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Re: Volunteer Screening?

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Originally Posted by M. Krass
http://www.usfirst.org/volunteers/youthprotect/

FIRST has withdrawn the policy.

Thank goodness. Common sense prevails for a change.
Thank you Dave Lavery, and everyone else who has worked to get this policy changed. FIRST has had some serious growing pains over the years, and this was only one of a series of Incredibly Bad (if perhaps well-meaning) Decisions on their part. Its good to see that TPTB at FIRST do listen to the community, and will put the needs of team leaders and mentors before their legal fears. I am impressed that they reversed this policy. Not every organization is humble enough to do that.

As a community we still need to keep an eye on what's going on in Manchester (in fact two eyes, as often as we can spare them), but its good to see that we can affect change.
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