Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Fwd: Day Member Fee

From AERC Rule 15:
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The provisions of this section apply to any AERC sanctioned ride for the 
following persons: owner, rider, agent, trainer, crew member, ride manager, 
ride management personnel, veterinarian, any member of the family of the 
above, individual AERC member, or any person who violates AERC Rules and 
Regulations.....A protest is a properly documented complaint by an AERC 
member .....
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The above sounds like any aerc member can submit a protest (properly 
documented complaint) refering to any of the group(s) listed as being non 
compliant with AERC rules.

I'm not sure the rules committee can really tell you what "an AERC 
member..." is tho. It's likely the Legal committee of AERC that needs to 
determine what constitutes an AERC member.  The current bylaws are quiet on 
the subject (as Joe pointed out:), saying only:

"...Section 1. Any person interested in the purposes and objectives of this 
organization shall be eligible for membership and upon proper application 
and payment of the required dues shall be accepted in membership.
..."

so you gotta look at what the board has determined to be proper dues and 
the length those dues relate to duration of membership (i.e. a year or a day??)

in 26Aug1995 <paraphrased> : Dues and Fees
Raised membership fees to $65 single, family $75 with additional children 
at $10. Increased subscription rate for EN to $40. Increased the non-member 
fee to $10. Changed the name to the "event-membership fee."

So the membership duration of a single event for a fee of $10 exists (by 
board resolution). Next you got to figure out if there are any restrictions 
placed on such short term members (again this should be found re: board 
resolution) etc. All the minutes aren't on-line yet (though Bob is working 
on that:) so it's not yet easy to search for some of these answers....



johnt

(on the rules committee of the aerc - at least till they through me off ;-)

At 05:17 PM 10/4/2002, you wrote:
> Just one more reason why a person should join.  And I'd like a 
> clarification from someone on the rules committee--being a so-called "day 
> member" doesn't give anyone any other privileges of membership, so why 
> should it give a person the right to protest?
>
> Heidi
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <mailto:Klc5355@xxxxxxx>Klc5355@xxxxxxx
> To: <mailto:ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 10:49 PM
> Subject: [RC] Fwd: Day Member Fee
>
> Question for those opposed to day member fee. Lets say you are a 
> non-member and enter a AERC sanctioned ride. You are on the trail and see 
> a front runner cutting trail or being paced by a non-rider, or any other 
> imaginable violation. And this person wins the ride. As a non-member you 
> have no standing with the organization and have no right to file a 
> protest. As a non-member if your placing or any other info is incorrect, 
> or you are treated improperly by someone, you have no standing to protest 
> in any form about anything because you are not a member. As a day member 
> you have all the rights afforded by the AERC for anything pertaining to 
> that ride.

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