Since 1989, NSPS has taken the lead
role in operating the Surveying Merit Badge booth during Boy Scouts of
America's periodic Jamboree, and has been responsible for several re-writes of
the manual that is used by Scouts to achieve that badge. NSPS will continue its
role for the 2013 Jamboree. It is worth noting that the Surveying Merit Badge
was among the original badges to be offered, and remains among the few badges
that have existed continually since then.
The team of NSPS volunteers who will
be participating during the upcoming Jamboree (July 15-24, 2013) is coming
together well. The new team leader
Will Clark from the St. Louis area has vast experience with the Surveying Merit
Badge, and scouting in general, having achieved Eagle Scout status as a
youngster.
Several of the team members for 2013
participated in the last Jamboree, and their experience will be critical to the
success this year. Former team
leaders Thomas Brooks and Wayne Hebert have worked with Will and his team in
preparing for the event. With the
Jamboree location shifting from Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia to the Summit
Bechtel Reserve in the New River Gorge in West Virginia, a number of local West
Virginia surveyors have volunteered their time. To learn more about the Jamboree click here.
In other Boy Scouts Merit Badge news
the South Central Chapter of Kansas Society of Land Surveyors participated in
the E-13 Expedition Encampment in Hutchinson, Kansas April 19-21, 2013 offering
the Surveying Merit Badge to 6,000 Scouts who attended. NSPS provided some
promotional materials for this activity, and expects to soon receive a full
report.
NSPS Executive Director Curt Sumner
was recently contacted by a member of the Boy Scouts of America, National
Capital Area Council’s STEM Committee asking if NSPS has developed games and
exercises to introduce Cub Scouts to surveying. Sumner is scheduling a meeting to further discuss NSPS
participation with the Cub Scouts.
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