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I'm passing this on to you, but remember that this is not finalized yet. More information will be forthcoming. So be prepared, but wait to see how this all shakes out - society wise & kindgom wise.
This is all the info I have right now, but I will keep you up-to-date as information is made avaliable.
Alicia
From: "Donna DeBonis, DVM" <drdonna@...>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 4:13 PM
To: SCA_KEO@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [SCA_KEO] More on Minors
-------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: seneschal@sca.org <seneschal@sca.org >
> Date: Apr 10, 2007 2:32 PM
> Subject: [SENESCHAL] clearance to brief your kingdom and local
> officers regarding
> To: sca-seneschal@midrealm.org
> Cc: directors@sca.org
>
>
> Background checks for youth.
>
> Please release the following information to your Kingdom officers
> {all}, Youth officers {all}, Seneschals {all}, Marshals {all}:
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> Aaron Faheud Swiftrunner of the Stone Keep OL OP
> c/o George L. Reed
>
> Society Seneschal and Vice President of Operations
> SCA, Inc.
>
>
>
> From: seneschal@sca.
> Date: Apr 10, 2007 2:32 PM
> Subject: [SENESCHAL] clearance to brief your kingdom and local
> officers regarding
> To: sca-seneschal@
> Cc: directors@sca.
>
>
> Background checks for youth.
>
> Please release the following information to your Kingdom officers
> {all}, Youth officers {all}, Seneschals {all}, Marshals {all}:
>
> 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--
> 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.
>
>
>
> Aaron Faheud Swiftrunner of the Stone Keep OL OP
> c/o George L. Reed
>
> Society Seneschal and Vice President of Operations
> SCA, Inc.
>
>
>
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