Ridecamp: [RC] Ride Mgmt costs & fees

Just some noodling about this year's admittedly not-a-no-frills ride.

155 riders:
33 non-AERC members, a new record (last year was 32).  That means I 
owe AERC $10 for each one, which just goes into the General Fund, I 
understand.  $330.  Thanks to Mike and Russ for providing the 
rider/horse AERC lookup, which ensured I snagged the non-members and 
found the numbers for members who couldn't recall theirs.

California gets $3 x 155 riders in drug fee money, let's see, that's $465.

$4 per starting rider for AERC.  That's $620.

So $1,415 in fees.

Plus $20  each in memberships 2 of the 4 vets for whom I agreed to 
pay for their membership.

$1,455.  I let a friend use her mileage-plus card to pay the AERC 
fees and pay her by check.  ;-)

Just thought riders might want to know where some of the rest of the 
entry money goes.  Approx. $2,700 in awards after IAHA subsidy, 
$1,400 for basecamp, $1,500 in vets, $2,200 for the catered meals, 
$500 in rider food, $450 for porta-johns, $150 in horse feed, $350 in 
trail marking supplies, $280 in $10 discount coupons for last year's 
non-completers...we give jrs and ride mgrs half price.  That doesn't 
include misc. expenses, but for you math-phobes, that's $10,985.   Of 
course my administrative labor is not included.

Our entry fees are $85 and $75.  Horses that don't vet in get full 
refunds, only a couple of those.  17 other pre-paid folks had to 
cancel, they all got full refunds.  I don't cash the checks until the 
week before the ride, to facilitate refunds before the last week, 
which means I lay out a bunch of cash up front.

Not exactly a profitable venture, but it doesn't lose money either, 
which was the original intent.  The vast majority of riders 
appreciate what it takes to put on a ride, and are very nice to mgmt 
and volunteers.  The rest of you might think twice before yelling at 
an out-timer.

Happy (well-marked) trails!

Lynne
Norco Riverdance (PS)

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