Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Director at Large

On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 23:35:36 -0400, "Howard Bramhall"
<howard9732@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>No, Bob, what it means is that only 0.15% are willing to shell out the big bucks to fly across the country, at their own expense, to the AERC Board meetings twice or more a year (not including the convention) and that only 0.15% are willing to take the verbal abuse when things don't go well at a ride or two and everyone wants to know what AERC is going to do about all this; and that only 0.15% are willing to speak out in public to explain what the Board of Directors are currently doing or attempting to do about all this; and that only 0.15% are willing to put their reputations on the line for the actions of over 5,863 riders, some of whom don't know their asses from a hole in the ground; and......  I can go on and on with this if you think it's necessary.

I gave serious consideration to running this year, and some of the
factors above weighed in my decision.  But the main reason I decided
not to run was that I didn't want to be one of those Directors who ran
with an axe to grind.  What got me thinking about running was my
hatred for the non-member fees, and a strong desire to see them
eliminated from the AERC.  Yes, "hatred;" the non-member fees are the
reason I don't manage rides any more.  I simply will not be a party to
collecting them.

But I fear I would just be tilting at a windmill; the fees are pretty
heavily entrenched.  "Make somebody else pay for my benefits" is too
popular.  The Board and the AERC don't need the distraction of a fight
that isn't likely to resolve anything.

-- 

Joe Long
jlong@xxxxxxxx
http://www.rnbw.com


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