies
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  9. OA sash/MB sash 1 2

    By MollieDuke,
    • 27 replies
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  10. OA Membership cards

    By wetochwink,
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  11. Renewing / transfering OA membership

    By Hutch,
    • 2 replies
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  12. OA's Involvement in Council Events

    By 9muckraker7,
    • 11 replies
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  13. G.Bleiler

    By nana22,
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  14. Two years BSA registered for Ordeal Req?

    By ScoutDad2001,
    • 5 replies
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  15. OA Unit Rep

    By wojauwe,
    • 9 replies
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  • LATEST POSTS

    • Eagledad
      Scouting America

      By Eagledad · Posted

      The troop membership trend used to reflect the pack membership trend five years later. But the Cub growth in 2022 makes me wonder if adding girl membership will change that factor. I would be curious to know how much membership changes in the GSUSA from 10-year-olds to 12-year-olds. Do girls lose interest as the program becomes more outdoor? That is when my daughter quit. Barry
    • HashTagScouts
      Scouting America

      By HashTagScouts · Posted

      I was thinking they were just not putting Venturing/Sea Scouts and Exploring on the plot line, but that was where the difference in the final numbers were. Slide 16, if expected total membership = 1,500,000 for 2028. Slide 17 Cub Scouts and Scouts BSA = $1,380,858 for 2028. Then expecting Venturing/Sea Scouts and Exploring to grow from ~37,000 in 2024 to 119,142 in 2028 I guess? The math ain't mathing.
    • AwakeEnergyScouter
      Excited about Woodbadge!

      By AwakeEnergyScouter · Posted

      Thanks for the reminder about stakes - I'll need the Texas summer tent the weekend before for a pack campout, so the gear and list check will be quite complete (I'll do the campout laundry and immediately re-pack it all, I figure), but we ended up leaving a lot of stakes behind last time we used it because I let the cub scouts use it as a hangout tent to get them some bonus practice with setting up and taking down a tent without adult help. They were less diligent in remembering the stakes it turned out! I need to replace them or I'll be sorry if there's any wind. Boots are broken in already. Camp chair is ready. Practicing scales and reminiscing over old scout songs now... See you on the trail!
    • SSScout
      Excited about Woodbadge!

      By SSScout · Posted

      Hoot, hoot, hoot.... Get your tent set up in your back yard.  Make sure the mice haven't got to it, it has all the ropes, stakes, RAINFLY  (we had one new Scouter show up with a "new" tent he just bought at a yard sale,  "oh, is that why it has all that nice ventilating screening on top!" ), it is still RAINPROOF, and you remember how to set it up.  New boots, broken in?  Gear check list checked?  Questions answered?  Uni complete?  Comfy (!) camp chair ready?  Pencils sharpened?  Smile and singing voice ready? See you on the trail ! 
    • Jameson76
      Scouting America

      By Jameson76 · Posted

      Are they different timeframes?  I noticed that the April 2024 membership highlights shows about 775K in Cubs and Scouts.  For the same noted population the graph seems to show 1,014K for 2024 (which could be a goal??) and 966K for 2023 which is 25% under the highlight figure.   I wonder if anyone questioned the figures or maybe they gave context in the meeting.  Point is, if an organization is not clearly able to state where they are at a point in time, they do not have a realistic hope of moving forward in any cohesive manner.

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