This sounded like a pretty good idea in theory--I like the symbolism of it, especially the torch--so I've been playing around a bit with a mock-up in Photoshop to see what it would look like. In practice, though, I'm finding that it may actually be
too many symbols, all competing with each other.
This is the closest I've gotten to something I kinda-sorta like, and even this I'm not altogether thrilled with:
Notice I left the 'A' off. It looked pretty terrible with it. Both the old-style and the new-style are asymmetrical, and I can't figure out what to do with it that doesn't throw the whole piece out of whack.
Let me know if you have any suggestions or tweaks you'd like to see, and I'll see what I can do.