Re: [Gendergap] Girl Scout achievement award proposal

I've made preliminary inquires regarding the establishment of a Girl Scout merit badge or other achievement award in online encyclopedia improvement. There is precedent for such a program in the 1960's "Wing Scouts" Girl Scout aviation program: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing_Scout#Wing_Scouts_in_Northern_California San Francisco's Girl Scout camp, Camp Ida Smith, is due to be returned soon from the Department of Public Works after renovation of the Lake Merced pumping station -- see p. 4, topic 12 of http://www.girlscoutsnorcal.org/documents/08-07-07-MM-No-Co.pdf -- presenting an opportunity for the re-commissioning ceremony. It is still not clear to me what is necessary to establish a new achievement award, but I would ask that list members in the US contact their local Girl Scouts USA Council in support of the proposal: http://www.girlscouts.org/councilfinder/ For those of you outside of the US, please contact the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts -- http://www.wagggs.org/ email wagggs at wagggsworld dot org -- and/or the USA Girl Scouts Overseas -- http://www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/overseas/committees/ or email kathryn.m.owen at eur dot army dot mil. Richard, how have the New York Chapter efforts to contact the Girl Scouts been going?