John Pannell is reporting that Tschipey Achtu Lodge is now using #95.
I was talking with a Roger Ward last night who was at the recent Winter South Carolina Trade-O-Ree. He tells me it has not been quiet in that lodge. The use of 397 was problematic. Many wanted to choose a different number. Some wanted to claim the number zero, but that was not well received given the special place Unami 1 holds in the Order of the Arrow. The Scout Executive, I am told, stepped in and told the lodge they will use the lower number from the two merged lodges.
The lodge is now known as Tschipey Achtu 95.
As of this writing the Lodge web page however still shows #397 on it About Us pageas you can see in the screenshot below.
Anyone from the Lodge have any confirmation on the number?
[phpbay]Tschipey Achtu Lodge, 6[/phpbay]
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“I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
The lodge has not been using a number, and when it does it only uses the council number (397). This was just re-confirmed by Jason D., the Lodge Advisor.
Officially we are still operating without a “OA System†number as per national policy. No patch has had a number attached to it and no patch will have a number attached to it. When a number is required on paperwork (which most paperwork requests the council number anyways) the number 397 (the council number) is used. There was no pressure from the Scout Executive to use the lower number, in fact it was recommended by the Scout Executive to follow national policy. There are a handful of people that wish to use the lower number of the two merged lodges, however the lodge has chosen to follow national policy.
http://www.oa-bsa.org/annc/opup/OPUP-04-9.pdf