Fellow Arrowmen

We are well into the annual unit elections period which is October 2018 -February 2019. The goal is to hold elections in all of the units in the council and this would include not only troops, but also crews and ships. The goal is that 85% of units with eligible youth should hold elections. Information has been sent to each unit leader explaining the benefits of the Order of The Arrow.

The eligibility guidelines have been published for youth in crews and ship and are listed here. The council has a number of youth in both crews and ship who will become eligible February 1st; so please reach out to those units in your chapter/district.

• Beginning February 1, 2019, unit elections will be permitted in Scouts BSA, Venturing, and Sea Scout units. The new Order of the Arrow membership requirements are as follows:
• Be a registered member of the Boy Scouts of America.
• Have experienced 15 nights of camping while registered with a troop, crew, or ship within the two years immediately prior to the election. The 15 nights must include one, but no more than one, long-term camp consisting of at least five consecutive nights of overnight camping, approved and under the auspices and standards of the Boy Scouts of America. Only five nights of the long-term camp may be credited toward the 15-night camping requirement; the balance of the camping (10 nights) must be overnight, weekend, or other short-term camps of, at most, three nights each. Ship nights may be counted as camping for Sea Scouts.
• At the time of their election, youth must be under the age of 21, hold the Scouts BSA First Class rank, the Venturing Discovery Award, or the Sea Scout Ordinary rank or higher, and following approval by the Scoutmaster, Crew Advisor or Sea Scout Skipper, be elected by the youth members of their unit.
• Adults (age 21 or older) who meet the camping requirements may be selected following nomination to and approval by the lodge adult selection committee.

In addition to unit elections, each chapter should have a goal of having a an OA troop/crew/ship representative in each unit.

As soon as you have held or scheduled your chapter's elections, please forward this information to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Your in Brotherhood
John Hunnicutt
Unit Elections Advisor