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Who is an "LD rider"? Many people are members
and don't ride at all. I have 5400 AERC miles and didn't ride for 2 years,
and have started back this year by riding 2 LD's. Does that make me a
different species in the eyes of AERC? I don't think so. If I were
to ride LD's for the rest of my life, as an AERC member, I would still receive
EN, be able to vote for directors, and all the other privileges of
membership. What I earn for awards is not a membership privilege--it is a
reflection of how and how much I choose to compete--in other words, awards are
EARNED by members, they are not a privilege of membership. Should we have
a separate membership category for people who choose to ride stallions and
compete for Jim Jones? For 100-milers, since they have some separate
awards? For people who only ride a couple of 50's a year, because they
don't compete for anything, except that their mileage slowly acrues??
(Hey, that sounds about like what the LD riders can do under Roger's proposal,
never mind that he's also proposed regional awards as well.) Or what about
folks who sometimes ride LD's and sometimes go farther? Would a new
membership category for this new species called an "LD rider" mess them
up?
Bottom line--members are members, and how they
choose to compete is their own business.
Heidi
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 6:29
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Subject: Re: [RC] LD MY final ideas or
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Is the board going to establish a lower dues for the LD
riders?
Truman
Merryben@xxxxxxx wrote:
In a message dated 6/28/2002 8:08:06 PM Central
Daylight Time, roger@xxxxxxxxxxx
writes:
1. Drop ALL national level LD award programs Placing
,BC, high mile
etc.
2. Keep Lifetime mileage in the LD miles
program
3. Award REGIONAL placing and Regional BC and high mileages for
those Region that want to
support the concept. As we do in the
SE.
4. DO NOT force all regions to comply with the LD program. Let
the
riders decide in each region how they want LD to be implemented and
rewarded.
5. List the LD ride in EN JUST as is now done. Placing
for the
regions offer placing and ride list for others. Just report it
as it
is being done by region. Keep regional statics only (placing BC
mileage
etc.
6. NO AGE CHANGE LD or
ENDURANCE
I agree, especially with number 1. I would
like to not see 4 year olds racing but there is no evidence that they have
been hurt by
it......mb
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