In a message dated 3/30/2007 10:28:27 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
tref@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
As
Truman said, FEI "Endurance" is now viable and since they have chosen to
pursue a racing model instead of an enduring model, it is time for us to
say a not so fond goodbye and divorce ourselves entirely from their
endeavors. The argument that we can do a better job fighting for
real Endurance if we are on the inside does not apply here. We
started Endurance. We WERE the movers and shakers. But money
and influence have so completely altered the objectives of the FEI version
of the sport that there is no hope of getting it back. Staying in
will NOT allow us to change anything... it will only cement in the
public's mind, when the debacle comes, that WE are a vital part of the
process and condone it by our presence.
