[arg_discuss] RE: [pm] Scalability

[Michael Monello]

> On Dec 16, 2005, at 8:19 PM, Andrea Phillips wrote:
>>
>> Huh. I wasn't aware of the background check, though I can see the  
>> sense in it. Can you elaborate on what kind of check it was? Did  
>> anyone actually, well, flunk it? :)


I guess I forgot to elaborate. The background checks were conducted  
by a law firm. Potential participants had to provide us with specific  
information, including name, address, place of work, phone number,  
etc., as well as a fax of their driver's license or birth certificate.

That information was used to conduct a background check, which was  
mostly focused on legal activity -- arrests, lawsuits, etc.

Because time was tight, there was a tendency to try and reject anyone  
with anything controversial. There was one issue where someone with a  
common name came up clean in their area but someone with the same  
name in another state had quite a record so they wanted to reject the  
person and I made them go back and investigate further. Other than  
that and a couple people who you might call "lead foot" the checks  
never really brought up anything dark.

People were informed the information they were providing was going to  
be used for a background check, so everyone had an opportunity to bow  
out gracefully.

Best,

Mike
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