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The National Leadership Seminar (NLS) is a weekend conference teaching the skills and attributes of leadership. It is intended primarily to enhance the leadership skills of the Order of the Arrow’s key youth and adult members as they seek to improve their services to Scouting America and the greater community. The weekend format is designed to complement the longer, more detailed Wood Badge and National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) Programs. Near the end of the seminar, learners make a contract with themselves to apply the skills studied in the seminar on projects in their lodge, council, and community.

The Developing Youth Leadership Conference (DYLC) is a weekend conference for adult volunteers focusing on the skills, tools, and attributes of effective advisers. It is intended primarily to enhance an adviser’s knowledge of and connectivity with resources, while emphasizing personal skills that are essential to the development of effective youth leadership and ultimately the OA’s service to the council. DYLC is for Scouters 21+ with some advising experience. We have found that some of the younger Scouters/Advisers (21-25) do not always have the experience or context to fully appreciate the DYLC curriculum. If you are a younger Adviser who has not yet taken NLS, you would likely benefit more from taking NLS rather than DYLC. Adults who are unsure whether NLS or DYLC might be best for them should talk to their lodge adviser for guidance or e-mail gateway-training@oa-bsa.org.

Accommodations & Meals

Your registration fee includes all training program materials, two nights lodging, and all meals starting with Saturday breakfast and ending with Sunday lunch.

Accommodations

• Youth (under 21): Your accommodations at this event will be in cabins with dorm-style bunks with mattresses.  You will need to bring your own bedding (sleeping bag or blanket, sheets, pillow) and towels.
• Adults (21+): Your accommodations at this event will be in lodges and cottages with all bedding and towels provided.  Increased registration cost for adults is due to upgraded lodging available at this facility but capacity only for adults.

Rooming assignments will be made according to Youth Protection requirements and will be provided at check-in.

Food provided

• Friday night cracker barrel (snacks) after training program has ended for the evening
• Saturday breakfast
• Saturday lunch
• Saturday dinner
• Saturday night cracker barrel (snacks)
• Sunday breakfast
• Sunday lunch

Schedule Overview

Meal times may vary slightly depending on scheduling and staffing constraints at the facility.

Friday

• 6:00 p.m. - Check-in opens (dinner NOT served)
• 7:30 p.m. - DYLC sessions begin
• 8:00 p.m. - NLS sessions begin
• 10:00 p.m. - Cracker barrel

Saturday

• 7:30 a.m. - Breakfast
• 8:30 a.m. - Training sessions begin
• 12:00 p.m. - Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. - Training sessions continue
• 5:30 p.m. - Scouts Own service
• 6:00 p.m. - Dinner
• 7:00 p.m. - Training sessions continue
• 10:00 p.m. - Cracker barrel

Sunday

• 7:30 a.m. - Breakfast
• 8:30 a.m. - Training sessions begin
• 11:45 a.m. - Closing Recognition Banquet Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. - Departure

Payment Process

No payment is collected at the time of online registration!  Nor will you at any time ever be asked to pay for this event via NOAERS.  This system does not collect payments.

1. First, register for the event in NOAERS.  This is an individual registration event.  Your lodge/council should not require that you register separately with them first.  Your first step is to register in NOAERS. No payment is collected via NOAERS.
2. You are officially registered to attend once you receive a confirmation email, followed by an approval email after your Lodge Adviser has reviewed your registration.
3. Contact your local council or lodge leaders to arrange payment directly with them. Your amount due may be less than the price shown during registration on this website due to possible sponsorships or scholarships, where available. For potential financial assistance, contact your Lodge Adviser.
4. Gateway Region will not bill your council for your registration until after the event has ended.  Cancellation within 21 days of the event is not permitted. See the Refund Policy below for more information.

Medical Forms - Advanced Submission Required

Paper medical forms or emailed forms will not be accepted at the event.

NLS & DYLC now utilize the same system as NOAC for online submission, known as CampDoc.  Each participant completes the equivalent of parts A, B1, and B2 after registering.  The basic steps are outlined below; click here for a PDF link to more detailed instructions.

Before starting, be prepared with your insurance cards and immunization history.  We do not need Part C (physical exam & doctor signature) for NLS/DYLC.

1. First, complete your registration for the event.

2. Login to NOAERS > My Events > NLS / DYLC

3. Click on name under “My Attendees for this Event”

4. Click on “Event” option from left-hand navigation menu.

5. Click on “CampDoc Medical Records Access link."

6. Click link from pop-up menu to redirect to CampDoc.

7. Red Check-In Issue Displays if not started or incomplete.  Proceed through each step to completion and all green.

Note that for security of private health information, the email address on your ArrowID must match the email address on your event registration in order to access CampDoc.  If you need to change the email address on your ArrowID, you can do so at this link.  Having trouble?  Contact gateway-registration@oa-bsa.org.

Refund Policy

Cancellation requests must be submitted via e-mail at gateway-registration@oa-bsa.org. The participant’s council will not be billed for the seminar fees if the cancellation request is received at least 21 days prior to the start of the event. Within 21 days of the event, registrations are transferable to others who are not already registered, but fees will still be billed in full. To transfer a registration, e-mail gateway-registration@oa-bsa.org for instructions and the name of the replacement.

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