In the USA the chain of command as defined
in the USEF rules is from the AERC to the AERC-I to the USEF. For the AERC Board
of Directors to properly examine the changes and to advise on them, the
information should come from the AERC-I. The AERC-I, by all means, should keep
the AERC Board of Directors advised of such actions. Buy as a Director I have
found feed back from AERC-I to be minimal.
Now, from the AERC-I to the USEF there are
several "sub-routes" that must be followed to get to the root. The USEF
Endurance Committee and the High Performance Athletes Committee. By
taking a stance with out any full understanding of the subject is foolish. I
agree, the AERC BoD must take some action to defend our principles. But it must
be done through channels. Ask the question of our representatives in AERC-I and
expect a prompt answer, digest the answer and then act by stating a position
that, as the sanctioning entity in the USA, we expect to be considered.
Initial stating of an untenable level is not
the way to win.
Bob
Bob Morris Morris Endurance Enterprises Boise, ID
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Re: [RC] Endurance - FEI, UAE
True words, Truman. Indeed, minor league baseball is in a sense an entity
in its own, yet it is painted with the same brush as MLB. funny - they don't
get paid the big bucks, by and large, and clearly the HUGE majority do it
truly "for the love of the game". That is the brush I would want to be painted
with. The reason we got out of showing Arabians was because of the abuse, the
politics, the cheating (yes, cheating), and finally the idiocy of a system
that encourages owners/breeders to breed terrible individuals simply because
of who the sire is - bad business at best and cruel at worst. I
for one don't want to be associated with an organization that supports, even
by default, abuse, negligence or political decision-making. So...help me here
- how does the relationship between FEI, AERC and AERC-I hold up in this
light? I would like to hear from both sides.
