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Grex Coop Item 23: Ratification of Verification Policy [frozen]
Entered by cmcgee on Fri Jun 15 16:13:47 UTC 2007:

The Board of Directors passed a policy for verification of users on
September 27, 1995.

This is a proposal for the membership of Grex to reaffirm and ratify
that policy.  

Verification of Identity

(1) Anyone requesting access to Grex services for which verification is
required shall present proof of his or her identity. Members and
non-members will be held to the same verification criteria. In order to
be considered verified, a person shall submit a photocopy of an item of
acceptable identification and a signed letter requesting the access.

 (2) The acceptable items of identification are government-issued
ID,school-issued ID, library-issued ID, or a personal check written to
Cyberspace Communications Inc. by the person requesting access. To be
accepted, the item must be currently valid (i.e. not expired), must
identify the person by name, and must include additional identifying
information other than a photograph (such as home address,passport
number, or name of school).


 (3) There shall be one individual, referred to hereafter as "verifier",
who is responsible for accepting verification requests and ID, notifying
the appropriate staff member(s) so that access may be granted if the
criteria of (1) and (2) are met, and notifying the requester if the ID
is not acceptable.

 (4) The board shall solicit volunteers and appoint the verifier. The
term of office is one year and is renewable. Any verified user is
eligible for the post of verifier. If a volunteer for the post is not
currently verified, then for the purpose of gaining eligibility he or
she may present identification to the board that meets the criteria
enumerated in (2).

 (5) In the case of personal checks submitted to the treasurer of
Cyberspace Communications Inc., the treasurer may also verify a user,
provided the check meets the criteria of (2) and is accompanied by a
signed letter as required in (1).


 (6) An individual whose request for verification is denied may appeal
the decision to the board. The board's ruling on appeals is final.

4 responses total.

#1 of 4 by cmcgee on Fri Jun 15 16:15:00 2007:

This needs at least one change:  use of Paypal as a verification
process.  If someone has the wording for our current policy on using
Paypal, I will amend this proposal.

#2 of 4 by cmcgee on Wed Jun 20 23:53:12 2007:

I need someone to help me with the paypal version of this.

#3 of 4 by cmcgee on Thu Jun 21 00:32:11 2007:

Thanks to remmers, I discovered that this board policy was ratified by the
membership on September 27, 1995.  

We need to amend it to allow verification through a Paypal account.  

The verification process is for BOTH members and users who are not members.
This has implications for the proposal outlined in Item 28 Restriction of
Outgoing Net Access, and for the proposal being discussed in Item 24, Grex
User Classes.

#4 of 4 by aruba on Thu Jun 21 18:11:19 2007:

From the minutes of the June 29, 2004 board meeting:
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Gelinas motion, Aruba seconded- final motion: to Add Paypal verification to
the list of accepted forms of ID for individual membership privileges. In 
Favor: 5, Against 0, Abstained: 0 (5 board members present, 2 absent)
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That's all there is to it.

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