[Artemisia] SCA Reasonable accountability

[John Harrison]

The only other thing I could add is that the youth authorization cards
would be needed by anyone hosting a function associated witht he SCA
that youths would be at.  An example is a get together where teh kids
are making garb or going to a place with an adult to make armor or to
learn about history.


-Garath r' cath cara bardd

On 5/11/07, heather garrison <alevecrys at bresnan.net> wrote:
> Sorry about the incolmpete post... here is what I meant to post.
>
>
>
> Q1:  Do we believe that the SCA has made a reasonable efforts in the past to
> protect youth?
>
> Q2:  What is working?
>
> Q3:  What is not working?
>
> Q4:  How do we enforce the new rules?
>
> Q5:  Other than background checks, what other measures would we like to take
> to better protect our youth.
>
> My answers and opinions:
> A1:  No.  Irresponsible parenting at events and lack of enforcement of
> parental accountability and lack of adult participation at youth activities
> have been the main failing of the past system.
>
> A2:  Not much that I can point out, we hold irresponsible parents loosely
> accountable because we are too nice for our own good.
>
> A3:  Parental accountability and participation.
>
> A4:  2 strikes and you are out with parental accountability.  Make the youth
> activity authorization card a point of honor for those who have it, and not
> make it a stygma of those who don't have it.  Check for the cards as often as
> possible.
>
> A5:  Encourage the background checks for more officers than the youth
> minister.  Require an authorized Youth leader for every 10 youth participants.
>  Require at least 1 parent per family with youth to have an authorization, or
> better yet charge a $3 surcharge /youth if no parent in their family has a
> youth authorization.  Require an annual awareness training on child abuse and
> recognizing the warning signs.
>
>
> In service to the dream
>
> Daniel d'Aurelle
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