* Be familiar with OA and Scouting policies for Lodge Officers.
? Be familiar with “Robert’s Rules of Order.”
* Prepare Lodge Plan Book.
* Consult with Lodge Advisor in advance of monthly ECM meeting.
* Prepare and distribute to the Lodge Officers and Advisors in advance,
the agenda for the
monthly ECM meeting.
* Make sure that all lodge officers are prepared for the ECM meeting.
* Get guest lecturers or experts as needed.
* Run annual planning meeting.
* Distribute the annual calendar of the Executive Committee Meetings.
* Direct and train next years lodge officers.
* Serve as past Lodge Chief in year after.
* Correspond monthly with your District counterpart.
* Responsible for monthly input to the Vice Chief of Communication
for the Lodge Newsletter.
* Chair all Lodge functions.
* Chair monthly lodge executive committee meeting (ECM).
? Responsible for planning and running all out door events: Winter
Banquet / Spring
Pow Wow / SR 6 South Conclave / Both Ordeals /Fall
Fellowship / SR 6 South Indian
Events Seminar / Scout Show. (Provides the Agenda)
? Makes sure that Lodge has an Event Patch design in time.
? Serves as Vigil Chief and proceeds over selection of new members.
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VICE CHIEF
* 1st in line when Lodge Chief can not be present.
? Be familiar with “Robert’s Rules of Order.”
* Be familiar with OA and Scouting policies for Lodge Officers.
* Keep the Lodge Membership Database.
* Keep up with the membership records on who goes through Ordeal,
Brotherhood and Vigil.
? Distributes and Tracks chapter progress in “Chapter of the Year”
contest.
* Distribute "How to Hold a Unit OA Election" to the Chapter
Officers.
* Schedule training for "How to Hold a Unit OA Election".
* Follow up with Chapter Officers on unit elections within their District.
* Keep records of candidates selected by the Chapter.
* Work with chapter to follow up on inactive members.
* Schedule training for Elangomats for the Ordeal weekends.
* Responsible for Knowledge and Training sessions at Lodge activities.
* Responsible for the Knowledge and Training session at the Section
Conclave.
* Responsible for keeping up with Membership Information forms
at all activities and turning
them into the OA Scouting Professional.
* Correspond monthly with your District counterpart.
* Responsible for monthly input to the Vice Chief of Communication
for the Lodge Newsletter.
* Attend all Lodge Functions.
* Attend monthly lodge executive committee meeting.
? Assign camp sites at Lodge events
? Responsible for Registration at all Outside events
? Runs Brotherhood experience
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VICE CHIEF of PROGRAM
* 2nd in line when Lodge Chief can not be present.
* Be familiar with OA and Scouting policies for Lodge Officers.
? Be familiar with “Robert’s Rules of Order.”
* Responsible for a Council “Where to go Camping Guide”.
* Responsible for summer camp promotion for the Council to the
Districts.
* Responsible for helping the Lodge Chief to plan the program for all
Lodge activities.
* Responsible for Activities at Lodge Events (ex. Climbing
Wall, Archery, Waterfront, Etc. )
* Plans and Supervises all “Ordeal Work Projects” at all Lodge
Ordeal Weekends.
* Responsible for the Quest Events at the Section Conclave.
* Hold a Quest for the Silver /Golden Arrow at the Spring Pow Wow
before the Section
Conclave. Distributes rules / scoring ect.
* Responsible for promoting Lodge Spirit at all Lodge activities.
* Correspond monthly with your District counterpart.
* Responsible for monthly input to the Vice Chief of Communication
for the Lodge Newsletter.
* Attends all Lodge functions.
* Attend monthly lodge executive committee meeting.
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VICE CHIEF of AMERICAN INDIAN EVENTS
* 3rd in line when Lodge Chief can not be present.
? Be familiar with “Robbers Rules of Order.”
* Be familiar with OA and Scouting policies for Lodge Officers.
* Assign ceremonial sites at the ECM meeting prior to the event.
* Responsible for knowing what ceremonial sites each chapter team is
using.
* Responsible for knowing which ceremonial teams will be at each
function and what
Ceremonies they will be performing.
* Hold a ceremonies competition at the Spring Pow Wow to
send a team/s to the Section
Conclave.
* Hold a dance competition (if needed) to send individual and/or
group participants to the
Section Conclave.
* Responsible for the Lodge Singing Team.
* Receive and read all letters from brotherhood candidates.
? Responsible for running a proper Brotherhood experience
& Keep track of who completed
the trail.
* Hold try outs for the Brotherhood team (If appropriate).
* Responsible for supplies for chapter ceremonies (ex. Sashes, Handbooks,
Etc. ).
* Correspond monthly with your District counterpart.
* Responsible for monthly input to the Vice Chief of Communication
for the Lodge Newsletter.
* Attends all Lodge functions.
* Attend monthly lodge executive committee meeting.
? Responsible for Indian Events at SR 6 S and Indian Events Seminar
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VICE CHIEF of COMMUNICATIONS
* 4th in line when Lodge Chief can not be present.
* Be familiar with OA and Scouting policies for Lodge Officers.
? Be familiar with “Robert’s Rules of Order.”
* Take minutes at all OA meetings and publish those minutes
to the Lodge.
* Gather, write articles and “Publish the Lodge Newsletter”
(The Quiver).
* Gather and write articles for the Council Newsletter (The Spirit).
* Gather and write articles for the Section Newsletter
* Encourage publications with the chapters.
* Publish miscellaneous forms (ex. New Member Information, Registration
for the Spring Pow
Wow, Registration for the Fall Fellowship, Registration
for the Ordeal Weekends, Etc. )
* Correspond monthly with your District counterpart.
? Responsible for taking pictures at events, interviewing people,
and Keeping Lodge History
* Attend all Lodge functions.
* Attend monthly lodge executive committee meeting.
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TREASURER
* 5th in line when Lodge Chief can not be present.
* Be familiar with OA and Scouting policies for Lodge Officers.
? Be familiar with “Robert’s Rules of Order.”
* Keep records on Lodge income and expenses.
* Help the Vice Chief of Administration keep records on dues paid by
each member.
* Pay bills as required.
* Prepare annual Budget of expenses.
* Issue report on Lodge finances at the monthly ECM meeting.
* Collect and handles all money at OA events and gives a report to
the Lodge Advisor.
* Operate the Trading Post at OA events.
* Correspond monthly with your District counterpart.
* Responsible for monthly input to the Vice Chief of Communication
for the Lodge Newsletter.
* Attend all Lodge functions.
* Attend monthly lodge executive committee meeting.
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