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And when was the last post on this blog made? Please leave your National Committee members alone.

This blog has already doubled its previous record for most hits in a day. Yet, only about a third of those visitors bothered to read the whole post, staying just on the main page of this blog. If one read the whole post, he should have caught all the little tips I put into it to hint that something was amiss. Be skeptical of any unverified claims of “national policy”.

(Edit 4/2/08: Remember what day this was initially posted on. Please read the following with that in mind and react accordingly!)
A few years ago the BSA and the OA ended their practice of officially assigning lodge numbers. Official records were no longer to use these historical lodge numbers. On the national level, lodges are now known by the council’s number when a number is needed for record keeping purposes.

It’s since been realized that names are a bigger problem for the folks in Texas. While some could remember which lodge numbers belonged to which councils no one could easily remember which lodge names applied to which councils. It’s even harder when the names are spoken over the telephone and not written. In addition, the BSA also wants to stress that the OA lodge is an integral part in the councils’ operations. So, effective January 1st, 2009, lodge are to be known simply as (name of their council) Lodge and always with “BSA” added to the end. This stresses the lodge’s place in the council and within the BSA and emphasizes the OA is not a separate program unto its own.

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