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An exciting announcement at the SME Annual Meeting on Feb. 24, 2013 was the naming of a new Boy Scouts of America (BSA) merit badge - Mining in Society. SME's leaders and members have submitted a draft of mining-related merit badge requirements. An aggressive timeline and a process are now in place to make the Mining in Society merit badge a reality.
Two ad hoc working committees were appointed by the SME president in October 2012 - the Content Development Team, co-chaired by Stan Krukowski and Bob Pruett, and an advisory panel chaired by John Murphy. Each working committee has nine members with impressive credentials. Most of them were Boy Scouts, and the majority earned the...