Mergers and Changes:

1999:

• Central Florida Council moved from Orlando to Apopka, FL.
  Effective: early 1999
  
  
  
• New Orleans Area Council changed its name to Southeast Louisiana Council.
  Effective: Jul 1st, 1999
  Reference: Fred Lang, Jr. and Southeast Louisiana Council website.
  
  
  
• Cherokee 50 (Central Alabama), Achunanchi 135 (Choccolocco), and Kaskanampo 310 (Tennessee Valley) merged to become Coosa Lodge #50.
  Effective: September 11th, 1999 Jan 1, 2000
  References: Mike Bazonis, Alibamu Lodge #179 Coosa Lodge's website; Minnihan, Dave. "OA News", American Scouting Traders Association Report, Mar. 1999, p. 12. PDF.
  
  
  • Their councils had earlier merged to become the Greater Alabama Council #1 in Birmingham, AL.
    Effective: Jan 1st, 1998
    Reference: Col. C Kent Jackson, January 1998 issue of The Scout Patch Auction

2000:

• Alibamu Lodge #179 temporarily changed its name to Alabama Lodge, its original name, for their 60th Anniversary in 2000, as it had never issued a patch with that name.
  Reference: Mike Bazonis, Alibamu Lodge #179.


• Heart O' Texas Council #662 (Huaco 327) merged with Longhorn Council #582 (Nishkin Halupa a pe Lachi 489) to form Longhorn Council #662 in Hurst, TX.
  Effective: Sep, 2000


• Direct Service Council #800 ceased to be called a council, instead functioning as Direct Service, BSA, providing "direct service" to scouts and scouters worldwide who are not serviced by a local council. Gamenowinink Lodge #555 still functions, with an active membership of over 130 arrowmen.
  Effective: at the end of 2000

"Direct Service was never a stand-alone council despite the moniker, window dressing, and mythology. In 2000, the fictional council name morphed into Direct Service BSA, a program of the International Division."

Reference: Phil Abbey, Gamenowinink Lodge #555

From 1992-2001, and 2008-09 Section SR-4 held "section seminars", which were Fall gathering of the lodges that also included Council of Chiefs meetings. The Council of Chiefs meets all day Saturday and the other members of the lodges have seminars on Indian culture and other matters relating to the Order of the Arrow. It is my understanding that it is unique to S4 and one other section in the country.

In 2001 the section seminar was held at Camp Osborn (Immokalee Lodge 353) for the newly reformed and divided S4 section. In 2001 S4 was enlarged to include southern Alabama and west Florida and divided into south and north subsections. At that time Echeconnee 358 and Tomo Chi Chi 119 lodges were reassigned from S4 to other sections. The 2001 Section Seminar at Camp Osborn was the only section seminar ever held for all of S4 (both north and south). All 15 lodges of the new S4 and Echeconnee 358 and Tomo Chi Chi 119 (for a total of 17 lodges) were invited to attend. Consequently it was called the 'Great' S4 Section Seminar. SR-4S continued to hold Fall seminars from 2002-07, while S4N did not adopt the practice.