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[RC] ] Endurance Futurity? - rides2far - rides2farOk, I hate to be the one to say this but: STOP!!!!! I think this is a wonderful idea, but, getting it all organized and together is another story. I have seen LOTS of good ideas on RC in the last year or so...but that is it...They never grow into what they could. The go thru what Angie calls the "Thread Cycle" and die a slow, miserable death. Hey, HAVE HEART! Just want everyone to know that the medallion system is not dead or even dying at present. The competitions committee asked me to write it up in a proposal, which I did and they are considering it. If you like the idea it wouldn't hurt to let them know you like it. Their addresses are docduane@xxxxxxx gailwilliams@xxxxxxxxxx equiphil@xxxxxxx hovdel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx tch1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx sleeeker@xxxxxxxxxx rribleyendoftheroad@xxxxxxx Roger_Sue@xxxxxxxxxxx Notice I just typed their addresses so you could cut & paste easily. :-) If you want their names & regions it's inside the cover of EN That's a *formal* sort of award and needs to be thought through and implemented carefully. The "futurity" was more of an off the cuff fun idea... sort of like getting up a Calcutta during an endurance ride. The only reason I even mentioned running it through AERC is that "holding the money" is a bit touchy. Maybe to keep it "casual" we could run it as a "fund raiser" through the trails committee or something. I'd rather keep the dollars low. Just for fun...not our version of "Sweepstakes" or anything. As to the person who wants to start "slower" allowing 4 years, you have all the years you want. The 3 years doesn't start until you do an ENDURANCE ride. If you nominated a 10 year old horse you just started, you'd just have to do your 100 within the first 3 years. If you have a 3 year old you might want to wait a year or two and begin your 3 years when you're ready to start your *endurance* rides. I'm still open to suggestions on ground rules. Think of this as a game Jody. Maybe just you and I will do it with Cade & Cash pony. I think a young horse really needs at least 2 good years of endurance before his first 100. If someone starts a 5 year old which turned 5 in May they really only have a few fall rides (at least in the South) for the first year and I hate to count that as a "year". What if you could nominate any horse with less than 200 miles of endurance? That way the person with the young horse could ride in the fall, then have two full years of 50's, then the third year hit for the 100. Too complicated? Hmm. Josie does a couple of rides this fall, 2005. We nominate in the class of 2006. The list of horses closes by the end of the 2006 season. We have a list of 5 or 50 horses who have paid $10 or $20. At the end of 2008 we look and see who made it. Would that work? There's nothing wrong with having the regular awards every year, but why not throw in a fun little twist for the nonconformists? Doesn't go in the record books. Not mentioned at the convention, just for fun. Any editor who has ever dealt with me knows I *have* to have a deadline. Maybe that's why I liked this idea. >g< Angie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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