Quote Originally Posted by Mark van Wyk View Post
This is going to sound a little "out there," but as a person who has undergone many "sensitivity" training sessions and background checks at various corporations, government contractors, and government entities such as serving on a county board-- be it race relations, sexual harassment, etc. -- I've found that usually the way it works is you just put up with it and take the class and sign the form, and then life goes on as normal. You rarely notice any difference, except maybe you are a bit more aware of certain sensitive issues. I've never been "hurt" by any of these types of training.
I'm certain even people who have served in the Military know what I am talking about.
DON'T MAKE A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLE HILL, FOLKS. I doubt very seriously that there will be "rule compliance Nazis" at every YE event. My advice: take the training, take the background check, and keep participating in YE.
You keep advising that, but your own poll in the sister thread currently shows that over 80% will not submit to this. So I'm thinking you are in a small minority on this issue. I know you keep saying this is not a problem, but some 80% of your friends on here disagree.

Yes, at work we are required to tolerate this kind of nonsense as a requirement of employment. I am employed because I have to do that to feed my family. Volunteers have no such requirement. I like flying kids, but I don't have to fly kids in order to feed my family and I don't have to be an EAA blessed volunteer to fly kids. The YE program was a tool, but that tool is now broken.

If the numbers in your poll have any reflection on reality, then the EAA corporate types are going to have to either go back and start over again, or write off the YE program as a casualty to their own stupidity. You can argue all you want, but the fact is volunteers don't have to volunteer. When it reaches their pain threshold, volunteers can simply walk away. According to your own poll, some 80% are saying this has reached their pain threshold.

-Cub Builder