Originally Posted by
AcroGimp
And there's the rub, want to go to OSH, must support the org, want to compete in IAC, must support the org, want to fly YE, must support the org.
The guys aren't the problem, the chapters aren't the problem (although IAC 36 has some serious politic BS going on but that is another story). The org is the problem and it only speaks one language, money.
Unless and until the org hears a message, in the only language it understands, and at a volume it can't ignore, it has now clearly stated it doesn't care what we mere peons think down in the hinterlands, so long as our tribute continues to flow.
Well I for one am done with complying and submitting and participating in any further erosion of my freedoms (more than enough of that going on everywhere else already) and that includes subjecting myself to this background check and training, in order to (sort of) protect the org - it does absolutely nothing for me as a volunteer.
And anyone who thinks EAA being able to point to this program is going to keep them out of a suit for any real or imagined molestation that may eventually happen, someday, somewhere, somehow, is deluding themselves.
This literally does nothing for the org, and nothing for us as volunteers - worse, it is overly burdensome and self-contradictory as has been pointed out on multiple occasions.
'Gimp