Volunter Verification

[frcguy]

If your background, credit score, etc. are so perfect, why do you care so much about why they are doing this? Is it just for transparencies sake? You've made it clear you have nothing to hide, so why make a big deal out of it. They need to to a background check. Who cares? They're just trying to protect you, your fellow volunteers, student participants, and themselves. If you don't like it, you don't have to volunteer.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Jpatterson1710

That may be true, but can you blame any organization for trying to protect themselves, regardless of what the organization is intended to do? All it takes is one issue to snowball into lawsuits and more. I know I surely would rather go through a background check, before i'd watch FIRST go through a potentially massive lawsuit.

They will still go through the massive lawsuit...Having done some due diligence might prevent them from having to pay out, or might lessen the damages, but they're still getting sued either way.

[techhelpbb]

Originally Posted by frcguy

If your background, credit score, etc. are so perfect, why do you care so much about why they are doing this? Is it just for transparencies sake? You've made it clear you have nothing to hide, so why make a big deal out of it. They need to to a background check. Who cares? They're just trying to protect you, your fellow volunteers, student participants, and themselves. If you don't like it, you don't have to volunteer.

There is the 'what do you have to hide?!' I knew could not be resisted. Even if it is, you have nothing to hide so what is the issue?

The answer is: I am a professional in a field directly relevant to global financial information and the security there of, so I need to steer clear of situations where I associate in activities that endanger that security or speak up when I percieve that risk. I chose to speak up.

On the contrary, and no slight intended, if you do not like my responsibility you can feel free not to comment or suggest I have something to hide or keep quiet. Even if I withdrew total support for FIRST tomorrow anything they did while they had support I could be associated with. The same goes for donors: if FIRST has a donor involved in criminal activity or FIRST is found liable of wrong doing.

For example: if I told you I worked for Wells Fargo as a teller and you watched the news recently: tell me you would not wonder (and no, while I have consulted for Wells Fargo, I had nothing to do with their recent account creation issue but you bet if I knew I would have confronted them).

There are risks I am prepared to take and those I am not. I obviously like FIRST but even if I like something does not mean I can play loose. If I play favorites like that it sets a very bad presedence.

To reiterate, I found one explanation from FIRST YPP in their FAQ declaring they are not seeking financial information. I would like to see if there are others elsewhere as has been suggested.