Takhone Lodge has several committees under our Vice Chiefs, and they are a great way to get involved with the lodge!
Here is a description of each committee organized by Vice Chief:
If you’d like to join an Operations Committee, please contact the Vice Chief of Operations at vcoperations(at)oa7.org and fill out this form. If you have questions for the committees, please contact the Vice Chief and the Committee Chair.
Unit Elections:
Contact: elections(at)oa7.org
Unit Elections are an incredibly important and rewarding part of Takhone Lodge. As a member of your chapter, or your lodge’s, Unit Elections team, you will visit many different troops, crews, or ships in your area and talk to them about the Order of the Arrow, and ultimately elect members in.
Skills Involved: Organization, Paperwork Filing, Public Speaking, Team Management
OA Representative
Contact: oarep(at)oa7.org
As an OA Rep for your unit, chapter, or the lodge, you will be coordinating with the Order of the Arrow as well as individuals in units to promote membership and activity in the Order of the Arrow in many units. OA Unit Reps are the direct bridge between our lodge and the troops, crews, and ships in our area.
Skills Involved: Management, Communication, Public Speaking
Camp Promotions
Contact: camppromo(at)oa7.org
One mission of the Order of the Arrow is to promote camping. As a member of the Camp Promotions committee, you will promote attendance at any of the council camps, including those at Owasippe Scout Reservation and the many opportunities offered at Camp Frank S. Betz.
Skills Involved: Public Speaking, Graphic Design, Video Making, Voiceover
Performance Measurement Program (PMP)
Contact: pmp(at)oa7.org
PMP is an extremely important part of our lodge to make sure we are successful. There are national standards to be met to be considered a high-performing or exceptional lodge, and the PMP committee helps increase the lodge’s ranking and promote internal lodge activity, including LLD attendance, renewing memberships, and much more.
Skills Involved: Data, Promotions, Communications, Management, Public Speaking
If you’d like to join a Program Committee, please contact the Vice Chief of Program at vcprogram(at)oa7.org and fill out this form. If you have any questions regarding the committees, please contact the Vice Chief and the Committee Chair.
Training Committe
Contact: training(at)oa7.org
From LLS to ALL, there is a wide variety of trainings being offered. If you are interested in either planning and facilitating the event or giving a training, or even just want to help brainstorm ideas, the training committee is the place for you. Your role on this committee is low commitment and you would brainstorm ideas, promote training events, coordinate with chairs, manage schedules and contribute to developing the activities.
Skills Involved: Leadership, Public Speaking, Design, Organization, Management
Camp Service:
Contact: campservice(at)oa7.org
Service is one of the 3 pillars of the Order of the Arrow. As an order, we give back to our council by providing cheerful service to our council camps. As a member of the Camp Service committee, you will be finding projects for Arrowmen to do to help serve our council camps in the best way possible.
Skills Involved: Service, Communication, Organization, Management, Project Planning
Event Chairmen:
Contact: vcprogram(at)oa7.org
Takhone Lodge hosts many events throughout the year, from smaller events like ALL to larger events like a fellowship. Regardless, every major lodge event has an event chairman who coordinates the event. Reach out to the Vice Chief of Program (vcprogram(at)oa7.org) if you wish to chair an event, and they will get back to you with events we need help with.
Skills Involved: Public Speaking, Management, Organization, Project Planning, Event Planning, Communication
If you’d like to join an Inductions Committee, please contact the Vice Chief of Inductions at vcinductions(at)oa7.org and fill out this form. If you have questions for the committees, please contact the Vice Chief and the Committee Chair.
Induction Experience/Luminary
Contact: ordeal(at)oa7.org
The induction experience and luminary committee is a great way to help out the lodge. At all of our fellowships, we are always looking for guides to help bring in our new ordeal candidates. As a luminary, you would participate in the induction experience with the newly elected Arrowmen, and you help bring members into our lodge. This is an extremely important and rewarding role
Skills Involved: Leadership, Organization, Management, Friendliness, Promotion
Brotherhood/Nimatting
Contact: brotherhood(at)oa7.org
As a Nimat or member of the brotherhood committee, you would help all eligible candidates in getting their brotherhood. Either by running a brotherhood workshop, or by guiding them through the brotherhood hike and ceremony when they are ready.
Skills Involved: Leadership, Organization, Discussion Leading, Friendliness
Ceremonies
Contact: ceremonial(at)oa7.org
Ceremonies are another extremely important part of Takhone Lodge. At every fellowship, we need ceremonialists for the pre-ordeal, ordeal, and brotherhood ceremonies. They are very important to pass down the traditions of the order of the arrow.
Skills Involved: Public Speaking, Memorization, Theater, Acting
New Arrowmen
Contact: newmember(at)oa7.org
As a member of this committee, you would help organize Arrowmen 101 at fellowships. You will also help plan for introductory events that engage new members of our lodge. arrow.
Skills Involved: Event Planning, Communication, Copy Editing
If you’d like to join a Communications Committee, please contact the Vice Chief of Communication at vccommunication(at)oa7.org and fill out this form. If you have questions for the committees, please contact the Vice Chief and the Committee Chair.
Website:
Contact: website(at)oa7.org
The Website committee updates and maintains this beautiful and amazing lodge website (totally unbiased, by the way), making sure to keep it up-to-date and user friendly.
Skills Involved: Website Building, Graphic Design, WordPress, HTML/CSS
Publications:
Contact: publications(at)oa7.org
The Publications committee reports on Lodge events in one of the many newsletters, and makes many of the pamphlets and magazines that can be found at Takhone events.
Skills Involved: Yearbook, Writing, Graphic Design, Logistics
Social Media:
Contact: socialmedia(at)oa7.org
The Social Media committee is responsible for running and promoting the major Lodge (and Haunted Hollow) social channels on both Instagram and Facebook.
Skills Involved: Graphic Design, Social Media Outreach, Video Making, Writing
If you’d like to join a Finance Committee, please contact the Vice Chief of Finance at vcfinance(at)oa7.org and fill out this form. If you have questions for the committees, please contact the Vice Chief and the Committee Chair.
Merchandise:
Contact: merchandise(at)oa7.org
The Merchandise committee is responsible for designing, ordering, and selling lodge merchandise. This includes tshirts, hats, socks, and much more! If you are looking for some lodge merchandise, and it doesn’t exist yet, join the committee and help implement your ideas!
Skills Involved: Graphic Design, T-Shirt Design, Salesmanship
Trading Post:
The Trading Post committee is responsible for setting up and operating the trading post at every lodge event. Whether its LLD or a weekend fellowship, there will always be a trading post set up at major lodge events. They are responsible for making and selling patches, and they bring in a large amount of profits for the lodge!
Skills Involved: Accounting, Finance, Design, Salesmanship, Technology
