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Re: [RC] [AERC-Members] basic education talk - Randy H EilandSusan, Your request for a volunteer with strong writing skills falls under the responsibilities of the Media Committee - you should contact Genie Stewart-Spears and she will be able to help arrange a "ghost writer" for your program. Also, the new AERC web site is very friendly to the use you suggest - and the EN is also perfect fit. Randy Eiland On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 19:27:32 -0700 "Susan Garlinghouse" <suendavid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Ok, this by all means doesn't even start to solve the issue of disseminating more education to the newbies-and-not-newbies, but I figure, start at home and go from there. So here's my two-cents effort. I just got an okay from AERC and the convention committee to add an extra seminar at the Reno convention. I'm already scheduled to do a talk on how to address specific problems like tying up, thumps, etc. But, it's occurred to me more than once that we ALL can get so caught up in the minutiae of things (including my personal soapbox, nutrition), that we forget the basics. And if we already know the basics, well, review never hurts. So, we don't know the scheduling yet, but I'm going to do an additional lecture this year aimed at the bare bones basic stuff. A lot of very basic nutrition, but I'm also going to thump on a few physiology issues like what every rider should understand about dehydration, tissue recovery, some basic energetics, heat dissipation issues, things like that. Obviously, you won't catch me talking about the things outside my ken, like rider strategy or How To Condition For Biltmore or whatever, but just the stuff I'm pretty comfortable with. I know not everyone is able to get to convention. What I would like to ask is whether there is someone that is planning to attend, that has a strong background in technical writing, that would volunteer to write up a one page summary of the information to put onto the AERC website, EN, make available to ride managers, hand out at clinics, or whatever. By all means, whatever I have to say is not the final word on anything, but it's a lot better than ZERO and it's at least a start. So, lemme know and maybe we can start a more formal program of publishing lecture notes for long-distance education purposes, eh? Susan Garlinghouse DVM -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=- =- -= Discussion List Archives: http://www.goldhill.com/members/index.html =- -= Subscribe/Unsubscribe: mailto: AERCMembersForum-moderator@xxxxxxxxxxxx =- -= Rules of Usage: http://www.goldhill.com/members/index.html =- -= Terms of Usage & Liability: http://www.goldhill.com/members/liability.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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