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    Re: [RC] Director at Large - Heidi Smith


    >  The AERC also keeps records and tracks mileage for non-members for later incorporation into thier member record if they join at a later date, so they can be eligible for awards if they decide to join. For this they deserve compensation, and I dont think the paying members should be burdened with this cost.
     
    They aren't.  The rider fee is paid to AERC for EVERY rider, not just members, and this should easily cover the recording costs.  That is the ONLY benefit they get, AERC is already compensated, so what's the point?
     
    >I believe one of the intents behind the non-member fee was to encourage people to join our organization and further it membership roles. This is a benefit to our strength as an organization. If a rider only does one or two rides a year it really isnt a financial burden to pay this fee, but if a rider should do say four or five rides a year the fee encourages them to join and be a paticipating member, maybe even vote, be a ride manager or DAL. I dont think it was imposed to be a punitive fee, but rather as an encouragement to join and be a participating member so that they can have awards.
     
    If we need negative inducements to join AERC, then we need to rethink our organization and ask ourselves why our positive inducements aren't enough, or why it is that we are not presenting our positive inducements in such a way that those who are not members would feel that it is worth it to join.  As Joe has already pointed out, the benefits of membership speak for themselves--such things as receiving EN, being able to participate in lifetime mileage programs for horse and rider, annual awards programs, being able to have a voice in how AERC conducts itself, etc.  To paraphrase your last sentence, if our awards aren't attractive enough to make you want to join, we will hold a $10 figurative gun to your head and make you enjoy them anyway.
     
    I agree wholeheartedly with Joe on this issue--it is a black mark on our organization, and it is a matter of principle.  Unlike Joe, I had just given up thinking about it.
     
    Heidi

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