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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=seneschal@ansteorra.org href="mailto:seneschal@ansteorra.org">Duchess
Julia</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=ansteorra-announce@ansteorra.org
href="mailto:ansteorra-announce@ansteorra.org">ansteorra-announce@ansteorra.org</A>
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<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=Redtape@lists.ansteorra.org
href="mailto:Redtape@lists.ansteorra.org">Redtape@lists.ansteorra.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 11, 2007 1:01 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Redtape] New Policy Regarding Background
Checks</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Greetings Ansteorra!<BR><BR>Below you will find
information from Master Aaron Swiftrunner, Society<BR>Seneschal and
Vice-President of Operations, regarding a new policy<BR>that will soon be
put into place. The confidential background checks will <BR>be performed
by a third-party vendor at an estimated cost of $10 (each).<BR>Specific
details from the background check will not be shared or released to<BR>anyone
not even SCA Corporate by the 3rd party vendor, only a pass/fail
<BR>status.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>By no means is this policy complete. I will be
forwarding more information<BR>to the List as it becomes available. In the
meantime, feel free to email me<BR>with any questions.<BR><BR>Julia<BR>Kingdom
Seneschal</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><BR>----<BR><BR><FONT size=4>Background checks to work
with youth<BR></FONT><BR>In response to repeated occurences of the SCA having to
deal with abuse of<BR>minors by SCA participants, risk to our membership from
such predatorial <BR>behavior, and legal liabilities if we fail to execute
proper due<BR>diligence, the SCA will be implementing a background check program
to<BR>minimize risk of harm to our people and the organization. This
program<BR>will revolve around conducting--via a properly licensed
vendor--background <BR>checks on all persons wishing to serve in a leadership or
supervisory<BR>position where minors are expected to be taking direction
from--or be in<BR>the direct control of adults who are not their parent or legal
guardian. <BR><BR>An example of officials who must receive the background check
are: Youth<BR>activities officers at all levels, Adults acting as youth
marshals for any<BR>martial activity, persons organizing/in charge of youth
activities for an <BR>event.<BR><BR>These checks will return a pass/fail status.
A pass status will cause the<BR>corporate office to issue a card good for
two years that must be presented<BR>in order to be accepted as an official as
described above. <BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR>It is expected that this process will be
streamlined and simplified as<BR>much as possible without invalidating the value
of the background checks<BR>themselves. The cost of the checks will be
billed back to the Kingdoms <BR>whose programs these volunteers are
supporting.<BR><BR>It is worth noting that these measures are less stringent
than those being<BR>used today by the Boy Scouts of America.<BR><BR>Further
details, to include the actual process and an implement-by date <BR>will
accompany the implementing guidelines to be issued after the April<BR>Board
Meeting.<BR><BR>Aaron Faheud Swiftrunner of the Stone Keep OL OP<BR>c/o George
L. Reed<BR><BR>Society Seneschal and Vice President of Operations <BR>SCA,
Inc.</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Every man dies, not every man truly lives - Sir William
Wallace<BR>Slainte Gu Soirraidh - Scottish Gaelic Meaning - Health
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