Membership

Unit elections are permitted in Scouts BSA, Venturing, and Sea Scout units. The Order of the Arrow membership requirements are as follows:

• Be a registered member of the Boy Scouts of America.
• Have experienced 15 nights of Scout camping while registered with a troop, crew, or ship within the two years immediately prior to the election. The 15 nights must include one, but no more than one, long-term camp consisting of at least five consecutive nights of overnight camping, approved and under the auspices and standards of the Boy Scouts of America. Only five nights of the long-term camp may be credited toward the 15-night camping requirement; the balance of the camping (10 nights) must be overnight, weekend, or other short-term camps of, at most, three nights each. Ship nights may be counted as camping for Sea Scouts.
• At the time of their election, youth must be under the age of 21, and hold one of the following ranks corresponding to the type unit in which they are being considered for election: Scouts BSA First Class rank, the Venturing Discovery rank, or the Sea Scout Ordinary rank or higher, and following approval by the Scoutmaster, Crew Advisor or Sea Scout Skipper, be elected by the youth members of their unit.
• Adults (age 21 or older) who meet the camping requirements may be selected following nomination to and approval by the lodge adult selection committee.

As of January 1, 2023, all candidates will have 18 months from the date of election to complete their Ordeal.

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To become a member each scout must be elected by their unit.

Scoutmasters and Crew Advisers should have received an email notification from the T’Kope Kwiskwis Lodge. This email will give directions for scheduling your OA Election. Please schedule your Election as soon as possible so that you get the date is most convenient for your unit.

Please respond even if you do not want or need an Election. This will make things easier for your Chapter.

All OA Elections in T’Kope Kwiskwis Lodge need to be conducted before April 1st.

If you have not received an email please reach out to you the contact for your District (Chapter). If you do not know your District you can look it up here.

We conduct unit elections from the start of November to the end of March. Elections are conducted by chapters.