Ridecamp: Re: [RC] LD rides (the thread that will not die)

Quoted from RC:
> As far as the 'original intent' of LD rides, c'mon now, this isn't 
> consitutional law here, where we have to always worry about the intent of 
> the founding fathers, is it?

AERC is a legal entity and is subject to all kinds of law.  So yes, we *do* 
have to worry about the intent of the founding fathers (and mothers) of 
AERC since it was that intent that created our bylaws.  AERC is required to 
run itself according to the bylaws, the bylaws have to define what an LD 
actually is and then make sure all LDs are managed that way.   IF the 
original intent was that an LD is a training ride and the bylaws support 
that, then *until the bylaws are changed* that's what an LD is - a training 
ride - and any LD sanctioned by AERC had better be run like a training 
ride.  IF the bylaws are confused about what an LD is, then they had better 
be changed.  And if the membership doesn't like what the bylaws say an LD 
is, then again, the bylaws should be changed.  So that's why some of us are 
worrying about LDs.



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