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    Re: [RC] Pre-Ride VC Issues/RM Education - Randy H Eiland


    Lynne,
    
    Thanks for your post.  I am forwarding it to the Ride Managers &
    Sanctioning Committees for their thoughts.
    
    For the most part, I believe we have competent, educated Ride Managers. 
    As the SW Region Sanctioning Director, I often have received phone calls
    or visited in person with new RM's, answered questions, discussed
    logistics, management philosophies, etc. and I am sure my fellow
    Sanctioning Directors do the same thing.  AERC has a monthly article in
    the EN, RIDE MANAGER'S FORUM, that discusses issues, logistics, ideas,
    etc that are related to ride management.  Additionally, I am familiar
    with individual RM's in many different regions that volunteer their
    experience and knowledge..as well as their actual physical, on site help
    with new (and sometimes old) rides.  What I am saying is that AERC has a
    very good infrastructure of Ride Managers who volunteer their expertise
    to help their fellow Ride Managers - old ones and new ones.
    
    We are very fortunate in the SW Region to have Roger Taylor (my fellow SW
    Region Director) who volunteers to help at many of our rides...Roger even
    acts as the Alternate Ride Manager at many of our rides...I believe each
    region of AERC has individual members who are just as involved as Roger. 
    
    
    The major problem that Roger Rittenhouse discusses is one that is not
    relegated to just one region.  Experience is the only way to control that
    situation..no matter what AERC does or prints, actual ride management
    experience is the only way for a RM to gain confidence to take total
    control of the event - which is the way it should be.  The RM, and those
    who volunteer to help, are the only ones that are not "employees" of the
    Ride Manager...all other personal working the ride are, in fact, paid
    employees of the Ride Managers...they are not consultants, partners, nor
    supervisors of the ride.  They have one job and that is to protect the
    welfare of the equines and the riders based on the AERC Rules & Regs.
    
    Randy
    
    On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 11:06:52 -0700 Lynne Glazer <lynne@xxxxxxxxxx>
    writes:
    > >>RE- That rule does not exist, but Rule 2.1.5 states the Vet's 
    > decision
    > regarding disqualification are final...but that must be related to 
    > Rule
    > 2.1.4 that states that the equine is examined for metabolic and
    > mechanical parameters....so the DQ by a Vet can only be related to 
    > those
    > parameters and violation of Rule 3.3 that refers to an equine that
    > constitutes a clear danger to other equines or humans....The real 
    > answer
    > to your premise that some Vets are overstepping the boundaries of a
    > smooth ride lies with competent, educated Ride Managers.  When it is 
    > all
    > said and done, an AERC endurance ride is like a small franchise 
    > business
    > with AERC being the Franchisor...and the Ride Manager is the 
    > Franchisee. <<
    > 
    > Competent, educated Ride Managers.
    > 
    > And how does AERC go about making sure we have those?
    > 
    > Franchisors spend a great deal of effort to educate their 
    > franchisees--to make sure that the products are presented in a 
    > homogenous manner.  To some extent that is desireable in 
    > endurance--so that a rider can go around the country (or region) and 
    > 
    > know what to expect.  Our framework, in the form of rules, helps 
    > that 
    > happen.  Our ride manager's handbook is the only other puzzle piece 
    > 
    > that AERC provides, unless you count the ride manager's forum at 
    > convention.
    > 
    > The ride manager's handbook doesn't include consideration for 
    > situations like what Roger is describing, nor any of the other tough 
    > 
    > decisions RMs should be making during the conduct of the ride 
    > itself.
    > 
    > There is some formidable experience on our BOD in terms of ride 
    > management.  I would love to see some of this know-how codified into 
    > 
    > the handbook so that more people could learn what it takes to put on 
    > 
    > a good ride, and help RMs with some foreknowledge of the "right 
    > roads" to take.
    > 
    > Lynne
    > AERC #14580
    > IMHO, you can't be a good ride manager without moral courage. 
    > Whether it's a small ride or a huge one, tough choices often have to 
    > 
    > be made (thinking back over the last 4 years of my ride, and the 
    > stuff I've seen around the sport for the past 12 yrs as a volunteer 
    > 
    > and rider).
    > 
    
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