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March 16th 07, 02:17 PM
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Public service and ham radio
"Steve Bonine" wrote in message ... wrote: On Mar 14, 5:20 pm, Steve Bonine wrote: [snipped] I seem to recall the word "financial", coupled with the words "background check". Am I mistaken? You're not mistaken about recalling the words. The Red Cross is not doing a financial background check. There is controversy on how the wording reads on the web site that does the background check. I believe that the problem has been worked out, but the last I checked the information on the ARRL web site had not been updated. [snipped] "Background check" sounds too intrusive. If it is a criminal records check, than say "criminal records check." The reason that the Red Cross instituted background checks was to try to prevent the type of fraud that occurred during Katrina. There's no correlation between having an FCC license and passing a background check. I'd like to think that all licensed amateurs are honest upstanding folks, but I know that's not true. [snipped] I don't recall hearing anything about ham radio operators commiting fraud. I did hear a lot about 'victims' perpatrating fraud. [snipped] Yes, I did run into a few radio amateurs during the Katrina operation who were not mentally stable. Fraud? No. Irrational behavior? Yes. Would a background check have had any effect? I don't know. It MIGHT have kept them at home. Or not. [snipped] Often we use our own frame of reference to judge the actions of others. Perhaps some of those mentioned above might have a different view of your actions than you do. Perhaps to some of them, your actions might be deemed to be 'irrational'; not saying that is the case at all. A criminal records check will not uncover that kind of behavior unless it is related to some offense. A full blown background check, where neighbors are interviewed, might uncover it but it is not likely. |
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