Welcome to the Bee Cave Chapter of the Tonkawa Lodge!

We hope you find what you need here, but if you don’t, you’re welcome to contact us [bee-cave-chapter@beecavedistrict.org] for more information.

Bee Cave Chapter Meeting Location and Time

Our meeting time is the second Tuesday (NEW!) of every month from 7:00 to 8:15 PM unless otherwise noted on the calendar, in a meeting, or through an email.

Join us for the meeting, fun, and usually food.

Notice: Our Chapter meeting location has moved! We'll now be meeting at:

Lake Hills Church**: 11521 Bee Cave Rd, Austin, TX 78738

**Chapter meetings are in session! Please make sure you're signed up for the email list to receive email reminders about these meetings.

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Leadership Positions:

🎉 Congratulations to our newly elected 2024-2025 Bee Cave Chapter Officers 🎉

Current Bee Cave Chapter OA Officers

• Chapter Chief: Logan Wenger (Troop 31 - Youth)

• Vice Chief of Ceremonies: Winfeild Sampley (Troop 31 - Youth)

• Vice Chief of Communications: Ewan Perkins (Troop 786 - Youth)

• Vice Chief of Elections: Jacob Hower (Troop 31 - Youth)

• Vice Chief of Service: Jack Kodis (Troop 786 - Youth)

Current Bee Cave District OA Chapter Advisors

• Chapter Advisor: Jim Behrens (Adult)

• Associate Advisor: Robin Reitler (Adult)

• Associate Advisor: Christy Cochran (Adult)

• Associate Advisor: Brady Whipple (Adult)

Recent Leadership:

Chapter Chief: Henry Kelbaugh (Youth) | August 2023 - May 2024

Vice Chief of Ceremonies: Logan Wenger (Youth) | August 2023 - May 2024

Vice Chief of Communications: Martin Becker (Youth) | August 2023 - May 2024

Vice Chief of Elections: Emily Stone (Youth) | August 2023 - May 2024

Vice Chief of Service: Jonathan Schulenberg (Youth) | August 2023 - May 2024

Vice Chief of Ceremonies: John Jennings (Youth) | August 2022 - May 2023

Vice Chief of Communications: Michael Jennings (Youth) | August 2022 - May 2023

Vice Chief of Elections: Henry Kelbaugh (Youth) | August 2022 - May 2023

Vice Chief of Service: Jack Kodis (Youth) | February - May 2023 (temporary Camporee position)

Vice Chief of Planning: Zoe Rehm (Youth) | February - May 2023 (temporary Camporee position)

Chapter Advisor: Carter Davis | 2009 - May 2023

Vice Chief of Service: Evan Starnes | January 2019 - May 2022

Vice Chief of Ceremonies: Daniel Butler | January 2019 - May 2022

Chapter Chief: Ryan Moose | August 2019 - July 2021

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Bee Cave Chapter Resources:

Bee Cave Chapter Email List:

Sign up here: http://eepurl.com/hnMv89

Make sure to add us to your address book/contacts so our emails aren't marked as spam: Add us to your address book

Chapter Calendar:

View it here (sometimes it takes a while to load, this is an issue with Google, not us): https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=fjacmo66j4lg7cme75bvk9932k%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FChicago

See something that no longer works or something that needs updating on our calendar? Let us know via our Slack (preferable) or email!

'What is the OA?' Presentation:

Take a peak (voice overs coming soon!): https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1BsTdryt7raiEDIb3ebMZbdwY3nWuX-TbRs1juCSFbKY/edit?usp=sharing

Chapter Slack:

Feel free to join if you're in the Bee Cave District (You don't have to be an Order of the Arrow member!) or if you're outside of it, we'll have to clear you to join. We reserve the right to remove anyone without notice from this Slack Workspace if deemed necessary by the Bee Cave Chapter leadership.

Invitation (if you haven't already joined, click this): https://join.slack.com/t/oa-beecavechapter/shared_invite/zt-waaq5rwj-NW2nt5piRTS5CdRxo8PF1Q

Login page (if you've already joined, and want to login to your account): oa-beecavechapter.slack.com

Download the app here (IMPORTANT: Don't forget to turn on notifications (not just on your device)! Read this: https://slack.com/resources/using-slack/customize-your-notifications-in-slack): https://slack.com/download

By joining, you agree to the rules or risk being temporarily or permanently banned. Please view the rules at the bottom of this page.

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Scheduling Your OA Unit Election (*New 2024*):

 We, as a Chapter, are moving back to our usual spring OA Unit Election schedule. Please expect all OA Unit Elections to take place from January through March of 2024 (to meet our goal of completing them before Camporee). Please contact us with with any questions you might have.

**NEW!** Emails are sent out the year prior through our Order of the Arrow membership tracking system (which also tracks Unit Elections) Lodge Master. Please check your spam/junk folder for this information. If you're having trouble, please see the message directly below.

Please use the email below to request a OA Unit Election if you didn't receive an email or have questions: Please send us an email here! (DO NOT REMOVE the existing email addresses on your email client, please only add emails if need be. Thanks!)

Email Us Here: bee-cave-chapter@beecavedistrict.org

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Update OA Unit Representatives' Contact Information & Status:

This form is for you to change the information for your OA (Order of the Arrow) Unit Representative (youth) and/or your OA Unit Representative Advisor (adult). Please only submit a response if you're an adult leader, senior youth leader, or the appointed OA Unit Representative member of the unit that you specify. This position must be filled by an OA member with no exceptions.

Only one position is accepted per form response; if you need to change both positions (both the youth and adult rep), please submit another response per position change.

Submitting a response is subject to being verified with the specified unit.

If you have any issues or questions with this form and/or can't submit it, please contact: bee-cave-chapter@beecavedistrict.org

Please use this form to update your Order of the Arrow Unit Representatives' status and contact information:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZ-BIW9-9vAZxyqwtwxHRd2rQ4xk1mNK7PEeJWY6Ex7VaFCg/viewform?usp=sf_link

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Other OA Email List Sign-Up:

Bee Cave District email list - Enter information and check the boxes that you'd like to receive mail for.

Capital Area Council Email List (at the bottom of the page)

OA-BSA eNews list (at the bottom-right of the page)

Make sure to add the mailing addresses to your safe senders to make sure they don't end up in your junk/spam folder!

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Social Media Initiatives:

Boy Scouts of America (National):

Facebook – Flicker – Instagram – Pinterest – Twitter – YouTube – Scouting Wire – Scouting Wire (RSS Feed)

Order of the Arrow (National):

Order of the Arrow Twitter - OA Facebook - OA High Adventure - OA Instagram - OA YouTube

Order of the Arrow (Southern Region):

Facebook – Twitter – Instagram

Order of the Arrow (Section – SR-3 - now called 'Section G2'):

Facebook – Twitter

Boy Scouts of America (Capitol Area Council):

Flickr – Facebook – Twitter – YouTube – RSS

Order of the Arrow (Tonkawa Lodge #99):

Tonkawa 99 Facebook – Tonkawa 99 Twitter – Tonkawa 99 Instagram

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About the Order of the Arrow:

History of the OA

OA Jumpstart for New Arrowmen 

OA National Online Trading Post 

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This webpage is maintained by the Bee Cave Chapter of Tonkawa Lodge #99. If you have questions, comments, concerns, find something out of date, or would just like to make a new friend, feel free to reach out to us here!