| From The Society Seneschal: Background Checks for Youth | ||
| Please release the following information to your Local and Kingdom officers: 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 duediligence, 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 |
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