Quote Originally Posted by Eric Cernjar View Post
Hi Byron,
What I think we’re seeing, based on the feedback here and through direct communications, is at times there are misunderstandings on how this policy is followed based upon the type of activities a chapter is conducting.

Thanks,
Eric
What HQ is refusing to acknowledge is an outright rejection of this policy by many members. That is not a misunderstanding. I keep seeing numerous attempts by EAA staff to steer this off into a "What we really meant to say is this" conversation, when the fact is that a significant number simply reject this approach. "But everyone else does it this way" is not a reasonable argument for approaching the issue in this manner. I don't think anyone objects to a pre-rally briefing or training and/or procedures appropriate to they issue at hand. But this notion that we must all prove we aren't convicted perverts to participate is offensive to many.

Aircraft builders and pilots are an intelligent and innovative group of people that rarely follow the crowd; otherwise we wouldn't do what we do. There have been some really top notch suggestions for how to handle this subject in a much less offensive manner in this thread, but HQ simply refuses to recognize that anyone might reject this policy. Reading between the lines, the unspoken answer is, "This is what we are going to do. Like it or lump it."

Quote Originally Posted by Byron J. Covey
For many of us who have been in the EAA long enough to have five digit membership numbers, this is just another disappointment in a long series of disappointments. It is time for Jack to straighten out the leadership team up there.
I think Byron sums it up pretty well with the quote above. But I expect Jack is likely a supporter of this policy, thus the refusal by HQ to even acknowledge dissension from the membership.

-Cub Builder