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Your name Your email address. S UPPORTING. U NITS through. R EALLY. G REAT. E LECTIONS. WHY SURGE?. Two Main Pain Points:. 1. Low participation in Scouting’s National Honor Society by units chartered by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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  1. Your name Your email address

  2. SUPPORTING U NITS through REALLY GREAT ELECTIONS

  3. WHY SURGE? Two Main Pain Points: 1. Low participation in Scouting’s National Honor Society by units chartered by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The OA has lost, or never had, a relationship with their LDS units.

  4. WHY SURGE? 2. Poorly trained election teams leave a poor impression on the members of the units Bad impressions discourage candidates from becoming inducted

  5. The Facts 1 in 6 Scouts are LDS Less than 1 in 100 Arrowmen are LDS LDS units are in almost every council – including yours Incredible untapped potential

  6. The Question: The Facts If the Order of the Arrow had proportional participation by LDS units, how many additional Arrowmen would you guess would be in the OA?

  7. The Answer! 35,000!

  8. The Facts What do we do about it?

  9. Video to be placed here.

  10. SURGE: Solutions • We dropped using “Ordeal Weekend” in favor of more positive “Induction Weekend.” • We rely heavily on term, “Scouting’s National Honor Society”. • Created LDS Unit Election Video!

  11. SURGE: Solutions • Created the SURGE Recognition Device!

  12. SURGE: Solutions • Created the SURGE Recognition Device!

  13. SURGE: Solutions • The Surge recognition device for Arrowmen is intended to increase the number of LDS Units that have Order of the Arrow elections.

  14. SURGE: Solutions • There are two ways to earn the SURGE recognition device.

  15. SURGE: Solutions The first way is to be elected by your LDS unit. You must complete the induction process and become an Ordeal member.

  16. SURGE: Solutions • As a youth member of an election team you must conduct one or more unit elections in LDS units and have five or more of those Scouts who were elected inducted.

  17. SURGE: Solutions • Adults must help conduct one or more unit elections in LDS units where adults are nominated. Three or more of those adults must be inducted.

  18. SURGE: Solutions • Youth Arrowmen are expected to encourage and communicate with the youth that are elected and adults with the adults nominated until they have been inducted.

  19. SURGE: Solutions • This recognition will be available for elections and inductions during 2018 and 2019.

  20. SURGE: Solutions The SURGE Recognition device for Arrowmen is provided by the LDS-BSA Relationships Office in Salt Lake City.

  21. SURGE: Solutions Go to western.oa-bsa.org/surge for more information and to apply for the recognition device.

  22. The Facts Mark Francis Director of LDS-BSA Relationships 15 West South Temple, Suite 1070 Salt Lake City, UT 84101-1579 Phone: (801) 530-0004 Mark.Francis@scouting.org

  23. To obtain LDS Unit Election video and other resources, select the SURGE tab at the top of the Western Region website: http://western.oa-bsa.org

  24. Sample Letters

  25. Sample Conversation

  26. Guidelines • Complete Scout Uniform • Arrive early • Be prepared

  27. Conducting an Election • You are a representative of the OA • Discuss the importance of the OA • Have a copy of the Guide to Unit Elections available

  28. Guide to Unit Elections http://www.oa-bsa.org/pages/content/guide-to-unit-elections

  29. The Facts Any Questions?

  30. Email us with questions! surge@oa-bsa.org

  31. 1/8/2018

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