Elevate Festival Information
The Elevate Festival gives your lodge the opportunity to showcase your lodge. This can be a unique program, an interesting feature of your part of the country, or something else that is part of your lodge identity you are proud of. It cam also show how your lodge has created success in the previous year. The goal for the Elevate Festival is to leave the participants with something to bring back to their own lodges to help them find more success throughout the next year.
Even if your contingent does not plan to host a booth, it is important for lodge leaders to visit NOAERS and update your booth status. When you enter the registration system you will be asked a few questions, and then you will be put on the list for interest. From there, the Elevate Festival team will place your lodge’s booth among the other booths from around the country.
Fore more information, please visit the news article, or consult the list of Frequently Asked Questions linked below.
Flap Parade Info
The Shows Committee invites all lodges to participate in the lodge flap parade during the opening show. Lodges should select one youth arrowman to carry their lodge flap in the opening show. Please review the Flap Parade Info page for more information and flap specifications.
Contingent Leader Primer
The Contingent Leader Primer (CLP) contains key planning information for lodge contingents to attend NOAC 2024. This primer compliments the Contingent Registration Primer (CRP) released in fall 2023 which included initial planning guidance for contingents. This guide provides contingent leaders information on the conference including major planning milestones for contingents, planning resources, housing, dining, travel, parking, health and safety, and contingent arrival information. Youth and adult contingent leaders and the lodge key 3 should review this guide in detail to continue planning for their lodge’s participation at NOAC 2024
Contingent Registration Primer
The Contingent Registration Primer (CRP) contains key information for lodge’s in their planning for NOAC 2024. All contingent leaders should review this information prior to registering for the conference. Additionally, please review the details on the webinar below where the conference committee will review the CRP in detail. If you have any question about the CRP, please contact your lodge’s contingent concierge, who will reach out after initial registration, or email concierge@oa-bsa.org at any time.
Contingent Leader Webinar (4/8)
A contingent leader informational webinar was held on April 8, 2024 at 9pm eastern via zoom. At this webinar, we shared key information for contingents related to the program registration guide and the contingent leader guide. This webinar was intended for NOAC Contingent Leaders and Lodge Key 3, but any OA members could attend. The webinar was recorded for those who could not attend live.
Contingent Leader Webinar (9/25)
A contingent leader informational webinar was held on Sept. 25, 2023 at 9pm eastern via zoom. At this webinar, we shared key information for contingents in advance of registration launch. This webinar was intended for NOAC Contingent Leaders and Lodge Key 3, but any OA members could attend. The webinar was recorded for those who could not attend live.