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Re: [AERC-Members] [RC] LD response - Dr. Liz Faletti, DCDear Stagg, Although I agree that volunteering can help a person learn more about endurance riding, I would like to caution you about making it any type of requirement before someone participates. And this comes from personal experience with our local dressage and combined training club. Our club requires its participants to volunteer at least two hours at at least one show. This doesn't seem like much, but it requires someone keeping track of the hours and puts a burden on those who come a long ways and just want to focus on competing. For myself, I don't have many weekends that I can make into a three day event, which is what it takes to get to the rides, volunteer or participate, and get home. I think it easier to learn from those who are willing to teach, and from the literature and this ridecamp. Perhaps some day I'll have all the time in the world to do more. Sincerely, Liz Faletti, DC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stagg Newman" <staggandcheryl@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "C. Eyler" <eyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "AERC Members" <AERCMembersForum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 3:28 PM Subject: Re: [AERC-Members] [RC] LD response Cindy, Good idea to build on! For starters we should at least really encourage people to work rides before competing and have a way of making it easy to match prospective riders with volunteer positions where they can get the right education. Am going to talk about this w/ EC commitee and see where we can go by buidling on this concept. Stagg Newman On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 12:24:45 -0400 "C. Eyler" <eyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:AERC's tax status requires that education be an important component of what we do. I've just recently started competing, but I've been working at endurance rides for a number of years. Working as a recorder for the vets, reading Ridecamp, and connecting with experienced endurance riders made it possible for my gelding to finish our first LD ride with an overall impression score of A-minus. We finished way back in the pack, and we had a few "issues" after his lost his buddy at the mid-point, but my goal was to complete with a happy, healthy horse -- and nothing beats an A on gut sounds. Has AERC ever considered requiring new competitors to volunteer at one or two rides (preferably as a vet recorder) before ever entering a competition? The newbie would see what can happen to an overridden horse (hopefully not an actual crash, but the horse that just needs to stop), and the vets are generally very willing to answer questions and explain what they're doing to anyone with a questioning mind. With all the data that's now available online, would it be too much of a nightmare to institute such a requirement? Cindy=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= http://www.endurance.net/ads/seabiscuit.html Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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