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INFORMATION FOR NEW CANDIDATES
Congratulations on your election to the Order of the Arrow. Now you will need to complete an Ordeal weekend to become a member of the OA. The paperwork you received at the Camporee contains all the information you need. You are encouraged to attend the upcoming Pre-Ordeal orientation meeting in your district. If you don’t have that meeting information, please click the Inquiry link to the left. Be sure to include your troop number or district in the message along with a way to contact you. If you have lost your papers from the weekend, the information is available on our downloads page. The Ordeal weekends are at Camp Three Falls, they are from Friday evening thru Sunday morning (you must attend the entire weekend to be inducted). You can chose from May 18-20, or June 1-3 or this fall Oct. 12-14. You MUST attend an Ordeal this year or you will have to be re-elected next year.
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IF YOU WERE ELECTED IN 2011 AND DIDN’T GO TO YOUR ORDEAL:
Because of cancellation of the last Ordeal weekend in 2011, if you were elected last year and didn’t attend an Ordeal, you can still make it IF you attend one of the two Spring Ordeal weekends this year. Either May 18-20 or June 1-3 at Camp Three Falls. You should have been mailed a packet recently with new registration information. IF NOT, you can download a form from the download page. Please contact us via the inquiry link to the left with any questions. See you at your Ordeal.
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LODGE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
Thursday May 24, 2012 is the Next Lodge Executive Committee (LEC) Meeting. There is a lot of business to cover and we need all Lodge Officers, Chapter Chiefs, Advisers or their representatives to please attend all LEC meetings. As always the meeting will start at 7:30 PM in the Scout Center. All LEC meetings are open to all members in good standing in the Lodge. See you there!
Chapter Chief’s please bring your written Chapter reports and articles for the upcoming Tom Tom.
2012 NOAC
Topa Topa Lodge is accepting applications from members who wish to attend the 2012 National Order of the Arrow Conference (NOAC) at Michigan State University July 30-August 4, 2012. There are a limited number of openings, you must act now; you don’t want to miss this exciting and fun-filled event. You will need to be a logged in member of the site to download the form.
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Camp 3 Falls Promotion
Our home camp, Camp 3 Falls is nestled in the beautiful Lockwood Valley in the NE corner of Ventura County. It’ s never too early to promote Summer Camp. Here is the current promotional flyer, perfect for downloading and charing with your unit and the units in your chapter while promoting Summer Camp. Questions about Camp 3 Falls can be answered at www.campthreefalls.blogspot.com.
CAMP THREE FALLS FLYER (193)
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11 New Vigil Brothers
With snow on the ground and chilly temperatures around 32 degrees, eleven of your brothers completed their Vigil weekend at Camp Three Falls. Nearly 40 Lodge Vigil Honor members attended the weekend to support the new candidates. Thanks especially to the cook staff for great food, and to Vigil Chief Rich V. for a great event. The 2011 Topa Topa Vigil class is:
Andrew K.
Brett A.
Caleb D.
Eduardo EJ M.
Evan M.
Matt S.
T.J. Adams
Jermaine Bell
Ed Morera
Peter Nystrom
Michael Young
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