From: Elizabeth Freeman <LindenTree85-AT-comcast.net> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:34:30 -0400 To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Subject: [Puptcrit] background checks/cori For most schools now, parents who volunteer to go on field trips or work in the classroom need a CORI check. Takes a few days and not sure how much it really screens out the undesirables. Now that I'm thinking about it, I don't know if the puppet troop we had a few weeks ago at school had been Cori-d. I know some of our other non-profit groups who have asked to use school buildings for activities like Puppets: Ed Magic or a Filipino literacy group were told that the school would be happy to let them use the building, but I think there was some insurance involved too which we don't have. Then there is the K of C (or town regulation) that requires the volunteer coffeehouse use bought brownies and coffee from a bakery rather than the home-made donations that the church venues can use. Regulations, one of our town selectmen is trying to become king of our town, wanting all sorts of accountings for a town committee running a homecoming on the Common, that we have run for 10+ years . "but it isn't a personal vendetta" he says. And we wonder why folks don't want to volunteer! Liz in MA _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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