Re: Passport checks         


Author: Ewan Scott
Date: May 15, 2008 02:29

On Tue, 13 May 2008 06:30:00 -0700 (PDT), SL_wimbledon@yahoo.co.uk
wrote:
>On 11 May, 22:22, "Mike Hudgell" hudgell.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Does anyone actually follow this really strange rule?
>
>I don't think I'm going out on a limb here when I say that our DC
>would be really surprised if we felt we needed to ask his permission
>for a non-British-national Scout to join the Group.
>
>Neil makes a good point below about possible CRB issues for adults,
>but as far as the YP are concerned, this is really a non-issue. I just
>let the non-UK-national Scouts choose which version of the Promise
>they'd prefer to make. Technically (POR1.1j) I think this is the GSLs
>decision to make - I guess he's delegating it to me and I'm delegating
>it to the Scout themselves :)
>
Given that we are a global movement, so we kept being told, the
checking of a child's passport seems counter to what we stand for.

Since there is no exclusion of young people it doesn't seem to matter
too much, does it?

Ewan Scott
http://www.claytonwestscouts.org.uk

http://www.whitleybeaumont.co.uk
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