We had our first Tomahaken Chapter Meeting, since May, yesterday and the attendance was good. There were 12 members on Sunday. 3 were new Ordeal members. We had some key folks missing however. The total should have been closer to 20. Actually, we have 43 from the "Hills" who are in O.A. and all 43 should have been there, but anyway.We reviewed all of the the key Lodge dates and our Chapter meetings for the rest of the year. The one big thing that we do in the fall is a service project to earn the O.A.'s Leadership in Service Award (LISA). It is one of those pocket dangling things that get on my nerves, but it works. Basically, if you attend an Ordeal and do another service project, you qualify. Of course there is paperwork involved. There are long delays in getting the actual awards, but everyone really seems to like them.
To the best of my knowledge, we are the only Chapter doing this. That is a shame. More Chapters could be organized and energized with this simple dangling thing.
