June 4, 2008

Notice:

Criminal Background Checks

Change Per BSA Registration Service

As dedicated BSA volunteers, you understand the importance of keeping our youth safe in the Scouting program.  To ensure Youth Protection, our organization has conducted criminal background checks on all new volunteers since April 2003.  Because some volunteers have been continually registered in the program before April 2003, some have not had a criminal background check.  In the next few months, we will be communicating with those volunteers on this issue.

 The Boy Scouts of America has informed us that on June 1, 2008, all volunteer, staff, or registered members, who have not had a CBC conducted will receive a letter via US mail from Chief Scout Executive, Bob Mazzuca, or Exploring LFL director, John Anthony.  This letter will include instructions for the member, along with their BSA member ID number, a unique password and contact information for our council.  This letter will direct them to a secure Website especially setup for the CBC.

At this Website, they will be asked to review a disclosure and authorization statement.  If they agree, then they will be prompted to enter their Social Security Number to conduct the background check.  If they choose to disagree, then membership with the BSA will be revoked.

This site will be active from June 1, 2008 to August 1, 2008.  All volunteers receiving a letter will be ask to comply before August 1, 2008.  Volunteers, who receive a letter and do not complete the Website process by August 1, 2008, will not be able to renew their registration at recharter time without completing a new Adult Application.  This "natural expiration" of their registration will mean that the recharter paperwork or Internet Rechartering roster printed after August 2, 2008 will not display that volunteer's name.

Thank you for your patience with this process as BSA seeks to comply with state and federal law. We deeply appreciate your service to young people through Scouting