Archive for June 3, 2008

Tipisa 326 Service Weekend 2008 + new chapter stuff

Posted in Florida Lodges, Tipisa 326 by Robert Mathis on June 3rd, 2008 at 5:02 am

Tipisa 326 recently finished their 2007-08 annual series of “Northwest Native American Items” with the Service Weekend.   Apparently, they saved the best weekend patch for last.   The design is that of a Chilkat blanket, complete with fringe along the edges.

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April 1st, 2009
New Policies on Patches Announced

This post covers an important change in policy that will soon become effective regarding patches issued for all Order of the Arrow lodges chartered by the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Please read the whole post carefully.

At a recent meeting at the National Headquarters of the Boy Scouts of America, it was announced that a new policy will be put in place by both the Boy Scouts of America and the NationalOrder of the Arrow Committee regarding lodge patch issues. Further announcements and clarifications will be made at this Summer's National Order of the Arrow Conference and at section conclaves throughout the year. This policy will be effective September 1, 2009.

All lodge flaps, and patches issued as multiple piece sets (most commonly two-piece sets) must be ordered through BSA Supply Division, or an official BSA licensee. The national OA and the BSA has decreed that all items must be produced in a minimum quantity of 1000 (one thousand) pieces. In the case where a lodge wishes to make minor changes in design or colors, 1000 of each must be produced.

Should the lodge feel they do not need that many pieces to suit their needs, the BSA Supply Division will purchase all remainders from the manufacturer and retain them. They will be available to the lodges should more be needed. At the BSA's discretion, they will also be made available for sale in all BSA run Scout shops.

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March 11th, 2009
OAImages Blog Goes "Mobile"

New OAImages Blog Mobile Format

First, my apologies for those who may have seen some odd things on the blog this morning. I was trying to do some work on the blog's SQL database to implement the new version of the "Lightbox" plugin I'm using. All should be well now.

Yesterday, I installed yet another plugin on this blog. This creates a stripped down version of the blog for use on mobile phones and hand held devices, such as iPhones and Blackberry devices. Most of the other links and information that appear on the side bars of this blog are not shown in this layout.

There is a link at the bottom of the mobile version to exit this mobile edition and view the blog in its standard version. I may tweak with the layout and move this link to the top of the page to make exiting the mobile version easier.

And... yes, I ought to deal with, or delete, those 46 Facebook notifications. Read the Full Post

March 3rd, 2009
Not For Sale

A couple of days ago Bill Mulrenin posted about a website he found in his wanderings. Like Bill, I thought this was interesting, even if we don't know what their methods are.

$timator calculates an estimate of a website's value. NYOAtrader.com was valued by this site at $1,264.

What is OAImages.com valued at? You can see after the jump.

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January 2nd, 2009
FIFTY THOUSAND And Counting

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Yesterday evening, I celebrated the start of 2009 by adding the fifty thousandth image to this site! Even with this many images there are probably still several thousand OA items that are not yet pictured here.

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December 17th, 2008
OAImages on the Storm

BlackBerry Storm Screenshot -- Portrait

I got a new BlackBerry Storm today. It's an early Christmas present of sorts. Now I can join the group that can access this website from a smart phone. So far I am generally pleased with it.

There are a couple of issues dealing with a piece of JavaScript that doesn't work as it should on the Storm's browser, but I can redesign around that. At least I have learned this before the site becomes widely used on these devices. The site badly needs some redesign work and this could be an excuse to at least think about it.

I previously shared how this site is displayed on the iPhone. So, I now will share with readers a few screen captures from the storm.

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December 4th, 2008
New Pages on OAImages

I recently added some new pages to OAImages that some visitors to this site may not have noticed yet. Each covers lodge issues for recent and upcoming national events

All pages can be accessed directly from the links in the above list. One can also access them from the "National & Special Events Issues" on this site's home page. Read the Full Post