/news/sources/oa-lodgemaster The OA LodgeMaster Support Center blog. Contains changelog and news about the LodgeMaster program. en-us scouting411 https://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/download/attachments/655365/OALMLC /news/sources/oa-lodgemaster https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2026/08/11/394002457/Webinar+Recording+Now+Available+-+LodgeMaster+Event+Registration Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard 10 Aug 2026 The OA LodgeMaster Team is excited to announce the release of online Event Registration within OA LodgeMaster.  View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2026/08/11/394002457/Webinar+Recording+Now+Available+-+LodgeMaster+Event+Registration Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:52:00 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2025/08/15/340230227/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Client+4.5.3+Released Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard OA LodgeMaster Users,The OA LodgeMaster Team is excited to announce the immediate release of version 4.5.3! This release includes online dues payment and new mobile app functionality! Lodges can now seamlessly and securely process online dues payments directly in the OA Member Portal and the OA Member App. The release includes several other bug fixes and improvements throughout OA LodgeMaster. For lodges who requested offline access, this version includes an update to the offline Lodge Client.Online Dues Payments Beginning today lodges can accept online dues payments directly in OA LodgeMaster from the OA Member Portal and OA Members mobile app. Payments are processed securely through the Scouting America Payment platform, eliminating any barriers to using the new dues payment feature. Lodge Administrators are advised to review the payment integration documentation. Setup is required prior to using the online dues payment feature.OA Members Mobile AppThe new OA Members Mobile App is now available! Download for Android on Google Play and from the Apple App Store for iOS. Access your member profile, pay your dues, view upcoming events from your lodge, section, region and the national organization. Access resources including member journeys for new Ordeal and Brotherhood candidates.Lodge Administrators can start adding app content to the app from within OA LodgeMaster. Go to the Mobile App module to add news, resources, and approve push messages. View the recording of our app announcement from the National Council Of Chiefs here.A full list of bug fixes and improvements can be found on the OA LodgeMaster Documentation site. Visit https://lodgemaster.oa-scouting.org to access the Lodge Client, read documentation, or submit support and feature requests.Yours in Brotherhood,The OA LodgeMaster Team View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2025/08/15/340230227/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Client+4.5.3+Released Fri, 15 Aug 2025 20:05:00 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2024/04/12/280199180/Webinar+Recording+Now+Available+-+April+2024+Updates+Inductions+Review Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard Thank you for registering for our OA LodgeMaster User Webinar - April 2024 webinar on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. If you were able to join us live, we hope that you enjoyed the webinar and were able to learn something new and find the new updates to LodgeMaster useful. The webinar recording is now available along with the PowerPoint slides. We look forward to seeing you at NOAC.  Webinar Slides View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2024/04/12/280199180/Webinar+Recording+Now+Available+-+April+2024+Updates+Inductions+Review Fri, 12 Apr 2024 17:25:00 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2024/02/21/273088523/OA+LodgeMaster+Online+Lodge+Client+4.5.3-5+Released Blog post added by Chadd Blanchard OA LodgeMaster Users,On February 13, 2024, the OA LodgeMaster Team released online Lodge Client version 4.5.3-5. This release introduces a new email editor, a new adult nomination email, and numerous bug fixes and improvements.The new release includes a new email editor, which should be easier to use and work better with the rest of the interface. As part of the release, we’ve updated the OALM Data Retention policy found here. The image library has been removed from the email editor and image uploads will be stored per email. Previously uploaded images will be deleted along with the email they were sent in and emails will now be retained for two years. A cleanup process will start soon to cleanup emails older than two years.We also added a new adult nomination reminder email. Any user with view and/or view and edit permission will receive a weekly email for any pending adult nominations.A full list of bug fixes and improvements can be found on the LodgeMaster Documentation site. Go to https://lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org to access the online Lodge Client, view documentation, submit support, and feature requests. Yours in Brotherhood,The OA LodgeMaster Team What If I Have Questions?  Please submit a ticket to the help desk if you have any questions. You can submit a ticket online (http://confluence.oa-bsa.org/display/OALMLC) or via email at support@lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org. Please do not contact a member of the LodgeMaster team directly.  View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2024/02/21/273088523/OA+LodgeMaster+Online+Lodge+Client+4.5.3-5+Released Wed, 21 Feb 2024 18:52:00 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2021/05/24/169345458/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Client+4.5.1+Now+Available Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard OA LodgeMaster Users,The OA LodgeMaster Team is excited to announce the immediate release of version 4.5.1! This release includes 25 improvements and corrects 82 bugs. The release also includes 3 new major features - the final pieces of the induction module and all related automated emails, member portal features for new members and brotherhood candidates, and the full release of the member portal for use by all members including membership cards and email unsubscribe links. For lodges who requested offline access, this version includes an update to the offline Lodge Client. Inductions Module All automated emails within the Inductions Module have now been enabled. As part of this release, we enabled the New Member Follow-up Message, Brotherhood Eligible Message, and Brotherhood Preparation Message. Details of these emails can be found here.For detailed notes of the new Inductions Module review the following release notes:OA LodgeMaster Lodge Client 4.5.0 Now AvailableOA LodgeMaster Inductions Module Update IOA LodgeMaster Inductions Module Update IIOA LodgeMaster Inductions Module Update IIIOA LodgeMaster Inductions Module Update IVOA LodgeMaster Inductions Module Update VMember Portal Added a New Member Journey and Brotherhood Journey to the member portal for candidates. The New Member Journey will automatically be available for new Ordeal members who have completed their Ordeal and are not yet eligible to complete their Brotherhood. New members eligible to complete their Brotherhood will see the new Brotherhood Journey. Lodges can add custom steps to the New Member and Brotherhood Journeys from Inductions Setup. The existing content from JumpStart has been included in the new journeys.For Brotherhood eligible candidates the member portal will promote upcoming events where brotherhood is being offered. Brotherhood candidates will see details of the event and a link to register.Digital membership cards! We have added digital membership cards to the member portal for all Arrowmen. Visit the Update Your Profile page to download your membership card!In addition to membership cards, we have added additional profile information to the member portal. Arrowmen can now see their current dues status, unit and chapter information, and their level information.Email unsubscribe links! Arrowmen can now unsubscribe from lodge emails on their own with a link included in the footer of every email. Lodge Administrators will no longer need to manually unsubscribe Arrowmen from emails.A new bulk invite function has been added to the member grid to allow lodge administrators to bulk invite their members to the member portal.A full list of bug fixes and improvements can be found on the LodgeMaster Documentation site. Go to https://lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org to access the online Lodge Client, view documentation, submit support, and feature requests. Yours in Brotherhood,The OA LodgeMaster TeamWhat If I Have Questions?  Please submit a ticket on the help desk if you have any questions. You can submit a ticket online (http://confluence.oa-bsa.org/display/OALMLC) or via email at support@lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org. Please do not contact a member of the LodgeMaster team directly.  View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2021/05/24/169345458/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Client+4.5.1+Now+Available Tue, 25 May 2021 01:17:18 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2021/05/19/169345430/OA+LodgeMaster+4.5.1+Update+Scheduled Blog post edited by Mike Card OA LodgeMaster Users,OA LodgeMaster will be unavailable on Monday, May 24, 2021, from 1:00 PM EDT – 6:00 PM EDT. During this time, the OA LodgeMaster team will be deploying OA LodgeMaster 4.5.1. During the maintenance window, you will not be able to login to the LodgeMaster Online Lodge Client or perform a sync in the Offline Lodge Client. You can follow the status of the maintenance on the OA status page at https://status.oa-bsa.org. Once the maintenance is complete, we will post an update to the status page. We do not expect the upgrades to take the full 6 hours. In the event we need to extend the maintenance window for an unforeseen reason, we will communicate the extended maintenance window on the OA status page.Important notes about our OA LodgeMaster 4.5.1 release:We will be enabling the final three emails within the new Inductions Module. The New Member Follow-up Message, Brotherhood Eligible Message, and Brotherhood Preparation Message will be enabled as part of the 4.5.1 release. Details of these emails can be found here. Lodge Administrators should familiarize themselves with the details of these emails prior to the release.We will be adding a New Member Journey and Brotherhood Journey to the member portal. The New Member Journey will automatically be available for new Ordeal members who have completed their Ordeal and are not yet eligible to complete their Brotherhood. New members eligible to complete their Brotherhood will see the new Brotherhood Journey. Lodges can add custom steps to the New Member and Brotherhood Journeys from Inductions Setup. The existing content from JumpStart has been included in the new journeys.For Brotherhood eligible candidates the member portal will promote upcoming events where brotherhood is being offered. Brotherhood candidates will see details of the event and a link to register.Digital membership cards! We have added digital membership cards to the member portal for all Arrowmen. Visit the Update Your Profile page to download your membership card!In addition to membership cards, we have added additional profile information to the member portal. Arrowmen can now see their current dues status, unit and chapter information, and their level information.A new bulk invite function has been added to the member grid to allow lodge administrators to bulk invite their members to the member portal.Email unsubscribe links! Arrowmen can now unsubscribe from lodge emails on their own with a link included in the footer of every email. Lodge Administrators will no longer need to manually unsubscribe Arrowmen from emails.Important Offline Lodge Client InformationBeginning in 4.5.1 the Offline Lodge Client will transition to only being available to lodges who requested offline access. If your lodge has requested offline access, please review the Offline Client Update Instructions below. If your lodge administrator did not request offline access, you will not be able to install 4.5.1. Please check with your lodge administrator if you use the offline lodge client to ensure that they have requested offline access. More information about our changes to the offline lodge client can be found here.Offline Client Update InstructionsOffline Lodge Client users will need to sync before running the offline 4.5.1 installer. You will receive a warning message in the installer reminding you to sync before installing, this is very important, and you should make sure you have synced any changes before upgrading. Once you install and run version 4.5.1 your local database will be cleared and then updated with the new database structure and your lodge data will be downloaded again. Please let all your users know this important note. Failure to perform a sync prior to updating to 4.5.1 will result in the loss of data and the LodgeMaster team is unable to recover lost data. You can find the details of our offline client support here.WWW,The OA LodgeMaster TeamWhat If I Have Questions?Please submit a ticket via the support center if you have any questions. You can submit a ticket online (http://confluence.oa-bsa.org/display/OALMLC) or via email at support@lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org. Please do not contact a member of the LodgeMaster team directly. View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2021/05/19/169345430/OA+LodgeMaster+4.5.1+Update+Scheduled Wed, 19 May 2021 19:05:39 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2021/04/22/168230999/OA+LodgeMaster+Inductions+Module+Update+V Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard OA LodgeMaster Users,On Tuesday, April 20, 2021 the OA LodgeMaster Team enabled the following emails within the Inductions Module.Callout Registration MessageCallout Registration ReminderOrdeal Registration MessageOrdeal Registration ReminderOrdeal Preparation MessageOrdeal Welcome Message From Lodge ChiefMessage To Ordeal Candidates Who Did Not ShowNew Member Welcome MessageBrotherhood Candidate No ShowNew Brotherhood Member Welcome*Note: A change from what was announced on 4/5/2021 - the emails for callout and ordeal registration emails will only be sent if your lodge utilizes the new Inductions Module. This was based on user feedback that we need to ensure that all candidates have been announced. If you are not utilizing the new Inductions Module the first email a candidates would get is the Ordeal Preparation Message after registering for their ordeal.The following emails will not be enabled until the Brotherhood components of the new member portal are released, which is targeted for mid-May. We had originally announced that the Brotherhood Preparation Message would be enabled as part of update V but are going to release that at a later date. We felt that it was important for the final pieces of the member portal be in place before releasing these emails.New Member Follow-up MessageBrotherhood Eligible MessageBrotherhood Preparation MessageUsers of the Inductions Module should review the Inductions Email Support KB linked below. The KB linked below provides specific details on who emails are sent to, when they are sent, and the sending criteria for each email. Before submitting a support ticket please review the KB linked below as it addresses the most common questions we've received.Inductions Email Support KBWWW,The OA LodgeMaster TeamWhat If I Have Questions?Please submit a ticket on the help desk if you have any questions. You can submit a ticket online (http://confluence.oa-bsa.org/display/OALMLC) or via email at support@lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org. Please do not contact a member of the LodgeMaster team directly. View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2021/04/22/168230999/OA+LodgeMaster+Inductions+Module+Update+V Thu, 22 Apr 2021 18:34:12 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2021/04/12/168230924/DELAYED+-+OA+LodgeMaster+Inductions+Module+Update+V Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard OA LodgeMaster Induction Email Release (Update V) Delayed Until 4/19/2021To allow for additional testing the following emails will not be enabled until Monday, April 19, 2021. • Callout Registration Message• Callout Registration Reminder• Ordeal Registration Message• Ordeal Registration Reminder• Ordeal Preparation Message• Ordeal Welcome Message From Lodge Chief• Message To Ordeal Candidates Who Did Not Show• New Member Welcome Message• Brotherhood Candidate Preparation • Brotherhood Candidate No Show• New Brotherhood Member Welcome *Note The emails for Callout, Ordeal, and Brotherhood are sent even if your lodge is not using the Inductions Module. The emails are sent based on membership information in your lodge database not the data within the Inductions Module.Emails, unless specified otherwise, will be sent at 8AM CST on the date configured. Lodges who do not wish to take advantage of the automated callout and ordeal registration messages can disable them from the communication wizard.WWW,The OA LodgeMaster TeamWhat If I Have Questions?Please submit a ticket on the help desk if you have any questions. You can submit a ticket online (http://confluence.oa-bsa.org/display/OALMLC) or via email at support@lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org. Please do not contact a member of the LodgeMaster team directly. View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2021/04/12/168230924/DELAYED+-+OA+LodgeMaster+Inductions+Module+Update+V Mon, 12 Apr 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2021/04/05/168230918/OA+LodgeMaster+Updates+April+5+2021 OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2021/04/05/168230918/OA+LodgeMaster+Updates+April+5+2021 Mon, 05 Apr 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2021/04/02/168230927/Webinar+Recording+Now+Available+-+What+s+New+in+OA+LodgeMaster Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard Thank you for registering for our What’s New in OA LodgeMaster webinar on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. If you were able to join us live, we hope that you enjoyed the webinar and were able to learn something new and find the new updates to LodgeMaster useful. The webinar recording is now available along with the PowerPoint slides. Click here to view the webinar slides along with the slides and recordings of our previous webinars. To view the video recording click the button below. We hope everyone is staying safe and we look forward to seeing you on our next webinar. View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2021/04/02/168230927/Webinar+Recording+Now+Available+-+What+s+New+in+OA+LodgeMaster Fri, 02 Apr 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2021/03/23/168230914/OA+LodgeMaster+Inductions+Module+Update+IV Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard OA LodgeMaster Users, On Monday, March 29, 2021 the OA LodgeMaster Team will enable the final two unit based automated emails in the inductions module. The Unit - Election Recap Message and the Unit - Regular Follow-Up Message emails will begin sending on March 30, 2021 if configured by your lodge. The Unit - Election Recap Message will be sent at 8AM CST +1 day after the election approval date. The Unit - Regular Follow-Up Message will be sent at 8AM CST on the day of the month defined in the email template. If a date is not defined the email will be sent on the 1st of the month.WWW,The OA LodgeMaster TeamWhat If I Have Questions?Please submit a ticket on the help desk if you have any questions. You can submit a ticket online (http://confluence.oa-bsa.org/display/OALMLC) or via email at support@lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org. Please do not contact a member of the LodgeMaster team directly. View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2021/03/23/168230914/OA+LodgeMaster+Inductions+Module+Update+IV Tue, 23 Mar 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2021/03/08/164593679/OA+LodgeMaster+Inductions+Module+Update+III Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard OA LodgeMaster Users,Over the weekend, the OA LodgeMaster Team released an update to the LodgeMaster Lodge Client adding two additional automated emails to the Inductions Module and adding one new enhancement. The Ordeal Candidate Congratulations Letter To Parent and Congratulations Letter To Candidate emails have been enabled and are both now running. If the election results have been marked as announced the emails will be sent at 8:00 AM CST one day after the election results have been approved. If the election results are set to be announced at a future date; the emails will be sent at 8:00 AM CST on the announced date.On Monday, March 1, 2021 the LodgeMaster will automatically send the Congratulations Letter To Parent and Congratulations Letter To Candidate emails to any 2021 ordeal candidate entered prior to February 21, 2021 if the results are marked as announced. Candidates with an announcement date in the future will receive their email at 8:00 AM CST on the announcement date as described above.In addition to the new automated emails, we have added council time zone to Lodge Configuration. We have automatically populated this based on your council service center zip code. Please review the time zone we set and adjust as needed. Note: This is the time zone for your council headquarters not your local time zone. If your council spans multiple time zones or you are in a different time zone than your council headquarters this should be set to the time zone of your council office.Go to https://lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org to access the online Lodge Client, view documentation, submit support and feature requests.WWW,The OA LodgeMaster TeamWhat If I Have Questions?Please submit a ticket on the help desk if you have any questions. You can submit a ticket online (http://confluence.oa-bsa.org/display/OALMLC) or via email at support@lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org. Please do not contact a member of the LodgeMaster team directly. View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2021/03/08/164593679/OA+LodgeMaster+Inductions+Module+Update+III Mon, 08 Mar 2021 06:00:00 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2021/03/03/168230932/Join+us+on+March+31+2021+for+our+LodgeMaster+Webinar OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2021/03/03/168230932/Join+us+on+March+31+2021+for+our+LodgeMaster+Webinar Wed, 03 Mar 2021 05:00:00 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2021/01/01/157188119/OA+LodgeMaster+Inductions+Module+Update+II OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2021/01/01/157188119/OA+LodgeMaster+Inductions+Module+Update+II Fri, 01 Jan 2021 16:09:45 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/12/05/153616533/Inductions+Module+Update+-+December Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard OA LodgeMaster Users,The OA LodgeMaster Team has been working on many different projects, including beginning to enable all of the automated induction emails. Today, we are excited to announce that we have enabled the first batch automated emails within the new inductions module! Beginning today the Election Scheduling Request, Election Scheduling Reminder, Election Scheduling Confirmation, Election Preparation Message, and Election Preparation Reminder emails have been enabled.If you have scheduled either the Election Scheduling Request or Election Scheduling Reminder email to send prior to 12/6/2020 you will need to reschedule these emails to send after 12/6/2020. Previously scheduled Election Scheduling Request emails will not send if the Send On date was before 12/6/2020. Election Scheduling Reminder emails scheduled to send including 12/6/2020 and later will be sent. We strongly recommend that you reconfigure your Election Scheduling Reminder email to be sent after your Election Scheduling Request email is sent. Otherwise, it may lead to confusion with your unit leaders. If you do not wish for automated emails to be sent do not configure the Send On date.Lastly, we wanted to share with everyone an announcement we made at Momentum Spark. Due to resource limitations the development of the OA unit leader portal within Scoutbook and Internet Advancement has been delayed until 2021. The LodgeMaster Team realized that not having an electronic request portal for the 2021 election cycle would limit the ability for many lodges to use the new induction tools, so later this month we will be releasing our own request portal within OA LodgeMaster. Unit leaders will receive a link to a request portal where they will be able schedule their election electronically with their Lodge. Additionally, lodges will be able to upload candidate information. More details on the request portal will be released later this month.Go to https://lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org to access the online Lodge Client, view documentation, submit support, and feature requests. Yours in Brotherhood,The OA LodgeMaster TeamWhat If I Have Questions?  Please submit a ticket on the help desk if you have any questions. You can submit a ticket online (http://confluence.oa-bsa.org/display/OALMLC) or via email at support@lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org. Please do not contact a member of the LodgeMaster team directly.  View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/12/05/153616533/Inductions+Module+Update+-+December Sat, 05 Dec 2020 18:12:22 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/08/27/147783843/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Client+4.5.0+Now+Available Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard OA LodgeMaster Users,The OA LodgeMaster Team is excited to announce the immediate release of version 4.5.0! We have added two new features in this release - the brand-new inductions module and phase one of the member portal! We have also fixed eight bugs and made four minor improvements. This version also includes an update to the offline Lodge Client.Important notes about this release:The new inductions module is intended to be used for your upcoming 2021 election season starting this fall or winter - lodges should plan to use the module when they begin their new election season. Lodges can also use the module for any elections you have not input or are still doing for 2020, but there is not an option to import past elections or candidates into the module.The inductions module for some lodges may currently default to 2020, but if you want to setup inductions for the upcoming season starting this fall or winter, make sure to change the year on the dashboard to 2021. Once you cross the start date for your new election cycle, the year will automatically default to 2021.The emails in the communication wizard are currently not running. We will be enabling the emails over the course of the next few weeks in batches. Lodges should begin configuring the email and letter templates now so that they are ready to go when we enable the emails. Lodges should look for the ‘Is Running’ flag to determine if we have enabled each email.A new email type of ‘Lodge’ has been added and existing custom email types of ‘Lodge’ have been migrated to the new system type. The lodge email is intended to be used for a lodge provided email. The lodge email is used in the new member portal in the lodge contact form and communication templates in the new induction module.The member portal is currently intended to only be used by newly elected candidates. Lodge Administrators can invite any member to use the portal, but the current functionality is designed for use by candidates. We would recommend that the number of non-candidates invited to the portal remains minimal and just for testing. Functionality for paying dues, registering for events, viewing membership cards, etc. will be added in 2021.A new single sign-on (SSO) portal has been released to support the new member portal and future apps that use the ArrowID system. Users should update their bookmarks to https://portal.oa-bsa.org.We would encourage everyone to review our webinar from August 19, 2020, where we demo the new inductions module as well as discuss the future of the module. The webinar slides and recording can be found here.A full list of bug fixes can be found on the LodgeMaster Documentation site. Go to https://lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org to access the online Lodge Client, view documentation, submit support, and feature requests.Yours in Brotherhood,The OA LodgeMaster TeamReminder - 2019 Lodge Performance Management ProgramThe 2019 Lodge Performance Management Program (PMP) requirements and forms have been loaded into LodgeMaster. Lodges can track their year-end progress in real-time with the PMP Finish Line report.Offline Client Support PolicyBeginning on November 30, 2020, the Offline Lodge Client will transition to only being available upon request. To gain access to the Offline Lodge Client after November 30, 2020, the designated Lodge Administrators for your lodge will need to submit a request. Requests will be reviewed by the OA LodgeMaster team and access will be granted based on need. Lodge Administrators should look for an email later this week containing details on how to request offline access.Lodge Support EmailsLater this week, the designated Lodge Administrators for each lodge will receive an email with a link to update or submit a Lodge support email. A valid lodge support email is required for each lodge by September 30, 2020. Lodge support emails are included in the footer of every email sent via LodgeMaster and the new member portal along with the name(s) of your designated Lodge Administrators.Important Reminders:If you are running the offline program and have an older version (version 4.4.2 or earlier), you must upgrade to a newer version. You are no longer able to sync version 4.4.2 or earlier as of November 25, 2020. More information can be found here.We have a new public feature voting site! The new feature voting site is a community-driven effort to discover the needs of our users. The new platform will allow you, our users, to submit enhancement requests and new feature requests directly to the LodgeMaster Team. Other users will then be able to vote on issues and add comments on the features they want to see added. Go to: http://lodgemaster-features.oa-bsa.org and login with your ArrowID to get started today!What If I Have Questions?Please submit a ticket on the help desk if you have any questions. You can submit a ticket online (http://confluence.oa-bsa.org/display/OALMLC) or via email at support@lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org. Please do not contact a member of the LodgeMaster team directly. View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/08/27/147783843/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Client+4.5.0+Now+Available Fri, 28 Aug 2020 00:23:01 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/08/04/147783775/LodgeMaster+Webinar+-+Inductions+Launch+Event OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/08/04/147783775/LodgeMaster+Webinar+-+Inductions+Launch+Event Tue, 04 Aug 2020 22:55:22 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/05/24/143523914/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Client+4.4.2+Now+Available Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard OA LodgeMaster Users,The OA LodgeMaster Team is excited to announce the immediate release of version 4.4.2! We have fixed 13 bugs from the 4.4.1 release. This version also includes a new updated offline version and completes the third and final phase of our system maintenance.In version 4.4.1 we released our brand new BSA Unit Data Sync tool. In this release we have fixed several bugs in the new sync tool that will make using the tool a better experience. Users should no longer see unknown errors when running the sync and should see all units in their council as part of the export. We have also fixed an issue that prevented syncing clubs.A full list of bug fixes can be found on the LodgeMaster Documentation site. Go to https://lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org to access the online Lodge Client, view documentation, submit support and feature requests.Yours in Brotherhood,The OA LodgeMaster Team View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/05/24/143523914/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Client+4.4.2+Now+Available Mon, 25 May 2020 00:51:23 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/05/16/143523871/Complete+-+OA+LodgeMaster+Maintenance+Part+2 Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard OA LodgeMaster Users,Part 2 of the OA LodgeMaster maintenance is now complete. You can access the online lodge client by going to https://lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org and clicking the Lodge Client button. If you had a bookmark for the online Lodge Client, you will need to update the URL to https://lodgemaster-client.oa-bsa.org. The online lodge client has moved as part of our maintenance. If you use the offline lodge client, please continue reading for details on part 3 of our scheduled maintenance.Maintenance Part 3 - Offline Lodge ClientUsers of the offline lodge client must sync all local changes by 10:00 PM EDT on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. Failure to sync all local changes before 10:00 PM EDT on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 will result in a loss of data.  On Tuesday, May 19, 2020 beginning at 10:00 PM EDT the OA LodgeMaster team will complete part 3 of our maintenance. Part 3 brings improvements to the offline lodge client that will require users to download a new version of the offline lodge client. Users of the offline client will need to download and install version 4.4.2 which will be released on Wednesday, May 20, 2020. Once part 3 of our maintenance is complete and version 4.4.2 is ready to be installed, we will send an email out.Thank you for your understanding and cooperation while we work to complete our required maintenance.WWW,The OA LodgeMaster Team View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/05/16/143523871/Complete+-+OA+LodgeMaster+Maintenance+Part+2 Sun, 17 May 2020 00:23:20 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/05/11/143523852/OA+LodgeMaster+Maintenance+Scheduled Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard OA LodgeMaster will be unavailable beginning at 11:00 PM EDT on Friday, May 15, 2020 until 11:59 PM EDT on Saturday, May 16, 2020. During this time, the LodgeMaster Team will be performing part two of the infrastructure upgrades started during our previous maintenance window on May 9, 2020. Part two of the upgrade is expected to take a significant amount of time. Users should expect no access to LodgeMaster on Saturday, May 16, 2020. During the maintenance window, you will not be able to login to the LodgeMaster Online Lodge Client or perform a sync in the Offline Lodge Client. With lodge events across the country cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we are working to complete all needed maintenance before lodges begin operating events again. We hope this approach limits the impact these maintenance windows have on your day-to-day lodge management in LodgeMaster.You can follow the status of the maintenance on the OA status page at https://status.oa-bsa.org. Once the maintenance is complete, we will post an update to the status page. In the event we need to extend the maintenance window for an unforeseen reason, we will communicate the extended maintenance window on the OA status page. Users of OA LodgeMaster are advised to subscribe to status updates to be alerted of changes to scheduled maintenance and of future maintenance events. View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/05/11/143523852/OA+LodgeMaster+Maintenance+Scheduled Mon, 11 May 2020 20:02:48 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/05/05/141623572/New+Feature+BSA+Service+Hours+Sync Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard OA LodgeMaster Users,Beginning on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, LodgeMaster, in partnership with the BSA, will begin syncing service hours directly from LodgeMaster to the BSA system. The BSA will be retiring the Good Turn for America (GTFA) service hour portal and all service hours for lodges will be entered via LodgeMaster. A nightly sync process will sync service hours from LodgeMaster to the BSA system. No changes are required on the part of the lodge.Please note: All service hours for service dates in 2020 will be synced retroactively to the BSA system even if they were entered before May 6, 2020. Lodges should not send any 2020 service hours to their council for upload - all 2020 services hours entered in LodgeMaster will be automatically fed to the BSA system and be included in your council’s service hour numbers.WWW,The OA LodgeMaster Team View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/05/05/141623572/New+Feature+BSA+Service+Hours+Sync Tue, 05 May 2020 18:02:45 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/04/30/141623547/New+Feature+-+BSA+Unit+Data+Sync+Now+Available Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard The OA LodgeMaster Team is excited the announce the release of our latest new feature – BSA Unit Data Sync!  This new feature released in Lodge Client version 4.4.1 enables lodges to sync unit data from the BSA system to your OA LodgeMaster lodge database. BSA Unit Data Sync will update unit designations, charter organization information, and the contact information for the unit Scoutmaster and Committee Chairman. The new sync tool is now enabled for all lodge’s and ready to use! Before using the new sync tool, we strongly recommend reviewing the documentation and watching the webinar recording where we demo the new tool. Running the tool without viewing the documentation could result in unintended data loss and data changes. Links to the documentation as well as the webinar recording are below. If you have questions please email: support@lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org.Yours in Brotherhood,The OA LodgeMaster Team View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/04/30/141623547/New+Feature+-+BSA+Unit+Data+Sync+Now+Available Thu, 30 Apr 2020 21:57:48 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/04/30/141623529/Webinar+Recording+Now+Available+-+New+BSA+Sync+Capabilities+in+LodgeMaster Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard Thank you for joining us for our LodgeMaster Webinar – New BSA Sync Capabilities in LodgeMaster. We hope that you enjoyed the webinar and find the new Unit Data Sync tools useful. The webinar recording is now available along with the PowerPoint slides. Click here to view the webinar slides along with the slides and recordings of our previous webinars. To view the video recording click the button below. We look forward seeing everyone this summer at NOAC. View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/04/30/141623529/Webinar+Recording+Now+Available+-+New+BSA+Sync+Capabilities+in+LodgeMaster Thu, 30 Apr 2020 21:47:17 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/04/23/141623346/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Upcoming+Webinar+and+Client+4.4.1+Released Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard OA LodgeMaster Users,The OA LodgeMaster Team is excited to announce the immediate release of version 4.4.1! We have fixed 10 bugs from the 4.4.0 release. Notable bug fixes include improvements to split transactions in the Finance Module, a couple bugs in the member editor UI, Unit of Excellence report improvements, and a couple updates to the offline client.Coming Soon – BSA ScoutNET sync tools! We have added the ability to sync unit data directly from ScoutNET to your LodgeMaster lodge database! These new tools will be released next week after a webinar on Wednesday, April 29th. Due to the potential impact on your database we will not be enabling these tools until after our webinar. We felt it was important to provide training and have documentation available before turning these tools on. Webinar details can be found below.These are just a few of the highlights from our release. A full list of improvements can be found on the LodgeMaster Documentation site with the link below. Go to https://lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org to access the online Lodge Client, view documentation, submit support and feature requests.Yours in Brotherhood,The OA LodgeMaster TeamThe OA LodgeMaster Team is excited to announce our next webinar - New BSA Unit Sync Capabilities! The webinar will be held on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at 9 PM EDT/6 PM PDT. As mentioned in the 4.4.1 release notes, we have added new BSA ScoutNET sync tools! These new tools will allow Lodge Administrators to sync unit data directly from the BSA membership management system to OA LodgeMaster. Join us on Wednesday for a deep dive into the new tools and learn how to use these new tools. We strongly recommend all Lodge Administrators attend the webinar or watch the recording prior to using the tools. The webinar will be recorded and published online 12-24 hours after the conclusion of the webinar. Click the button below to register via Zoom. Once you complete your registration, you will receive an email confirmation with a link to join. Please note that preregistration via Zoom is required. We hope to see everyone next Wednesday! View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/04/23/141623346/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Upcoming+Webinar+and+Client+4.4.1+Released Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:59:41 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/04/02/138248415/NOAC+2020+Staff+Hackathon+and+LodgeMaster+Training Technology as your committee preference. The OA LodgeMaster Team is excited to announce an exciting opportunity at the National Order of the Arrow Conference, Hackathon at NOAC! The Hackathon at NOAC will be a two-day high energy opportunity for Arrowmen to focus on current and emerging technology in the Order of the Arrow. Beginning Thursday Hackathon participants will be exposed to training from industry experts, participate in hands-on labs, and the traditional “Hackathon” competition. Arrowmen interested in the Hackathon should register beginning on April1st for the activity in NOAERS. Hackathon participants will need to provide their own laptop and should have some level of technology experience prior to attending. There is no additional cost to participate in the Hackathon. For more information and to sign up for this first ever Hackathon at NOAC click the link below!The LodgeMaster Team will once again be offering training sessions at NOAC! Our first training session will be designed for our new users covering the basics of LodgeMaster. This class will be offered twice as a 60-minute session.  The second class, offered once as a 3-hour session, will focus on the new digital induction tools and the future of the LodgeMaster Project.  The 2nd class will be geared towards our advanced users and those more heavily involved in LodgeMaster Management as well as the Lodge Key-3. Registration for both classes will be handled through NOAERS opening April 1st! Training dates and times will be available in NOAERS closer to the conference. Reply to this email with questions. We hope to see you all there! LodgeMaster – In-Depth Basics For Managing Your LodgeJoin us for an introduction and in-depth tour of everything LodgeMaster has to offer for a lodge. New users and those not super comfortable with the program should definitely attend. We’ll walk through some basics, then show how to manage members, create and manage events, and more.LodgeMaster – New Inductions Tools & Future Member PortalAll LodgeMaster users are invited to join us as we unveil the new digital inductions tools available through LodgeMaster to all lodges. We’ll talk about unit election and visit management, the new unit leader portal, and the new candidate portal. We’ll also talk about our future plans for the rest of 2020 and into 2021, including a new portal for all members to manage their information and make payments. There will also be plenty of time for questions and to discuss ideas with the team at the end. View Online]]> OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/04/02/138248415/NOAC+2020+Staff+Hackathon+and+LodgeMaster+Training Thu, 02 Apr 2020 21:24:23 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/01/16/135823447/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Client+4.4.0+Released Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard OA LodgeMaster Users,The OA LodgeMaster Team is excited to announce the immediate release of version 4.4.0! We fixed 12 bugs and made 6 improvements. In addition to the noticeable bug fixes and improvements, we’ve begun work on the new inductions tools which are scheduled to be released this year at NOAC.A few important things to note about the 4.4.0 update:We’ve added the ability to upload a lodge logo and your lodge secretary signature in lodge configuration. The lodge logo will be used in the the future on some reports and letters. The secretary signature will be used in the future on membership cards to replace the current text signature. You can begin uploading these today but the logos wont be used until a future release.We’ve added permissions for the new inductions tools under user permissions. We’ve added these permissions now and they can be assigned to users, but they will not be used until the induction tools are released later this year.We’ve added fields for registration links for events which will be used in the future. We’ve also adjusted the event flags to remove unused ones and add a new LLD flag.We have rebuilt the unit communications section in the unit editor to simply use – there are now pre-defined communication types and forms on contact, plus we have added a new notes field. All previous data was migrated to the new fields.These are just a few of the highlights from our release. A full list of improvements can be found on the LodgeMaster Documentation site.Go to https://lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org to access the online Lodge Client, view documentation, submit support and feature requests.Yours in Brotherhood,The OA LodgeMaster Team View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/01/16/135823447/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Client+4.4.0+Released Thu, 16 Jan 2020 21:27:27 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/01/08/135823402/Scheduled+Maintenance+-+Wednesday+January+15+2020+1PM+EST Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard On Wednesday, January 15, 2020 the OA LodgeMaster team will be updating both the online and offline Lodge Client to version 4.4. Users should expect downtime on Wednesday afternoon while we perform the upgrade. The upgrade to 4.4 will begin at 1:00 PM EST and last approximately 5 hours. In version 4.4 we have made database changes that require you to re-download the offline database. Please read the Offline Client Update Instructions below if you use the offline Lodge Client. You can check the status of the update on the OA status page at https://status.oa-bsa.org. Once the upgrade is complete, we will post an update to the status page. Offline Client Update InstructionsOffline Lodge Client users will need to sync before running the offline 4.4 installer. You will receive a warning message in the installer reminding you to sync before installing, this is very important, and you should make sure you have synced any changes before upgrading. Once you install and run version 4.4 your local database will be cleared and then updated with the new database structure and your lodge data will be downloaded again. Please let all your users know this important note. Failure to perform a sync prior to updating to 4.4 will result in the loss of data. The LodgeMaster team is unable to recover lost data.  View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2020/01/08/135823402/Scheduled+Maintenance+-+Wednesday+January+15+2020+1PM+EST Wed, 08 Jan 2020 20:39:56 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2019/10/16/132317262/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Client+4.3.1+Released Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard OA LodgeMaster Users,The OA LodgeMaster Team is excited to announce the immediate release of version 4.3.1! We fixed 27 bugs and made 9 improvements. In version 4.3.1 we focused on making the user experience better. We made many behind the scenes improvements to email, fixed several bugs within finance, and made improvements to user account management.We’ve added an improved grid to the email module display email statistics. Lodge Admins can now view detailed delivery information including unique opens, click rates, and search by delivered address for sent emails. Other enhancements include new alerts when a message is approved/rejected, improved email scheduling, and sent email grid sorting. We’ve also fixed an issue that prevented Lodge Admins from reactivating user accounts.These are just a few of the highlights from our release. A full list of improvements can be found by clicking the button below.Go to https://lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org to access the online Lodge Client, view documentation, submit support and feature requests.Yours in Brotherhood,The OA LodgeMaster Team View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2019/10/16/132317262/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Client+4.3.1+Released Wed, 16 Oct 2019 23:09:13 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2019/10/16/132317258/Upcoming+LodgeMaster+Webinar+-+Register+Today Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard The LodgeMaster Team is excited to announce our next webinar in the LodgeMaster 4 series! Our upcoming webinar, Finance Version 4 – An In-Depth Look, will be held on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at 9 PM EDT/6 PM PDT. We will spend 45 minutes covering the new Finance Module released in version 4.3.0. At the end of the webinar we will take questions for a 5 to 10-minute question and answer session. The recorded webinar will be published approximately 24-hours after its conclusion.For more information an to register click the button below. We hope to see everyone on October 16th.Finance Version 4 – An In-Depth LookWednesday, October 16, 20199PM Eastern | 6PM Pacific  View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2019/10/16/132317258/Upcoming+LodgeMaster+Webinar+-+Register+Today Wed, 16 Oct 2019 23:07:18 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2019/08/26/130187267/Upcoming+LodgeMaster+Webinar Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard The LodgeMaster Team is excited to announce our next webinar in the LodgeMaster 4 series! Our next webinar, What’s New in LodgeMaster 4.3.0, will be held on Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 9 PM EDT/6 PM PDT. We will spend 30 minutes talking about the 26 bug fixes, 14 improvements, and 8 new features in 4.3.0. At the end of the webinar we will take questions for a question and answer session. The webinar will be recorded and published online in the event you are unable to attend live. Click the button below to register. Once you complete your registration, you will receive an email confirmation with a link to join. We hope to see everyone on September 3rd!What’s New in LodgeMaster 4.3.0Tuesday, September 3, 20199 PM Eastern | 6 PM Pacific View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2019/08/26/130187267/Upcoming+LodgeMaster+Webinar Tue, 27 Aug 2019 00:38:49 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2019/08/07/126287959/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Client+4.3.0+Released Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard OA LodgeMaster Users,The OA LodgeMaster Team is excited to announce the immediate release of version 4.3.0! We fixed 26 bugs, made 14 improvements, and added 8 new features! We are very excited to announce the release of the final LodgeMaster 4 module - finance! As of version 4.3.0 we have completely retired the legacy version 3 Silverlight client. Other notable new features include the new Performance Management Program wizard and reports, new non-member capabilities, controls to manage your lodge structure, new event and unit non-member functionality, and the ability to merge address and contact types.Important notes about the release:The finance module has been migrated to the new LodgeMaster version 4 platform. Users will no longer need to use version 3 to access the Finance Module. Version 4 of the finance module includes updated and simplified screens, mobile optimization, and an easier to learn format.The replacement for Journey to Excellence (JTE), Performance Management Program (PMP), has been released. The new PMP program was announced as the replacement to JTE in June by the National Order of the Arrow Committee. Click here to read more about the change.The Brotherhood waiting period has changed from 10 months to 6 months. All wizards and reports have been updated in the Lodge Client to reflect this change. The change was announced in June by the National Order of the Arrow Committee. Click here to read more about the change.We’ve added a new tool to keep your lodge Key-3 data up-to-date. You will now be get a reminder in the Lodge Client every 3 months to update your Key-3 data. You can also run the tool from the Tools menu in the Members Module. The National Office uses this data for communication with lodges so it’s important to keep this information up to date for your lodge.We’ve made several major changes to the Lodge Structure making it easier to manage overall:We’ve added the ability for lodges to merge areas into other areas. This will allow you to do your own chapter mergers. Merging two chapters is irreversible and changes a lot of lodge data at once. Because of this we’ve added a double confirmation message when merging areas. Use caution when merging records.You can now delete chapters and areas from the Lodge Structure when there are no references to them. This will allow you to delete chapters that are created by mistake during an import or remove areas that are no longer needed. This action is irreversible and cannot be undone.Chapters, areas, committees, and positions within can now be reordered to represent the correct hierarchy of areas and positions in the lodge.We’ve added the ability to merge all contact types. You can now merge types of mailing addresses, emails, and phone numbers. This will allow you to remove old entries and combine types. If the merge function is unable to merge an entry you will get an error with what couldn’t be merged and you can manually update those records. This action is irreversible and cannot be undone. Use caution when merging records.Related to contact types we’ve added ‘Parent’ as a built-in system contact type for both email phone. The new field can be imported, added to the member and event grids and the new field is now a searchable field in the grid. You can also email the new type in events. If you had an existing contact type called ‘Parent’ we’ve merged that into the new system field. If you have a parent/guardian field called something else, you can use the new contact type merge to merge the field into the new system ‘Parent’ field.We’ve completely redesigned how non-members are added and managed. You can now add non-members directly to events and as unit contacts. You no longer need to first add them in the Members Module as a non-member. The old non-member flag and screen will be deprecated and removed in the future – we will announce a timeline in the future.We’ve added duplicate checking when adding and importing new members. The system will now prevent the creation of duplicate BSA IDs. If no BSA ID is input / imported, the program remains unchanged. If an BSA is input / imported, the system now checks if that ID exists already and gives and error and prevents you from adding the duplicate.Administrators can now delete user invites that have not been claimed. This will allow you to clean up your invited user list. We’ve also changed how permissions are assigned. You can no longer add a chapter level permission if the user has the same permission at the lodge level as it is redundant.Go to https://lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org/ to access the online system, and if needed, download the offline version. As always, if you have questions or problems, please submit a request online (http://docs.oa-bsa.org/display/OALMLC).Yours in Brotherhood,The OA LodgeMaster Team View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2019/08/07/126287959/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Client+4.3.0+Released Thu, 08 Aug 2019 02:27:18 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2019/07/31/126287929/Upcoming+LodgeMaster+4.3+Release Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard OA LodgeMaster Users,On Wednesday, August 7, 2019 the OA LodgeMaster team will be updating both the online and offline Lodge Client to version 4.3. Users should expect downtime on Wednesday afternoon while we perform the upgrade. The upgrade to 4.3 will begin at 12:00 PM EDT and last approximately 5 hours. In version 4.3 we have made database changes that require you to re-download the offline database. Please read the Offline Client Update Instructions below if you use the offline Lodge Client. Offline Client Update InstructionsOffline Lodge Client users will need to sync before running the offline 4.3 installer. You will receive a warning message in the installer reminding you to sync before installing, this is very important, and you should make sure you have synced any changes before upgrading. Once you install and run version 4.3 your local database will be cleared and then update with the new database structure and your lodge data will be downloaded again. Please let all of your users know this important note. Failure to perform a sync prior to updating to 4.3 will result in the loss of data. The LodgeMaster team is unable to recover lost data.Thank you,The OA LodgeMaster Team View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2019/07/31/126287929/Upcoming+LodgeMaster+4.3+Release Thu, 01 Aug 2019 02:12:30 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2019/04/25/123731984/LodgeMaster+Webinar+New+Public+Feature+Voting Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard OA LodgeMaster Users, The OA LodgeMaster Team is excited to announce the immediate release of our new public feature voting site! The new feature voting site is a community driven effort to discover the needs of our users. The new platform will allow you, our users, to submit enhancement requests and new feature requests directly to the LodgeMaster Team. Other users will then be able to vote on issues and add comments on the features they want to see added. Go to: http://lodgemaster-features.oa-bsa.org and login with your ArrowID to get started today! LodgeMaster WebinarThe LodgeMaster Team is excited the announce our fourth LodgeMaster 4 webinar! Our fourth webinar will be held on Monday, May 13, 2019 at 8:30 PM EST/5:30 PM PST. This webinar will cover new user basics. We will spend 30 minutes covering importing members, creating events, importing event attendees, and using the graduation wizards in the events module. We will spend the last 30 minutes of the webinar answering user submitted questions. We encourage everyone to join us for our fourth webinar, especially those who are new to LodgeMaster or using LodgeMaster for ordeals! Click the button below to register. Once you complete your registration, you will receive an email confirmation with a link to join. We hope to see everyone on May 13th! LodgeMaster 4 Webinar 4 – New User BasicsMonday, May 13, 20198:30PM Eastern | 5:30PM PacificREGISTER HEREYours in Brotherhood,The OA LodgeMaster Team View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2019/04/25/123731984/LodgeMaster+Webinar+New+Public+Feature+Voting Thu, 25 Apr 2019 21:26:34 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2019/01/31/118652939/FIXED+-+Automatic+BSA+Membership+Verification+Bug Blog post added by Chadd Blanchard OA LodgeMaster Users,The Order of the Arrow LodgeMaster along with the BSA have fixed the bug discovered in the Automatic BSA Verification released in version 4.2.0. Overnight the LodgeMaster team published a new version of the online client that fixes the bug. For more information on how the new BSA Verification works refer to the Lodge Client 4.2.0 release notes.Thank you for your patience while we worked to get this issue fixed. As always, if you have questions or need assistance please submit a ticket online or send an email to: support@lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org.Thank you,The LodgeMaster Team  View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2019/01/31/118652939/FIXED+-+Automatic+BSA+Membership+Verification+Bug Thu, 31 Jan 2019 23:06:05 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2019/01/03/116261128/Automatic+BSA+Membership+Verification+Change Blog post added by Chadd Blanchard OA LodgeMaster Users,On Tuesday, January 2, 2019 the LodgeMaster team was made aware of a possible issue with the new automatic BSA Verification released in version 4.2.0 of the Lodge Client. After extensive testing, the LodgeMaster team has identified an issue with one part the BSA Verification process. Beginning at midnight on January 1, 2019 the BSA Registration Status began showing as Not Active for almost all members. This is due to a everyone’s registration expiring in the BSA’s systems upon entering a new calendar year and a glitch in the API that is not sending us the expired registrations. Until unit and council charters are processed, BSA Registration Status will come back as not active. When running the BSA Verification process, verification of BSA ID, Gender, and Date of Birth will still work correctly, and YPT statuses and dates will be updated. The LodgeMaster team has been in contact with the BSA API team to resolve the issue as soon as possible and get the additional data we need to correctly show if a member has an active registration. As soon as we have the issue fixed, we will let everyone know.Thank you for your patience while we work through this issue with the new BSA API integration. We are working to have this issue resolved as soon possible.Thank you,OA LodgeMaster LeadershipChadd, Mike, Rob View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2019/01/03/116261128/Automatic+BSA+Membership+Verification+Change Thu, 03 Jan 2019 22:22:20 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2018/12/28/116261076/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Client+4.2.0 OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2018/12/28/116261076/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Client+4.2.0 Fri, 28 Dec 2018 22:38:29 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2018/11/16/116260975/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Client+4.1.2+Released OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2018/11/16/116260975/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Client+4.1.2+Released Fri, 16 Nov 2018 22:23:09 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2018/10/05/114458706/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Client+4.1.0+and+4.1.1+Released OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2018/10/05/114458706/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Client+4.1.0+and+4.1.1+Released Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:39:24 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2018/10/05/114458704/LodgeMaster+4.1+Release+Webinar OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2018/10/05/114458704/LodgeMaster+4.1+Release+Webinar Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:38:32 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2018/05/04/105611842/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Client+4.0.2+Released OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2018/05/04/105611842/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Client+4.0.2+Released Fri, 04 May 2018 20:23:02 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2018/05/04/105611831/Upcoming+LodgeMaster+Webinar Blog post added by Chadd Blanchard LodgeMaster Users, The LodgeMaster Team is excited to announce our first LodgeMaster 4 webinar! Our first webinar will be held on Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 9PM ET/6PM PT. This will be the first of several upcoming webinars we plan to hold. This first webinar will cover the major changes we made in LodgeMaster 4. We will also be addressing some of the most common questions we receive. We encourage everyone to join us for our inaugural LodgeMaster 4 webinar! It’s easy to join! Just click the link below on May 17th at 9PM Eastern, 6PM Pacific. Make sure to invite your friends too!  LodgeMaster 4 Webinar 1 Thursday, May 17, 2018 9PM Eastern | 6PM Pacific Join Webinar Yours in Brotherhood, The OA LodgeMaster Team, Chadd Blanchard, Project Lead Michael Card, Project Adviser Robert Anstett, Development Lead Mike Gaffney, Support Lead View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2018/05/04/105611831/Upcoming+LodgeMaster+Webinar Fri, 04 May 2018 15:45:26 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2018/04/17/105611389/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Client+4.0.0+Released Blog post added by Chadd Blanchard OA LodgeMaster Users,The OA LodgeMaster team is very excited to announce the immediate release of Version 4! The system has been completely rewritten from the ground up. The LodgeMaster team has spent the last three years developing this version which has incorporated more than 100 user requested enhancements - over 1/3 of all open user enhancement requests! The enhancements include making the application faster and compatible with any modern browser including mobile phones, making managing your lodge structure easier and giving you more granular permissions over users, and allowing searching, accessing, and reporting on your data simpler in members, events, and units.Removing the need for Silverlight has allowed us to build the new lodge client with mobile functionality in mind. This allows you to use LodgeMaster anytime, anywhere, from your smartphone or tablet. Another new feature in the next version of LodgeMaster is single sign-on with ArrowID. Users will no longer need to maintain separate user accounts for LodgeMaster, NOAERS, and other Order of the Arrow systems.When accessing the system for the first time, users will need to link their old OALM 3 account to their ArrowID. Directions on how to do this can be found here. You will only need to do this once. If you do not have an ArrowID you can create one here.You can access the new Lodge Client by going to https://lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org. While there is an offline client available in LodgeMaster 4, we strongly encourage users to use the online Lodge Client when possible. We have developed the offline client for use at events where you do not have internet access.  If your Lodge Master account has offline access you can use your ArrowID username and password to login offline. If you currently have the old offline client installed, you must uninstall the old Lodge Client before installing the new Lodge Client. Directions for uninstalling can be found here.A couple important notes on offline: first, all user management task must be done in the online client. This includes inviting users, editing permissions, and deactivating user account. Email management has also been moved to the online client only - composing, editing, and approval must be done in the online Lodge Client.If you are trying to login, and are having problems, please contact your lodge administrator. The LodgeMaster team cannot create accounts or reset passwords for users. We can only create and or reset passwords for the one or two official lodge administrators. If you are unsure who your lodge administrator is, check with your lodge adviser or council Scout Executive. If you are a lodge administrator, and need help logging in, or managing lodge users accounts, please submit a ticket. And we will get back to you as soon as possible.We know that there will be a lot of questions as you begin to use the new Lodge Client due to the large number of changes. To help address these questions, we will be scheduling a series of webinars in the next couple weeks. The webinars will guide you through using the new client and address the most common questions we receive. We will then schedule regular webinars to answer questions and help users to better understand the functionality of the Lodge Client.Our development team has worked hard to eliminate as many bugs as possible in the next version of the Lodge Client. As you use the new system you may find bugs that were missed by our development team and beta test group. We ask that you submit this through the LodgeMaster Support Center. As bugs come in, we will work to fix them as quickly as possible. We will be pushing regular updates to the online Lodge Client fixing the bugs that have been found. Updates to the offline Lodge Client will be published less frequently and announced to the mailing list.The Finance and Inventory modules will be available in the coming months but until then you can access them on the old platform which will be available later this week. The LodgeMaster team will continue to support any lodge who uses these modules.As always, if you have questions or problems, please check out the new version 4.0 documentation or submit a request online (https://docs.oa-bsa.org/display/OALMLC). Our support team will work through submitted tickets as quickly as possible.We are extremely excited for the next version of the Lodge Client! The LodgeMaster team is made up entirely of volunteers, donating their time to the project. We would like to thank everyone for their support of the project and the development of the next version of LodgeMaster.Yours in Brotherhood,The OA LodgeMaster TeamChadd Blanchard, Project LeadMichael Card, Project AdviserRobert Anstett, Development LeadMike Gaffney, Support Lead View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2018/04/17/105611389/OA+LodgeMaster+Lodge+Client+4.0.0+Released Tue, 17 Apr 2018 06:55:23 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2018/04/16/105611317/LodgeMaster+4+Status+Update Blog post added by Chadd Blanchard OA LodgeMaster Users,We wanted to provide everyone with a quick status update on the LodgeMaster 4 upgrade. We have successfully migrated all lodge databases to LodgeMaster 4. We are working on fixing a few final bugs that were discovered during our testing this weekend. Once we get these final bugs fixed, we will push out the final release of LodgeMaster 4.0.0. We expect all systems to be back up and operational by tomorrow evening. We will send out a final message once everything is up and running again. Thanks,The LodgeMaster TeamChadd, Mike, Rob, Mike View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2018/04/16/105611317/LodgeMaster+4+Status+Update Mon, 16 Apr 2018 04:11:54 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2018/04/12/105611272/Final+Reminder+-+LodgeMaster+4+Release+Information Blog post added by Chadd Blanchard OA LodgeMaster Users,This is a final reminder of the LodgeMaster 4 upgrade scheduled for Friday, April 13, 2018 – Sunday, April 15, 2018. During this time all LodgeMaster services will be unavailable while we complete the upgrade to LodgeMaster 4. Please review the release notes and FAQ below prior to Friday, April 13, 2018. Important Release Notes: The entire OA LodgeMaster system will be unavailable Friday, April 13, 2018 – Sunday, April 15, 2018 while the LodgeMaster team performs the system upgrades.All offline data MUST be synchronized with the OA LodgeMaster server by Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 11:59pm eastern. Any data not synchronized by the 12th will not be available after the OA LodgeMaster release. Your old offline database WILL NOT be compatible with the new version of OA LodgeMaster. Any changes after the 12th at 11:59pm eastern that are made in the old program will need to be manually re-done in the new system.OA LodgeMaster 4 will be available on Monday, April 16, 2018. OA LodgeMaster should be considered offline and unavailable until Monday morning. Users with the offline client will need to uninstall the OA LodgeMaster Lodge Client 3.3.11 before installing the 4.0.0 Lodge Client. During the upgrade window, status updates will be posted to the OA Status Page. The status page is located at status.oa-bsa.org.FAQ: Q: Will all our data still be in LodgeMaster after the update? A: Yes, all your lodge data will be in LodgeMaster after the upgrade. Q: What if we have a lodge event on the weekend of the upgrade? A: We recommend that prior to Thursday, April 12, 2018 you export your current membership into an Excel sheet. Work from the Excel during your event. And then upload any dues payments or event registrations after the update. Please contact us other with questions if you have an event during next weekend.Q: I don’t have an ArrowID. Where can I create one? A: Go to id.oa-bsa.org and click Create an account. Q: I don’t remember my LodgeMaster 3 account information. What should I do? A: Contact your LodgeMaster Lodge Administrator and ask them to reset your LodgeMaster account password. Q: Will there be an offline client in the next version of LodgeMaster? A: Yes, there will be an offline client in LodgeMaster. You will be able to download the offline client from within the online lodge client. Important ReferencesLodgeMaster Web Site - https://lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org/LodgeMaster Status Page - https://status.oa-bsa.org/ LodgeMaster Support Center - https://docs.oa-bsa.org/display/OALMLC Previous Release Email – 1. https://docs.oa-bsa.org/x/B4MwBg 2. https://docs.oa-bsa.org/x/QoMwBgWe are less than three days from the next major release of the Order of the Arrow LodgeMaster system. The LodgeMaster is excited for the first release of LodgeMaster 4! Years of development and months of beta testing are coming to close. And it’s almost time for all that work to be showed off. While this is our last update reminder email, expect several more emails from us during and after the release highlighting the over 100 user requested enhancements and bug fixes. We’ll also be announcing several new tools coming to the LodgeMaster support center, including a new email announcement platform and brand-new feature request system.  If you have any questions, please feel free to reply to this email. Yours in Brotherhood,The OA LodgeMaster TeamChadd Blanchard, Project LeadMichael Card, Project Adviser Robert Anstett, Development LeadMike Gaffney, Support Lead View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2018/04/12/105611272/Final+Reminder+-+LodgeMaster+4+Release+Information Thu, 12 Apr 2018 12:59:20 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2018/04/07/103842626/Reminder+-+LodgeMaster+4+Release+Information Blog post added by Chadd Blanchard OA LodgeMaster Users,This is a reminder of the LodgeMaster 4 upgrade scheduled for Friday, April 13, 2018 – Sunday, April 15, 2018. During this time all LodgeMaster services will be unavailable while we complete the upgrade to LodgeMaster 4. Please review the release notes below prior to Friday, April 13, 2018. We have received many questions regarding the update weekend. We have done our best to respond to each email. But due to the volume of email, we may have missed your email. To better answer your questions, we have answered the most common questions below. If you still have questions about the upgrade, please reply to this email. Important Release Notes: - The entire OA LodgeMaster system will be unavailable Friday, April 13, 2018 – Sunday, April 15, 2018 while the LodgeMaster team performs the system upgrades.- All offline data MUST be synchronized with the OA LodgeMaster server by Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 11:59pm eastern. Any data not synchronized by the 12th will not be available after the OA LodgeMaster release. Your old offline database WILL NOT be compatible with the new version of OA LodgeMaster. Any changes after the 12th at 11:59pm eastern that are made in the old program will need to be manually re-done in the new system.- OA LodgeMaster 4 will be available on Monday, April 16, 2018. OA LodgeMaster should be considered offline and unavailable until Monday morning. - Users with the offline client will need to uninstall the OA LodgeMaster Lodge Client 3.3.11 before installing the 4.0.0 Lodge Client. - During the upgrade window, status updates will be posted to the OA Status Page. The status page is located at status.oa-bsa.org. FAQ: Q: Will all our data still be in LodgeMaster after the update? A: Yes, all of your lodge data will be in LodgeMaster after the upgrade. Q: What if we have a lodge event on the weekend of the upgrade? A: We recommend that prior to Thursday, April 12, 2018 you export your current membership into an Excel sheet. Work from the Excel during your event. And then upload any dues payments or event registrations after the update. Please contact us other with questions if you have an event during next weekend.Q: I don’t have an ArrowID. Where can I create one? A: Go to id.oa-bsa.org and click Create an account. Q: I don’t remember my LodgeMaster 3 account information. What should I do? A: Contact your LodgeMaster Lodge Administrator and ask them to reset your LodgeMaster account password. Q: Will there be an offline client in the next version of LodgeMaster? A: Yes, there will be an offline client in LodgeMaster. You will be able to download the offline client from within the online lodge client. We are just under a week away from the next major release of LodgeMaster. We can’t wait to show you the future of LodgeMaster. Over the next week, expect several update reminder emails from the LodgeMaster team. Yours in Brotherhood,The OA LodgeMaster TeamChadd Blanchard, Project LeadMichael Card, Project Adviser Robert Anstett, Development LeadMike Gaffney, Support Lead View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2018/04/07/103842626/Reminder+-+LodgeMaster+4+Release+Information Sun, 08 Apr 2018 01:44:38 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2018/04/01/103842567/LodgeMaster+4+Release+Information Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard Dear OA LodgeMaster Users,It’s finally the time we all have been waiting for - the next version of OA LodgeMaster is nearly ready for general release! Thank you to everyone who has waited patiently as we’ve developed the next great version of OA LodgeMaster and thanks to the users who have helped us test the new system over the past two months.After nearly three years in development, and nearly two months in beta testing, we are almost ready to release the next version of the Order of the Arrow LodgeMaster system. We have worked hard to ensure the new version is built to provide a robust and easy to use platform. We also took the time to incorporate more than 100 user requested enhancements to make the platform easier to use.The new LodgeMaster client has been completely rewritten from the ground up. It completely removes the need for Silverlight - instead the new version is completely web-based and runs in any modern web browser, including mobile phones and tablets. While the functionality is like the current version, the look of the OA LodgeMaster client has been modernized - content dynamically scales to fit any size screen. The new Lodge Client will be new yet familiar to all users. OA LodgeMaster also now leverages the new ArrowID single sign-on system - you will be able to sign into LodgeMaster with you existing ArrowID account. Users will connect their ArrowID to their old account by signing in with the old username and password once, from then on you’ll just need your ArrowID. New users will be invited by email instead of creating a username and password for them.We’ll have many more details on the enhancements we’ve made to the client with the final release and starting at the beginning of May we’ll begin hosting a series of webinars on the new version. We’ll also be hosting a series of trainings at NOAC this summer.Important Release Notes:The entire OA LodgeMaster system will be unavailable Friday, April 13, 2018 – Sunday, April 15, 2018 while the LodgeMaster team performs the system upgrades.All offline data MUST be synchronized with the OA LodgeMaster server by Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 11:59pm eastern. Any data not synchronized by the 12th will not be available after the OA LodgeMaster release. Your old offline database WILL NOT be compatible with the new version of OA LodgeMaster. Any changes after the 12th at 11:59pm eastern that are made in the old program will need to be manually re-done in the new system.OA LodgeMaster 4 will be available on Monday, April 16, 2018. OA LodgeMaster should be considered offline and unavailable until Monday morning.Users with the offline client will need to uninstall the OA LodgeMaster Lodge Client 3.3.11 before installing the 4.0.0 Lodge Client.During the upgrade window, status updates will be posted to the OA Status Page. The status page is located at status.oa-bsa.org.Due to the size of the project, a few of the modules have not be moved into the new OA LodgeMaster Client. The finance and inventory modules will remain on the Silverlight platform for a short time more. We expect to release the inventory module along with the 2018 charter and JTE forms around a month after the initial release. We will continue to support any Lodge that uses the finance or inventory modules until we move them over to the LodgeMaster 4 platform.We are excited for this major release of OA LodgeMaster. We have spent the past 3 years building and creating a new platform for the Order of the Arrow’s membership and event management. We are thrilled to be able to offer this program, free of charge, to Lodge’s across the country. Over the next two weeks, expect more email reminders and look for updates to be posted to status.oa-bsa.org.Yours in Brotherhood,The OA LodgeMaster TeamChadd Blanchard, Project LeadMichael Card, Project AdviserRobert Anstett, Development LeadMike Gaffney, Support Lead View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2018/04/01/103842567/LodgeMaster+4+Release+Information Sun, 01 Apr 2018 05:27:50 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2017/10/04/85819655/macOS+High+Sierra+LodgeMaster+Compatibility Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard On September 25, 2017 Apple released macOS High Sierra (macOS 10.13) it's latest version of their Mac operating system. The LodgeMaster team was made aware of an issue exporting data from LodgeMaster earlier this week and began investigating the issue. The LodgeMaster team has confirmed an issue with Silverlight and the new macOS 10.13 operating system. LodgeMaster users who update to the latest version of macOS will no longer be able to export data from LodgeMaster using Safari. The Silverlight issues only impacts the Apple Safari browser. Mac users who have updated to 10.13 can download Firefox ESR 52.40 and continue to use LodgeMaster. LodgeMaster users who have not updated to 10.13 are encourage not to update if they want to continue to use Safari. Mac users can download Firefox ESR 52 here.The LodgeMaster team is actively working on the next version of LodgeMaster, LodgeMaster 4. LodgeMaster 4 is built on new technology and does not use Silverlight. The LodgeMaster team is working to finish development of the last module and begin the beta testing process very soon. Stay tuned for more information on LodgeMaster 4 in our next development update. Yours in Brotherhood, The OA LodgeMaster TeamChadd Blanchard, Project Lead Mike Card, Project AdviserRob Anstett, Development Lead View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2017/10/04/85819655/macOS+High+Sierra+LodgeMaster+Compatibility Thu, 05 Oct 2017 03:01:10 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2017/07/26/77889566/LodgeMaster+4+-+Development+Update+3 Blog post edited by Mike Card 7/26/2017LodgeMaster Users,Today we would like to introduce new features that will be released in the User Manager of LodgeMaster 4. These features include permission based on the lodge's structure, use of a single sign on system, sending user invitations, deactivating and reactivating a user.  All of these features will improve security, ease the administration of LodgeMaster users, and allow more granular permissions. To improve security the Order of the Arrow will be transitioning to a single sign on (SSO) system. The SSO will allow for a user to sign up on their own and self manage their password. We will provide more details about the SSO as we approach the release date. The new User Manager grid is similar, we've kept all of the fields that are in the current version including Name, Username, Offline Access, Youth/Adult, Chapter, and Last Login. The first new item you'll notice is the Invitation section of the grid. This will show if a user has claimed their invitation, it will also show what email address the invitation was sent to and when it will expire (14 days from the day it was sent). Another change to the grid is the Username column now is titled Offline Username. The Offline Username and the user's password will be populated by the SSO system automatically. When a user is given offline access, LodgeMaster will retrieve their credentials from the SSO system, they will then be kept in sync over time. You no longer need to manage usernames and passwords for your lodge's instance of LodgeMaster. The InvitationTo invite a user you will need just 3 pieces of information. The member to tie the user to, the email address to send the invitation to (this will be populated automatically with the member's primary email address), and whether or not they have offline access. Once you click save an email will be sent to that email address with an invitation code. If the user doesn't have an account with the SSO they will be able to create one. They will then enter the invitation code to associate their login with the user account you just generated. The PermissionsEditing user permissions has changed - in LodgeMaster 3 you were able to set either Lodge or Chapter permission for each permission type. In LodgeMaster 4 there is a hierarchy with the Lodge at the top. To edit permissions for a user you will need to select an area that is either the lodge (top of the tree structure), or a parent of a chapter, or a chapter. In this example you could select Lodge, or Chapters, or any of the items below Chapters (i.e. Chief Pomperaug). The Areas with check marks next to them have permissions set for them.The reason for the tree structure is because areas inherit parent permissions. For example, if in the Lodge Area a user has the permission View Members, then the user will be able to View all Members in the lodge. In the same example it a user then has Edit Access in the Chief Pomperaug chapter then the user will be able to edit all members associated with the Chief Pomperaug chapter.The grid for editing the permissions is very similar to the existing grid, we have just removed the Chapter Columns. A feature we've kept is the ability to Add and Remove all Permissions for the area you are working in. Deactivate/Activate A UserWe're adding the ability to deactivate and reactivate a user so you do not need to create a new user account if that member needs to gain access again.To reactivate a User, in the menu bar click Inactivate Users, you will then be presented with a list of inactive users. When an inactive user that has not claimed their account is reactivated you will be prompted to resend their invitation (even if the original invitation hasn't expired).Please Note: Some of the information in the screenshots above is blurred out to protect personal information.This is just a few highlights from the new version of LodgeMaster. We hope that you are as excited about the new User Manager as we are. As always, if you have questions or problems, please submit a request online (http://docs.oa-bsa.org/display/OALMLC).Yours in Brotherhood,The OA LodgeMaster TeamChadd Blanchard, Project LeadMichael Card, Project AdviserRobert Anstett, Development LeadMike Gaffney, Support/Migration Lead View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2017/07/26/77889566/LodgeMaster+4+-+Development+Update+3 Wed, 26 Jul 2017 18:01:05 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2017/06/07/71794705/LodgeMaster+4+-+Development+Update+2 Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard 6/8/2017LodgeMaster Users,In our first LodgeMaster 4 Development Update we talked about building a better user experience. Using modern technologies to build a cross platform application that will fit the needs of the smallest Lodge’s and the needs of our largest Lodge’s. To follow through on the promise of a better user experience our development team has spent a significant amount of time working on the mobile side of LodgeMaster 4. The mobile version of LodgeMaster while different from the desktop version will hold all the same functionality. This will allow users to use LodgeMaster on mobile phones, tablets, and 2-in-1 laptops.This week we wanted to show you the completely new and highly anticipated mobile version of LodgeMaster 4. The LodgeMaster team is really excited about the mobile version of LodgeMaster 4 and is excited to show it to you. The mobile version of LodgeMaster scales to fit any size screen, while remaining familiar to the user.  You learned in our last update that we have removed the ribbon. The ribbon was replaced with several drop-down buttons in a new navigation bar. In the mobile version, the dropdowns have been moved the left side of the screen above the main menu in a new actions menu. The new actions menu, exclusive to mobile devices, is accessible from the hamburger menu on the left. The actions menu and main menu is atomically collapsed to make the most of the screen space available.Next, we wanted to highlight the new Member Manager mobile grid. The new mobile grid automatically scales based on your screen size to show you only the information is most important. The mobile member grid is completely responsive on mobile devices Including sorting, filtering, adding/removing columns, and much more. The new grid views have been moved into a pop-out menu on the left. Making it easy to view only the members most relevant to you. To view additional columns press the three dots next to a member's name. The desktop right click menu was moved right into the mobile version. The right click menu is now accessible by pressing and holding a member’s name. The right click menu gives you access to quick access to the most common functions. Lastly, we wanted to show you the new mobile member editor. The mobile member editor, like the rest of the mobile app, scales to fit any screen size. Allowing for entry of new members anywhere, anytime, from any device. The editor has all the same fields, drop-downs, and radials as the desktop version, just organized to fit your and mobile device.Please Note: Some of the information in the screenshots above is blurred out to protect personal information.This is just a few highlights from the new mobile version of LodgeMaster. We hope that you are as excited about the mobile version as we are. As always, if you have questions or problems, please submit a request online (http://docs.oa-bsa.org/display/OALMLC).Yours in Brotherhood,The OA LodgeMaster TeamChadd Blanchard, Project LeadMichael Card, Project AdviserRobert Anstett, Development LeadMike Gaffney, Support/Migration Lead View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2017/06/07/71794705/LodgeMaster+4+-+Development+Update+2 Wed, 07 Jun 2017 23:05:13 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2017/05/12/69369866/LodgeMaster+4+-+Development+Update+1 Blog post edited by Chadd Blanchard 5/12/2017LodgeMaster Users,Over the past few months we've received many requests for updates on 4.0 development. We wanted to begin providing updates and status as we get close to beginning beta testing. We'll send out information in a future update about getting involved in beta testing. We'll also work to send out a development updated ever 1 to 2 weeks to keep everyone informed.First a note on Silverlight - the next version won't use Silverlight at all, all of the lodge client is being migrated over to a brand new platform that doesn't use Silverlight or any other plugins. The new version is written completely in HTML and JavaScript and will work in any current browser, including Safari, Chrome, Edge, IE and Firefox. It will also work on tablets and phones as well. When we selected Silverlight in 2010, it was the best choice for the project - it allowed use to write once and run in most places. At the time, we didn't have a large enough team to write both a web portal and Windows offline client, so the decision was made to write the front end once and share it between the online and installed base. At the time this was the only reasonable option and we would make the same decision if asked to do it over again.The LodgeMaster development team is completely volunteer based, there are no paid professionals or paid deadlines. The teams is 100% volunteer and all of the development team members have full time jobs. We know that originally we hoped to have the software would be out last year, but a combination of job changes, moves, and other life changes caused some delays. We're back on track though and have been working at breakneck speed to wrap up the first version.Over the past 2 years we have been working to replace the 3.0 OALM client with a web page application that can be run online and offline. Over the first year we worked to design the infrastructure and laying the new foundation for this application. Over the last 6 months, we have been building the user experience. We've been working to keep existing feature sets while at the same time improving features that don't work well. OALM is not a simple application, we must build the infrastructure to run both on our servers and be able to be installed on your computers while maintaining a high level of security.Today we wanted to provide you some screenshots of member manage to give you some idea of what the new interface will look like. You will notice some major changes to the Member Manager interface, the first being the lack of a ribbon. We have removed the ribbon navigation because it doesn't make sense to use it on a website. We have replaced it with several drop down buttons in the top navigation bar (in red). We have also moved the user add/edit/delete buttons below the navigation bar to ease in their use. The views are now available on the left in a list form and can be adjusted more easily. The main menu will be accessible by clicking the hamburger menu (3 dashes) in top left corner.Member Module GridPlease note: some of the columns are blurred out to protect personal information.The second screenshot is of member editor, all of the sections themselves are very similar to the last version, but we've redesigned the interface to give you more room and make it easier to navigate. To do that we've changes from a window popup to a full page experience. The name appears at the top and important information that used to appear in the header, plus lots of new key information appear in a right menu. Links to easily copy id's and contact information, plus flags on missing or mad information, and an easy click button for dues all appear. The rest of the screen is a set of collapsible sections that contain everything that used to appear in the tabs.Member EditorPlease note: some of the columns are blurred out to protect personal information.Lastly, attached is a screenshot of the reporting window. It will open in a new tab so you can continue working. Otherwise the parameters and controls are very similar to the current version.ReportingPlease note: some of the columns are blurred out to protect personal information.This is just a taste of the amazing changes that we are working towards in this 4.0 release. More to come in our next update. As always, if you have questions or problems, please submit a request online (http://docs.oa-bsa.org/display/OALMLC).Yours in Brotherhood,The OA LodgeMaster TeamChadd Blanchard, Project LeadMike Card, Project AdviserRob Anstett, Development LeadMike Gaffney, Support/Migration Lead View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2017/05/12/69369866/LodgeMaster+4+-+Development+Update+1 Fri, 12 May 2017 16:21:41 GMT https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2017/05/10/68878345/Firefox+Support+for+LodgeMaster Blog post added by Chadd Blanchard On March 7, 2017 Mozilla released Firefox version 52.0 removing support for Microsoft Silverlight. Order of the Arrow LodgeMaster is built on Microsoft Silverlight and requires Silverlight to run in a web browser. As of March 7, 2017, LodgeMaster no longer runs in Firefox. Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge (the default browser in Windows 10) do not support Silverlight. Until the release of LodgeMaster 4, users will be required to run LodgeMaster in Internet Explorer (Windows users only), Safari (Apple users only) or Firefox 52.0.1esr. On Windows 10, Internet Explorer can be found under Windows Accessories in the application list in the Windows Menu. Firefox 52.0.1esr is Mozilla’s Extended Support Release (ESR) version which supports Microsoft Silverlight. We do not recommend downloading and installing previous release versions of Firefox. Please use the link below to download and install Firefox 52.0.1esr. If you have questions, please submit a support ticket by sending an email to: support@lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused. We are looking forward to the release of LodgeMaster 4 later this spring.Firefox ESR Download: https://mzl.la/2o5U49d LodgeMaster Documentation: https://docs.oa-bsa.org/x/BgAK Online Support Center: https://support.oa-bsa.orgChadd Blanchard, Project Lead Michael Card, Project Adviser View Online OA LodgeMaster Blog https://confluence.oa-scouting.org/spaces/OALMLC/blog/2017/05/10/68878345/Firefox+Support+for+LodgeMaster Wed, 10 May 2017 15:42:49 GMT