[Great Hall of Rockwall] Fwd: [Northshield] Notice from Society

[Kelli Quinn]

Sounds like a good idea to me. The timing is a bit ironic, since the kingdom 
board is lighting up with a discussion on how to streamline paperwork and 
the old "how many officers do we REALLY need" arguement. But as long as it 
is only impressed on the people who work with the youth, and that it's make 
clear to people before they volunteer for such positions, it should be OK. 
That way, if anyone is really concerned about their privacy, they can simply 
choose not to take a post that requires a background check.

I would also like more info on what the costs will be, but that probably 
won't be ironed out until later.

Although sometimes I wonder if background checks shouldn't be required for 
royals before coronation, with all the stories of royals gone wild.

OT: Just put in my next request for a legal name. How do ya'all think 
"Kolgrima Eiriksdottir" will look on a scroll?

More OT: If there's anything that needs to be in the April Horn's Call, or 
anything you want in it, let me know. I will start putting it together later 
this week.

TTFN,
Edda



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>From: Wulfric <wulfric at wolvesbanemanor.com>
>Reply-To: The E-List for the Shire of Rockwall 
><greathall at shireofrockwall.org>
>To: greathall at shireofrockwall.org
>Subject: [Great Hall of Rockwall] Fwd: [Northshield] Notice from Society
>Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:34:22 -0500
>
>I thought this would be good to forward on to everyone.
>
>----- Forwarded message from katriona at irontreeworks.com -----
>
>This is going to happen, and I wanted you all to have warning.  The
>implementation details will be hammered out at the July Board meeting.
>If you have any questions, please write me off list.
>
>Katriona
>Northshield Seneschal
>seneschal at northshield.org
>
> > In response to repeated occurences of the SCA having to deal with abuse 
>of
> > minors by SCA participants, risk to our membership from such predatorial
> > behavior, and legal liabilities if we fail to execute proper due
> > diligence, the SCA will be implementing a background check program to
> > minimize risk of harm to our people and the organization. This program
> > will revolve around conducting--via a properly licensed 
>vendor--background
> > checks on all persons wishing to serve in a leadership or supervisory
> > position where minors are expected to be taking direction from--or be in
> > the direct control of adults who are not their parent or legal guardian.
> >
> > An example of officials who must receive the background check are:  
>Youth
> > activities officers at all levels, Adults acting as youth marshals for 
>any
> > martial activity, persons organizing/in charge of youth activities for 
>an
> > event.
> >
> > These checks will return a pass/fail status.  A pass status will cause 
>the
> > corporate office to issue a card good for two years that must be 
>presented
> > in order to be accepted as an official as described above.
> >
> > It is expected that this process will be streamlined and simplified as
> > much as possible without invalidating the value of the background checks
> > themselves.  The cost of the checks will be billed back to the Kingdoms
> > whose programs these volunteers are supporting.
> >
> > It is worth noting that these measures are less stringent than those 
>being
> > used today by the Boy Scouts of America.
> >
> > Further details, to include the actual process and an implement-by date
> > will accompany the implementing guidelines to be issued after the April
> > Board Meeting.
> >

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