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Re: [RC] FEI/AERC Sanctioned Rides - katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxFrom: heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sometimes, juggling the extra balls associated with dual sanctioning causes less than competent jugglers to drop a bunch of balls...that they wouldn't have if they hadn't had those extra things to deal with, especially since there is a great deal of pressure NOT to drop any of those extra FEI balls. In which case, the manifestation of the poor management is caused specifically by the dual sanctioning.While that may well be true, you make my point--it isn't the FEI that is at fault, it is the lack of the ability of management to pull it off. If you concede that it is true, then it is the FEI's "fault" (as if anybody were trying to assign blame here anyway), if the FEI has such onerous management requirements that they are beyond the management capability of most "backyard" ride managers (from my understanding the FEI has been making a concerted effort to reduce the difficulty of its management requirements, for just this reason). Encouraging people to dual sanction rides without determining whether the ride managers have the management skills to do so is a recipe for generating ill-will towards the FEI. The ability to manage is a real skill (just like juggling is) and there are few people that have it. If you put such people in situations where they are required to manage beyond their capability SOMETHING is gonna fall through the cracks. But, as I said above, who is "at fault" for a mis-managed ride is irrelevant. What is true is that it is harder to successfully manage a dual sanctioned ride than one that is not; consequently, you are less likely to encounter management problems at a ride that is not dual sanctioned than one that it is. So...barring any information that I have that a particular ride manager is extremely adept at management, I would prefer to attend one that isn't dual-sanctioned because, by its very nature, it is easier to manage and therefore less likely to be beyond the management capability of the ride manager. And if I had information that a particular ride manager WASN'T very adept at management; I would avoid any dual-sanctioned ride that this person put on, like the plague. kat Orange County, Calif. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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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