brings Arrowmen from all of the various lodges together for training, fellowship, and fun.

Scouting is organized into four Regions. Each Region has a Chief and Advisors. We are in the Northeast Region.

The Region sponsors National Leadership Seminars to train local and Sectional Officers and leaders.

The region is divided into Sections each with a Section Chief and Adult Leaders. The Section sponsors an annual Conclave to promote training, to exchange ideas, and to fellowship.

NORTHEAST REGION, 4B

Wagion Lodge #6 is one of the seven lodges comprising Section 4b of the Northeast Region which consists of the Western third of Pennsylvania and Northwestern Maryland. The Section Conclave is hosted each June by one of these lodges in the section.

Some of the other purposes of the Sections are to provide leadership opportunities to older Arrowmen still under the age of twenty-one, to foster understanding of and adherence to the national decision-making processes, and to coordinate Order of the Arrow administration for the mutual benefit of all lodges as directed by their Scout Executives.

The Section Chief, Section Vice Chief and Section Secretary are elected for a one year tenn at the end of each conclave. All officers must be under twenty-one years of age for their entire tenn of office. The Section Chief organizes the section, presides over meetings of the Council of Chiefs, and along with the Section Adviser, makes certain activities of the Section are conducted in accordance with the guidelines set by the National Order of the Arrow Committee. When invited, the Section Chief represents the section at Area, Regional, and

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