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RE: [RC] regional awards question - Bob MorrisHeidi: I looked into this matter and received the following information from the Office. Maureen Selzler owns two residences and for the 2002 season her legal residence was listed in the NW. Her region for 2003 will be PS. Kathleen Now, I agree that something is wrong here as her address was never reflected as changed in the AERC data. However the Region code was changed. Have you ever asked what her NW address was? That might be interesting. Have you considered contesting the matter through the Protest and Grievance process? That could be extremely interesting. The pursuit of these avenues will prove much more productive than airing it on Ride Camp. A rule change for one instance is not warranted. We have done to much of it in the past. Bob Bob Morris Morris Endurance Enterprises Boise, ID -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Heidi Smith Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 7:53 AM To: steph@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] regional awards question How do you folks feel about the following - concerning AERC regional awards? Currently it doesn't matter where you ride, only which region you belong to. Theoretically a rider can earn a regional award w/o doing any rides in the region of residence. What are your feelings on this - pros and cons? Should there be any limitation on the number of out-of-region rides or miles that can be applied to regional awards? Having just come back from PNER convention, apparently it isn't "what region you belong to" either. It appears that one of the NW regional awards is being earned by someone who USED to live here, but who lists her address with AERC as southern CA and who puts her address on ride entry forms as being in southern CA. At least if people maintain a primary residence in a particular region, they have to haul a long way to ride somewhere else (other than those right on a border of a region). While I do understand the rationale of being able to garner points in other regions (folks who like to travel, or who like to ride all year and have only seasonal rides in their home region due to weather, or who live on the border of a region and find it more economical to pick up close rides in the neighboring region vs far rides in their own), the concept that someone need not even LIVE in the region I find appalling. If the current policy is that one garners points in one's home region, then AERC needs to enforce that policy. As to the question at hand--yes, I would support the concept of making it mandatory to do some minimum amount of riding in one's home region. If one is riding enough to be at the top of the heap points-wise, it shouldn't be an odious requirement to ride at least a small handful of rides "at home"--and it is only fair that those with whom one is in competition can at least put a face to the name in the stats. Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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