Re: RC: Re: Educating Ride Managers?

[Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>]

At 10:49 AM 4/13/00 -0700, Sue wrote:
> Experience in doing something only means that
> an individual has done it...not that it was done necessarily
> correctly.  If you don't have some kind of proof of accountability,
> your case becomes pretty weak.  

I'd like to put a ride on here someday in the (hopefully) near future, so
I have a personal interest in this topic.  I'd like to know what
kind of accountablity would be acceptable (I am just asking for ideas,
not legal opinions).  There aren't any schools for ride managers, no
degrees you can get in college for managing rides.  Having your CPR
certificate would be  nice, but that doesn't help you manage a ride
either.   Would merely having read AERC's Ride Manager's
booklet count?  Or helping ride management on other rides?

I can see that this is one of the indicators of our sport's
growing.  Growing pains, if you will.  While of course
accountability of RMs has always been important, I think we're
approaching a new level - or maybe we've reached that level and have
needed to address this issue long before.  Lif

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