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Fall Fellowship
November 9, 2024 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
All Lodge members are invited to register for the Fall Fellowship and elect your 2024-2025 Lodge Officers.
Snacks and soft beverages will be provided.
Lodge Executive Committee (LEC) Meeting
The next LEC meeting will be Thursday, October 24, 2024 from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
All Lodge members are welcome to attend.
Address: Mountain West Council Office, 2nd Floor, 8901 W Franklin Road, Boise Idaho
2025 Unit Elections January 1 to March 31
A New Election Process
Message From: Janet Johnson, Lodge Elections Advisor, email oa-tukarica@chimeraco.net
In 2025 the Lodge will be implementing a new election process to improve communication and the accuracy of Lodge membership data. These changes will enable elections to be done in an efficient and timely manner that will sync with Scouting America and OA National data systems.
The purpose for the new process and timeline is to ensure candidates can attend Callouts at spring Camp-O-Rees and prepare for Induction in the spring or fall. The Lodge is following OA National Election Guidelines as well as best practices from other highly successful Lodges.
NOTE: All elections will be conducted at Unit meetings from January 1, 2025 to March 31, 2025. There will be no elections conducted after March 31st. If your Unit missed the deadline of March 31, 2025, please email, Janet Johnson, Lodge Elections Advisor to address the situation. The new timeline allows Units ample time to nominate and elect their youth and adult candidates, so the Lodge can prepare for Callouts and Inductions.
For more information regarding elections and/or eligibility qualifications, please review the 2-page 2025 Guide to Unit Elections (see Tukarica Lodge Links in the upper right corner).
Units with eligible Youth and Adults scouts to schedule a Unit election should download the Excel spreadsheet 2025 OA Nominee Election Form (see Tukarica Lodge Links in the upper right corner). Please complete the form and email it to Janet Johnson, Lodge Elections Advisor.
After reviewing the 2025 Guide to Unit Elections, should you still have questions, please contact Janet Johnson, Lodge Elections Advisor, for assistance with Youth or Adult Order of the Arrow Nominations and Elections.
Tukarica Lodge Communications
Tukarica Lodge regularly sends emails to our members and to unit leaders. Emails will come from:
- Tukarica Lodge, OA <no-reply-106@lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org>
- OA-Tukarica@chimeraco.net <oa-tukarica@chimeraco.net>
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Unit OA Representatives and OA Advisors Needed
A unit OA Representative (youth) and OA Advisor (adult) are leadership positions and are valuable resources to your unit. Going forward, Tukarica Lodge 266 wants to better utilize our network of OA reps and advisors who can keep units apprised of OA elections and events, and serve as a resource to leaders and members of the unit.
If your unit does not have an OA Representative and OA Advisor, we encourage you to appoint them. There are position patches your OA Rep and Advisor can wear on their uniforms and they should wear their OA sash to meetings so members know they are a resource to them. They will regularly need time during unit PLCs, Committee Meetings, and meeting announcements to present OA information. They are welcome to attend our monthly Tukarica Lodge Executive Council (LEC) meetings, and we can invite them to our Discord server.
Unit Leaders: Please email the name and email contact to Janet Johnson, Lodge Communications Advisor, at oa-tukarica@chimeraco.net
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please make sure that your BSA registration and Youth Protection Training (YPT) is current before paying Lodge dues. In order to be a member of the Tukarica Lodge you must be a registered Youth Scout or Adult Scouter and compliant with YPT.
Tukarica Lodge Registration and Dues
Tukarica Lodge Membership Transfer Form
The Tukarica Lodge welcomes Arrowmen from other areas as they move into our area. Please complete this form and send it to mountainwestcouncil@scouting.org to become a member. WWW
Tukarica Lodge Year Around Camper Award
To earn this award a Scout must camp out a minimum of 7, 9 or 11 + months out of the last twelve months. Scout camping as required for these awards is an outdoor campout under canvas or the open sky.
Tukarica Lodge Year Around Camper Award Form
About the Order of the Arrow
The Order of the Arrow is Boy Scout's National Honor Society, with a membership of more than 176,000 scouts and scouters. The OA is run by elected youth leaders assisted by adult advisers. Its purpose is to recognize those youth and adult campers who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law in their daily lives; to develop and maintain camping traditions and spirit; to promote Scout camping; and to crystallize the Scout habit of helpfulness into a life purpose of leadership in cheerful service to others.
Tukarica Lodge 266 is chartered through the Mountain West Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and is headquartered in Boise, Idaho. The totem of the Lodge is the cougar and the name tukarica comes from the Shoshoni, literally meaning sheep-eater (cougar).
The Lodge and its members contribute thousands of work hours each year to the Council and its various communities through individual and group service projects.
National Order of the Arrow Website and Resources