Western Region Reorganization: Update
Posted in Scouting News by John E. Pannell on November 14th, 2008 at 5:02 am 
BSA Western Region Logo
Previously I had written about a reorganization of the area boundaries in the BSA’s Western Region and the changes that would be made to the Order of the Arrow’s (OA’s) sections as a result. At that time the new section names and their exact boundaries were not finalized.
Tod Johnson posted the following information on patch-l. I do not yet see this posted on the Western Region website, however the list of the region’s leadership on this site uses the new designations. So, I believe we can accept these sections as official and final.
Mr. Johnson wrote:
…Your section will go by the new Area number and a letter that indicates what geographic part of the Area your section covers. We will be using north/south/ east/west/ pacific (N/S/E/W/P)for those indicators….
Here are the new Section designations that were included in Mr. Johnson’s email. His original list gave listed the council headquarter cities only. I have substituted the lodge names.
Area 1
W1N – Sikhs Mox Lamonti 338, T’Kope Kwiskwis 502, Nanuk 355, Nisqually 155, Toontuk 549
W1S - Wauna La-Mon’Tay 442, Lo La’Qam Geela 491, Tsisqan 253
W1E – Wa-La-Moot-Kin 336, Es Kaielgu 311, Tataliya 614
Area 2
W2N – Tukarica 266, Shunkah Mahneetu 407, Ma I Shu 363, Apoxky Aio 300
W2S - Awaxawe Awachia 535, El-Ku-Ta 520, Tu-Cubin-Noonie 508
Area 3
W3N – Tannu 346, Amangi Nacha 47, Talako 533, Ut-In SÃ ©lica 58, Orca 194
W3S – Kaweah 379, Esselen 531, Tah Heetch 195, Achewon Nimat 282, Ohlone 63, Miwok 439,
Toloma 64, Hungteetsepoppi 466
Area 4
W4N – Yowlumne 303, Siwinis 252, Malibu 566, Chumash 90, Topa Topa 291, Spe-Le-Yai 249
W4S – Wiatava 13, Ta Tanka 488, Cahuilla 127, Tiwahe 45
Area 5
W5 – Kola 464, Tatokainyanka 356, Crazy Horse 171, Tahosa 383, Tupwee Gudas Gov Youchiqudt Soovep 536, Ha-Kin-Skay-A-Ki 387, Mic-O-Say 541
Area 6
W6P – Maluhia 554i, Na Mokupuni O Lawelawe 567, Achpateuny 498
W6W – Papago 494, Wipala Wiki 432, Nebagamon 312
W6E – Yah-Tah-Hey-Si-Kess 66, Kwahadi 78, Gila 378
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Careful observers will note that more than the section names changed, some lodges were moved about too. From the perspective of this curmudgeon thousands of miles away it looks like an improvement.
The organization by section is different that what was first announced. It appears the Western Region website has since revised the map shown on their original release (http://western.oa-bsa.org/article.php?id=32 ) to reflect these changes. On that release, the text below does not match up exactly with the map above.
Roy More has a PDF of the original list on his site (http://thescoutpatchauction.com/blogsite/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wregoa_08.pdf )
Yes John,
The above list is accurate and matches http://www.oasections.com/WR2008R.html
Ken Hayashi, Western Region Committee, forwarded the official announcement from the region.
Also, in October two lodges were moved to different sections than were previously announced Papago 494 was with what is now called W-6E, and Tiwahe 45 was with what is now called W-6W. The maps that have been on the region’s site included these two changes.
While the Areas themselves did not change, you will notice that they were renumbered as compared to the original announcement:
Area 1 was ‘D’
Area 2 was ‘B’ (no change)
Area 3 was ‘F’
Area 4 was ‘C’
Area 5 was ‘A’
Area 6 was ‘E’
I also think that the north, east, south, west letters make it easier to visualize things instead of the A, B, C, etc.