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Winter
Banquet
We have invited our new Supreme Chief of Fire for Atlanta Area Council, Tracy Techau, and we hope to be able to meet him. Also, come to thank our retiring Lodge Adviser, Mr. Randy Yates, for his 5 years of leadership to our lodge. However, you can not forget the great food and good times which always accompany an Egwa Winter Banquet. So, register by Wednesday December 30th and bring all of your family to Egwa’s 2009 Winter Banquet to enjoy warm food and fellowship on a cold winter day.
Patches! Brothers,
take a look at the newest patch design for the 2010 World Jamboree seen
right. It was pointed out that our original design did not fully match
the current Jamboree Scout Patch designs that the Atlanta Area Council
is using seen below. All the AAC 2010 whole sets of National Scout Jamboree patches (seen right) can be ordered by anyone. The order form can be found on our Lodge website. The deadline for ordering is February 1, 2010. In addition, if you have any ideas for designs for the Lodge 2010 patch set, send them to Lans Swofford at vcfinance@aacegwa.org. We need as many ideas and designs as possible so that we can have some more great patches for next year. You are strongly encouraged to send in a design by the January 10th LEC; you never know, your design might be picked.
OA
High Adventure
There will be nine sessions of each program, including the new Canadian Odyssey Voyage, running from early June through mid-August. The OA Ocean Adventure program is currently being revised to give Arrowmen the opportunity to leave an even greater impact on the areas Sea Base serves. All of this, at a lower cost to the participants. Each year the OA's High Adventure programs continue to grow in popularity and have been filled to capacity for four straight years. As such, we encourage all Arrowmen to apply as soon as possible.
AAC
Campership Fund The Campership
fund is a fund offered by Egwa Tawa Dee and Atlanta Area Council which
helps Scouts attend summer camp. Most of these Scouts are from low-income
single parent families, where they
Lodge Officer Reports Vice-Chief of Administration Brothers, I would like to thank the elangomats who helped at the Allatoona make up Ordeal and everyone else who helped with the event. I believed the Ordeal went extremely well. We always need help with the Ordeals, so if you would like to help at the Woodruff Ordeal as a elangomat, please let me know. The registration deadline is final, we will not accept late check-ins. Thank you, let’s make this year a great one. Y.I.B. Vice-Chief of Indian Affairs First of all, I’d like to thank TQB, Achewon, and Cvmpe for performing the Pre-Ordeal and Ordeal ceremonies at the Allatoona Make-up Ordeal. I would also like to thank Cvmpe for performing the Brotherhood, and I congratulate the twelve Brothers who sealed their membership on Saturday night. It was also exciting to have the drum out; I hope we can continue to do that at our events. I hope that the experience I gained at this Ordeal can help me perform better at Woodruff in the spring. I am in the process of updating the Lodge’s database of ceremonialists. I would like all Chapter Vice Chiefs of Ceremonies to contact me at vcindianaffairs@aacegwa in order to coordinate that effort. All chapter ceremonies teams planning on performing in the spring should begin practicing now in order to be ready. To accommodate the large amount of candidates, I need eight ceremonies teams performing at the Woodruff Ordeal, which means that if your chapter has been on the fence about performing, it’s time to step up! If you need a copy of the script or you have questions about the ceremonies, contact me and I’ll be glad to help. YITA, Vice-Chief of Communications Brothers, I am looking forward towards this next year, a year which can be better than any recent years of Egwa with the help of everyone in our Lodge. On my part, I will be working with all of the Secretaries of our sixteen Chapters to help create stronger communication straight from the Lodge to all of our brothers. If you are a Chapter Secretary, you will be contacted within a few weeks with more information. We will also be transitioning to electronic Quivers in order to save money next year. I hope this will be an even better year for Egwa than the past ones. YITA, Vice-Chief of Finance Fellow Brothers, Hello. November has been a very productive month for our Lodge. At Allatoona, we had 76 candidates go through Ordeals and I am excited for our new brothers. This weekend, we sold $749.00 in sales of all merchandise and $85.00 towards the AAC campership fund by selling Egwa's Campership Fund donor flap and the Atlanta Area Council strip Campership Fund donor patch. If you have any ideas for our 2010 patch set, please email those ideas to me. Remember the 100th year anniversary of Boy Scouting. Also, design a 100th year flap patch/jacket patch. Also send those by email. I hope to see you all at our next Lodge event, the Winter Banquet at the Volunteer Service Center in January of 2010. Your
Fellow Brother,
Changes in Next Year’s Calendar Due to the addition of many Centennial Events hosted by Atlanta Area Council in the upcoming year, there have been a few changes in our OA calendar. There will be a SummerFest on July 17th at Allatoona. Last year this was a highly successful event which helped persuade many new Arrowmen to stay involved in the OA. It is a fun day for all Arrowmen. The Bert Adams Scout Reservation Ordeal was moved from May to November 5-7 (due to the Centennial Atlanta Area Council Camproee being in May). The Make-Up Allatoona Ordeal was deleted from November due to re-scheduling of the Bert Adams Ordeal to November due to the Council wide encampment in May 2010. Nevertheless, since we are the Brotherhood of cheerful service, we will be providing service to Allatoona at an Allatoona Work Day on August 14th. In addition, the National Park Service Project has been confirmed for March 6, 2010.
Allatoona Ordeal Re-Cap The Allatoona Ordeal went very smoothly thanks to the efforts of everyone involved. We now have 76 new brothers and most everyone who was asked said the weekend was meaningful and memorable to them. The food was excellent and a big thanks goes to the cook team. We led the new brothers into the pavilion and the Vigil Honor members served them as is a long standing tradition. The ranger says that all of the projects were done and he was very pleased. We look forward to seeing everyone at the banquet and at the Woodruff Ordeal. Again, thanks to everyone involved.
Did
You Know? The name Broad-Winged Hawk was suggested by George Dorsey, who was the Nature Director at Camp Bert Adams from 1929 to 1941. He observed that the broad-winged species of hawk was abundant on and around the camp property. When the Lodge was named he had also researched the Cherokee language, translating “broad-winged hawk” to “equa tawadi”, whose literal translation is “big hawk”, and for ease of pronunciation spelled out as “Egwa Tawa Dee”. This translation was probably used by Lodge members until the early 1950’s, when the name on the Charter was changed to reflect this translation.
Chapter Reports Announcement Attention Chapters: This is the easiest way for your Chapter to communicate to other Chapters and to the Lodge about what your Chapter has done or is planning to do in the near future. We strongly encourage every Chapter Chief or Secretary to submit a Chapter report to vccommunications@aacegwa.org by the stated deadlines.
Chapter Reports Achewon Woapalanne Achewon Woapalanne has been having a busy month. We recently decided to hold a second meeting each month that will concentrate on our ceremonies, drum, and dance teams. These meetings will be held on the third Thursday of each month, at the usual place and time. Our first meeting was last night - it was a great success. We look forward to what will come in 2010. At the Ordeal this past weekend, we had 11 new brothers inducted into our chapter, and another brother sealed his membership at the brotherhood ceremony. Achewon is also looking forward to participating in the local Cherokee Thanksgiving project, which will distribute meals and other support to local families who are in need. Achewon Woapalanne holds meetings the first (and now third) Thursdays of each month. These meetings are at 7:30 and last until about 9:00, and are held at Canton UMC. All interested in Drum and Dance are welcome to attend. Cvmpe Vekiwv The Allatoona Campout this weekend provided us with two new Brothers and six Arrowmen. Our Chapter provided Pre-Ordeal, Ordeal, and Brotherhood Ceremonies this weekend and all that attended had a great time. So far this year we have a 79% candidate to Arrowman ratio. Congratulations are in effect for Wayne Hicks and Drew McLendon for their election to Vigil. Also, some new additions to the Lodge are Scott Conner (VC Administration), Lans Swofford (VC Finance), Ethan Gordon (BH Committee Chairman), and Drew McClendon (Vigil Chief). We know these fine Arrowmen will lead our Chapter and Lodge to a higher plane of achievement. At Fall Camporee, our Arrowmen helped plant trees for the Douglas County Parks Services . This week we are putting up Christmas Decorations for the Alpha Fowler Community. Our newly elected officers are working on the upcoming events in 2010, and waiting for the upcoming Officer Training Class. We are all looking forward to the Winter Banquet. Remember, Arrowmen, Pre-ordeal, Ordeal, and Brotherhood practice continues every Tuesday night at the Alpha Fowler Community. Also, in January, practice for Arrow of Light Ceremony will start the third Thursday at the LDS Church in Dallas. Echota This year, we added 28 new brothers to our chapter, Echota. We had chapter officer elections in October and our chapter adviser attended the National Lodge Adviser Training Seminar in November. Our chapter has also discussed reforming our ceremony team, not only for Cub Scout crossovers, but also for future Ordeals. Our discussions included creating our OA Troop Representative Program in order to strengthen and rebuild our chapter. We are ready to help with the strengthening of the Egwa Tawa Dee Lodge. More information, including our chapter calendar, can be found on our district's website, www.northatlantabsa.org. Etowah Etowah chapter is working on Ordeal teams, Crossover teams, and Election teams, as well as working on our yearly Camporee at Bert Adams. This year our Camporee will be a one day event. All Etowah chapter meetings are held on the first Wednesday of every month and our ceremony teams practice is on the third Wednesday of every month. Lockchau Talofau The year is coming to an end and Lockchau Talofau has made great progress! With the past three years we have become stronger and stronger each year. Next year we are planning on having a Pre-O and Ordeal ceremonies teams. Congratulations to 2 more brothers, Dr. Walter Todd and Brian Fujii attended Altoona ordeal and made a commitment to the Order by completing the Brotherhood Trail. This also brings our brotherhood conversion to over 70 percent!! Great job to all who answered the challenge. Our chapter is also performing a clean up at the Ag Center November 21st. With the completion of these hours we will top 400 service hours for the year. With plans in progress for more hours, helping the United States Marines with Toys for Tots over the Holidays, we hope to Reach 500 Hours by the End of this year. We hope everyone has a safe holiday! WWW Lockchau Talofau Lowanne Nimat Lowanne
Nimat held Chapter Elections during our October 9th meeting and the new
leadership did a great job leading the recent November 12th meeting. Our
December 10th meeting will be a holiday party with games (Wii), pizza
and, it goes without saying, fun and fellowship. Attendees are asked to
bring money for pizza. Lowanne Nimat would like to congratulate its new
Ordeal members who went through their Ordeal at Allatoona and we encourage
them to attend meetings and get involved. Lowanne Nimat wants to encourage more members to attend meetings. Our chapter meets regularly on the 2nd Thursday of each month from 7:30-9 pm in the Troop 87 Scout Hut behind Roswell Baptist Church. For more information, please see our new web site: www.lowannenimat.org" Nagatamen Nagatamen
has been up to a lot lately. We just finished our Fall Jam-BOO-Ree. Everything
went well with 15 Nagatamen brothers staffing. We are in the process of
visiting each troop in our district. We will be holding a Christmas party
in December. May we add a congratulations to our Service chairman on his
recipient of his Eagle. Soquili Gvnagei We just
completed another class of our MOALS (Milton Order of the Arrow Leadership
Seminar) in October. MOALS teaches leadership through a series of classes
and teambuilding challenges. It is designed for scouts First Class and
above who are learning leadership and want to improve their skills. Our
entirely OA crew taught all of the classes and led the activities. We
had a new venue this time; we held the course in Hembree Park in Roswell.
Our tribe hosts this seminar twice a year. Tella Qualla Boundary TQB's Allatoona Ordeal went fairly smooth. We now have several new brothers. We have begun planning for our Spring Barbeque. TQB's has also continued its work for our new regalia. Our Drum team is also working very well and we are proud of them. The dance team has been recently created and we have been polishing our drum team's skill. Our planning for our Spring Camporee has also begun. No chapter reports submitted from: Creek, Kenesaw, Quinigisi, Seven Springs, Thennethlofkee, Wachtsu Chuppecat, Wesadicha, Wisaweu Amoe, Wisaweu Tindey
Looking Ahead Towards Conclave Our 2010 Conclave will take place at Camp Tukabatchee in Prattville, Alabama on April 16th-18th. Our contingent leader for this Conclave is Nathan Justice. He can be contacted at Justice.nathan@gmail.com for questions or suggestions regarding the upcoming Conclave. January 20, 2010 is the deadline if you want to order any items from the 2010 Conclave (patches, shirts, etc.). The order form can be found on our website.
Next year, the budget will be changed a little to better accommodate for all Arrowmen. The event fees for regular Lodge events will be decreased from 18 to 16 dollars per event. To pay for this reduction of prices, the OA dues will be increased from $8 to 9$. In addition, anyone who staffed at our 2009 Adventure Camp will receive a $5 discount for every Lodge event. However, this does not include Conclave since it is on the Section level.
Lodge Adviser’s Corner Brothers, I have been a member of EGWA TAWA DEE for more than forty years and have served in many leadership positions over the years. Now, I am looking forward to serving you as your Lodge Adviser. I will need the help of each of you to make this a better Lodge. I guess what I am trying to say is, one person can not make a Lodge. EGWA is a super Lodge now and it will become an even better Lodge if each of you will support me and your elected officers. If your chapter is not active or not having meaningful meetings each month, what have you done to make it happen? It is up to each of us to put that part of the Scout Oath that states " I will do my best." into practice. Stronger Chapters make a stronger Lodge. Please
contact me if I may be of service to you.
The Order of the Arrow is Scouting’s national honor society, its purpose, to serve the scouts, troops, and communities it is associated with. As you read this letter keep in mind that it is your obligation to keep cheerful service in mind.
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2009
was a great year for Egwa. Come celebrate our greatness at the Winter
Banquet on January 10th immediately following the LEC at the Volunteer
Service Center. It will begin, at the latest, by 5:30. Come win door prizes
and patch auctions. Come to reward our Officers, Chairmen, Honor Chapters,
and Founder’s Award Recipients.
Jamboree
Scout Patches have a small back area with a map of Georgia and a Fleur
De Lis showing where Atlanta Area Council is located in Georgia. So, our
OA Jamboree patch has changed slightly since our last LEC at the Allatoona
Ordeal. It now has the outline of Georgia with the Fleur De Lis in its
design so that it matches better with the Atlanta Area Council Jamboree
participant patches.
How
far can you go with the OA? What is the cheapest way to celebrate the
great North American Wilderness? The answer to these questions is OA High
Adventure. If you would like to go to Philmont, Northern Tier, or Sea
Base with the OA for a fraction of the cost it would be with your troop,
OA High Adventure is perfect for you. The 2010 applications for OA Trail
Crew, OA Wilderness Voyage, and OAWV: Canadian Odyssey, have been posted
to the Boy Scout High Adventure website, www.adventure.oa-bsa.org.
would
not be able to attend summer camp without our help! For a donation of
$35 or more to this fund you will receive one of our new Atlanta Campership
Fund Council Patches seen above. For a Donation of $10 or more you will
receive one of our special silver metallic Egwa Tawa Dee Campership Fund
Lodge Flaps with "Campership Fund" ghosted into the design.
All money raised goes straight to our Camperships Fund to help those scouts
to be able to attend summer camp like the rest of us. The order form can
be found on our website at http://www.aacegwa.org/.
Budget
Changes for 2010
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