[FRC Blog] Frank Answers Fridays: August 15, 2014

[PayneTrain]

[quote=cgmv123;1396607]I'm surprised Frank chose that question when there are plenty of more pressing questions about the Youth Protection Program.

Either a) no one submitted a question to be answered by him that mirrors a concern in that thread or b) people deflect harder questions all the time and the director for FRC is not immune to that fact.

Not saying b is likely or a bad thing, but it's to be expected. There are likely plenty of questions asked by the community he can't/won't answer.

[cgmv123]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

Either a) no one submitted a question to be answered by him that mirrors a concern in that thread or b) people deflect harder questions all the time and the director for FRC is not immune to that fact.

Not saying b is likely or a bad thing, but it's to be expected. There are likely plenty of questions asked by the community he can't/won't answer.

So the best they could do is a history lesson?

Frank's made it clear plenty of times that he doesn't need Chief Delphi posts to be turned into Frank Answers Fridays questions for him to respond to them.

Until the administrative manual comes out, the Youth Protection Program is the biggest issue going into the new FRC season. FIRST needs to prevent it from becoming a bigger problem than it already is.

[Steven Donow]

Originally Posted by cgmv123

So the best they could do is a history lesson?

Frank's made it clear plenty of times that he doesn't need Chief Delphi posts to be turned into Frank Answers Fridays questions for him to respond to them.

Until the administrative manual comes out, the Youth Protection Program is the biggest issue going into the new FRC season. FIRST needs to prevent it from becoming a bigger problem than it already is.

Except odds are (and from what I've seen), the YPP isn't really a "problem". Remember that CD is the oftentimes a loud minority.

I'm just guessing, but I'm pretty sure a vast majority of FRC teams are school-based where the lead mentor (for TIMS purposes) is a teacher/administrator, in which the YPP is nothing they aren't used to.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Steven Donow

Except odds are (and from what I've seen), the YPP isn't really a "problem". Remember that CD is the oftentimes a loud minority.

I'm just guessing, but I'm pretty sure a vast majority of FRC teams are school-based where the lead mentor (for TIMS purposes) is a teacher/administrator, in which the YPP is nothing they aren't used to.

It's definitely a problem that they are selling everyone's information to advertising agencies, unless you opt out.

[wilsonmw04]

Originally Posted by Cory

It's definitely a problem that they are selling everyone's information to advertising agencies, unless you opt out.

where have you heard this?

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

where have you heard this?

Start here and read until the ensuing conversation devolves, as usual.

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

where have you heard this?

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...30#post1391630

[magnets]

At this point, I'm not too upset by the idea of background checks, but it seems a little sketchy that the required background checking service sells my information to other people by default...

[Foster]

I thought Nate asked a good question, it was open ended, and the answer was pretty decent. We learned that it was a pretty good cross section of FIRST. It was not driven by lawyers. They looked at other groups and used a pretty good benchmark to start their policy from. So we gathered lots of information, and we have a new person, Lee Doucette, Youth Protection Program Manager, to thank about adding to the FIRST transparency that Frank has started. So all in all it was a good FAF! (Bonus for the markup on the header)

In the doc there is this statement:

The Committee utilized the Center for Disease Control’s publication “Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Within Youth-Serving Organizations: Getting Started on Policies and Procedures” as a guide. Members of the Committee also consulted with other youth serving organizations such as the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4H, Boys and Girls Clubs, Little League, Catholic Church, and Big Brother, Big Sisters, who were generous with their time and information.

So someone needs to post the questions "Based on the organizations you used for your benchmarks why is the data subject to an opt-in or opt-out policy? Why is the default "opt-in"? Can you explain the process, policies and procedures that will be followed to keep our mentor data secure. "

Ok, so that's 3 questions.