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Wednesday Oct 6, 2010 #
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Saw a USOF BOD message from Peter Goodwin about background check policy. I haven't looked at the policy before. Peter was proposing that military officers not be checked because the military already does that. My thoughts:
Is the military background check conducted regularly (would it be up to date)? What does the military background check cover -- does it really cover everything that we want, including items relating to working with children?
Is it clear in our "background check" policy what people would be checked *for*? Is it clear what a background check consists of? This seems to be about kids and money, right?
Is there a one-size-fits-all check for both kids & money? Surely a "background check" to flag potential problems in working safely with our children is different than the check required to make sure our money is in good hands.
In my opinion, which was actually influenced by Pete Lane's excellent point along these lines, having a policy to do a background check (which presumably means a search to find out if you've ever been convicted of a crime) is insufficient when it comes to both people who handle our money and people who work with our youth.
For example, USOF should develop a policy that is helpful for coaches etc in defining appropriate behavior and proactive safety measures. This doesn't have to be ridiculously restrictive - just sensible.
There are some nice examples in the British orienteering child protection policy.
Is the military background check conducted regularly (would it be up to date)? What does the military background check cover -- does it really cover everything that we want, including items relating to working with children?
Is it clear in our "background check" policy what people would be checked *for*? Is it clear what a background check consists of? This seems to be about kids and money, right?
Is there a one-size-fits-all check for both kids & money? Surely a "background check" to flag potential problems in working safely with our children is different than the check required to make sure our money is in good hands.
In my opinion, which was actually influenced by Pete Lane's excellent point along these lines, having a policy to do a background check (which presumably means a search to find out if you've ever been convicted of a crime) is insufficient when it comes to both people who handle our money and people who work with our youth.
For example, USOF should develop a policy that is helpful for coaches etc in defining appropriate behavior and proactive safety measures. This doesn't have to be ridiculously restrictive - just sensible.
There are some nice examples in the British orienteering child protection policy.
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Today the Graham & Parks junior high was treated to a celebration because they made the goal of 500 or more tickets on the field trip. The top three teams were given posters of the US Team (thanks, Sandy!), autographed by Ross & Sam. Then they watched a 5-minute movie of various orienteers congratulating them, and Sam & Ross talking about how well they (the kids) did on the Fells trip, and also about being on the US team, and training, and how to do more orienteering if you're interested. Then there were some clips from Catching Features and a couple of URLs. After the movie, everyone got ice cream.
Isabel reported that kids seemed interested in Catching Features, and generally engaged in the celebration. And they laughed at some parts of the movie, which was good, because it had some Barb humor in it. People don't always find Barb humor funny.
Isabel reported that kids seemed interested in Catching Features, and generally engaged in the celebration. And they laughed at some parts of the movie, which was good, because it had some Barb humor in it. People don't always find Barb humor funny.
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