‰ NOW 40 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM JULY 2007 QST PAGES 67, 68 AND 74 ‰ ROLE IN HIS GETTING THE NSF AWARD. IN ONE APPLICATION ESSAY, HE MENTIONED HIS INTEREST IN AMATEUR RADIO AND THE INFINITE QUESTIONS THAT STEM FROM STUDYING EARTH SCIENCES. THE ATMOSPHERE, GEOMAGNETIC VARIATIONS AND SOLAR CONDITIONS ARE AMONG JUST A FEW OF THE M ‰ FROM PAGE 74 ‰ WB4FDT 87 N2LJD 85 W8IVF N7BEC KC2ODN 84 K8ZJU 83 K8GA 82 KK7TN 81 N2VQA 80 AN INVESTIGATIVE CONSUMER REPORT WHICH INCLUDES CERTAIN CREDIT CHECKS AND MODE OF LIVING CHECKS WILL BE OBTAINED ON THE VOLUNTEER SIGNING THE FORM. THE ARRL ASKED IF THE RED CROSS WOULD BE WILLING TO MODIFY ITS CONSENT FORM TO LIMIT THE AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE PERSON SIGNING THE FORM TO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS ONLY. THE RED CROSS REPRESENTATIVES DID NOT APPEAR WILLING TO DO THAT, HOWEVER. THE ARRL ALSO SUGGESTED ALTERNATIVES TO THE RED CROSS INVESTIGATION FIRM, MYBACKGROUNDCHECK. COM MBC. THE RED CROSS ALSO APPEARED UNENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT ACCEPTING BACKGROUND CHECKS CONDUCTED BY OTHER ENTITIES, SUCH AS LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATIONS. THE ORGANIZATION BASED ITS RELUCTANCE ON A REQUIREMENT TO COMPARE THE METHODOLOGIES OF MBC WITH THOSE OF ALTERNATIVE BACKGROUND CHECK PROVIDERS. FOLLOWING THE MEETING, THE ARRL REITERATED ITS RECOMMENDATION THAT MEMBERS CAREFULLY REVIEW ANY CONSENT DOCUMENT PERMITTING A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION TO CONDUCT A BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION ON THAT INDIVIDUAL. THE CURRENT RED CROSS ‰ FROM PAGE 74 ‰ 104 AD4BL 103 N0MEA W9JDH 102 K8AMR K6JT 100 NR2F N9MN K4ZZA WA8SSI W8SB KB2LKH W2DSX N5OUJ K7HQA K2VX WA4EIC W7GHT N8FPN NX1Q W3TWV WB2LEZ K2AN ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ SUBMIT TO A RED CROSS BACKGROUND CHECK IF THEIR STINTS EXTENDED BEYOND SEVEN DAYS. THAT WAS THE WORD FROM RED CROSS OFFICIALS, WHO MET THIS SPRING WITH ARRL REPRESENTATIVES. THE ARRL HAS EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT THE RED CROSSS BACKGROUND CHECK POLICY SINCE FIRST LEARNING OF IT LAST YEAR AND POSTED ITS MOST RECENT POSITION STATEMENT ON THE TOPIC, WWW. ARRL. ORG/ANNOUNCE/ARRL ARC BG CHECK. HTML, IN MARCH. ARRL GENERAL COUNSEL CHRIS IMLAY, W3KD, AND CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER PAUL RINALDO, W4RI, MET MARCH 20 AT AMERICAN RED CROSS OFFICES IN WASHINGTON, DC, WITH TWO ATTORNEYS FROM THE RED CROSS GENERAL COUNSELS OFFICE AND TWO MANAGEMENT LEVEL STAFF MEMBERS FROM RED CROSS DISASTER SERVICES. THE POSITION OF THE RED CROSS IS THAT ARES VOLUNTEERS WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATIONS AT AN AMERICAN RED CROSS DISASTER SITE FOR MORE THAN SEVEN DAYS WITHOUT SUBMITTING TO THE RED CROSS BACKGROUND CHECK PROCEDURE. DISCUSSION THEN TURNED TO THE RED CROSSS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT WOULD NOT CONDUCT CREDIT OR MODE OF LIVING CHECKS. THE LEAGUES STATED CONCERN HAS BEEN THAT THE ARC BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION CONSENT FORM STATES THAT A CONSUMER REPORT AND/OR ‰ FROM PAGE 74 ‰ W0LAW K4GK K4FQU KA4FZI 119 WU8H 116 WB8OIF K4BEH 115 NN7H 112 KD7THV W5XX 111 WA4UJC N3RB 110 WX4H N1IQI K1YCQ W5ESE WV8RG N7XG N7YSS N4ABM W0WSP W7GB WE2G KK5GY 108 AF2K 107 KV4AN 106 N9WS N2VC AB1AV 105 K2TV W3CB NU0F ‰ END OF 40 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ