Meeting Time
Third Monday of each month* (except July and December) 7:00 pm*
(*unless otherwise noted)
Meeting Place
Scout Hall, Anderson River Park (Unless otherwise noted - see "Latest News" link above)
Eligibility Requirements
Purpose of the Order of the Arrow
2008 Dues Form
Medical/Release Form
Third Monday of each month* (except July and December) 7:00 pm*
(*unless otherwise noted)
Meeting Place
Scout Hall, Anderson River Park (Unless otherwise noted - see "Latest News" link above)
Eligibility Requirements
Purpose of the Order of the Arrow
2008 Dues Form
Medical/Release Form
Latest News (date posted is in parentheses)
Chapter Dinner (11/19/07): Our chapter dinner was a great success. We had about 50 people show up and enjoy some GREAT tri-tip. We installed our new officers which included John Arin R. (VC Inductions) and James P. (VC Indian Lore).
Chapter Elections/Lodge Training and Dinner (10/16/07): Yesterday, we had our meeting for the month of October and elected the officers for 2008.
Chapter Chief-Trevor W.
Vice Chief of Programs- Bryan R.
Vice Chief of Communications- Trey N.
Vice Chief of Camping- Mike B.
Vice Chief of Inductions- Not Filled
Vice Chief of Indian Lore- Not Filled
An important event coming up on November 3rd, is the Lodge Training. At the training members of our lodge lead classes that inform you about things ranging from communications to Native American dancing. Even if you have attended one before you still learn things and there will be reformed classes with new information handed down from national. This is free to all members and a free lunch is included. The training starts at 8:30 am--5:00 pm at the LDS Church in Sacramento. If you need a ride talk to me and I am sure we can find you a ride. After the training we will be having our Lodge Dinner. At the dinner various awards and recognitions for distinguished members of our Lodge. The food is catered and is very good. The cost of the dinner is $18.00 and is at the same location as the training. Registration is to be received by October 29th and can be done online at http://oa.gec-bsa.org
-Bryan Randall
Wintun Chapter Chief
Conclave/Fall Fellowship (10/7/07): A few of us headed down to Bakersfield for Conclave and had a great time. Fall Fellowship is next weekend and should be even more fun, so sign up now and we'll see you there.
New Members and Other News (5/20/07): We just returned from the Lassen Ordeal and we have 14 new members (2 adults and 12 youth). We are welcoming the new members at Oasis Fun Center on Monday, come on out and join us. James P. is putting together a dance team, contact him if you are interested. Conclave is coming up in September, register by May 26th and receive a $5 fee reduction. Ordeal season is upon us, if you have people in your troop that were elected and haven't gone through an ordeal yet, please encourage them to attend the next ordeal.
New Chapter Adviser (11/22/06): We have a new Chapter Adviser!. As of Monday 11/20 our Chapter Adviser is Bill East. If you have been attending any district or OA events recently, you know Bill. He is very eager to help out our chapter and has some great ideas to get us going. As for me, I will still be helping out the chapter as much as I can in addition to my duties as the Lodge Camping Adviser. I will also keep the website as up-to-date as I can. Hopefully this has been a help to some of our members. Thanks to those who have helped me out during my time as Chapter Adviser.
Chapter Dinner (11/22/06): We installed our new chapter officers on Monday November 20th at our annual Chapter Dinner. We had some great food and a chance to visit. Thanks to all who attended! And thanks to our Lodge Chief and Vice Chief who came all the way up from Sacramento.
Ordeal (11/5/06): We have four new members that went through the Fall Ordeal at Camp Lassen. Our pre-ordeal team and Ordeal teams put on the best ceremonies we have ever seen! Good job guys, thanks.
Conclave (9/22/06): Eleven youth and eight adults from our chapter attended the W3B Conclave in Dixon last weekend. Our chapter was instrumental in securing the coveted Bald Eagle Award for the Amangi Nacha Lodge. Thanks to all who attended.
Fall Fellowship (9/22/06): Our chapter was out in force at the Fall Fellowship at Camp Lassen in August. We manned the ultimate Frisbee competition and the tug-o-war. Thanks to the efforts of the youth present, we easily won the much sought after Flaming Arrow Award.
NOAC (8/18/06): There were 9 youth and 3 adults from our chapter who attended NOAC in Michigan this summer. We had some great experiences and learned some great things.
Cub Day Camp BBQ (7/6/06): The BBQ we put on for Cub Day Camp was a huge success. We helped feed a bunch of hungry people and we made over $700 for our chapter! Thanks to Wayne and Karen for heading this up and thanks to all the OA members who helped out!
New Members (6/18/06): We had ten new members go through the Lassen Ordeal and eight more went through the ordeal at Camp Pollock - Welcome!
Dixon May Fair (4/30/06): As we discussed previously, we will be helping the lodge with a booth at the Dixon May Fair on Saturday May 13th. We will leave some time around 8:00 so we can be there around 11:00. We will coordinate rides as we get closer. Please send me a message and tell me if you are going so I can get you on the list to get in free..
May Meeting (4/26/06): Don't forget that our May meeting is on the fourth Monday (May 22) just after the Lassen Ordeal so we can go bowling with the new members. We will be meeting at Shasta Lanes for an hour or so of bowling, bring $5 or $7. We will confirm the amount as we get closer.
Camporee (4/26/06): The Camp-O-Ree is this weekend. The weather looks great and we will be setting up our tipi Friday evening. Once enough guys are there and willing, we'll set it up.
Camporee (4/9/06): The next big event is Camp-O-Ree. We need to organize and practice for the callout and provide whatever assistance we can to the folks organizing the event.
NOAC Update (4/9/06): NOAC is approaching and we have 7 youth and three adults from our chapter planning to attend. We had a successful candy sale this weekend to help raise money for the contingent.
Election Update (4/9/06): Elections are complete. We have 25 youth candidates and 5 adults.
Election Update (3/23/06): Now we are up to 25 candidates. James tells me we have another election next week at Troop 111.
Election Update (3/21/06): We conducted another election tonight and the total candidate count is 18. We have three more elections scheduled this week.
Tipi (3/21/06): We had great success setting up our tipi on the 18th. I will be uploading some pictures when I get the chance.
Tipi (3/2/06): We will be setting up the tipi at the second merit badge pow wow on the 18th of March. We decided to meet at the college at 6:05 am to start setting it up.
Car Wash (3/2/06): We had a great time at our meeting in February. We decided to have a car wash on April 22nd. David is going to find a place to hold it. It will be a fund raiser for NOAC and should be a lot of fun.
Election Update (2/19/06): We have now completed three elections and have 12. Our next scheduled election is at Troop 122 on March 7th.
Crossover (2/18/06): James, Zeph and David performed a crossover ceremony for Pack 421 and did a fantastic job. We have three more scheduled.
Election Update (2/12/06): We have completed two elections and have 10 candidates so far. We have another election scheduled this week at Troop 381.
Elections (1/29/06): We now have a few more elections scheduled. Troop 125 is on 1/31; Troop 37 on 2/7; Troop 381 on 2/14; and Troop 122 on 3/7.
MB Pow Wow (1/29/06): Looks like we made the right decision on the tipi. I don't know what hall we would have rented to dry the thing out.
Tipi Update (1/26/06): Well, the forecast for Saturday is somewhere between 80 and 100 percent chance of rain. So, lets shoot for setting up the tipi at the March MB Pow Wow, not this one. See you there...
Tipi Update (1/24/06): Check the website Friday night to see if we plan on setting up the tipi on Saturday. If we do set it up, we will probably start at 7:00. I don't see a need to get you guys out there too early. We won't be done by flags, but it'll give us something to do all day.
Another Crossover (1/24/06): We have another crossover ceremony: Pack 421 on February 18th.
OK, OK (1/21/06): Yes, I need an e-mail program that spell-checks the subject line...
February Meeting (1/19/06): Our February meeting will be a the Round Table Pizza on Eureka Way (in the Sunset Market shopping center at the corner of Eureka way and Buenaventura Blvd.) Bring $5.00 to go toward the pizza.
Crossover Ceremony (1/19/06): Last night our crossover team put on a demonstration for the folks at the monthly leader round-table meeting. It was a demonstration of what we could provide for the Cub Scout Packs in the area. We have three crossover ceremonies scheduled so far (February 26th Pack 42; March 9th Pack 41; March 22nd Pack 44).
Lassen Ordeal (1/14/06): Today we committed to put on the Lassen Ordeal. This will be during the second session of the National Youth Leadership Training, so if you are not going to NYLT we will need your help.
Tipi (1/14/06): We will be setting up our new tipi at the Merit Badge Pow Wow on January 28th (unless it is raining). We will meet at Shasta College at 6:00 am to start the setup. This will be a good chance to figure out how to set one of these things up.
Chapter Dinner (11/19/07): Our chapter dinner was a great success. We had about 50 people show up and enjoy some GREAT tri-tip. We installed our new officers which included John Arin R. (VC Inductions) and James P. (VC Indian Lore).
Chapter Elections/Lodge Training and Dinner (10/16/07): Yesterday, we had our meeting for the month of October and elected the officers for 2008.
Chapter Chief-Trevor W.
Vice Chief of Programs- Bryan R.
Vice Chief of Communications- Trey N.
Vice Chief of Camping- Mike B.
Vice Chief of Inductions- Not Filled
Vice Chief of Indian Lore- Not Filled
An important event coming up on November 3rd, is the Lodge Training. At the training members of our lodge lead classes that inform you about things ranging from communications to Native American dancing. Even if you have attended one before you still learn things and there will be reformed classes with new information handed down from national. This is free to all members and a free lunch is included. The training starts at 8:30 am--5:00 pm at the LDS Church in Sacramento. If you need a ride talk to me and I am sure we can find you a ride. After the training we will be having our Lodge Dinner. At the dinner various awards and recognitions for distinguished members of our Lodge. The food is catered and is very good. The cost of the dinner is $18.00 and is at the same location as the training. Registration is to be received by October 29th and can be done online at http://oa.gec-bsa.org
-Bryan Randall
Wintun Chapter Chief
Conclave/Fall Fellowship (10/7/07): A few of us headed down to Bakersfield for Conclave and had a great time. Fall Fellowship is next weekend and should be even more fun, so sign up now and we'll see you there.
New Members and Other News (5/20/07): We just returned from the Lassen Ordeal and we have 14 new members (2 adults and 12 youth). We are welcoming the new members at Oasis Fun Center on Monday, come on out and join us. James P. is putting together a dance team, contact him if you are interested. Conclave is coming up in September, register by May 26th and receive a $5 fee reduction. Ordeal season is upon us, if you have people in your troop that were elected and haven't gone through an ordeal yet, please encourage them to attend the next ordeal.
New Chapter Adviser (11/22/06): We have a new Chapter Adviser!. As of Monday 11/20 our Chapter Adviser is Bill East. If you have been attending any district or OA events recently, you know Bill. He is very eager to help out our chapter and has some great ideas to get us going. As for me, I will still be helping out the chapter as much as I can in addition to my duties as the Lodge Camping Adviser. I will also keep the website as up-to-date as I can. Hopefully this has been a help to some of our members. Thanks to those who have helped me out during my time as Chapter Adviser.
Chapter Dinner (11/22/06): We installed our new chapter officers on Monday November 20th at our annual Chapter Dinner. We had some great food and a chance to visit. Thanks to all who attended! And thanks to our Lodge Chief and Vice Chief who came all the way up from Sacramento.
Ordeal (11/5/06): We have four new members that went through the Fall Ordeal at Camp Lassen. Our pre-ordeal team and Ordeal teams put on the best ceremonies we have ever seen! Good job guys, thanks.
Conclave (9/22/06): Eleven youth and eight adults from our chapter attended the W3B Conclave in Dixon last weekend. Our chapter was instrumental in securing the coveted Bald Eagle Award for the Amangi Nacha Lodge. Thanks to all who attended.
Fall Fellowship (9/22/06): Our chapter was out in force at the Fall Fellowship at Camp Lassen in August. We manned the ultimate Frisbee competition and the tug-o-war. Thanks to the efforts of the youth present, we easily won the much sought after Flaming Arrow Award.
NOAC (8/18/06): There were 9 youth and 3 adults from our chapter who attended NOAC in Michigan this summer. We had some great experiences and learned some great things.
Cub Day Camp BBQ (7/6/06): The BBQ we put on for Cub Day Camp was a huge success. We helped feed a bunch of hungry people and we made over $700 for our chapter! Thanks to Wayne and Karen for heading this up and thanks to all the OA members who helped out!
New Members (6/18/06): We had ten new members go through the Lassen Ordeal and eight more went through the ordeal at Camp Pollock - Welcome!
Dixon May Fair (4/30/06): As we discussed previously, we will be helping the lodge with a booth at the Dixon May Fair on Saturday May 13th. We will leave some time around 8:00 so we can be there around 11:00. We will coordinate rides as we get closer. Please send me a message and tell me if you are going so I can get you on the list to get in free..
May Meeting (4/26/06): Don't forget that our May meeting is on the fourth Monday (May 22) just after the Lassen Ordeal so we can go bowling with the new members. We will be meeting at Shasta Lanes for an hour or so of bowling, bring $5 or $7. We will confirm the amount as we get closer.
Camporee (4/26/06): The Camp-O-Ree is this weekend. The weather looks great and we will be setting up our tipi Friday evening. Once enough guys are there and willing, we'll set it up.
Camporee (4/9/06): The next big event is Camp-O-Ree. We need to organize and practice for the callout and provide whatever assistance we can to the folks organizing the event.
NOAC Update (4/9/06): NOAC is approaching and we have 7 youth and three adults from our chapter planning to attend. We had a successful candy sale this weekend to help raise money for the contingent.
Election Update (4/9/06): Elections are complete. We have 25 youth candidates and 5 adults.
Election Update (3/23/06): Now we are up to 25 candidates. James tells me we have another election next week at Troop 111.
Election Update (3/21/06): We conducted another election tonight and the total candidate count is 18. We have three more elections scheduled this week.
Tipi (3/21/06): We had great success setting up our tipi on the 18th. I will be uploading some pictures when I get the chance.
Tipi (3/2/06): We will be setting up the tipi at the second merit badge pow wow on the 18th of March. We decided to meet at the college at 6:05 am to start setting it up.
Car Wash (3/2/06): We had a great time at our meeting in February. We decided to have a car wash on April 22nd. David is going to find a place to hold it. It will be a fund raiser for NOAC and should be a lot of fun.
Election Update (2/19/06): We have now completed three elections and have 12. Our next scheduled election is at Troop 122 on March 7th.
Crossover (2/18/06): James, Zeph and David performed a crossover ceremony for Pack 421 and did a fantastic job. We have three more scheduled.
Election Update (2/12/06): We have completed two elections and have 10 candidates so far. We have another election scheduled this week at Troop 381.
Elections (1/29/06): We now have a few more elections scheduled. Troop 125 is on 1/31; Troop 37 on 2/7; Troop 381 on 2/14; and Troop 122 on 3/7.
MB Pow Wow (1/29/06): Looks like we made the right decision on the tipi. I don't know what hall we would have rented to dry the thing out.
Tipi Update (1/26/06): Well, the forecast for Saturday is somewhere between 80 and 100 percent chance of rain. So, lets shoot for setting up the tipi at the March MB Pow Wow, not this one. See you there...
Tipi Update (1/24/06): Check the website Friday night to see if we plan on setting up the tipi on Saturday. If we do set it up, we will probably start at 7:00. I don't see a need to get you guys out there too early. We won't be done by flags, but it'll give us something to do all day.
Another Crossover (1/24/06): We have another crossover ceremony: Pack 421 on February 18th.
OK, OK (1/21/06): Yes, I need an e-mail program that spell-checks the subject line...
February Meeting (1/19/06): Our February meeting will be a the Round Table Pizza on Eureka Way (in the Sunset Market shopping center at the corner of Eureka way and Buenaventura Blvd.) Bring $5.00 to go toward the pizza.
Crossover Ceremony (1/19/06): Last night our crossover team put on a demonstration for the folks at the monthly leader round-table meeting. It was a demonstration of what we could provide for the Cub Scout Packs in the area. We have three crossover ceremonies scheduled so far (February 26th Pack 42; March 9th Pack 41; March 22nd Pack 44).
Lassen Ordeal (1/14/06): Today we committed to put on the Lassen Ordeal. This will be during the second session of the National Youth Leadership Training, so if you are not going to NYLT we will need your help.
Tipi (1/14/06): We will be setting up our new tipi at the Merit Badge Pow Wow on January 28th (unless it is raining). We will meet at Shasta College at 6:00 am to start the setup. This will be a good chance to figure out how to set one of these things up.