2002 NOAC Reservation Information
Benefits of NOAC
Arrival Date
Attendance
Conference Fee
Reservation Quota
Cancellation & Refund Policy
Youth / Adult ages
Lodge Key 3 Recognition
Adviser Guidebook / Program Participation Packet
As you promote the conference to your lodge
membership and plan the details for your lodge's
involvement in conference activities, keep in mind the
many benefits that are likely to accrue for your lodge
and its members. Lodge members will return home
with:
- A deeper understanding of the Scout Oath, Scout
Law, Order of the Arrow Obligation, and what it
means to "live" these words in one's daily life.
- A renewed spirit, pride, and enthusiasm for
Scouting and the Order of the Arrow.
- Ideas their lodge can use to better serve Scouting
in their home unit and council.
- New program ideas, knowledge, and skills to
improve the lodge.
- Increased leadership skills and a better
understanding of how to carry out the work of the
lodge.
- The latest information on camping and high-
adventure programming, including how to
successfully promote Boy Scout camping.
- New friendships with fellow Arrowmen from
throughout the country.
- Memories to last a lifetime.
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The 2002 National Order of the Arrow Conference
will begin with dinner on Saturday, July 27 and end
after breakfast on Thursday, August 1, 2002. The
conference will be held at
Indiana University at Bloomington. All lodge
contingents will be assigned arrival times for
Saturday, July 27. (The conference will not include
an early arrival day.)
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All Arrowmen who are registered members of the Boy
Scouts of America and have their council's approval,
are eligible to participate in the 2002 national
conference.
All participants must register as a member of a lodge
contingent or be a member of the conference support staff.
Lodges are expected to provide every opportunity for
persons under the age of 21 to attend. Adult
participation should be approved on the basis of need
to provide responsible leadership supervision for the
lodge contingent. Every lodge contingent must have
two-deep adult leadership.
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The conference fee is $305.00 for youth and adult
members who pay their total conference fee by May 31,
2002 (postmark date). Conference fees paid after May
31, 2002, will be $355.00 for youth and adult members.
The fee includes five night's housing, 14 meals,
program and support materials, and recognition items
during the six-day conference. The fee is payable in the
following manner:
To secure the youth and adult spaces desired, each
lodge must complete the
Lodge Contingent Reservation form
accompanied with a nonrefundable
$100.00 per-participant reservation deposit. No
individual reservations will be accepted. All lodge
reservations must be transmitted through the local
council office and accompanied by a
transmittal form
.
A lodge reservation form and fees deposit must be received
before the lodge is placed on the conference mailing list.
All NOAC participant fees must be received by the OA
Director no later than June 30, 2002.
Encourage adult Arrowmen in your lodge to establish a
special fund to help youth members attend and share in
the conference spirit. Your lodge and Scouting will
benefit for years to come.
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For the 2002 NOAC, each lodge will be allowed 10
delegates plus 1.70 percent of the lodge's December
31, 2000 year-end charter membership (10 + 1.70% of
a lodge's 12/31/00 charter membership = lodge
reservation quota). A council with multiple lodges will
be allowed 10 delegates plus 1.70 percent of all their
lodges' December 31, 2000 year-end charter
membership. The ratio of youth reservations to adult
reservations has been set at 2 to 1.
All lodges will have until March 1, 2002 (postmark date)
to use their allotted number of youth and adult
reservations. Reservations not used by March 1, 2002
will be released to other lodges on a first-come, first-
served basis only.
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The $100.00 per-person deposit is transferable to a
substitute within the same lodge on a one-for-one basis,
but it is nonrefundable, and may not be applied to the
balance due for another person. Deposits may only be
transferred from youth to youth or from adult to adult.
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For fee and ratio purposes, a youth member must be under 21 years
of age during the entire conference.
For housing, travel, and youth protection purposes, youth are under
18 years of age.
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The Key 3 of your lodge will receive an attractive golf
shirt with the 2002 national conference logo on the left
breast if they attend the 2002 NOAC with at least
10 additional Arrowmen from your lodge. (Lodge Key 3
includes the lodge chief, lodge adviser and lodge staff
adviser or Scout executive.)
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A Contingent Adviser Guidebook and Program
Participation Packet will be sent to all lodges
that have confirmed reservations after March 1, 2002.
The program participation packet will include lodge
activity reservation forms, which will be developed by
the section chiefs during the national planning meeting
on Dec. 27-30, 2001. Individual registration forms and
materials will also be included in the packet.
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Revised 11/19/01b
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