From: "Pamela L. Gay" <pamela
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:48:08 -0400
To: "Tom Krajci" <tom_krajci

Hi Tom,

This is great input. Would you be willing to find out what would be  
needed to do this? Are you affiliated currently with Boy Scouts of  
America?

A web search didn't pull up a similar GS badge, but I'll check with  
my contacts to see what there is on that side.

Cheers,
Pamela

On Apr 15, 2006, at 11:11 AM, Tom Krajci wrote:

> I met with one of the leaders of a local Boy Scout troop  
> yesterday.  He gave
> me a copy of the astronomy merit badge pamphlet.  The inside cover  
> says it's
> a 2004 printing.
>
> Glancing through it, perhaps the AAVSO would like to weigh in on  
> getting
> some content changed?  (And/or getting a change to the merit badge
> requirements?)  There are observing projects described that measure
> positions of sun, moon, planets...but nothing about variable stars,  
> visual
> observing of variables, related observing projects, etc.
>
> https://scoutnet.scouting.org/BSASupply/ItemDetail.aspx? 
> ctlg=05NDC&ctgy=PROD
> UCTS&c2=BOOKS_LIT&C3=MB_PAMPHLET&C4=&LV=3&item=332MBP#
>
> http://www.scouting.org/
>
> http://www.meritbadge.com/mb/022.htm
>
>
> Tom Krajci
> Cloudcroft, New Mexico
> http://overton2.tamu.edu/aset/krajci/
>
>
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