[Air-L] Fw: New LA Opera Requirements for Volunteers (fwd)
Charlie Bertsch
cbertsch at gmail.com
Sat Nov 20 07:36:25 PST 2010
The worst of it is the blithe assumption that volunteers will cheerily
pay the $90.
On 11/20/10, Barry Wellman <wellman at chass.utoronto.ca> wrote:
> these are about volunteers who come in and give a one-hour lecture about
> Trovatore, etc. Not continuing, intimate relationships.
>
> Are body scans next?
> Bureaucrats Run Wild While CYA -- new movie title.
>
> Barry Wellman
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>
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>
> On Sat, 20 Nov 2010, Maria Tucker wrote:
>
>> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 10:23:25 -0500
>> From: Maria Tucker <tuckerm at umich.edu>
>> To: Barry Wellman <wellman at chass.utoronto.ca>
>> Cc: communication and information technology section asa
>> <citasa at list.citasa.org>, aoir list <air-l at aoir.org>,
>> Steve Mann <mann at eecg.toronto.edu>, jason nolan
>> <jason at jasonnolan.net>,
>> "Mann, Steve -- Steve Mann" <hydraulophone at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [CITASA] Fw: New LA Opera Requirements for Volunteers (fwd)
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 20 Nov 2010 09:34:07 -0500, Barry WellmaearSear All
>>
>> This is standard practice for working with minors in California. I am
>> currently the Director of the Draper Center for Community Partnerships at
>> Pomona College (small liberal arts) in Claremont CA and the hundreds
>> students who work in schools must have a TB test and Live Scan as well.
>> smh
>>
>> Happy Saturday!
>> Maria
>>
>> <wellman at chass.utoronto.ca> wrote:
>>> Talk about the Surveillance State Going to New Extremes.
>>> Well, the Ring is Kinda Subversive.
>>>
>>> This is Not a Hoaz: one of my Oldest and Dearest Friends received this.
>>>
>>> Barry Wellman
>>> _______________________________________________________________________
>>>
>>> S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director
>>> Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388
>>> University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman
>>> http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963
>>> Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php
>>> _______________________________________________________________________
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Kelly Christ
>>> To: Kelly Christ
>>> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 1:38 PM
>>> Subject: New LA Opera Requirements for Volunteers
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Opera League Volunteers,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We are so grateful for the efforts and passion that you put forth as
>> you
>>> spread your love and knowledge of opera, especially to children and
>>> youth. In order to continue this outreach to young people, LA Opera
>> now
>>> requires that any volunteer who works with children or youth on behalf
>>> of LA Opera or the Opera League gets fingerprinted and TB-tested
>> whether
>>> you work with children at schools, in the community or here at the
>>> Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> To this purpose, we are having a fingerprinting vendor come to campus
>> on
>>> Monday, November 29th from 9:30-11:30am in Rehearsal Room 2 on the 4th
>>> floor of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Even if you have fingerprints
>> on
>>> file with another agency, you must be fingerprinted again for our
>>> programs. The cost to the volunteer is $71 and you can pay at that
>> time
>>> by cash, money orders, cashier checks or business checks payable to
>>> Federal Fingerprinting, Inc. They do not accept personal checks or
>>> credit cards. At this time, you will need to fill out the attached
>> "Live
>>> Scan Form" (copies will be available in the rehearsal room). You will
>>> also need to bring a valid government-issued ID. To participate in the
>>> fingerprinting service, please RSVP to Kelly Christ in Human Resources
>>> by email (kchrist at laopera.com) or telephone (213.972.3140) by
>> Wednesday,
>>> November 24th at 12 noon.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We have also made contact with US Healthworks who will be providing TB
>>> skin tests at the cost of $20 to volunteers. To get TB tested you can
>>> visit any of their Los Angeles area clinics. You just need to walk-in
>>> during that clinic's regular hours and present them with the attached
>>> "US Healthworks TB Authorization Form." They will give you the test
>> and
>>> require that you visit them again in 3 days time for a reading.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The US Healthworks downtown clinic is located at 1313 West 8th Street
>>> Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90017. They are open from Monday through
>>> Friday from 7:00am - 4:00pm and on Saturday from 7:00am - 1:00pm. If
>>> necessary, you can reach them at (213) 401-1970.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please note that there may be a clinic closer to your home. To find a
>>> clinic near you, you can visit their website at www.ushealthworks.com.
>>> Next click, "Find a Medical Center" and select "California" from the
>>> drop-down menu. You can then enter your address and click "Search."
>> Now
>>> click on the location nearest to you and their address, office hours,
>>> contact numbers and more information will be at your fingertips.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You may also visit your own doctor for a TB test. Be sure to send
>>> written evidence that you tested negative to LA Opera's Human
>> Resources
>>> Department (Attn: Kelly Christ, LA Opera, 135 North Grand Ave, Los
>>> Angeles, CA 90012). If you tested negative within the past six months,
>>> you may send that written evidence to LA Opera HR instead.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please note that if you choose not to get fingerprinted or TB tested
>> you
>>> can still volunteer for many LA Opera and Opera League activities.
>>> However, as of December 1st, 2010, LA Opera and the Opera League will
>>> only assign volunteers to make school visits or participate in other
>>> activities involving children to those volunteers who have completed
>>> these new requirements. You will be eligible for assignments involving
>>> children as soon as:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> a.. You have been fingerprinted by our vendor (and cleared with
>>> California's Dept. of Justice and the FBI)
>>> b.. AND you have provided LA Opera's HR department with proof of a
>>> negative TB test
>>>
>>>
>>> If you are not able to complete these tasks before December 1st, you
>>> will be eligible to volunteer in activities involving children just as
>>> soon as these tasks are finalized.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If you have any questions, please contact Kelly Christ in LA Opera
>> Human
>>> Resources by email (kchrist at laopera.com) or telephone (213.972.3140).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks again for giving so much of your time, energy and spirit to
>> young
>>> people on behalf of LA Opera!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Kelly
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Kelly Christ
>>>
>>> Human Resources and Operations Administrator
>>>
>>> 135 North Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012
>>>
>>> T: 213 972 3140 | F: 213 972 3082 | W: www.laopera.com
>>>
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