Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Guest fees

On Tue, 1 Oct 2002 21:23:40 -0400, "oddfarm" <jsalas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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>So yes, non-members do get ride amenities at the rides, but they pay for them, just like the rest of us. So how important is that non-member fee? If so few riders are actually non-members, how much money would AERC lose by not collecting it? Better yet, if it is that important, why can't AERC collect it and leave the RM the rest of the paper work? 
>
>Another alternative would be to not include non-members in the awards ceremony after the ride. Oh, wouldn't that go over well! My point is, that we are all paying the same price to ride. However, members are getting the benefits of mileage being recorded, year end awards, regional awards and the ability to qualify for NC rides or whatever they are calling it now. Non-members don't.
>
>I am all for making it as easy as pie for anyone to put on a ride. I use to be a bill collector and it wasn't fun. That is how you feel though when you have to start making calls to people who didn't pay that $10. If it is not that big a deal, I say let it go. 

This reminds me of a scene in "A Man for All Seasons."  St. Thomas
More said to a man who had just perjured himself in exchange for an
appointment as chancellor of Wales, "What doth it profit a man to gain
the whole word but lose his soul ... but for Wales?"

I feel that the AERC sold its soul, not for Wales, but for a lousy ten
bucks.

-- 

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


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