Ridecamp: Re: [RC] completion awards - Moonlight Madness

At 5:05 PM +0000 7/23/02, Ridecamp Guest wrote:
> Melody Wong wrecksduke@xxxxxxx
> What's the price/cost difference in a t-shirt with the name of the 
> ride screened on it versus a water bottle with "happy faces" on it?
> It would have been nicer to get something with the name of the ride on it.
> Where was the ride photographer by the way?
> Melody

Hi, Mel-

You know, sometimes I think we've raised expectations to a pretty 
high level in these parts.

I also like to get a completion award that has the ride's name or 
logo on it.  For good quality screening and if it's a shirt, a good 
quality shirt, I pay $10.  You've gotten used to almost all rides in 
our region offering a high quality completion award.  Not all, 
though.  And a first year ride mgr has to be careful about costs.  I 
lost $1500 the first year putting on Norco.  About $500 the next 
year.  Since then we've done better.  Economized since by cutting out 
rider lunches (while still doing 80+ volunteers'), and because the 
equipment needed to put on the ride had been purchased in the first 
year.

There are some people who put on rides to make money.  Sometimes 
clubs put on rides as fund-raisers.  Some of us put on rides just to 
provide a place for like-minded folks to have fun with their horses, 
where the hosts don't get much party-time in but the others can...

Having a ride photographer is not really a "given", but a "nice to 
have".  We gave away photos free the first year of NRR, and have had 
a pro photographer who has charged for photos since.  I hope people 
appreciate how Terry has managed to give away the photos at her 
rides, with a frame, no less IN ADDITION to a completion award with 
the ride's logo and name on it.

Yeah, she's raised the bar for the rest of us.  ;-)

When I attend a ride, I just want competent vets, well-marked and 
interesting trails which distance doesn't exceed the advertised 
mileage, horse water, and a decent road in and out of the place.  The 
rest is icing on the much-appreciated cake.

Lynne
Norco Riverdance Ride (PS) 8/31/02



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