RE: Re: Newbies at NC - Question for Karen

["Kathy Mayeda" <Kathy_Mayeda@atce.com>]

Title: Re: Newbies at NC - Question for Karen

Janie, are you an AERC member?  I think I joined AERC with 0 competition miles and they still took my check and sent me a card saying that I was a member.

 

Actually no one is being told that they could not compete in NC.  Just that they have to have some minimal qualifications to do so, and the qualifications are reasonable, in fact a lot more reasonable than for most sports.

 

Yeah, yeah, I'm repeating myself.  Just call it the smurf syndrome and I need to get off the computer.  See everyone at 20 Mule Team!

 

K.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tracey [mailto:tracey@tbt.co.za]
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 9:02 PM
To: Kathy Mayeda; troton@aol.com
Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: Re: Re: Newbies at NC - Question for Karen

Janie Olson said:
So put yourself in that point in time.  Would you have been as enthusiastic about the sport if you were told that you could not compete in NC rides or Tevis or ROC or???  It would probably seem like AERC is a closed club.  Think about it.

I'm surprised this is even an issue.  In any other Equestrian sport I can think of (ShowJumping, Dressage, Eventing), you earn the right to go to the Nationals by moving through the grades on your horse (or by buying a "going" horse - and there aren't many newbies dumb enough to try that!)

I'm still quite surprised that "NC" would include newbies at all....

 

Tracey