Background: Many Lodges’ activities tend to wane during the summer months. During a warm Saturday evening in July, have the Chapter meet at the local miniature golf course to participate in a tournament. What could be better on a summer evening than fellowship and fun competition with fellow Chapter brothers?

Meeting Resources: Coordinate with the local miniature golf course to ensure that the facilities and resources needed will be available. Consider soliciting donations for prizes well ahead of time, but remember to work with the District Executive before doing so. Secure a laptop and projector to post scores and develop the tournament rotation. Remember also to get funding from the Lodge or require a cost of admission to cover the Chapter’s costs in playing.

Meeting Content: This is an informal Chapter meeting designed to be less serious than some of the OA “business” meetings in which the Chapter may engage. Set up a golf tournament at the local miniature golf course. Players keep each others’ scores and play all eighteen holes in a “shotgun start” format. Afterward, the scores are tallied and posted via projector. The participants who have similar scores are matched together and the next round of the golf tournament continues! Watch those competitive spirits come out as the game progresses. 
At the end of the evening, award prizes to the first, second, and third place participants, and maybe get creative with a few other awards. How about the hole-in-one award, or the craziest-shot-that-worked award? Follow this meeting up with a trip to the local pizza place and call it a night!