Sorry, acute technical problems, yes it was a typo and the message was posted prematurely, by accident... *starts over*
I'd rather not get bogged down in repeated pedantry but as was obviously explicit in my comment was referring specifically to the money being spent on the Order of the Arrow, and not the general expenditure on the BSJ. I thought that quite clear. You have said you are [not] interested in quasi-Masonic aspects of American scouting and see no relevance to the original topic of the thread. I accept this and also accept that it is not necessarily (or obviously) relevant to VanDerBeek's spiel and have already said that it was 'thrown into the pot' merely as a wider consideration. There are no other threads on scouting here so why not include some information on scouting's honour society whilst exploring the general topic, while it is topical.
I'm just putting stuff out there and whilst accepting it is of no interest to you, am qualifying what I said:
I was referring to the Order of the Arrow facilities which are way off from the main camp. In fact I do not even know if they have been built yet in the first phase development. Here they are in the aforementioned one hundred year plan, along the eastern extremity bordering the New River Gorge National Park. I note the 'sacred circle' in which the quasi-native American, masonic initiation rituals of this honour society will presumably take place with the children and young adults is positioned at the very highest peak in the entire reserve, at 2805 feet, the very summit of The Summit.
View attachment 3601
I note the Centre For Leadership Excellence is, or will also be, also out there at the periphery, and is presumably tied in with the 'elite' scouting honour society. I know that these particular facilities are being touted as a centre for international corporate events in the future, in the area of leadership skills development, networking and such like.
The Order of the Arrow constitutes 7% of the total scouts in the US. It seems very much in line with other secret societies in fostering notions of tiered exclusivity. I believe the 'elite' scouts controlling the new media output are curiously named 'Patrol Z' and may be drawn from the ranks of the Order of the Arrow. Haven't looked far into the zombie virus stuff being discussed just above this comment but I know the same rumours are circulating locally. Curious to have named them 'Patrol Z', wonder if there is any connection. On day one of the event they were all convened, for an exclusive briefing. I know, probably about litter patrol, and blogging technique.
