Ridecamp: Re: [RC] What Constitutes a Start?

How about customary and accepted use and practice, and the fact that there
is a fee for every starter to be paid to the AERC. And as you said it is
"standard" which implies it is customary and accepted use and practice. The
AERC has no obligation to define every word of common use in its rules in
order to make use of that word or concept. Bill Clintion when he was president
of the US  tried to use this argument and he is disbarred from the practice
of law be cause of it. 

The issue of ambigulity if any - which in my opinion is a stretch - is the
job of the protest committee to figure out. 

Truman

Steph Teeter wrote:
> says Truman: Using your logic and drawing from this particular incident
> where the
> party was seen about five miles into the ride then every RM in the
> country could just set up a point 5 miles down the trail and let all
> those that for whatever reason didn't want to go on pull from the ride
> without any record. If 5 is okay, then why is 10 or 15 or 20?  Are you
> telling me you think this is in the letter and/or sprit of the AERC rules?
>
> No, I think it is a pretty standard procedure to count anybody that begins
> the physical course as a 'starter'. But in order to file a protest or
> grievance, you need something more concrete than 'but this isn't the way
> it's supposed to be done. '
>
> I'm probably getting myself into deep trouble here ... and I am NOT
> promoting the deletion of 'sort of starters' from the official start list.
> But I don't see any rules being broken. Just protocol, and maybe a 'by
> default' policy. I don't see that there is anything concrete to be
> protested.
>
> Steph
>
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