RE: [RC] Motions before the Board of Directors at theConvention

[Mike Sofen <msofen@pacbell.net>]

Then call it the North American Championship. Or have a "US National
Championship" and a "Canadian National Championship".  My whole point is,
the TITLE should match the nature of the competition.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Truman Prevatt [mailto:tprevatt@mindspring.com]
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 11:22 AM
To: msofen@pacbell.net
Cc: RideCamp
Subject: Re: [RC] RE: [RC] RE: [RC] Motions before the Board of
Directors at theConvention


Right there on the AERC web page it states, "Official sanctioning body for
the
United States AND Canada." Hence the AERC doesn't not stop at the US
northern
border. So it should actually is the AERC championship not the United States
championship.

Truman

Mike Sofen wrote:

> Then exactly what does "National Champion" mean?  We (US citizens) are not
> allowed to become the Canadian national champion figure skater.  The title
> implies an obvious national boundary.  As it is, the Olympics has a few
> cross-country participants where a Russian skier competed for Spain and
two
> guys in California competed for Armenia, but in both cases they hold dual
> citizenship.  If our "National Championship" is open to anyone from
> anywhere, then what you have is the Olympics, or a World Championship.
>
> Either make it mean something or throw it away.
>
> Mike Sofen
>