[TheForge] Criminal Background Check

[Bob Willman]

	As amateur radio operators we can be called upon to volunteer with
disasters of one sort or another. One of the professional organizations we
work with is the Red Cross. They required a background check for all
volunteers. Their regular consent form also allowed them to do a financial
means check. They could not give a good reason for the financial check
except that it was standard policy and everybody did it. Most all amateurs
nationwide declined to sign the form and they eventually removed that
requirement. It took intervention on a national level from ARRL to get them
to see the light.
	Be careful and read before you sign.  


Bob Willman
Bowling Green, Ohio
The Eagle's Anvil
WB8NQW

-----Original Message-----
From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Polaski
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 12:16 PM
To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Criminal Background Check

I don't think I agree with the fingerprints, but I can understand the
motivation. If you were in charge of a park, and had gotten ripped off a few
times you'd be more cautious about hiring. I'd think a regular criminal
check would be fine, though. Maybe they are worried about someone signing up
with a false ID or something, but checking fingerprints still seems a bit
much.


Jeff Polaski

> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:theforge- 
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of wmullett at bright.net
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 8:04 AM
> To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: [TheForge] Criminal Background Check
> 
> 
> I volunteer at Zoar, Ohio which is a historical site run by the Ohio 
> Historical Society.  They now require a criminal background check of
all
> their volunteers.  I don't have a problem with that except the check 
> mandates that you must submit your fingerprints.
> 
> Why would anyone want to be put in that database where some "expert"
might
> conclude that your prints match some partials they collected?
> 
> Walt

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