Wiki gets a new Vice-Chief!
One
of the many things that the SOP Committee has done over the past few
months was to recommend the creation of an elected "youth" treasurer
position for the Lodge. The LEC approved the creation of the
Vice-Chief of Finance position at the March LEC. Our new
Vice-Chief of Finance, Robert Lukowiak, is pictured at left with
Lodge Chief Doug Hockett. It fell to Doug to appoint the the
position until the next scheduled Lodge election. Robert was
unanimously accepted by the LEC at the April meeting.
Robert is the current Chapter Chief of the Tovakinpi Chapter (Thunderbird District). He did his Ordeal at the Heard in 2003 and received his Brotherhood at Camp Geronimo in 2005. As you can tell by the wooden triangle he wears, Robert is one of our current year's Vigil candidates.
Robert has not yet named an adviser but he will be working with Randy Driscoll (Lodge Adviser) to fill that role ASAP. We all wish Robert the best of luck in his new position.
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Wiki to receive E. Urner Goodman Camping Award
The National Order of the Arrow recognitions subcommittee
recently announced that Wipala Wiki Lodge (Go Wiki!) and one of our
brother lodges, Cahuilla Lodge from Section W4B, were the Western
Region Lodges that are to be awarded the E. Urner Goodman Camping
Award.
This award was established as a tribute and testimonial to the
Order’s Founder, E. Urner Goodman. The awards purpose is to
encourage and challenge Order of the Arrow members and lodges to
increase their effectiveness in promoting and increasing camping in
each region. Only two Lodges in each Region are recognized for
their accomplishments.
Wipala Wiki has been awarded this high honor five other times since
the inception of the award in 1971. We first were honored in
1979, 1983, 1996, 1997 and 1999. Cahuilla has earned the award
three other times. (1995, 2003, 2007)
We, at the Lodge, recognize the amount of work that our members put
into the running of the Lodge, as well as the programs we support,
or present. It’s great to get a pat on the back for a job well
done, and it’s just that much better when the pat comes from OA
National.
Unfortunately, our Lodge Chief, Doug Hockett, will have to take a
couple of days off from his grueling schedule as a senior at
Thunderbird High School to go to the National meeting in San Diego
to receive this award.
Congratulations to Wipala Wiki, and Cahuilla on a job well done, and
an honor well deserved!
Where 2 Go Camping
The new on-line Where To Go Camping guide is online. We are working on a format for the finished product and we are still looking for outing to include. If you would like to check it out, click here. If you would like to submit an outing, please e-mail the Vice-Chief of Programs at vcPrograms@wipalawiki.org.
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Elections a must!
If your unit hasn't had their OA election yet, please visit our elections page, or contact our Vice-Chief of inductions to arrange for one. You can e-mail him at vcInductions@wipalawiki.org
Ordeals on the way!
Upcoming Ordeals...
- Geronimo Ordeal (May 16-18)
- Show Low Ordeal (Jun 6-8)
- Raymond Ordeal (Sept 12-14)
- Heard Ordeal (Oct 10-12)
If you are interested in attending one, or all of these Ordeals, Download your registration form from the Ordeals menu above.
WOW the site really changed!
Due to some behind the scenes changes that we weren't really prepared for, we've had to change the layout of our WEB site. If you are having trouble finding something, please e-mail webmaster@wipalawiki.org and I'll do my best to help you.