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OA Troop Representative
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From the perspective of a Scoutmaster or Varsity Team Coach, what can the OA
Troop/Team Representative do for the unit?
- Provide leadership opportunities in the unit and the OA, putting
members of the Order back in the troop, rather than taking them away.
- Motivating arrowmen in your unit to remain active and continue to
provide service
- Ensure that OA teams are on hand for troop/team OA
elections and/or camping promotions
- Work with the Order of the Arrow and the leadership of your unit to
ensure that calendars are coordinated
- Promote Boy Scout camping in the unit and district. See the letter
from the 2005 National Chief.
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“Let it be remembered that the Order of the Arrow
was created to help the unit—to help it present its membership a
better ideal of the inner qualities of the good Scout camper. Qualities
of character, like cheerfulness and service, are hard for a boy or a man
to understand in the abstract. They come easier when seen in human life.
Let us realize the significance of the Order in the
unit—for the unit is our best hope in Scouting.” |
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Dr. E. Urner Goodman
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Founder, Order of the Arrow
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OA Troop/Team Representative Duties:
- Assists with Leadership skills training in your troop/team
- Promotes year round and resident camping in your troop/team
- Serves as a communication link between the lodge or chapter and your
troop/team
- Encourages older Scout participation in high adventure programs
- Encourages Scouts to actively participate in community service projects
- Encourages Arrowmen to assume leadership positions in your troop/team
- Encourages Arrowmen to be active participants in the Order of the Arrow
lodge and chapter activities
- Enthusiastically wears the Scout uniform correctly and sets a good example
- Lives by the Scout Oath, Scout Law and OA Obligation
- Shows Scout Spirit
Five Steps to Have a Successful OA Troop/Team Representative in Your Unit:
- Scoutmaster provides OA Representative information from the Lodge to the
Senior Patrol Leader
- Senior Patrol Leader, upon consultation with the Scoutmaster, appoints the
OA Representative
- Scoutmaster appoints an Arrowman adult, preferably an Assistant
Scoutmaster, as an adviser to the OA Representative
- Scoutmaster sends contact information for the OA Representative and his
adviser to the Lodge
- OA Representative and his adviser attend Lodge sponsored training to find
out specific responsibilities of the job
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