Dave, First, I'd sure like to know how widespread the "error" covered. Second, my level of "un-"trust of RC at this moment says this current fiasco is merely another in a step down the old rosy path, and is indicative of gross disregard or at least carelessness by RC for the welfare of their volunteers. My gut tells me it is this that is the real problem, not the fact that Mybackgroundcheck.com screwed up. I will hold off discussing the situation at least for now; however, I believe by discussing it, we would demonstrate vividly our concern for our members to our members. Isn't this what they deserve? Just an alternate opinion. Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: <mailto:k8je@arrl.net> k8je@arrl.net; Tel.: 513-459-0142 ARRL - The Reason Amateur Radio Is! Members - The Reason ARRL Is! _____ From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 5:17 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:17268] RE: [arrl-odv:17266] RE: [arrl-odv:17256] RE: [arrl-odv:17252] MyBackgroundCheck.com Marketing Campaign Jim, my advice is that we not do an All Points Bulletin on this subject. Most ARRL members are not affected by this. The ones that are, will be receiving a followup email from the vendor. If asked about it by an ARRL member, of course we should tell them what we know (namely, that the first email was sent in error and should be disregarded). Telling our members "If you received such-and-such message please disregard it" when most of them didn't receive it and won't know what we're talking about (and won't care) is a recipe for confusion and make-work. Dave From: K8JE [mailto:K8JE@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 5:11 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:17266] RE: [arrl-odv:17256] RE: [arrl-odv:17252] MyBackgroundCheck.com Marketing Campaign Dave, I understand your request not to discuss the note from RC. You are not suggesting we should avoid discussing the Mybackgroundcheck.com solicitation, are you? This solicitation is a public, done-deal. Let me know. Tnx. Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: <mailto:k8je@arrl.net> k8je@arrl.net; Tel.: 513-459-0142 ARRL - The Reason Amateur Radio Is! Members - The Reason ARRL Is! _____ From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 4:42 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:17266] RE: [arrl-odv:17256] RE: [arrl-odv:17252] MyBackgroundCheck.com Marketing Campaign Jim, I would advise against doing that. Right now it's a Red Cross issue. If you bring it up, it becomes an ARRL issue. Dave From: K8JE [mailto:K8JE@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 4:34 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:17256] RE: [arrl-odv:17252] MyBackgroundCheck.com Marketing Campaign Dave, Inasmuch as we do not know how widely the Mybackgroundcheck.com solicitation was distributed, I would like to explain the issue in my coming e-letter. Before doing this, I want to be certain it is OK to refer to the position Ms. Hurst stated on behalf of the agency. Is this OK to do? Tnx, Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: <mailto:k8je@arrl.net> k8je@arrl.net; Tel.: 513-459-0142 ARRL - The Reason Amateur Radio Is! Members - The Reason ARRL Is! _____ From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 1:28 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:17256] RE: [arrl-odv:17252] MyBackgroundCheck.com Marketing Campaign The Red Cross has disavowed the email: The following message is from Melissa Hurst, Senior Vice President, Human Resources: Many employees and volunteers received an e-mail this morning from the Red Cross background check vendor, MyBackgroundCheck.com, which was sent in error. The message is entitled, "Your American Red Cross Background Check Results". Please disregard this e-mail, as it was not an approved message from the American Red Cross. Human Resources at national headquarters has contacted the vendor who will send a subsequent e-mail to all those who received the original message notifying them of the error. No action is required on your part regarding any of these messages. 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