[HCoop-Misc] google-screen new members?

[Franklin Gordon Bynum]

I'm on board with us being different from a plain-vanilla corporate
provider who may turn someone away for an unconscionable reason (e.g.
not having a credit card).  

But I'd just like to add to this discussion-- with hopes that this won't
offend anyone-- that I don't want to be sanctimonious at the expense of
our security and trust of other members.

I think we're all reasonable people, who can reasonably interpret as
much information as is brought before us.  I certainly wouldn't
categorically limit the information we can use, unless it is a
"protected" category.  For example, there is absolutely no reason we
should know race, gender, sexual orientation and various other personal
information about someone.  As far as criminal accusations, I think we
can (and *should*) reasonably consider them, as we should all other
relevant information.

On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 15:56 -0400, Justin Hart wrote:
> Also, I'd like to know where he got money like THAT for AOL usernames.
>  That's almost three thousands of a cent a piece.  Whoever paid that
> much got burned.
> 
> Justin
> 
> On 7/28/06, Justin Hart <justinhart at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I think that we should have extensive background checks.  We should
> > hire private investigators to check out all new folks, as well as
> > require new members to have security clearances, or at least a cursory
> > background investigation from DSA.
> >
> > Also, they should have a pony.
> >
> > Justin
> >
> > On 7/28/06, Terrence Brannon <metaperl at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Speaking of googling, should we do this on all new prospective members? I
> > > remember that a person named Jason Smathers was interested in joining hcoop
> > > and I'm guess that this Jason Smathers is him:
> > > http://www.google.com/search?q=jason+smathers&hl=en&sourceid=gd&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2006-27,GGLD:en
> > >
> > > ... he's currently in jail for stealing all 92 million AOL member names and
> > > selling them for 28,000 dollars.
> > >
> > > On 7/28/06, Franklin Gordon Bynum <frank at hcoop.net> wrote:
> > > > I recently googled myself--  yes, but don't we all-- and saw this
> > > >
> > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hcoop-discuss@hcoop.net/
> > > >
> > > > What is this service?  Why is our list on it?
> > > >
> > > > frank
> > > >
> > > >
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> > Justin W. Hart
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