Re: RC: Just what is LD competition?

[DVeritas@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/20/01 8:51:52 PM Mountain Daylight Time, 
Dbeverly4@aol.com writes:


> can of worms got even wormier when AERC started 
> recognizing LD miles and offering year-end awards based on them.  Humongous 
> mistake (IMO) 


I agree, Sylvia!
It is about money, no doubt, not about miles.
We always hear that without LD miles, alot of rides would just "go away".
That being a "given", I don't think there is anything WRONG with Ride 
Managers, under the purview of AERC Sanctioning, MANDATING how LD rides will 
be conducted.  (We should not even CALL it Limited Distance, we should come 
up with a different name....ANY SUGGESTIONS?,i.e., Shortest Allowable Sort of 
Endurance Ride.....it is NOT an "endurance ride" and it CERTAINLY is not an 
"endurance race".
    It surely is a fiscal evolution.  
    If LD riders NEED the recognition and ego-stroking, then WE as an 
organization have not done our job well.
    We should start again and fix it.
    Yes, I know all the LD'er arguments...we have been through them many 
times already.
    But, if we care, we should dare to do something.

    Frank.