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NEW Council Calendar
NEW *Council Strategic Plan*
 TRAILSIGNS
2008
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Criminal Background Checks
Recently the Boy Scouts of America
began a process to obtain authorization for criminal background checks from
volunteers who have continuously served in the same volunteer positions. Since
2003 background checks have been conducted on new volunteers when they
registered. Background checks were not performed on those volunteers who did not
change their position. The new volunteer authorization Web site opened on
June 1 and will be available until August 1.
Letters were sent in early June to
volunteers requesting that they visit the site, log in, and accept the
background-check authorization. Volunteers who give authorization will receive
the background check and need to do nothing more.
Volunteers who did not give their
agreement, or who took no action to respond to the letter, are required to
submit a new adult application when it is time to renew their registration. To
protect our youth members, those volunteers who did not have the background
check will have their registration expired. These adults will not be listed for
selection at the time of charter renewal.
Units that use Internet Rechartering
for online renewal will need to enter these adults, if they are to be
registered, as new adults and submit the volunteer applications to the council
along with their renewal.
Units that renew using the paper
application must submit the volunteer application for these adults, if they are
to be registered, with the charter renewal papers.
Background checks will be conducted on
all new volunteers. This summer, the BSA put out a new Adult application to
replace previous versions of the BSA Adult application. This form will include a
new authorization and disclosure statement. Units should use this new BSA Adult
application to ensure that new adult registrants use the proper authorization
and disclosure statement. Units may obtain the new BSA Adult applications from
the council service center.
Some extra helpful links:
Join Cub Scouts
Today
Yes I want to Join Scouting
List of Unit Web Sites
Troop
Locator
Boy's Life Magazine
National's Boy Scouts Site
Scoutstuff
Internet Rechartering
Internet
Advancement
Scouting's Legacy in Our
Community & Questionnaire
National Eagle Scout Association
 Set
5/1/2007
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