Hot and heavy at NOAC
Both the temperatures and the trading scene were hot and heavy the first day of NOAC.
View ArticleTruth in labeling
I pointed out to many people today that we’re just delivering on what what we’ve been telling them for months. We’ve told people all along that they were invited to No AC. And MSU delivered.
View ArticleLegacy Interview – Conference Vice Chief Jared Davis
Jared’s another one of the empressive young men I worked with at the 2007 National OA Conservation and Leadership Summit (NCLS). Jared’s an Eagle Scout and Silver Award recipient. He also served as...
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Review of 2007 OA NCLS
I just got back from serving on staff for the National Order of the Arrow Conservation and Leadership Summit. Last year was a National Order of the Arrow Conference (NOAC). This normally would be an...
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The Largest OA Patch Jacket Collection?
The title is probably mis-leading. This is not about OA lodge jacket patches but OA lodge patch jackets. Yes, there are such things. I recently added one to my collection which already may well be the...
View ArticleNows it Jamboree 2013 – Near Washington, D.C.
I heard in December that the next National Jamboree was set for 2013 but the location was still under review (Arkansas, West Virginia, and eastern mid-Atlantic states were in the final round). A press...
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Camp Sunnen 1957 Staff from Cahokia Mound
We’ve been helping a Scouter re-create his original merit badge sash. He recently shared some information about his Scouting history including a wonderful camp staff photo from Camp Sunnen of Cahokia...
View ArticleMichigan State for 2012 NOAC?
Late Update 8/5/09: The OA Committee confirmed at the end of NOAC that the next NOAC is 2012 at MSU. MSU could provide up to 17,000 dorm rooms. The Committee is looking for an attendance of around...
View ArticleHow many lodge items for this NOAC?
I don’t know what the record is for the number of lodge items issued for a NOAC but we could shatter it. I polled many senior collectors and the consensus number is 1,500 new items or about 5 per lodge...
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Why this patch is more important than most realize.
The other night on eBay this lot sold: 1946 FELT NATIONAL CONVENTION PATCH-CHANUTE FIELD, ILL Over the past week I have been answering e-mails with Bruce Shelley, ISCA OA editor, and Dr. Ron Aldridge,...
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