[Toqua OA Chapter] spring ordeal & other stuff_

[JWatson423 at aol.com]

toqua arrowmen -
 
i will soon leave for summer camp staff for 7 weeks.  a few things i  want to 
mention:
 
(1)  the latest "ordeal headcount" shows 90 candidates registered, of  which 
34 are from toqua.  there are 57 staff registered, of which only 5  (five) are 
elangomats.  there is no information in the headcount as to how  many of 
these 5 are from toqua.  let me add my plea to that of the  head elangomat, joseph 
dirmeyer - please, please, please sign up to do the most  important job in 
the ordeal, maybe in the order of the arrow altogether.   this job, though 
irksome to some degree, is within the your  capability, and is the most satisfying, 
gratifying thing you can do at the  ordeal.  don't be a flap-wearer at this 
event - be an elangomat!
 
(2)  chapter programs sometimes go into the doldrums in the summer  time, 
just when they need to be pepped up because of the new members that have  been 
inducted.  several of the older youth in the chapter are on  summer camp staff 
and will be unable to participate to any degree in the chapter  program, but 
this cannot be used as an excuse to let the chapter  suffer.  there are many of 
you who are still available back home to  carry on this important work.  go to 
meetings, pay particular  attention to the new members, have some serious 
training for them (they were  given a handbook - introduce them to it), have some 
good times with them and  with each other.  we had 76 candidates called out 
after the unit  elections.  probably the best of them will be those who come to 
summer  activities - so be ready for them.
 
(3)  the o. a. year will be over in a few more  weeks.  thanks to those of 
you who have done excellent work in the  chapter and lodge, but many of you have 
been little more than  spectators.  everyone - be giving serious thought to 
what you can do to  make toqua, the biggest chapter in the lodge, the 
super-chapter it ought to be  and which it falls far short of.  a llittle bit of effort 
by everyone can  total up to tremendous results.  don't compare us to other 
chapters -  seek the vision of yourself and of your purpose that can lead you  
and the chapter to what it, and you, can and ought to be.
 
we had a good meeting last night, and it will be the last for me for a  
couple of months.  i leave you with the irksome tasks and weighty  
responsibilities, and also with the joys, of  keeping the chapter fire  burning at home.
 
-w-w-w-     
 

jack a.  watson
toqua chapter  advisEr
865-966-5998
jwatson423 at aol.com




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