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January 10th, 2010
Nisha Kittan 114: First Flap Issued
Previously I had reported of the formation of Nisha Kittan lodge, in Lewis and Clark Council, from the merger of Kishkakon 32 and Taleka 81. Thanks to Rich Dillow, I now have an image of the lodge's newly issued first flap. The lodge has decided to use 114 as a lodge number. As far as I know there are no other issues from this lodge at this time.
The design of the flap a simple portrayal of the lodge's black wolf totem, depicted baying at a full moon. It's nicely done. However some observant collectors, especially those in the Southern Plains may find this patch rather familiar looking. I have to wonder if the designer of this flap was inspired by another patch.
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October 27th, 2009
Never Assume
There is an old adage about what happens if one assumes. Randy Holden recently gave me an example of why one shouldn't assume.
A few years ago this privately made patch bearing the name and number of "Unilachtego 107". Given the history of lodge 107 and what was already published in Blue Book, and a proclivity for the recycling of some old lodge names, I assumed this was a predecessor lodge to Kon-Kon-Tu 107 that never had an authentic issue. That was where I was wrong.
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August 30th, 2009
The Unknown Lodges
The Unknown Lodges (Originally printed in Blue Book reprinted with permission of the American Scouting Historical Society)
by Jeff Morley and Bill Topkis
It is hard to imagine the Order of the Arrow of the early 1920s. The scouting program itself was less than 15 years old and the Boy Scouts of America was only one of several scouting organizations competing for national dominance. In those days, the program was not even called Order of the Arrow. What we now know as the OA began in 1915 as Wimactendienk W. W. and was one of several honor camper societies to form during the first decade of Scouting.
Based upon the few first-hand accounts by members who were active in the 1920s, minutes of early meetings of the Grand Lodge and the official History of the Order of the Arrow by Kenneth Davis, an amazing picture of the orders early years begins to emerge.
Scout councils began procuring their own camps in the early to mid 1920s. Before then, it was commonplace for councils to share large camp areas. Three such areas were Treasure Island on the Deleware River near Philadelphia, Lake Kawonanke, and Crystal Lake in New York. Scout encampments from many councils co-existed along the shores of the latter two locations and in the case of Kawonanke Lake, we know that well over thirty different scout councils had campgrounds there at the same time. In circumstances such as these, it is easy to see that if one council utilized a popular honor camper society, it would not be long before the idea would spread to neighboring council camps and such was the case in the early days.
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August 25th, 2009
Guest Editorial: On Patch Restrictions
Rick Obermeyer taught a training session on "Ethical Patch Distribution" at NOAC earlier this month. The topic of patch restrictions often arises in conversation both at NOAC and elsewhere. It is raised often enough that he included an answer to this question in his handouts. I share this here with his permission.
Q4: How do you feel about restrictions?
A4: That really isnt in the context of this session, but since we have time, Ill give you my personal opinions, if you like. I cant speak on restrictions for everybody. That would be too presumptuous. I can only talk about what works for my own lodge back home. Shall I go ahead?
How my lodge feels about restrictions is based on some premises. The first premise is that we are all brothers in the Order of the Arrow. That is, equal brothers. We all got into the OA the same way, with election by others. If we have Brotherhood membership, thats because we all individually made a personal promise to accept the challenge to cheerful service that was shown to us during the Ordeal. If we are Vigil, that is a sign given to indicate that others feel that we have done a decent job of keeping that personal promise we made to ourselves at Brotherhood.
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August 22nd, 2009
Patch Trading at NOAC
Now this is patch trading!
Jason Spangler, aka The Santee Swapper, took out his video camera during the evening patch trading at NOAC. Rather than showing every single patch that was out there -- an almost impossible task if I say so myself -- he wanted to capture the atmosphere of patch trading in Read Hall. The video clip is after the jump.
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August 18th, 2009
2009 NOAC: Who Had the Most Patches?
Now that NOAC is over we can start to get a better grasp on what the lodges issued for this event. I would not be surprised if there's ultimately close to 1500 issues from the approximately 300 lodges. Keep those images coming.
Today's question: Which lodge issued the most patches for NOAC. Skyuka 270 had 14 pieces and they are not a lodge known for its large quantity of issues. Has anyone issued more?
I think there's at least 11 issues from Amangamek Wipit (not yet online) so they could be a contender with a few more patches. Wipala Wiki has been known for a large number of NOAC patches in past years, but I've not seen much from them yet.
On the other extreme: Were there any lodges in attendance that issue no patches for NOAC?
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Archive for Tipisa 326
As the followers of Florida OA items can attest (see here, here, and here), the chapters of Tipisa Lodge 326 are prolific in production of items for their members. The patch traders within the lodge have established an informal network to keep the collectors of such items up-to-date with the latest items, which benefits the chapters with additional sales. As a result, many of the items created do not become contrived rarities, and newer collectors can obtain and trade with little difficulty.
First off is the 2009 Service Day patch from Micconope Chapter. The “30″ on the helmet also represents the 30th anniversary of the chapter. Continue Reading »
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Tipisa 326 2009-10 Year Patch
Tipisa Lodge 326 has continued with their 2009-2010 themed series of activity patches, depicting Seminole patchwork. The largest piece of the series was the year patch, which became available at the Section S-4 Seminars (hosted by Tipisa). The year patch is a rendering of the lodge’s Chief’s Jacket.
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326 Waga Hlakgo 2009 Cub Family Campout
As lodges are encouraged to expand their service programs into formerly nontraditional areas, it would follow that emblems would be created by lodges and chapters for those activities. Such is the case with this patch, created by Waga Hlakgo Chapter of Tipisa Lodge 326, for their district’s 2009 Cub Family Cookout. This was distributed to all participants, not just members of the chapter.
At first glance, the only reference to the OA on the patch is the name of the chapter; no lodge name or number is present. But if you look closely, you can find the one feature that all patches of Tipisa Lodge have, that identifies it as a Tipisa item.
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Tipisa 326: 2009 Fall Fellowship
Tipisa Lodge 326 has begun its 2009-2010 program year and the annual series of event patches with its Fall Fellowship patch. The theme this year is “Seminole Patchwork”, but the depiction is what will make this series different.
There will be six event patches issued for the year (Fall Fellowship, S-4 Seminars/ Council of Chiefs Host, Chapter Ordeals, Native American Weekend, Spring Conclave, and Service Weekend). The lodge name has six letters (T I P I S A). So, each weekend patch will be shaped like a letter in the lodge name. The year patch is supposed to be a depiction of the Lodge Chief’s Seminole jacket.
But this was not the first patch for the program year.
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Tosohatchee Chapter of Tipisa Lodge 326 makes up about 20 percent of their National Conference contingent this year, and to commemorate their own group, the chapter has issued their own NOAC piece. Rather than creating a new completely new design, the chapter’s patch is an extention of the 2009 Tipisa three-piece set.
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Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan
The Florida lodges are slowly rolling out their 2009 National Conference items, around the same time as their Summer weekend activities. The first to be featured is from Tipisa Lodge 326, releasing their three-piece NOAC set, a puzzle set of flap (S-42), chevron (X-20), and CSP (X-21), all forming a single picture. The theme for their set is “It’s Magic”, as the lodge is located in Central Florida, home of Disney’s “Magic Kingdom” and the Orlando Magic* of the National Basketball Association. Besides the way that the three pieces fit together to form the image, there are lines running through the flap and chevron that glow in the dark.
Rick Obermeyer reported that a fourth piece will be coming out to match the bottom piece, created for the members of Tosohatchee Chapter.
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Tipisa 326 2008-2009 Year Patch
In March, Tipisa Lodge 326 held their Spring Conclave, with patches for the weekend and the year patch for 2008-2009 (See left). The year patch continues with the them of Scouting-related adventure activities (the rest can be found here). Continue Reading »
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Tipisa 326 2008-2009 Chapter Ordeals
The latest activity patch from Tipisa 326 is now available. This is for the lodge’s Chapter Ordeals, which run from late 2008 to early 2009. Unlike the rest of the lodges in the state of Florida, Tipisa has their 14 chapters run their own Ordeal weekends, and provide each chapter with the patch for the event. Back in September, Tipisa held their Fall Fall Fellowship, unveiling the first patch of the 2008-2009 activity set, with the theme of Scouting activities.
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Tipisa 326 Wiquek Chapter X2?
This summer, Tipisa’s Wiquek Chapter has made two new patches for themselves. The first (X-2) was available to all lodge members, with a total of 200 reportedly made. The proceeds from these sales helped finance the second emblem, to be given to chapter members that serve as elangomats (X-3).
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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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December 5th, 2009
A Fun Few Days
I'm sure most of you noticed the problems this site has been having over the past few days. It went offline several times. It was a frustrating experience. To add to my woes, I somehow managed to pick up some "bad stuff" on my computer at home. The last time I had this much trouble with my site, server, and home PC I was also let go from my job. Luckily that did NOT happen!
"Techie Talk" follows...
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October 4th, 2009
Blocked Emails
I have been made aware this evening of a couple of issues with email.
Hotmail is currently blocking email from some RoadRunner servers at this time. RoadRunner is my ISP and my outgoing mail, except for messages automatically generated by my server come from there. RoadRunner currently has published this notice:
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September 30th, 2009
More NOAC Images
To those who are wondering where the rest of the NOAC patches are... A large group will be uploaded to the site later today or this evening. I'm working on large groups from the 200s and 300s ranges of lodge numbers right now. Stay tuned.
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September 21st, 2009
Temporary Email Outage: Resolved
Last Friday RoadRunner started blocking email from my server because of spam without my knowledge. I had been filtering all my incoming mail at OAImages through my RoadRunner so as to filter out most of the several hundred spam messages that I get every day. RoadRunner apparently did not like that. I had no idea the server was being blocked until I saw over 800 notices that email was rejected on my server's queue last night.
This is now resolved and I am now receiving mail again, but it is coming directly (unfiltered) to me from my server, spam and all. I am currently working to block the spam.
If anyone sent me email between Friday morning (9/18) and this morning (9/21), please don't assume I received it. I probably did not see it. Please send again.
Thank you.
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August 7th, 2009
OA Blue Book Going "Web 2.0"
One of the big items of discussion at the recent pre-NOAC TOR was the fate of Blue Book. For those who don't know, the various legal issues in which this became entangled are now resolved. The new editor in chief of the Blue Book is Roy More. His desire is to maintain this resource in electronic and online forms. It has become impractical to publish this in book form as was done for the first six editions.
The goal is to create an "ever green" resource, with active input by collectors. It will be going "Web 2.0" in many respects. OAImages, will remain an integral part in this. This does not mean uncontrolled anarchy though, with lodge listings being changed at will by anyone who chooses. Roy writes:
...OA Blue Book will not become a Wikipedia. This is a standards (sic) project which means there must be structure, discipline and stability. That said, Blue Book will become much more open for all...
There are still many issues that need to be worked out. Roy More has started a blog at oabluebook.com to discuss some of the various issues that need to be resolved. There are only a few posts there now, but he plans to update this frequently. Please check this out and comment on the posts there.
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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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