The Technology Subcommittee of the National Order of the Arrow Committee is responsible for the technical infrastructure and applications of the Order of the Arrow. The subcommittee is led by Technology Lead Tyler Inberg who is responsible for the overall technology direction and team of dedicated volunteer Arrowmen from across the country.
We are expanding the team and need your help in finding those that might be interested in joining us! Our goal is to transform our technology for the second century of the Order of the Arrow and we would love to have you on our team! If you are interested (youth or adult) in being a part of the Technology Subcommittee in a variety of program and development roles and want to learn more about the technology industry, click here to find out about the opportunities available.
The Technology Subcommittee is responsible for the following systems and processes for the National Order of the Arrow Committee:
- OA LodgeMaster – Order of the Arrow LodgeMaster is powerful, cloud-based, membership management system for lodges. Developed by the Order of the Arrow and released in 2005, LodgeMaster is provided free of charge to lodges and is currently being used by every lodge in the country. LodgeMaster for complete lodge operations management including members, events, service, finance, inventory, charter renewal, and lodge Journey to Excellence. The LodgeMaster project is led by Project Lead Chadd Blanchard and Project Adviser Michael Card. For more information about the LodgeMaster project, click here.
- National OA Events Registration System (NOAERS) – System for the management of registration for the National Order of the Arrow Conference, National Leadership Seminars, Developing Youth Leaders Conference, and coming soon, Section Officer Seminars. The National OA Event Registration System is led by Project Adviser Russ Votava.
- Mobile Application – The OA Mobile Application will be introduced at NOAC 2018 and will be rolled out for lodge use thereafter to help in self-service access to membership information, collaboration and access to Lodge and National information. The Mobile Application us led by advisers Rob Anstett and Mark Smith.
- OA Hackathon – In 2017, the Order of the Arrow will host its first hackathon to explore technical innovation using APIs that can access OA Lodge Master. Zach Sager serves as the Hackathon Lead with Mike Boggs serving as the Hackathon Adviser.
- Infrastructure Support – All system administration (primarily LAMP), support, and maintenance for all public-facing national OA websites, region websites, and many section websites.
- OA Trading Post Online – Online sales system for national OA merchandise (tradingpost.oa-bsa.org)
- Documentation Management – Responsible for the management and release schedule of all official OA documentation and guides in coordination with other national OA subcommittees. Official Order of the Arrow documentation can be found here.