RE: Re: [Enduranceriders] NEED HELP

["Bob Morris" <bobmorris@rmci.net>]

This could be a very good subject Randy! It is comparable to that currently
in place in New York on a national basis. How can a person contend to be a
representative of a population when they have never lived in the area they
portend to represent. In the AERC arena, how can a person portend to
represent a population of a region when they do not reside there-in for the
major portion of the year.

It is contended, for each of the above instances, that the person in
question is knowledgeable because of their ability to quickly understand,
their sympathetic association with the population and their interest in the
current topics off interest.

To this I say HOGWASH!!! If the representative is not readily available to
their constitutions, they no longer are doing any viable representation.
They are not "walking in the footsteps" of those they represent! They, no
doubt, have a very different agenda, set of interests and are no longer
"REPRESENTATIVE"  of the policies for which they were elected.

This is bad enough when it concerns a Director-at-Large but consider the
same in the case of a Regional Director.

The problem has been stated but what of the solution? Should not the
membership be polled on their feelings? Perhaps the membership is pleased
that the Directors in question are getting a broader outlook on endurance
riding through their worldly travels. Perhaps they are glad that the persons
in question are gone so they do not have to endure their presence. I suggest
that the members be polled through a set of questions posted in the
Endurance News and on-line. Tally the poll just prior to the mid-year Board
meeting and take up the subject then.

Bob Morris



-----Original Message-----
From: renegade12@juno.com [mailto:renegade12@juno.com]
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 10:10 PM
To: Enduranceriders@egroups.com
Cc: PNER@onelist.com; ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: RC: Re: [Enduranceriders] NEED HELP


MB,

How about conflict of interest?  No, on second thought that subject has
already been bandied about.  I have an idea, how about Directors at Large
who live more than 1/2 the year outside of the US?  Seems like that would
be a good, current, and non confrontational article.  You could ask how
someone could be elected to represent the US AERC Membership at large and
not be in contact with them for months at a time  I don't know anyone who
would get upset with an article bringing this to the attention of the
membership and maybe the membership needs to think about who they elect
to represent them.

Shalom Alechem (sic)

Randy

On Sun, 30 Apr 2000 23:58:46 EDT merryben@aol.com writes:
> I have to write my VP message for the EN by tomorrow and I have not
> started.
> I can't think of a topic. I need suggestions.  Anything but LD and
> the pull
> code topic.  I have no strong opinions about the pull code and think
>
> everything I have read so far that people have written has a point.
> Send me
> topics....mb
>
>
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